If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law.

I have to finish this book tour of almost 30 cities.