Asian American Politicians
More and more minorities are entering politics and even winning in regions where there aren’t a lot of minorities. A recent example is a Long Island village called Laurel Hollow where a Sikh was elected mayor. There are other cases across the country where this is happening although they tend to be more Indian-Americans. Other Asian-Americans elected officials tend to be clustered on the East and West Coast as well as Hawaii.
There is speculation that many other Asian-Americans such as Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc. come from countries where voting is not promoted as a value. As the Asian-American population continues to go and more generations stay in America, hopefully they will exercise this power more and also run for positions of influence.
Here’s an article to read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/01/asia/indian.1-107082.php?page=1
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