{"id":109326,"date":"2022-08-02T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:27:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:42","slug":"documentary-being-asian-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2022\/08\/02\/documentary-being-asian-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary: Being Asian in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a new Pew Research Center analysis based on 66 focus groups conducted in the fall of 2021, Asian American participants described navigating their own identity in a nation where the label \u201cAsian\u201d brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The participants in this companion documentary were not part of the focus group study, but were similarly sampled to tell their own stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Being Asian in America\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LIIvqJDv6_4?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"publications-from-the-being-asian-in-america-project\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;publications-from-the-being-asian-in-america-project&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>Publications from the Being Asian in America project<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list sans-serif has-small-font-size\">\n<li>Read the data essay: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-ethnicity\/2022\/08\/02\/what-it-means-to-be-asian-in-america\/\">What It Means To Be Asian in America<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch the documentary: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-ethnicity\/2022\/08\/02\/documentary-being-asian-in-america\/\">Being Asian in America<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore the interactive: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-ethnicity\/interactives\/in-their-own-words-the-diverse-perspectives-of-being-asian-in-america\/\">In Their Own Words: The Diverse Perspectives of Being Asian in America<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>View expanded interviews: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-ethnicity\/2022\/08\/02\/extended-interviews-being-asian-in-american\/\">Extended Interviews: Being Asian in America<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About this research project: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-ethnicity\/2022\/08\/02\/what-it-means-to-be-asian-in-america\/#about-this-project\">More on the Being Asian in America project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Q&amp;A: <a href=\"https:\/\/pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2022\/08\/02\/why-and-how-pew-research-center-conducted-66-focus-groups-with-asian-americans\/\">Why and how Pew Research Center conducted 66 focus groups with Asian Americans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this companion documentary, Asian American participants described navigating their own identity. 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