Community Quote by Lee Isaac Chung

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

I always tend to gravitate toward the idea of things being human: that this isolation I feel as an Asian American, even though it's…

— Lee Isaac Chung

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

Because growing up as an Asian-American and growing up as someone who is not white, oftentimes in this country you can feel as though…

— Lee Isaac Chung

I always feel like people misunderstand the difference between an Asian story and an Asian-American story. That's completely different, too. I have friends who…

— Arden Cho

I feel more Asian than anything.

— Henry Golding

I think when people talk about race relations in America, they talk about African-American and white people. Asians are not often brought into the…

— Ronny Chieng

In some ways I consider myself more Chinese, because I live in San Francisco, which is becoming a predominantly Asian city. I avoid falling…

— Richard Rodriguez

Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.

— Jack Kornfield

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

I think that's what we need more of: Asian-Americans on movie screens and TV screens where they're normalized. Where it's not about them being…

— Arden Cho

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