Elijah Cummings: “The naming of a postal building in one's honor is truly a salute to their accomplishments and public service.”

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

Asian Americans are becoming more politically visible, and our numbers are showing that.

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

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