Personally, I found reading that the Asian American community is still predominately an immigrant population from the “Awakening the New “Sleeping Giant”” reading to be both surprising and slightly disheartening. On one hand, the immigration statistics also show how rapid the Asian community is increasing, which is fantastic as there will be more people like me here than ever before. Even as varied as Asian cultures are, more Asian immigrants mean more people who eat the same food I do, who have the same culture as I do, and who are going to have the same experiences as I do. However, I find it disheartening because so many members of my own community will have such a defining experience that I can’t even begin to relate to. Where they, or
