May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. To start it off, we are honoring by better understanding all identities and richness of the community.
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Understanding what the term AAPI means
To be a better ally, start by understand who makes up the community
AAPI stand for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
According to the Asian Pacific Institute, this term includes “ all people of Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander ancestry,
who trace their origins to the countries, states, jurisdictions and/or the diasporic communities of these geographic regions”
Asian
A person having origin’s in any of the original peoples of the far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent.
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islander (in the U.S. Jurisdictions & Territories)
Carolinian, Chamorro, Chuukese, Fijian, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Kosraean, Marshallesse, Native Hawaiian, Niuean, Palauan, Pohnpeian, Papua New Guinean, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan, Yapese.
East Asian
A person of Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean and Mongolian descent.
Central Asians
Afghani, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgians, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek.
Southeast Asians
Bruneian, Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Malaysian, Mien, Singaporean, Timorese, Thai, Vietnamese
South Asians
Bangladeshi, Bhutanese, Indian, Maldivians, Nepali, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
West Asians
This is a contested term, most people from the region do not self-identify as such. West Asia is typically referred to as the Middle East; and geographically includes the countries of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey (straddles Europe and Asia) United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
ASIAN COUNTRIES
There is no official definition of the boundary between Asia and Europe (nor between continents for that matter) so the boundaries are merely traditional – and some of the countries listed as Asian might not seem obvious. For example, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia lie south of the Caucasus Mountains which have traditionally divided the two continents. Turkey and Russia straddle both Europe and Asia (sometimes referred to as Eurasia); 80% of the latter is in Asia, but Russians are generally considered Europeans; in the former, east of Istanbul is customarily considered in Asia. These examples illustrate why a single factor cannot be used to describe ethnic identity or origin.
National Geographic lists the following countries in Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia (parts in Europe and Asia), Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkey (parts in Europe and Asia), Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.
Source- http://www.api-gbv.org/resources/census-data-api-identities/