05.15.08
Web Exclusive: 5 Questions with John Liu
New York’s finest and the only Asian American member of the city council is John Liu. He is the envoy of one of the largest neighborhood in New York City which is Flushing, Queens. And he has been very forthright in his admonition about racial-related crimes and physical attack in opposition with Asian Americans.
Q: You were very instrumental in getting some Asian language reporters press passes when they were having trouble with that.
Liu: I think it had to do a lot with the city and the administration not understanding that there’s a huge media presence, it’s just not in English. But they didn’t get it, and so the city folks didn’t necessarily believe that these were bona fide reporters. There’s not any intentional discrimination, but there obviously has been institutional ignorance…