the lost histories of south asian america:

“I talk for those of us who, by our work and by our sweat and by our blood, have helped build fighting industrial America today. I talk for those of our men who, in factory and field, in all sections of American industry, work side by side with their fellow American workers to strengthen the industrial framework of this country� I speak for such as myself, for those of my brothers who work in the factories of the East and in Detroit� I speak for the workers and the farmers of our community whose lives have been bound to this country�s destiny for 23 years or longer. I speak for these men who while they themselves have no rights under oriental exclusion have seen their sons go off to war these last years to fight for a democracy which they�their fathers�could not themselves enjoy. I speak for men who� expect to die in the country to which they have given their best years� [W]e simply ask you for justice�American justice.”