The US Census in 2020 shows that Asian American and multi-racial Asians account for a large part of the population growth of the U.S. between 2010 and 2020. Here are some key statistics (from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/us-census-population-growth-diversity.html) Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade, but the growth that did occur — an increase of about 23 million people — was made up entirely of people who identified as Hispanic, Asian, Black and more than one race People who identify as white now make up 58 percent of the population, down from 64 percent in 2010, and 69 percent in 2000. …

President Joe Biden met with more than a dozen Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) civil rights leaders on Thursday, which marked the ninth anniversary of the 2012 Oak Creek massacre.

The 44th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is taking place online/hybrid between August 11th – 22nd, 2021. See https://www.aaiff.org for more information. Many films are available online for pay as you wish. Lidiya Kan of LaGuardia’s Photo Program has her short documentary, Morkovcha (морковча), as one of the featured films at the AAIFF44. Her documentary film tells the story of Lidiya’s Korean family’s nearly century-long journey from the Russian Far East to their new home in the United States.