Elijah Cummings: “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I hope that our witnesses can shed some light on the many lies that you allege…”

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

We are better than where we are. We are better than this.

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

Asian Americans are often still seen as outsiders, as foreigners, as aliens.