Southeast Asian Americans
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Continental United States, smaller populations in Alaska and Hawaii | |
| Languages | |
| American English Burmese, Hmong, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Malay, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese, other Southeast Asian languages | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam |
Southeast Asian Americans are Americans of Southeast Asian ancestry. The term refers to those who can trace back their heritage to Southeast Asia, which includes the countries of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1][2] In the United States census, they are a subcategory of Asian Americans, although individual racial classification is based on self-identification and the categorization is "not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically".[3]
See also
[edit]- Asian Americans
- Burmese Americans
- Cambodian Americans
- Filipino Americans
- Hmong Americans
- Indonesian Americans
- Laotian Americans
- Malaysian Americans
- Singaporean Americans
- Thai Americans
- Vietnamese Americans
References
[edit]- ^ Danico, Mary Yu (2014-08-19). Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4522-8189-6.
- ^ "Defining Diaspora: Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Identities".
- ^ "About Race".
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