Grandparents Quote by Hong Chau

I think there's a misconception that all Asian-American experiences are the same. My experiences with my family and the way they wanted me to…

— Lana Condor

I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.

— Eddie Huang

Everyone is used to speaking a slightly different "language" with their parents than with their peers, because spoken language changes every generation - like…

— Elif Batuman

I grew up very American but also fully Asian.

— Lana Condor

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

When I was growing up, I didn't realize that the idiosyncrasies of my mother's character had something to do with our culture. After growing…

— Michelle Zauner

Even if you look at 'American Idol,' or 'X-Factor,' or 'The Voice' or anything, it was always difficult to see an Asian or an…

— Eric Nam

There's so many Chinese or Asian Americans that were either born in another country like I was and raised in America or born in…

— Ross Butler

I think a lot of people, even if you're not Asian, you go to your place of origin where your family comes from, and…

— Jon M. Chu

As a community, as a group of people as a society, Asian Americans have not always been visible, but we've always been present.

— Tamlyn Tomita

My family brought me up to be very assimilated and accepting of everyone. But I do get frustrated when I see other Asians who…

— Pearl Tan

You gotta understand, there are two different kinds of Asians - the kind who are good at school, obey their parents, go to college…

— Bobby Lee