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More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.

Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.

The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture.

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

Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.

Why don't we hear more about and from Asians when it comes to race in America? Are Asians the new Invisible Man - there but not there? In some ways, yeah. Blacks and whites are always carping about the metrics of racism. And any conversation about immigration reform is immediately flipped into a referendum on Hispanics.

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

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