^I think the lack of Asians is partially due to the size of our ethnic group (I believe the US census puts us at ~5% of the American residential population, as opposed to the ~12% black and ~15% Hispanic populations) and partially because Asians are accepted as 'the other white', because we face racism in a different way than Hispanics and blacks do. People conflate racism with thinking someone is a criminal or poor, and the stereotypical Asian is economically successful. So people don't see racism against Asians as such a big deal, since a lot of the stereotypes are complimentary (good at math, hardworking, scholarly, quiet, professional) rather than the derogatory racism aimed at other racial groups (dirty, poor, loud, criminal, lazy). What they don't realize is that this is still racism with its own set of barriers and frustrations, that also needs to be combatted.