community is often misperceived as monolithic. Our community is extremely diverse in our languages. ethnicities and culture. Aggregating such a large and diverse group makes it difficult to understand the unique problems faced by the individual and subgroups. such as the Southeast Asian Americans. who are refugees that fled their home countries in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. As a country. we need to better address the needs of the APIA community when we discuss disaster preparedness. comprehensive immigration reform. voting rights. education. health issues and veterans. National disasters such as the September l1th terrorist attacks. Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Katrina. exposed serious gaps in the delivery of public services to limitedEnglishproficient communities. or LEP communities.
Identified stereotypes
The APIA community is misperceived as monolithic.