In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. No…

To fully understand the roots of anti-Asian prejudice in America, you need to know about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that banned all…

— Simu Liu

“In the leadup to the election of 1876, swing votes were tied to the issue of Chinese immigration in the same way that immigration…

— Lisa See

While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with nonapproved, non-Chinese…

— Jenny Zhang

“From this one act, many other laws were passed to make life difficult for the Chinese who were here - even if they'd been…

— Lisa See

“As a Chinese American growing up in a largely white world during the 1920s and 1930s, a sense of social marginalization marked her formative…

— Stephen M. Ward

Being Chinese immigrants in the United States, it was important for my parents to maintain ties that went back a long time. They led…

— Chien Chung Pei

Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep…

— Iris Chang

I open journal, I look at the picture and I remember where I was. And I remember the time of day, the temperature of…

— David Small

Metallica's the only band i've ever been in. I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an…

— Lars Ulrich

“Hoffa and Brennan formed a trucking company called Test Fleet. The “brains” and his partner put that company in their wives’ maiden names. Test…

— Charles Brandt

“If he or she really goes about it in earnest, anyone can cultivate ability in ten years, I believe. Even in one year, shortcomings…

— Shinichi Suzuki

“When I came back, they gave me blank looks. Some said, 'I don't think I've seen you for days.' Some not even that. And…

— Meša Selimović

I've always thought that the most extraordinary special effect you could do is to buy a child at the moment of its birth, sit…

— Clive Barker

I always say if you put someone from a small town into a big city for ten years, then when they go back, they'll…

— Mike Colter

I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next…

— Robert Reed