Always Quote by Lee Isaac Chung

I think growing up, I didn't ever attempt to define my Koreanness. It was just this intrinsic part of me.

— Michelle Zauner

In elementary school, I identified more with my Asian side. I had a lot of Korean friends, and then, once middle school hit, it…

— Karrueche Tran

As a child, I didn't even realize I was Chinese. I was Singaporean, but my identity was wrapped up in the culture I was…

— Kevin Kwan

When I was growing up, anyone who wasn't white was black. It meant all of us. Though when I was at university, we started…

— Sadiq Khan

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…

— Maya Lin

For a while, I was feeling like I was always playing characters that weren't specifically Korean or specifically Asian, even - that they were…

— John Cho

When I'm in America, everyone thinks of me as the Asian girl. When I go to Korea, everyone thinks of me as an American.

— Michelle Zauner

I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.

— Anonymous

Growing up, there were stereotypes being put onto me as an Asian person that I had no control over, and that made me extremely…

— Michelle Zauner

I'm so used to America, used to the traffic in L.A., and I don't really feel it click with the Korean culture. But obviously,…

— Chloe Kim

I grew out of the habit of thinking or worrying about being seen as the typical Asian. I don't even know what that means…

— Hong Chau

In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a foreigner. I'm always a…

— Margaret Cho