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The Early Years
"Sir: I am a Chinaman, a republican, and a lover of free institutions"
By Norman Asing
A Response to Hate
"There is a glaring contradiction here..."
By Kwang Chang Ling
Bound Feet
"Wives of merchants usually had bound feet and led bound lives."
By Judy Yung
Victory in Court
"Rejecting these racial arguments, the Court based its ruling on the Fourteenth Amendment."
By Frank H. Wu
Women in Chinatown
"Life in America, my grandmother found, was indeed rugged and unpredictable."
By Connie Young Yu
Employment Discrimination
"They wouldn't hire you. What can you do for them — they wouldn't want you. They wouldn't even give you a job sweepin' the floor. Why should they hire you when they can hire their own people."
By Tommy Wong
World War II Brings Change
"If the war didn't come I don't think we would have that opportunity. The war made a world of a difference to everyone."
By Tommy Wong
Bachelor Society
"The sight of a child in Chinatown was remarkable at that time."
By Charlie Chin
Samuel C.C. Ting - Studying in America
"So I took 100 dollars with me. I began to realize the seriousness of my situation when I landed, September 6th, 1956, in the Detroit airport."
By Samuel C.C. Ting
David Ho Arrives In America
"I was 12 when I came, and I remember thinking it's truly a different world."
By David Ho
Challenging the Stereotype
"This whole notion of model minority is a fantasy that Chinese Americans didn't create."
By Helen Zia
Cultural Inheritance
"If you only think that old is good, then there's no advancement to the future."
By Samuel C.C. Ting
Succeeding in America
"I'd always had this idea from the time I was young that I wanted to do things."
By Shirley Young
Chinatown and the Suburbs
"Our worlds were so proximate yet so distant in some ways"
By Eric Liu
Identity and Multiple Influences
"I think my identity quietly percolated up."
By Maya Lin
Being Accepted as American
"You sort of wonder who really feels unequivocally American."
By Gish Jen
Hot Dogs and Apple Pie
"America is my familiar world and China is something I have to learn."
by Helen Zia
Bicultural Influences
"My voice is very much coming out of a bicultural experience."
By Maya Lin
Becoming American
"I don't think that you need to erase the Chinese-American experience in order to capture the American experience."
By Gish Jen
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