10:59 AM - Are FILIPINOS Asians or Pacific Islanders?
Some people have wondered whether FILIPINOS are considered Asians or Pacific Islanders. Getting curious myself, I ended up searching for the answer online and wound up finding a U.S. CENSUS BUREAU page ( http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-540.pdf ). According to their report:
"Asian" refers to those having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. "Pacific Islander" refers to those having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa...
Is this correct or do you know something more to tell ?
2006-10-27
19:43:36
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