Panethnicity as a Response to Discrimination

I think that for certain reasons panethnicity could be viewed as appropriate or a useful response to racial lumping and discrimination. I think that in many ways it does gives Asian Americans a bigger sense of power and identity within the United States. They are able to come together in politics to better voice their opinions but in the same sense they are not individually able to represent their Chinese, Japanese, or Vietnamese identities. Stripping away different traditions and cultures is like taking away who that person is. If they are all considered Asian American, they are only thought of as such instead of even being considered Japanese, Vietnamese, or Filipino. It seems like a lose-lose situation.