Sarah Ruiz-Grossman explores our findings against the backdrop of a spike in anti-Asian violence, and increased activism by AAPI leaders.
From the article:
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are ‘extremely’ underrepresented in elected office across the nation, according to a new report from the Reflective Democracy Campaign. While AAPI people make up about 6% of the U.S. population, they represented a meager 0.9% of federal, state and local elected leaders in 2020, according to the report…. The report comes out amid a rise in anti-Asian racism and violence over the past year.
