Citizens Quote by Grace Meng Download Open image “There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens.” — Grace Meng ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Citizens Living Living In Poverty Many Our Poverty Senior Senior citizens Who
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Too often the media assumes that "poverty" is an African American or a Latino issue. Of course, that's nonsense. While a higher percentage of the African American and Latino population does live in poverty as compared to the white population, when overall numbers are looked at, it is clear that people of all races, ethnicities, and colors, are represented amongst… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share
In Asia, we live within our means. So when we are poor, we live as poor people. I think that is a lesson that… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
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 about us. — John Cho Copy Share
The poverty one still sees in America today is more shocking to me than anything I have seen in Ethiopia or Calcutta or Manila,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would… — Steve Israel Copy Share Image
Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I want to see America thrive. I want to see all different families here succeed. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
I take the definition and title of my job - Representative - seriously. That's what I will be above and beyond everything else. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Queens is famous throughout the world for diversity and tolerance. But really it's what we have in common that makes our neighborhoods work, our… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
It's nice to be a woman, and it's nice to be an Asian. But what's more important is what I can bring back to… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
As the daughter of immigrants, growing up in New York City, you are either at the table or on the menu. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Being the only Asian-American in the State Legislature, I've had no choice but to reach across the aisle. — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
I've loved being in legislative office on a state level, and I think on a federal level there are so many more opportunities. I'm… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Christian, where all you're taught is to be humble, even if you did something right. Politics is the complete… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
That's the one thing I probably don't like about politics - the focus on the individual. To me, it's more important to get it… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis. — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image