At least 1 in 5 Asian Americans have hidden parts of their culture from non-Asians at some point in their lives, according to new Pew report.
For immigrant and second-generation Asian Americans, concealing one’s background can sometimes be a means of survival, experts have said. New data shows just how prevalent this phenomenon is in the U.S., 1 in 5 Asian Americans have hidden parts of their culture from non-Asians at some point in their lives. This was especially prevalent, researchers found, among children of immigrants, English-only speakers and Democrats.
“After that happened, I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m definitely not saying I’m Pakistani,’ because people were coming up to me and they’re like, ‘Oh my God, they killed your uncle. They found him in your homeland,’” he said. Asian Americans who primarily speak English were more likely than bilingual Asians and Asians who primarily speak a foreign language to have hidden their culture. Democrats surveyed were also much more likely to have concealed their heritage, with 29% saying they had compared to only 9% of Republicans.
Ruiz said there were a few key reasons the people surveyed cited for hiding their culture. For young second-generation Americans, the answer was fairly obvious, he said.
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