Asian American : New US Trendsetters

Early last year, we profiled a magazine called Theme which had (and still has) the premise that Asian culture is as powerful in shaping the world today as Hip-Hop was at influencing the 80s and 90s.

A year and a half later, a research report seems to echo this sentiment:

A new study on the cultural influence of Asian American youth released by New American Dimensions and interTrend Communications reveals that Asian American youth are increasingly generating some of the key trends in pop culture being embraced by the rest of mainstream American youth culture. According to results of the study, “Made in America: Asian American Teens and Echo Boomers,” Asian American young people are likely to see themselves as trendsetters in three distinct cultural categories — technology and gadgetry, anime and manga, and video-gaming.

Asian American Youth: America’s New Trendsetters
Theme Magazine