Iris Chang Quotes

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

"The Japanese even forced fathers to rape their own daughters or sons their mothers, brothers their sisters in order to further degrade the victims."
-Iris Chang

"There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China."
-Iris Chang

"Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe."
-Iris Chang

"The Committee of 100 commissioned a survey in which they found that Asian-American candidates are the most unpopular of all the races. They found that people were less likely to vote for Chinese-Americans than other minorities."
-Iris Chang

"These episodes of racism occur in cycles."
-Iris Chang

"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."
-Iris Chang

"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances."
-Iris Chang