▁Organ ization ▁network , ▁and ▁EC AS U , ▁with ▁regions ▁in ▁the ▁Mid - At l antic ▁and ▁New ▁England . ▁ ▁East ▁Coast ▁Asian ▁Student ▁Union ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁was ▁generally ▁considered ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁conserv at ism ▁with ▁the ▁Right ▁on ▁the ▁move ▁in ▁attack ing ▁not ▁only ▁Aff irm ative ▁Action , ▁but ▁also ▁question ing : ▁re product ive ▁rights , ▁language ▁rights , ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech , ▁social ▁services , ▁environment , ▁and ▁" back ▁to ▁bas ics " ▁in ▁education . ▁It ▁is ▁sometimes ▁considered ▁the ▁" me " ▁generation ▁bomb arded ▁with ▁" care er ism " ▁without ▁any ▁sense ▁of ▁social ▁responsibility . ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁were ▁tout ed ▁as ▁the ▁" success ful ," ▁" model ▁minor ity " ▁in ▁News week ▁and ▁Time . ▁All ▁this ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁word ing ▁economy ▁and ▁decl ining ▁U . S . ▁influ ences ▁glob ally . ▁ ▁However , ▁this ▁de cade ▁has ▁seen ▁a ▁ple th ora ▁of ▁changes , ▁w inding ▁from ▁the ▁sudden ▁sur ges ▁in ▁Asian ▁American ▁populations ▁in ▁colleg es ▁nation wide , ▁to ▁the ▁sc ap ego ating ▁of ▁A si ans ▁in ▁the ▁Cl inton ▁campaign ▁sc andal ▁and ▁the ▁Lawrence ▁L abs ▁deb acle . ▁Even ▁more ▁recently , ▁the ▁W en ▁Ho ▁Lee ▁incident ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁are ▁not ▁safe ▁from ▁ra cial ▁profil ing ▁and ▁s tere ot yp ing . ▁In ▁the ▁past ▁eight ▁years ,