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Afghans and Central Asians Reclassified as Asian

history

A federal revision of race and ethnicity standards reclassified Afghans and Central Asians (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek) from 'White' to 'Asian,' formally recognizing them within the Asian American category for the first time. (Shares Mar 28 with Wong Kim Ark and Chol Soo Lee's release.)

Communities
  • Afghan American
Topics
  • law
Regions
  • Central Asian
  • pan-Asian

Sources

  • census.gov census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2024/04/updates-race-ethnicity-standards.html
  • federalregister.gov federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/29/2024-06469/revisions-to-ombs-statistical-policy-directive-no-15

Also on March 28

resistance

Chol Soo Lee Freed

Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of a 1973 San Francisco murder, was freed after a pan-Asian movement-sparked by K.W. Lee's reporting-organized across ethnic lines to overturn his conviction. (Shares Mar 28 with United States v. Wong Kim Ark.)