How do you define Asian-America? It’s a rough question that filled with many nuances. But, as Ken Fong suggests, perhaps we are growing into an pan-Asian-American awareness as generations become more and more Americanized, just like the African-Americans (African nations as well as the Carribean) and Hispanic Americans (South America, Carribean). Race issues may bring us together, as others put us all in one category, perhaps we may need to respond as one category to have a voice.
	The last few IV Asian-American leadership conferences have centered around the personal issues that Asians deal with: our self-image, our relationships with our parents, our ways of dealing with conflict, etc. But, it would be easy to leave this kind of conference without “feeling Asian”: since I don’t fight with my parents, I must not be Asian, or since I’m pretty confrontational, I must not be Asian. Such reasoning is very unfortunate for the Asian-American community. Perhaps we can begin to define Asian-America by our common heritage and common present state?