Asian students want their culture represented in Wisconsin classrooms

In ninth grade, Angela Miller learned about Wong Kim Ark.

Miller, now a Verona Area High School junior, recalls the lesson about Wong’s lawsuit that affirmed birthright citizenship in the United States as her first experience learning in-depth in school about an Asian American.

“It was huge for me to be like, ‘I’m learning about someone who looks like me now,’” Miller said. “It was ninth grade, that’s nuts. I would’ve loved to learn about someone who is Asian American and looks similar to how I do at a younger age because it makes me feel like I am seen and valid.”...
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