Sentence examples for of Asian extraction from inspiring English sources

Ms. Pellerin, 39, is the first French government minister of Asian extraction.

Campaigners are calling for the title role, based on the Chinese fable of female soldier Fa Mulan who dressed as a man in order to take up arms against Genghis Khan, to be played by an actor of Asian extraction.

African-Americans, Latino voters, and voters of Asian extraction went Democratic, but were outnumbered in this election by white voters, especially Southern whites, who gave solid majorities to Republicans (by a margin of 46% in the case of Southern whites).

Stephen G. Graubard ("Why Do Asian Pupils Win Those Prizes?", Op-Ed, Jan . 29, noting that all 11 recipients of the Westinghouse science award from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens, are of Asian extraction, infers that this high proportion of Asians differs significantly from the proportion to be expected by chance.

Of the five members of Wade Watts/Parzival's High Five team, two are of Asian extraction and two are female – one of whom chooses to appear as a male orc in the Oasis, the virtual-reality world to which everyone escapes from a ravaged, dystopian 2045.

As Chairman of the Hong Kong panel I am honor-bound to change the panel by at least 30% year on year (normally I try to make it closer to 50%), and 50% of my panelists are of Asian extraction, but who they vote for is entirely their own choice.

She is the first elected official of South Asian extraction in New York State.

Deadline reports officials have now agreed to meet the 24 members in order to address "sensitivity" issues with regard to the Oscars and people of east Asian extraction.

Americans of Asian descent do not.

None of the families involved had any member with an inherited eye abnormality and all the individuals were of Asian subcontinent extraction.

Factor V Leiden is present in 5% of the population of Northern European descent, but much rarer in those of Asian or African extraction.