welcome to Asian American hustle, Dallas Morning News'' Community-based reporting examining the development, culture, and future of the Asian American community in North Texas.
Over the course of several months, two reporters, two photographers, and an editor spent several days in community gathering spaces, meeting and listening to members of the public.
Using “pop-up newsrooms,” we reported from three distinct neighborhoods that serve as centers of Asian American identity and culture in North Texas. The result is more than six stories, which will air through May, his Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The first article will be published this week, followed by two articles each week.
news' The staff worked in the library at the Dallas Chinese Community Center in Richardson's Chinatown, one of the region's oldest enclaves of East Asian people. At Deccan Grill in Irving, we learned about businesses and temples founded by the South Asian community along State Route 183. and Asian Times Square in Grand Prairie, a hub for eastern Tarrant County's Southeast Asian community.
Facilitated by local leaders and business owners, over 60 people visited our pop-up. Some of these North Texans would invite us to their community centers for celebrations, or to their homes to break the fast for iftar during Ramadan. They opened the door to the sacred kitchen of the family restaurant and opened the pages of a photo book filled with precious memories.
In total, we completed more than 40 hours of interviews with Asian Americans in North Texas, spanning multiple generations, nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures.
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As part of our project, we created a map of what we call the “Asian American Enclave,” a place that is integral to the identity of many people in North Texas. Rather than using the term to describe where specific Asian Americans live, our definition includes the areas that have shaped the identity of many Asian Americans in North Texas. Masu.
Some areas were easy to identify, such as Koreatown in Dallas and Chinatown in Richardson. Officials in both cities worked with local leaders with close ties to these enclaves to delineate the boundaries. In other cases, such as Irving's South Asian community, local advocates, religious leaders, and longtime residents have identified areas near State Route 183 as important cultural and commercial centers.
The map does not have specific boundaries for these enclaves. It turns out that these boundaries are not always static.
Carrollton's Koreatown, for example, is centered around the H-Mart on Old Denton Road. However, a large cluster of Korean-owned businesses has sprung up as far north as Frankford Road. We also see new developments like Zion Market in Louisville and His H Mart in Haltom City.
We found that places like Plano and Frisco have many retail centers with a high concentration of Asian-owned businesses. However, it was not possible to identify a specific geographic area that was the main focus. Collin County had the largest increase in Asian Americans, primarily Indian Americans. Descent, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Our ever-informative research team has added perspective to these issues and dynamics by scrutinizing decades of Asian American-related coverage that touches on culture, food, police, and religion. We learned about the long history of business and current trends among Asian Americans in North Texas, from where they live and worship to where their children go to school. .
An analysis of Texas education data from the past five years found seven public school districts in North Texas where at least 20 percent of the student population is Asian. Coppell ISD, Frisco ISD, Allen ISD, Plano ISD, Sunnyvale ISD, Carroll ISD, Let ISD Thrive.
Of these seven schools, Coppell ranks No. 1 with approximately 55% of its students being Asian for the 2022-23 school year. Frisco and Prosper have posted some of the most dramatic gains in the past five years, with their stock prices up nearly 11%.
Several charter schools in the area are also well-represented when looking at student population percentages. Universal Academy (55.1%), Imagine International Academy (47%), Lone Star Language Academy (44.8%), Richland University High School (33.5%) and Manara Academy (30.8%).
I'm interested It focuses on more communities, such as Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians in North Texas. If you have suggestions to help improve and add to the map, please contact his project editor, Tyler Davis. tyler.davis@dallasnews.com.
We also created a population map from five years of census data from 2017 to 2022. The data and maps created by data reporter José Luis Adriano are not intended to represent an exhaustive analysis, but provide valuable information on which areas of Dallas are which. Masu. -The Fort Worth area is home to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.
This project not only helped us generate ideas for stories about these communities and the myriad stories we pursue after Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This created new connections between the newsroom and the community. We plan to expand this initiative to other groups of North Texans.
