As Gen Z Asian Americans come of age, the vast majority feel they don’t belong

Amid an alarming rise in anti-Asian rhetoric and hate crimes, less than 20% say they they feel accepted in the US

Anika Lima experiences a gray area" when it comes to belonging in America. Although she feels American, was born in the US and has lived here all of her life, the UCLA college student said she regularly experiences racialized microaggressions and is often mistaken for an immigrant. I usually wear cultural clothes and a lot of people think that means I recently immigrated," she said. I guess they see that as strange or foreign."

It's something she's contended with her entire life.