Asian American Quotes

28 Asian American quotes by 23 unique authors

We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities about Republican principles is a… — Kimberly Yee
There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous… — Edward James Olmos
As a first-generation "Asian American woman," for one thing, I knew there was no such thing as an "Asian American woman." Within this homogenizing labeling… — Unknown Author
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the… — Maya Lin
Within the model minority rhetoric, Asian Americans are represented as “good” minorities and African Americans are represented as “bad” minorities. Here, the achievements of Asian… — Jennifer Lee
I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support! — Jeremy Lin
My heritage is something that I have always been aware of, however, some would say that there is a disproportionately low number of Asians as… — Nathan Adrian
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. — Eric Liu
Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was… — Maya Lin
We have seen a man dragged to death in Texas simply because he was black. A young man murdered in Wyoming simply because he was… — William J. Clinton
I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery, but it is really a demand that America deliver… — Bharati Mukherjee
Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general. — Martin Yan
But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on… — James Iha
Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances. — Michael Chang
For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm… — Chad Hugo
It was hard for me to do the show (All American Girl) because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I… — Margaret Cho
We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't… — Roger Ebert
Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that's not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes. — Jeremy Lin
I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community. — Jeremy Lin
A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising. — Robert Morgan
Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have seen firsthand how… — Nydia Velazquez
My work has always been controversial within certain segments of the Asian-American community. This is a community that is generally not represented well at all… — David Henry Hwang
I think it was hard for people to cast me as an ethnic, as an Asian American woman. — Chloe Bennet
Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely… — Eric Liu

Who Wrote These Asian American Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 28 Asian American Quotes as follows: