For most Americans, "Asian" people are generally Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai, Burmese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Filipino/Filip

For most Americans, "Asian" people are generally Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Cambodian, Thai, Burmese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Filipino/Filipina, and maybe one or two other groups, but generally not Indian or Pakistani people ("South Asian") or people from many Central Asian countries.