I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.

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I don't think people in America understand race, and how deep the hooks of whiteness there are in our consciousness.

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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.

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I get so disenfranchised reading the news, because global borders and lines we've created are completely unnecessary. That's just another person on the other side, and it's his bad luck that he was...

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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.

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I want everybody to run at the same speed as me. But some people are more conscientious, they think more and they plan more. And they're more careful.

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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

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I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your...

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BaoHaus is idiosyncratic, creative, and artistic. My restaurant doesn't look like a Taiwanese restaurant.

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I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.

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