{"pk":55128,"title":"The Path to Asian American Representation","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Asian Americans have made substantial progress from being seen as a foreign threat during times of high anti-Asian sentiment to their current image as legally recognized U.S. citizens that can vote and run for office; however, there still exists significant representation challenges created from electoral policies and politics that pose barriers between Asian Americans and elected office. This article will analyze the progress and struggle of Asian American political representation through a legal, political, and electoral lens and support solutions that break down these barriers to Asian American political power. Much of this discussion about obtaining Asian American political power requires familiarity with the racial stereotypes of Asian Americans such as the “perpetual foreigner” and the “model minority” stereotypes, since many voters often incorporate stereotypes into the evaluation of their candidates. Three strategies (\nmultiracial campaign platforms\n, \npanethnic campaign fundraising\n, and \nVoting Rights Act \nexpansion\n) will be presented that will take these stereotypes into account and provide a path to Asian American representation.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Asian American"},{"word":"perpetual foreigner"},{"word":"model minority"},{"word":"Voting Rights Act"},{"word":"political representation"},{"word":"campaign fundraising"},{"word":"Campaign Finance"},{"word":"panethnicity"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/71k7v4qz","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Lawrence","middle_name":"","last_name":"Su","name_suffix":"","institution":"UC Berkeley","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2021-06-18T01:31:54Z","date_accepted":"2021-06-18T01:31:54Z","date_published":"2021-07-12T22:51:47Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/aarj/article/55128/galley/41503/download/"}]}