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Asian American identity is a layered and politically charged construction — not a fixed ethnic fact but a lived negotiation between heritage, belonging, and recognition. For Jason Shen, it evolved through four stages (Chinese → Chinese-American → Asian → Asian-American), with the final designation being a deliberate political act: "Referring to myself as an Asian American meant that I was here to stay. I wasn't going anywhere." This article covers the research, structural dynamics, and personal dimensions behind that evolution, with particular focus on Asian American men, who face a distinctiv…

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