Asian-Americans welcome Biden’s first national strategy for their communities’ challenges
- Fighting anti-Asian hate and normalising disaggregated data collection and reporting are among the administration’s stated priorities
- Announcement comes amid increased attacks against Asian-Americans in recent years
Dozens of officials and community leaders – including high-profile Asian-Americans like actor Daniel Dae Kim – gathered on Tuesday to formally unveil a strategy led by the White House Initiative on Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. It included action plans from 32 federal agencies.
“Today’s launch of this national strategy is a historic step forward for all [Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander] communities across the nation,” said Democratic congresswoman Judy Chu of California, chair of the Asian Pacific American Caucus in a statement on Tuesday.
Chu thanked the White House Initiative for including the voices of experts and affected communities in its report on “the most pressing” issues.
Fighting anti-Asian hate and normalising disaggregated data collection and reporting are among the administration’s stated priorities, as is promoting better language access and AANHPI representation in senior leadership roles in the federal government.
In addition to stating their goals for the next two years, the agencies outlined some of their ongoing work pertaining to the communities.