In the America that I grew up in, men of Asia placed last in the hierarchy of manhood. They were invisible in the high-testosterone arenas of politics, big business, and sports. On television and in the movies, they were worse than invisible. They were embarrassing. We were embarrassing.
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ALEX PENELAS to assist the federal government in any way, shape or form to inappropriately repatriate Elian Gonza... ALEX PENELAS Across the globe, Andrew Cunanan is ... a marked man. The world is on notice, ALEX PENELAS An impenetrable type of industry can in fact be penetrated, if you have good legal arguments. I thin... ALEX PENELAS We all want to make it very clear this afternoon that if the Justice Department's handling of this m... ALEX PENELAS We all believe that the particular actions of the Coast Guard at that time were unnecessary and unwa... ALEX PENELAS However, I would like to take this opportunity to stress that our strategy remains unchanged - to cr... ALEX PARSONS I never thought it would work (this way) with me. I just wanted the opportunity to play. This heavil... ALEX PARSONS After the Nike camp, I got offered by Kentucky and then Utah and Arizona came by (during spring prac... ALEX PARSONS That Nike camp, that's where everybody looks at you. They sell you to everybody out there. You do al... ALEX PARSONS I could tell he was following me around. But it was definitely fun. ALEX PARSONS When he hit me that first time it made me realize what I was actually out there doing. ALEX PADILLA He was a man of the people, a true populist. ALEX PADILLA But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical becau... ALEX PADILLA We are aware that how critical the problem is, ALEX PADILLA We want great schools for our kids, safe neighborhoods and the very best in emergency services, ... ... ALEX PADILLA The governor personally came here, assigned a dozen staff members to work the hall like it was a pol... ALEX PADILLA If I was the governor, I wouldn't be jumping up and down for joy here, ALEX PADILLA [But Alex Padilla, incoming league president and prominent Los Angeles Democrat, said] the governor ... ALEX PADILLA We will welcome any manufacturer of the vaccine to manufacture here, ALEX PADILLA This will not be known as the Times Square of the West, ... Times Square will be known as the l.a. l... ALEX PADILLA I don't look at history. I enjoy my hockey career here in Washington. ... I'm glad I score lots of g... ALEX OVECHKIN There was two second left in game. I don't know why he do it. He was disappointed we beat Toronto, I... ALEX OVECHKIN