Best asian american demograhic studies according to redditors

The Khazars

1. Aren't from SW Europe
   
   
2. Did not mass convert. The change to Judaism was restricted mostly to the elites. [source: The World of the Khazars p. 28]
   
   Also, the concept that the Ashkenazim are descended from the Khazars is most often championed by Anti-zionists and Antisemites in order to show that the Ashkenazim aren't "real" Jews.

I'm going to go slightly YTA. Not because you don't want to name your child with a Japanese name, but because you're judging her "Japaneseness" in the process. My husband is half-Japanese, so I am drawing a bit from what I've learned from him.

For Japanese-Americans, there has been SUCH a push to integrate that so much of the cultural identity was lost. After WW2, Japanese-Americans tried to become as "white" as possible -- there were hundreds of Japantowns throughout the US and now there are enough to count on one hand. Second and third generations were told not to learn or speak Japanese. So on and so forth. So for many Japanese-Americans, there may not be strong ties to Japan. But there is a strong tie to being *Japanese-American* and language can be a way to reinforce that -- along with the unique traditions that have developed in America.

Additionally, there's a really weird dichotomy in being half-Asian where you are never Asian enough to be considered "full Asian." My husband was literally raised in Japan by his Japanese mother, but now that he's an adult in America who speaks perfect English he is often shunned by Asians because he's half-white.

I think it's important to remember that a multi-racial person's identity is what THEY choose it to be. Your wife can identify as Black. Your wife can identify as Japanese. Your wife can identify as JA, as Asian, as American, as multiracial.... and she has the power to decide when, where and how she expresses these identities. And no one has the right to tell her she's right or wrong in these expressions.

I would highly recommend this book! It's an awesome one that I picked up at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which I would also highly recommend.

> Asian America is made up of over 45 distinct ethnic groups speaking over 100 language dialects. Among these groups, some, such as Hmong Americans [and Filipino Americans], are among the poorest in the U.S. by ethnicity.

> Moreover, statistics concerning our success exaggerate. The reality is that larger Asian American family incomes result in part from a larger number of earners per household. Asian Americans actually trail whites in per capita income. And the most successful Asian American ethnic groups – the Taiwanese, Indian, Malaysian, and Sri Lankan American minorities – include a large share of members who were drawn to the U.S. as business investors or highly skilled workers.

There is lots of good, in depth literature on this subject.

And some books too.(http://www.amazon.com/The-Myth-Model-Minority-Americans/dp/1594515875)

Prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination, and racism, are all different things. Oppressions take many different forms.

Love it!

Elementary:

Pepper Zhang - Artist Extraordinaire - https://www.amazon.com/Pepper-Zhang-Artist-Extraordinaire-Jerry/dp/0999087703

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Elementary / Middle:

American Born Chinese: https://www.amazon.com/American-Born-Chinese-Gene-Luen/dp/0312384483

Boxers and Saints: https://www.amazon.com/Boxers-Saints-Boxed-Gene-Luen/dp/1596439246/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BXV52AHCYEFMJJCD3800

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High School:

Making of Asian America: History - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Asian-America-History/dp/1476739412

Unlikely liberators: - https://www.amazon.com/Unlikely-Liberators-100th-English-Japanese/dp/0824810813/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Thread of Silkworm - https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Silkworm-Iris-Chang/dp/0465006787/ref=pd_sim_14_2/144-0076638-4640964?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0465006787&pd_rd_r=ad8c5d33-7907-11e9-a48a-7140e5d87a3d&pd_rd_w=ktZAa&pd_rd_wg=RsV9k&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=TZ2GX9JPAXD830B3XHN9&psc=1&refRID=TZ2GX9JPAXD830B3XHN9

The Chinese American: Narrative History - https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-America-Narrative-History/dp/0142004170/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S6BSS5PB3VBNZZ38R2YY

Yellow Peril!" An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear - https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Peril-Archive-Anti-Asian-Fear/dp/1781681236

New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882 - https://www.amazon.com/New-York-before-Chinatown-Orientalism/dp/0801867940/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3/144-0076638-4640964?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0801867940&pd_rd_r=ebece189-7908-11e9-9511-65a57d25cf2b&pd_rd_w=IAkAV&pd_rd_wg=A0Twr&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=GXCC4HV5GNP5A9XX9ZM4&psc=1&refRID=GXCC4HV5GNP5A9XX9ZM4

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On the distorted view on American Perception of China:

The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds - https://www.amazon.com/Chans-Great-Continent-China-Western/dp/039331989X

The China Mirage - https://www.amazon.com/China-Mirage-History-American-Disaster/dp/0316196681/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=China+mirage&qid=1558141355&s=books&sr=1-1

The Problem of China - https://www.amazon.com/Problem-China-Bertrand-Russell/dp/0851245536

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Of course, Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang's Books:

Smart People Should Build Things: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-People-Should-Build-Things/dp/0062292048/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=andrew+yang&qid=1558141081&s=books&sr=1-2

War on Normal People: https://www.amazon.com/War-Normal-People-Disappearing-Universal/dp/0316414212/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=andrew+yang&qid=1558141121&s=books&sr=1-1

So do you want topics in a certain field?

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Linguistics is a great way to write about Chinese--there's political intrigue, history, movement of people, burning of academics and their books...but I digress.

^(Orthographic borrowing is also super interesting. How Chinese words for "modern" scientific concepts are Japanese in origin...but Japan used Classical Chinese characters to translate the) ^(idea) ^(of the scientific concept, and China just borrowed the words back.. 核子 "nuclear" from Classical "seed/pit")

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"Private Life Under Socialism" details the late-Mao and early 开放 era (amazon.com)

A lot of the economic analysis of that era that isn't Kissinger and the inanity of the "domino" theory can be found under demographic research. Will Lavely out of the University of Washington does a ton of work on it, and is a well-known figure in the field of historical demographics.

I received this book from my schools AAPI group. It was an interesting read. Theres a second edition out right now

It's actually something of a myth that Asian-Americans are favored in US society or don't face racism. Obviously every group has their own experience and I'm not aware that law enforcement racial profiling is as much of an issue (though it could be), but while the supposed preferred status of Asians in US society is often invoked it's not always there culturally speaking.

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Model-Minority-Americans-Facing/dp/1612054781/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0/137-2019739-4389756?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YEYMX7FP8M42QBNWS25T