How far have we come? Asian Pacific Americans in introductory American government textbooks in three different time periods

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-305
Author(s):  
Okiyoshi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
American Government ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

scholarly journals A Forgotten Minority? A Content Analysis of Asian Pacific Americans in Introductory American Government Textbooks

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (03) ◽  
pp. 430-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okiyoshi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
American Government ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Asian Pacific American ◽  
History Of ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

ABSTRACTTextbooks are the most important pedagogical tools in higher education and they should convey sufficient and accurate information on minority groups and women in the United States. Yet textbooks tend to marginalize these groups in their depictions. This article examines the coverage of Asian Pacific Americans in twenty-eight American Government or Politics textbooks. Asian Pacific Americans have faced a unique history of exclusion, discrimination, and stereotyping. The content analysis of the textbooks reveals that textbooks do not fully cover their history and contributions to US politics, either measured by page numbers or by historical events and figures important to Asian Pacific Americans. To rectify this lack of coverage, this article concludes with five constructive recommendations, including an option to invite scholars on Asian Pacific American politics to serve as textbook reviewers and textbook coauthors.

Asian Pacific Americans

2017 ◽  
pp. 164-185
Author(s):  
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Keyword(s):  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

Visits to Physicians by Asian/Pacific Americans

Medical Care ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 809-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena S.H. Yu ◽  
Beulah K. Cypress
Keyword(s):  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

Asian Pacific American Senior Executives in the Federal Government

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Jeremy Wu ◽  
Carson Eoyang
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Workforce Diversity ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Office Of Personnel Management ◽  
Asian Pacific American ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Federal Workforce ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

This article calls attention to the lack of workforce diversity in promoting Asian Pacific Americans to the highest career levels in the federal government. It describes the historic difficulties in realizing significant numbers of APAs in the senior ranks of almost all government agencies. Two major reports from the General Accounting Office (GAO) corroborate this view and depict the pessimistic prospects for any significant improvement in the immediate future. It is urged that there be prompt implementation of the recommendations from the GAO, that specific agency plans and actions be established and monitored, that Congress continue to exercise close oversight regarding federal workforce diversity, and that Office of Personnel Management (OPM) collect and disseminate timely, accurate workforce demographics so that all agencies can be held accountable to the American public.

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