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Amerasians
The term Amerasian was coined by Pearl Buck to refer to half-Japanese and half-Korean children born either in or out of wedlock during the U. S. occupation of Japan and after the Korean Conflict.
The term referred to all multiracial Asians, whether their American half was Anglo, African-American or Latino. Unfortunately, American society has taken almost 40 years to catch up with Buck. Not until after the Vietnam War was this society able to grasp the reality of an Amerasian. Often, American racism adds insult to this injury by excluding from their understanding those Amerasians whose fathers are not Anglos.
-Excerpt from a letter to the editor written by Velina Hasu Houston, President, The Amerasian League, Broadening the Definition of Amerasians - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
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