#w

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white. ↗

— Eric Liu

#greater #how #less #liberty #like

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. ↗

— Eric Liu

#low #our #past #public #system

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand

We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do. ↗

— Eric Liu

#depends #deserves #entry #exists #institution

Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' Apple's shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn. ↗

— Eric Liu

#apple #arresting #because #called #china

Why should citizenship be a matter of birth? The premise held by those who want to end birthright citizenship is that some people deserve it and some do not - that the status shouldn't be handed out automatically. Frankly, that's a premise worth considering. ↗

— Eric Liu

#birth #birthright #citizenship #considering #deserve

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#doing #look #one thing #out #people

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#appreciate #hopefully #i #i think #just

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#become #definitely #i #more #much

It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#bite #fear #fun #going #heads