“I am an Asian goddess! I love myself and show others they can love themselves as well.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
The Asian-American kids I meet respond to a democracy in the vulgarity of my roles. — John Cho Copy Share Image
There was never a point where I thought, 'I'm going to do something Asian American.' — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models. — Payal Kadakia Copy Share Image
I think being Asian or Asian American, there are always barriers to break, especially in sport. — Jessica Pegula Copy Share Image
I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. — Chloe Bennet Copy Share Image
Even before BuzzFeed, Asian-American faces and voices were so prevalent online as huge YouTubers. — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
I find being an adult very difficult. Being an adult artist, Asian American, incredibly difficult. Or trying, anyway. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“It’s my fault she is this way. I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support! — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Danny Chung in 'Veep' is a really unique, very anti-stereotypical role for an Asian-American actor, and being able to play that has… — Randall Park Copy Share Image
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. — Michael Chang Copy Share Image
Is there deeply embedded change within our industry? And I would say, as a black filmmaker, it's easy for me to focus… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't realize that the idiosyncrasies of my mother's character had something to do with our culture.… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
Asian American success is often presented as something of a horror - robotic, unfeeling machines psychotically hellbent on excelling, products of abusive… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“Asian men could be socially inept and incompetent and ridiculous, like a Long Duk Dong, or at best unthreatening and slightly buffoonish,… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past. I think we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
To be honest, at that point, just being so fresh to L.A., I was in the mind-set of just getting work, at… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
My brother often complains to me about the 'angry Asian male' in the United States. As a female, I haven't encountered this,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Today, we have come a distance. We have made a lot of progress. That cannot be denied. You cannot dispute the fact… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Our film [Hide and seek ]was created as part of the Asian American Film Lab's 11th 72 Hour Film Shootout filmmaking competition,… — Garth Kravits Copy Share Image
We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities about Republican… — Kimberly Yee Copy Share Image
Yes, I do feel a responsibility, and always have, and it's been an odd burden for me. Even when I started and… — John Cho Copy Share Image
We're at an interesting phase of Asian and Asian-American writing, where we might succeed in having readers look at us as creative… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I started asking friends, my white friends around, I said, "What's something that you think all Asians have in common?" They almost… — Simon Tam Copy Share Image
“I asked him about what it was like growing up as a Korean American in northern New Jersey in the 1970s and… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“As an Asian American woman within black radical circles, Grace surely was anomalous, but this raised no significant concerns or barriers to… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“Alice James Books is a nonprofit cooperative poetry press, founded in 1973 by five women and two men: Patricia Cumming, Marjorie Fletcher,… — Alice James Books Copy Share Image
“These same ABCs couldn't speak Chinese and didn't care---but you don't have shit without your native tongue. African slaves were forced by… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't know the passion I have for Asian American cinema. — Ken Jeong Copy Share Image
No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act. — Mako Copy Share Image
There were so many more opportunities in K-pop for a young Asian American singer. — Tiffany Hwang Copy Share Image
Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television. — John Cho Copy Share Image
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