Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience TodayWhat does it mean to be an Asian American in the United States today? Are Asian Americans considered "honorary whites" or forever thought of as "foreigners?" Mia Tuan examines the salience and meaning of ethnicity for later generation Chinese and Japanese Americans, and asks how their concepts of ethnicity differ from that of white ethnic Americans. She interviewed 95 middle class Chinese and Japanese Californians and analyzes the importance of ethnic