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There's still racism. Western Europe... has taken the native cultures of the Americas, the African cultures, the Asian civilization and lumped them together into The Others.
Hans Rosling
Together
Racism
Others
Civilization
Taken
Still
Cultures
Western
Western Europe
African
Native
Them
Asian
Europe
Americas
Lumped
We know African and Asian elephants can interbreed, and they're separated by 5 million to 6 million years.
Hendrik Poinar
Know
Years
African
Asian
Separated
Elephants
Million
Million Years
I'm neither half white nor half Asian. I'm full both.
Henry Golding
Half
White
Neither
Both
Nor
Asian
Full
You could say mixed-race Eurasians have the exact same struggles as a character like Rachel Chu has had: not feeling at home in supposedly their motherland; not being white enough; not being Asian enough.
Henry Golding
Home
Character
You
Feeling
White
Enough
Say
Exact
Struggles
Could
Had
Like
Supposedly
Motherland
Same
Being
Asian
It was quite strange that people were saying I wasn't Asian enough. It's like, 'Oh, you're not Asian enough to play an Asian role.' So what does that mean for people who come from mixed heritage? I grew up in Asia; I'm Malaysian.
Henry Golding
Saying
You
Strange
People
Heritage
Enough
Come
Like
Does
Were
Mixed
Up
Role
Quite
Oh
Grew
Mean
Asia
Asian
Who
Play
You can try to justify how Asian you are, but you're never going to make everybody happy.
Henry Golding
You
Happy
Try
Everybody
Never
Make
How
Going
Justify
Asian
There was a stage when I was a little embarrassed about my Asian upbringing.
Henry Golding
Stage
Embarrassed
About
Upbringing
Little
Asian
Asian men are sexy, confident, and passionate - and three-dimensional. We want the opportunity to portray roles that reflect who we are in real life.
Henry Golding
Life
Opportunity
Men
Real Life
Reflect
Sexy
Three-Dimensional
Real
Passionate
Roles
Confident
Want
Asian
Who
Portray
I feel more Asian than anything.
Henry Golding
More
Feel
Than
Anything
Asian
I've lived so many different Asian cultures.
Henry Golding
Cultures
Different
Asian
Many
Lived
I'm definitely more Asian than a lot of people who have never been to Asia. But by blood and by race, they instantly say I deserve to be Asian. I've worked really hard to be Asian, and I think I'm Asian enough.
Henry Golding
People
Think
Enough
Say
Definitely
More
Never
Instantly
Been
Lot
Blood
Than
Race
Asia
Asian
Worked
Really
Hard
Who
Deserve
I feel so much more connected with my Asian side than I do with my British side - of course, I'm proud of my British side.
Henry Golding
Side
More
Feel
Course
Proud
Than
Asian
Much
Connected
British
The fact is, I'm half-British, half-Malaysian. For an Asian who's grown up in America to be commenting on how Asian I am when they've never left America... does that make them more or less Asian than me?
Henry Golding
Me
More
More Or Less
Fact
Never
Make
Does
How
Am
Left
Up
Commenting
Than
America
Them
Asian
Less
Grown
Grown-Up
When it comes to Eurasians, are we not allowed to embrace either one of our cultures we feel more attached to? Or decide within ourselves that I am Asian and I am proud to be Asian?
Henry Golding
Our
Ourselves
Embrace
More
Attached
Allowed
Feel
Within
Proud
Am
Cultures
Decide
Either
Asian
I was raised on Hong Kong movies with Asian stars, so I'm still learning about Hollywood underrepresenting certain people.
Henry Golding
Learning
People
Stars
Hong Kong
About
Kong
Still
Movies
Asian
Hollywood
Certain
Raised
I don't want to be defined as the Asian leading man. I want to be the leading man. Henry Golding.
Henry Golding
Man
Defined
Leading
Leading Man
Want
Asian
Henry
I've been to every single Asian country apart from Myanmar, on work, listening to human interest stories, giving me a broad outlook on all Asian cultures.
Henry Golding
Work
Me
Listening
Giving
Country
Single
Every
Broad
Outlook
Been
Cultures
Human
Stories
Interest
Apart
Asian
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.
Henry Louis Gates
Business
Law
School
Will
Black
Few
White
Kids
Security
Black Or White
Law School
Economic
Pursue
Economic Security
Go
Very
Any
Asian
Business School
Many
Professions
In Hollywood, there's not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting.
Hong Chau
Waiting
People
Lot
Roles
Asian
Hollywood
Ton
The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost the only thing that is forbidden now is to forbid - and Asian teachers and their progeny play up to this propensity by soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's rules.
Huston Smith
History
Society
Rules
Those
Ours
Rigid
Religions
Propensity
More
Only
Almost
Buddhism
Most
Forbid
Forbidden
Known
Hinduism
Permissive
Western
Up
Than
The Only Thing
Asia
Asian
Notion
Teachers
Now
Ever
Play
Thing
Progeny
Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
Ian Anthony Dale
Opportunities
Three
Tough
Diversity
Rich
Living
Case
Remain
Hawaii
Color
Environment
Namely
Make
Limited
Been
Trying
American
Substantially
Where
Anyone
Unfortunately
Place
Asian
Asian-American
Hollywood
Really
Landscape
Series
Actor
I made my England debut when I was 17, against India. I was the first Asian to play for the England women's team, and I did have mixed feelings playing against the country my parents are from but I was born and bred in England and I've always known I wanted to play for my country.
Isa Guha
Women
Made
Parents
First
Country
Feelings
India
Born
Known
Always
Mixed
Mixed Feelings
Debut
Did
Wanted
Against
Asian
Bred
Team
England
Play
Playing
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
Jackie Chan
Films
Make
Audiences
American
American Audiences
Asian
I am an Asian woman. I am a size 12 Asian woman. I have been a size 18 Asian woman. I have been a size 6 Asian woman. I have been a size 18 disabled Asian woman.
Jameela Jamil
Woman
Disabled
Am
Been
Size
Asian
It's not like that often, I mean, I suppose out of a ratio of 10 fans maybe like 1 or 2 of 'em might be Asian, and maybe every second or third time they might bring up something that they're Asian and I'm Asian.
James Iha
Time
Fans
Every
Out
Something
Ratio
Suppose
Like
Up
Often
Maybe
Mean
Asian
Might
Second
Bring
Third
Every Second
But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on their own, within a band or just on their own, and not feel like there's any barriers. I've never felt any particular barriers myself, being who I am.
James Iha
Hope
Music
Myself
Me
Band
Own
See
Never
Feel
Particular
Like
Know
Look
Within
Felt
Am
Yeah
Go
American
Any
Just
Being
As Far As
Asian
Far
Who
Barriers
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