I read somewhere says "Asian American/Pacific Islander" is a totally made up term by the federal government and basically has no root in reality.
So, yeah, that's true of API, but its just as true of, say, White.
The API group is basically "everyone else".
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000292970...
Yes, "Continental superpopulations" is a more accurate term but it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmcWGV...