We South Asians have sycophancy in our genes!

You can have Asians being leading men that are sex symbols. You can have leading women powering through.

— Henry Golding

I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to…

— David Henry Hwang

I'm proud of my roots. There are not many Asians in the music industry so it's important for me to tell people where I'm…

— Coco Lee

I didn't think it was possible for Asians to be actors.

— John Cho

I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do not understand…

— John Cho

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

— Kiana Tom

I think when people talk about race relations in America, they talk about African-American and white people. Asians are not often brought into the…

— Ronny Chieng

Asian players train so hard. Most of the time, on Monday mornings, the only people you see on the range are Asians. I mean,…

— Yani Tseng

My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number of Asians…

— Nathan Adrian

“Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And I wish…

— Zadie Smith

If I'm privileged to be elected, I'd be blessed to represent a diverse district, including South Asians and Indian Americans.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

When I was growing up, Asians weren't known for dancing. I knew all my older aunts and uncles did, like, ballroom dancing and stuff.…

— Jon M. Chu

Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white…

— Jonathan Kozol

“SVU, CSI, CSI: NY. These shows, they're all about things being done to females and children. If they were full of thing being done…

— Kirsty Eagar

Few politicians and analysts understand the very real fault lines among Asian sub-groups: Some Asians have done very well for themselves. A lot of…

— Alex Wagner