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They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately.

I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones that many Americans are alert to.

If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.

When I was growing up, Asians were so few and far between as to be almost invisible. And so the idea of an Asian American movement or an Asian American thrust in this country was unthinkable.

I mean, in general, the danger is from Oriental faiths and Islam.

Asian literature is evolving with the people. It's always a reflection on what's happening to the culture at large.

Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here.