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Article: East Asians of the United States
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- Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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East Asians of the United States
ETHNONYMS: Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Orientals
Orientation
Identification.
The general category of East Asians in the United States includes Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean ancestry. Neither East Asians in general nor any of the four East Asian-American groups is a homogeneous cultural group in the United States. Within each are a number of identifiable subgroups, with perhaps the most sigificant being those who arrived before World War II and their descendants and those who have arrived since, the latter, Except for Japanese-Americans, making up the overwhelming majority of East Asian-Americans. Other important ...