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Quotes below are from the transcript of a radio discussion programme 'Tell me more from NPR news.'

Michel Martin is the host and the panel consists of Paul Taylor (exec VP of Pew Research centre), Benjamin Vu (vice chair of the U.S.-Asia Institute) and Deepa Iyer (executive director of South Asian Americans Leading Together and the chair of the National Council of Asian-Pacific Americans). Wu is positive and want the corporate and the government to understand this and use it. But deepa iyer is talking like an indian politician. Link at the end will give access to the full transcript of the programme. My reading is she will parade all the have not immigrants to get press-government-society attention.

Excerpts:

WU: Well, I thought the report was very comprehensive and voluminous and it provided a lot of quantifiable data that will allow for Americans to fully appreciate the spectrum of values, talents and other aspects of our life that Asian-Americans can support. And I think the takeaway that I'd like to see from those in the corporate world, in the political world, in education fields, is that the Asian-Americans continue to play a very vibrant role in the fabric of our society, that they bring many talents.
And, as a consequence, that corporations should continue to make sure to market to that segment, that they continue to hire executives to lead those corporations, that they put Asian-Americans on their boards, at law firms, hire more Asian-American partners . . .

Deepa iyer: When you look at the immigrant community, about a million of those who are undocumented or actually of Asian-American descent and so what's important is that we are able to lift up these stories and these experiences of individuals who might not be making it just as much as we are in terms of the success stories that we want to celebrate because it's really about what stakeholders and government agencies will do with this information.

Our communities are extremely diverse, especially when you get into the subgroup, disaggregation. So while we think that this report is a really good jumping off point, we want Americans - we want the media - we want stakeholders - to also understand that we need to have a fuller picture of our communities and understand the needs and challenges that many face.
Asian-Americans On The Rise : NPR