May is Asian Pacific American heritage month. What it really means to some AAPI members. [usatoday.com]

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) 5/5/2312:00 PM

By Jennifer Sangalang, Image: Screenshot from article, USA TODAY, May 2, 2023

"Maraming salamat po!" "Xiexie!" "Cam on!" "Kamsahamnida!" "Arigato!" "Khob Khun!"

Let's begin this roundup by saying "thank you" in various Asian languages − Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Thai − to all the Asians and Asian Americans in news and pop culture who influenced so many of us growing up in the States.

Perhaps you never realized the impact you had − many of us can relate to being "the only" in the room, and if we saw another Asian, we likely befriended them. It was the same for Asian actors and Asian journalists. If we saw you on TV or the big screen, you had a new fan.

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