I know very little about the history, cultures of 19th, 20th, and
21st century Asians Americans {Asians in the USA}.

I also know very little about the coping mechanism that they use/d against the psychological effects of racism and discrimination.

Yet, I'm wondering if one key difference between African Americans {those who were enslaved} and Asian Americans, was that Asian Americans had strong racial/ethnic identities, and ties to a motherland/homeland while African Americans did not. It seems to me that having a strong sense of self, strong historical and cultural memories of greatness and maintaining on some level ties with a home country would strengthen the spirit and resolve of people who were facing racism and discrimination.

I'm also wondering if having those ties and memories innoculated Asians against accepting the myth of Asian inferiority that White Americans believed. I think that this is a critical difference between African Americans and Asian Americans.

For a very long time in our history in the USA and the rest of the Americans, most Black people believed that we were inferior to White people, and to all other people for that matter. I don't think that most Asians believed that.

Unfortunately, I think that some African Americans still believe that they are intellectually inferior to White people and other people.

Having a positive group identity is an important part of self-esteem. In my opinion, that is what many Black people have been lacking for a long time. One way that Black Americans have achieved at least a positive group identity is the adoption of the group name "African American". This group name re-affirms our connection with the continent of Africa and even on a surface level helps us to feel connected to the glories of traditional African cultures {by traditional African cultures I include Egypt, but also include Ethiopia, ancient Sudan, ancient Ethiopia, ancient Ghana, Mali, Songhay, and other kingdoms...

As I've noted, much of the connection that African Americans have with traditional Africa is very surface. But it is a beginning on the long road to feeling good about your people and your self.
I think that Asians and other peoples who always had this connection to their history and cultures may not realize how blessed they were and are because this was never taken away from them as a consequence of Europe and America's form of chattel slavery.