How science overlooks Asian Americans

The pandemic put Asian Americans in a spotlight — and revealed how little is known about them

protester holds a sign that reads "I am not invisible"

Protesters gathered in New York City in March in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings to draw attention to escalating hate directed at Asian Americans. Too often, Asian Americans are overlooked or treated as a monolithic group in research studies, rendering them invisible, researchers argue.

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For years, sociologist ChangHwan Kim has sought to characterize the lives and experiences of Asian Americans.