Lesson19

 As  a multi-ethnic  nation, it should not be surprising that  Asian  Americans are becoming  an increasingly large  and important  sector  of the "rainbow nation"  some   
 Americans  prefer to  think  of their  country as.  Indeed  the only surprise   about  this segment growing so fast   is why  it has not  occurred   sooner. After all,     
 Asia is home  to 60% of all the people  in the world. However , Asia  is also a vast land, encompassing East,  Southeast , South ,  and West Asia, each region              
 significantly  different  from  its  neighbors. Further, there is  no sense of unity within Asia, as there is , say ,among European or Latin American countries . Indeed ,  
 the term "Asian Americans" is                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             
  multiethnic [ˈmʌltaɪˌeθnɪk] adj.多民族的