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My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

— Jennifer Lee

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

— Lisa See

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

— Anchee Min

I'm black and Cuban, Australian and Irish, and like most people in America, I'm someone whose roots come from somewhere else. I'm a mixed race, first-generation American.

— Soledad O'Brien

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

— Tim Vine

I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

— Ang Lee

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood.

— Rita Wilson

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.

— Maajid Nawaz

My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born.

— Heather Brooke

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

— Mark Dacascos

Most of my background is Filipino and partly Chinese, but mostly Filipino.

— Reggie Lee