Good question. At least in NYC it seems they are; from the link below:
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"They don't want to step forward and admit, 'I'm in a situation where I need some need.' It's a cultural barrier," Kim said.
Advocates say part of the problem is that poverty in the community is often unseen.
"What gets fewer headlines though, is the fact that even prior to the pandemic, Asian New Yorkers have been living in poverty, and that poverty among Asian Americans is the fastest-growing in the city. In New York City, the number of Asians living in poverty grew by 44 percent in the last decade and a half, from 170,000 to more than 245,000. The poverty rates for Asian-American communities are 15 to 25% higher than the city average.
"So targeted violence and rapidly increasing poverty have become twin crises, threatening to push a community that has been historically invisible, and too often suffers its poverty in silence, even deeper into the shadows."
1. Where are they doing this, in poor Asian areas or mixed areas? Or are they effectively hiding in neighborhoods that aren't poor?
2. How much does it matter that society does not perceive your group as poor?
3. Are the Asian poor primarily descendants of the smaller group of families that have been here for generations or are they from the group that came after exclusion policies ended?
Good question. At least in NYC it seems they are; from the link below:
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"They don't want to step forward and admit, 'I'm in a situation where I need some need.' It's a cultural barrier," Kim said.
Advocates say part of the problem is that poverty in the community is often unseen.
"They are the hidden homeless," explained Chris Kui with Asian Americans for Equality.
"They are doubling up and tripling up, living in these cubicles that they share with 10 people within a one-bedroom apartment, for example."
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https://abc7news.com/our-america-asian-voices-sang-ki-chun-assemblymember-ron-kim-american-poverty-new-york/10578934/
There's also this:
"What gets fewer headlines though, is the fact that even prior to the pandemic, Asian New Yorkers have been living in poverty, and that poverty among Asian Americans is the fastest-growing in the city. In New York City, the number of Asians living in poverty grew by 44 percent in the last decade and a half, from 170,000 to more than 245,000. The poverty rates for Asian-American communities are 15 to 25% higher than the city average.
"So targeted violence and rapidly increasing poverty have become twin crises, threatening to push a community that has been historically invisible, and too often suffers its poverty in silence, even deeper into the shadows."
https://robinhoodnyc.medium.com/why-asian-american-poverty-doesnt-get-the-attention-it-needs-fea4dc245cef
That raises three questions:
1. Where are they doing this, in poor Asian areas or mixed areas? Or are they effectively hiding in neighborhoods that aren't poor?
2. How much does it matter that society does not perceive your group as poor?
3. Are the Asian poor primarily descendants of the smaller group of families that have been here for generations or are they from the group that came after exclusion policies ended?