Sentence examples for of Asian ancestry from inspiring English sources

The state of Washington, which Seattle dominates, boasts the nation's first governor of Asian ancestry.

It's not that easy to be an actor of Asian ancestry in Britain or America.

In 1999 Adrienne Clarkson became Canada's first governor-general of Asian ancestry.

Ali Martin notes that the England cricket team currently includes four Muslims of Asian ancestry (Sport, 16 November).

It is impossible to know with any certainty how many of the city's voters are of Asian ancestry.

Such are the difficulties in aiming sales pitches at the estimated 11 million Americans of Asian ancestry.

Nearly 1 in 10 New Yorkers are of Asian ancestry, making New York City home to the largest number of Asian-Americans in the country.

"I broke the ice a little bit," he said, pointing to the numerous players of Asian ancestry who have since played in the league.

Hispanics represent the fastest-growing component, accounting for more than one-fifth the total; there are also significant groups of African Americans and people of Asian ancestry.

Indeed, a report by the Australian Diversity Council notes that only 1.9% of executive managers and only 4.15% of directors are of Asian descent quite striking when we consider that 9.6% of the general population is of Asian ancestry.

" 'The Remains of the Day' was an important book for me twenty-five yeago ago — I was fascinated by the idea of an author of Asian ancestry writing so outside his skin," he said.