The Asian American Movement

Index

Index Abeyta, Cara J. , 6-7 Abzug, Bella, 92 Action for Community Empowerment ,200 Actor's Equity Association, 52-54 Ad Hoc Committee for an Asian Center, 29 Aesthetic approach, Asian American art and the, 67-71 , 296n.77 Affirmative action programs, 8, 54; college admissions quotas, 157-159 African Americans, Asian American links with, 4, 12-13 African/Black Student Alliance, 232 Aion, 65 Alatorre, Richard, 259-260 Alternative press: Asian American women's movement and , 75-76; political activism and, 101-131 Amerasia Creative Arts program, 187 Amerasia Journal, 7, 102, 123-131; Asian American Studies programs and, 136; women's issues coverage in,304n.24 American Communist Workers Movement ,36 American Federation of Teachers, 16 American Indian movement, 3 Americans for Justice, 194 Ampo Funsai , 27 Angel Island immigration center, 56 Ann Arbor Asian Political Alliance, 30-37 , 287nA9 Anti-Asian violence, protest against, 194-196 Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition, 230 Antiwar movement, Asian American involvement in, 1-4, 37-43, 281nA, 282n.1O Aoki, Richard, 21 Armed Revolutionary Media, 30 Art and politics: Asian American collective culture and, 64-74; Basement Workshop activities, 186-I90 AsiAm, 131 Asian America: Chinese and Japanese Since 1850, 5 Asian American Assembly, 122 Asian American Awareness Week, 33 Asian American Children's Book Project, 49 "Asian American Experience, The" (guerrilla theater), 32 Asian American Journalists Association , 51,53 Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 53 , 192, 266, 319n.68, 325n.64 Asian American Mental Health Research Center (AAMHRC), 121-122 Asian American Movement: future trends in, 271-274;lack of leadership and ideology in, 3-4; middle-class aspects of, 1-2; obscurity of, 3-6; origins of, 11-43; sectarian strife in, 81-88; Third World links with, 34 , 28In·5; Vietnam War as catalyst for, 36-43; West Coast development of, 12-24; women's issues and, 72-100 Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA), 16-18, 233; on the East Coast, 24-29; I Wor Kuen and, 213; political activism in, 19-24 Asian American Resource Center, 58-59, 185,187, 190 Asian American Resource Workshop , 153 Asian Americans: An Interpretative History, 5 Copyrighted Material 337 338 : Index Asian American ethnic groups: coalition politics and, 264- 270; college enrollment statistics, 2, 28In.3; conceptual definitions, 1- 4; as "model minority" (see "Model minority stereotype"); population figures on, 4, ISO, 31In.39; sectarianism among, 227-228. See also specific groups, e.g., Chinese Americans; Japanese Americans Asian Ame~icans for Action. See Triple A Asian Americans for a Fair Media, 50-52 Asian Americans for Equal Employment (AAFEE), 50, 55, 187, 219-225, 316n-42, 324n-43 Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) , 217, 239,256, 332n.56; congressional redistricting, 267-269; origins of, 222-225 Asian Americans for Peace, 109 Asian American Student Alliance, 108 Asian American Student Association (Stanford), 235-236 Asian American Studies programs: alternative presses and, 110-112, 116-120, 129-131; community program links with, II, 135-144, 308n·9, 309n.21; conservative backlash against, 149-151; development of. 10; future trends in , 273; as general education requirement, 142143 , 154-155; Gidra newspaper's coverage of, 106-107; poem about , 132; political activism and, 131161 ; Rainbow Coalition, 253-254; revolutionary politics and, 144-149; shift from politics to academic emphasis , 134-135; student influence in, 135-141 Asian American Task Force on University Admissions (AATFUA), 156 Asian American Veterans Against the War, 40 Asian American Women's Caucus, 93 Asian American Women's Studies programs, 78 Asian Cinevision (ACV), 113, 119-120 Asian Coalition, 286n.38 Asian Community Center (ACC), 22-24,210-211 Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA), 80 Asian Indians: anti-Asian violence and, 195-196; citizenship eligibility, 242; voter registration rates, 245 Asian Law Caucus, 184, 190-194,200 Asian nation line, 203, 228-231 Asian Pacific Alliance for Creative Equality, 54 Asian Pacific Americans, 84, 95-96; Census Bureau guidelines and, 182, 245; elderly population of, 178; electoral politics, 294-251; midwestern alliances, 152-153; women's groups, 84-86, 94-99. See also Southeast Asian refugees Asian/Pacific American Unit (A/PA Unit), 249, 330n.29 Asian Pacific American Voters Coalition , 264 Asian Pacific Caucus (APC), 249-251 Asian Pacific Planning Council of Los Angeles, 197-198 Asian Pacific Student Union (APSU), 152- 153 , 232, 247 Asian Sisters program, 79 Asian Students Unity Conference, 230 Asian Student Union, League of Revolutionary Struggle and, 233 Asian Study Group, 187-188,217-225 Asian Week , 57 , 157, 179 Asian Women journal...