“I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole Charlie Chan-Fu Manchu thing.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsWholeCharacterShowsRememberFeltGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionRacismPrejudiceMy WayAsianCharlieTelevision Shows Author:David Henry Hwang
“One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian characters white.” WayCharacterActionTurnsWhiteRacismPopsTemptationComicAsianAction Movie Author:Gene Luen Yang
“One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I'm in an area called Koreatown and most of the kids were Asian. And when the kids did well, people said, "Well, of course, they did well. They're Asians." But when we had this huge influx of Latino children from Central America, they said, "Oh, you're gonna have problems now."” PeopleYearsWellsChildrenSaidProblemKidsAmericaCoursesHugeRacismAreasYears AgoThey SaidAsianFunny ThingsLatinoCentral America Author:Rafe Esquith
“I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I went "cough, cough, cough... You wanna egg rorr?” KnowsBigsGuyWhiteSawsRacismNecksMaskEggsSevereAirportsAsianSyndromesTorontoOutbreaksSars Author:Margaret Cho
“Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things most people feel aversion toward].” PeopleFeelsPersonsWarDoneSeemsHateCrimeRacismTreatsAsianWorldviewHate CrimeAversionUnfairness Author:Tao Lin
“We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.” KnowsProblemCultureCoursesBlackWhiteRacismOvercomingLatinSexismPotAsianMeltingHomophobiaIsmsOther CulturesElitismBlack WhiteMelting PotAgeism Author:Octavia Spencer
“There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.” StatesAmericaBlackWhiteUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesDiversityRacismConservativePatriotismPatrioticUnited States Of AmericaAsianLatinoAmerican CitizensUnity In DiversityAmerican PatrioticAmerican PatriotismBlack AmericaLand Of The Free Author:Barack Obama
“Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.” YearsHardDreamSpeakChallengesGenerationsEconomicRacismOvercomingPursuitThemeBarriersRacistHardshipAmerican DreamAsianPacificFestivities Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“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 homework for her. That's an energy drain. More times than she cares to remember, Nellie Wong, Asian American feminist writer, has been called by white women wanting a list of Asian American women who can give readings or workshops. We are in danger of being reduced to purveyors of resource lists.” GivingHas BeensHelpingHandsCareRememberReadingEnergyWhiteDangerWillingRacismResourcesFeministListsMore TimeEducateAsianHomeworkDrainsWorkshopsWomen WantAmerican WomanAsian American Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa
“The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old - is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past.” IfsHas BeensMadeStillsCountryRunningPastYoungBlackWhiteInspiringPoorMistakeRichProgressLandMembersOfficeHighestRacismProfoundBoundsMade ItTragicOur SocietySpokesSermonsAsianLatinoStaticRich And PoorCoalitionsYoung And OldReverends Book:Change We Can Believe In Source: Change We Can Believe In
“I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.” KnowsRacismSevereAsianSyndromesTorontoOutbreaksSars Author:Margaret Cho
“I met a woman who told me that she wasn't attracted to Asians. "No worries," I said. "I'm not attracted to racists” LoveRaceRacismDatingSexualityAttractionDiscriminationAsianStereotypesAsian AmericanAsian MasculinityAsian Men Author:Simon Tam