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Jeremy Lin and Tiger Woods overlooked as LAAUNCH survey finds 42 per cent of US can’t name single Asian-American
- Nine per cent name Bruce Lee as prominent Asian-American despite martial arts star dying in 1973, 11 per cent say Jackie Chan
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Sports stars Jeremy Lin and Tiger Woods were named among the prominent Asian-Americans to be overlooked in a recent US survey that found 42 per cent of Americans could not name a single well-known Asian-American.
Some of those polled named Asian actors in international films or deceased celebrities instead of living Asian-Americans, with both Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan polling more than the “Linsanity” star and 15-time major winning golfer.
The survey was conducted by LAAUNCH – Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change – a non-profit founded in San Francisco last September to get Asian-Americans to vote in November’s US presidential elections.
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LAAUNCH describe the survey and resulting report as “a comprehensive, national assessment of attitudes and stereotypes towards Asian Americans” adding that it is “one of the first such studies in the last 20 years”.
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They said that the results of the report were based on a survey of 2,766 US residents, aged 18 and over, conducted online between March 29 to April 14 this year. Those polled included Asian-Americans.
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