Few people in the U.S. know much Asian American history beyond Chinese migrants building railroads and Japanese American detention during WWII. Advocates hope attention to an 1898 Supreme Court ruling changes that.
are promoting Asian American history initiatives to fight a surge in anti-Asian violence.
Leading up to the case, Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans had suffered repeated violence and lynchings by mobs, said Gordon H. Chang, a historian and senior associate vice provost at Stanford University. The U.S.-born children and grandchildren of immigrants from Asia and Latin America are among the nation's fastest-growing population. They are expected to be the majority of the country by mid-century.is a gateway to open students up to more Asian American history for a complete picture of the U.S., Lynn Lin, a teacher of Chinese languages of 4th graders to middle schoolers in New York City, told Axios.