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  • @Elsisalittleconcerned
    @Elsisalittleconcerned 4 года назад +208

    I was raised by White parents, am a Chinese woman myself. We’re not rich, just somewhere in the middle class. My math scores SUCKED but I excelled in anything writing based. Hearing from teachers and other students that I “wasn’t really Asian,” or “not living up to” my heritage/background hurt growing up. Positive stereotypes are still harmful! They build heights to which we can never climb.

    • @dreamworldman5504
      @dreamworldman5504 Год назад +1

      Are you better now?😊

    • @TANMAN9095
      @TANMAN9095 9 месяцев назад

      They must hate being white.

    • @dagelichb
      @dagelichb 8 месяцев назад

      you may get harms, you also got benefits, right?
      further more, as long as you see through it, it does not hurt you anymore.

    • @thesupertaco1934
      @thesupertaco1934 3 месяца назад

      Ya your not chinese your parents arnt you never experienced aisian education lucky you so how can you be chinese

    • @samuelrodriguez9801
      @samuelrodriguez9801 Месяц назад

      You were raised by white people though.

  • @wow5975
    @wow5975 5 лет назад +2283

    Just to let everyone know: yes, in Asian cultures, there is a VERY high emphasis on academics. Some families will even physically or verbally abuse their children if they get a low grade, and it is really damaging. But when classmates and friends start expecting you to be smart and better than everyone else, it just gets worse.
    All I’m trying to say is that when classmates and friends start making comments like “whoa you got a 70% on the math exam? I thought you were Asian” it just makes Asians feel more inferior and that they’re dumb. We get enough stress from our parents about good grades; the people we spend literally 8 hours a day with for most of the year shouldn’t put that pressure on us too.

    • @VVheeli
      @VVheeli 5 лет назад +118

      “If you’re not top 15% of the class, you’re doing something wrong as an Asian”.
      No joke, that was the sad mantra during my high school. There’s a non-0 number of my friends that contemplated suicide because they dropped to top 20%. And the mantra started by, wait for it, the rest of the school.
      It’s unwanted stress that almost killed my friend. Almost got into a fight when a random guy walked up to my friend and said that while he almost cried. Stereotypes are inherently bad, no matter how nice they sound.

    • @venomdude123
      @venomdude123 5 лет назад +30

      Not just Asian culture, it's all cultures. They think good grades will get you a good job.

    • @wow5975
      @wow5975 5 лет назад +73

      AFR I know that it’s all cultures, but this “All Asians are so smart” myth is damaging in particular to Asians. I know that pressure for grades is something all kids deal with, but it is much more pressure on Asian children than any other.

    • @killedbyLife
      @killedbyLife 4 года назад +29

      One has to also take into consideration that the stereotype of Asians also effect Asian parents' pressure on their children. If they themselves buy into the stereotype they will most likely feel a lot of anxiety if their children do not live up to the expectations.

    • @pistachiosan
      @pistachiosan 4 года назад +27

      The pressures you said your parents put on you to succeed is similar to the pressure Black parents place on their children as well. I grew up with my parents and those of my friends telling me that I "needed to work twice as hard to get half as far", and that I didn't have the luxury of being an individual; that I represented everyone that looked like me and couldn't be even a hair out of line lest people see that and think it typical of blacks. Then there was the added pressures of learning how to deal with police as a black person in a time before RUclips and Twitter.
      Stereotypes are harmful and cost people their lives. No one should have to deal with them.

  • @versaceslug1136
    @versaceslug1136 5 лет назад +327

    Everyone in the comments arguing about politics, but no ones gonna mention the fact that they thought that was Travis Scott at the beginning.

    • @c.farmer2918
      @c.farmer2918 4 года назад +3

      😂😂😂😂...Truth

    • @Ausjuuhbal
      @Ausjuuhbal 4 года назад +3

      I’m still not sure it’s not

    • @ryanwilsonbackup
      @ryanwilsonbackup 4 года назад +2

      Cough lol

    • @makeupmakeup7555
      @makeupmakeup7555 4 года назад +5

      I thought it was a$ap lol

    • @meathead6155
      @meathead6155 Год назад

      I have the same though bro, everyone believes it's the truth. But I realize I am seeing numbers of pests of troublemakers on RUclips creating a massive of cesspool of chaos. Those users talking politics are either bots and Trolls.

  • @jacobusdreyer9379
    @jacobusdreyer9379 5 лет назад +1538

    "And frankly it's kinda ridiculous that we lump people from so many different backgrounds together as Asians" you can say the same about African Americans because Africa is not a country It's a continent with multiple countries.

    • @kangchen45
      @kangchen45 5 лет назад +277

      Chattel slavery basically erased the ethnic identity of every American slave descendant . It's why "black" people is a politically correct term because black people in America have a commonly shared culture and history.

    • @jacobusdreyer9379
      @jacobusdreyer9379 5 лет назад +30

      @@kangchen45 "Commonly shared culture and history" I as an African Disagree

    • @kangchen45
      @kangchen45 5 лет назад +140

      @@jacobusdreyer9379 okay? If you're literally from africa, then you aren't african american

    • @protoalcibiade4432
      @protoalcibiade4432 5 лет назад +94

      @@kangchen45
      Yeah, and African-American is a ridiculous word since they have no knowledge or understanding of their African roots. They're Black Americans, which is different. The word "African" entails a variety of cultural and social factors that Black American have been shielded from.

    • @LangBellsChannel
      @LangBellsChannel 5 лет назад +26

      Black Americans are descendants of West Africans. African nations now are a mixture of multiple different tribes. You could be from one country but several tribes.

  • @gilbertthebushwacker8704
    @gilbertthebushwacker8704 4 года назад +540

    "Soviet propaganda started to make America seem racist "
    Lmao

    • @blitzn00dle50
      @blitzn00dle50 4 года назад +61

      *seem*

    • @stormichow5325
      @stormichow5325 4 года назад +25

      Trust me, Adam doesn't have the mindset that America is a racist-free nation.

    • @SalaComMander
      @SalaComMander 4 года назад +8

      That wasn't the quote, but go off I guess

    • @raulsalome7038
      @raulsalome7038 3 года назад +16

      @@stormichow5325 i think he knew that but the soviets were starting to inform people it was racist

    • @TheMrthunderjet
      @TheMrthunderjet 3 года назад +12

      @@raulsalome7038 Yeah much of the propaganda was very much in the light he mentioned that the U.S. government would deny the rights of minorities, and that they didn't owe the U.S. or its people who oppressed them anything. It used a lot of imagery showing that the ruling/capitalist class and Klan's interests were one and the same. Further, it was that same abhorrent racism that the U.S. allowed itself to become a spearhead against human freedom in the developing world...

  • @NoliMeTangere1163
    @NoliMeTangere1163 5 лет назад +800

    This is quite interesting from a teacher's perspective. This myth has been so ingrained into the American culture that yes, typically when I have an Asian student, I do have to purposefully take a step back and not dig into the stereotype that somehow they will be my smartest and my best. In education, we've really focused on teachers addressing negative stereotypes that might be held about racial, ethical or religious minorities (yes, we DO discuss this with professionals, sometimes in meetings as often as once per week). We attend countless Professional Development meetings to combat treating some minorities differently (such as African American, Native American or Latinex students), but I've never attended a single one which has ever focused on Asian students. In fact, I admit, this past year when one of my Asian students began showing major behavior issues in class, I was really surprised. If any other race had done the same, I would have had an established routine for how to handle it. This is a very good episode. Even stereotypes which might seem positive on the surface can be very damaging if we look closely enough. We might not be able to change our initial reaction right away, if an idea has been presented to the point of muscle memory, but we can take the minute to consider our actions and ask if they are based in fact, or just on what we've always been told. As for my Asian student and her misbehavior: her parents were going through a divorce. I would have misbehaved too, in her shoes. My hope is that more awareness is brought to this issue in the classroom. We all know inherently that a person's race or ethnicity does not make them smarter or more focused than someone else, but it's good to sit down and actually address any subconscious stereotypes we are carrying-especially as teachers who truly need to be able to make each child feel welcomed, appreciated and cared for.

    • @seraphina3279
      @seraphina3279 4 года назад +44

      I am very grateful that you have noticed this issue in the teaching system. I would like to point out that the issues isn't only in how teachers and fellow students respond to the bahavior (and personality) of Asian American students. It's also how they respond to academic achievement. As a 2nd generation Chinese American (parents were immigrants) I often felt a lot of pressure from teachers and classmates to excel academically. This only exacerbated the pressure I felt from my parents and severely damaged my mental evaluation of my own worth.
      I did graduate from my high school as the valedictorian. However, even for high achieving Asian American students, comments from teachers and peers about our supposed academic superiority was very damaging. When I didn't get the best on a single assignment or exam, classmates would mock me and show off their better assignment/exam grade. When I did excel, instead of saying "good job, I know you worked hard for this", peers and teachers would shrug it off with "as expected from a Chinese American like you" as if my academic performance was somehow preprogrammed into me genetically. Now, imagine if you were to grow up with such pressures but you were from a less privileged family (like poverty-stricken Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees' children) and/or didn't excel academically. It really wears down on your feeling of self-worth and self-love. I would really like to see this issue addressed in the American academic system. Thanks though, for being so considerate and thoughtful of how we can change our interaction with Asian American students. :)

    • @shady8045
      @shady8045 4 года назад +2

      This is actually pretty well known in left circles but it’s mostly used to combat nazis

    • @tiyenin
      @tiyenin 4 года назад +13

      I teach in southern California public schools and have noticed this disparity. In short, school districts are playing the numbers: more resources and attention are poured into black and Hispanic students than say East Asian / Central Asian / Middle Eastern / European students, because A) they make up an enormous demographic chunk of the student population to the point where they are no longer minorities and actually represent the MAJORITY now, and B) they have historic, systemic, racist, pervasive disadvantages stacked against them that literally cannot be addressed in any way but at a policy level.
      I myself am Asian from a predominantly Asian community (I grew up in Hawai'i), and am more than familiar with the model minority myth that trickled down through mainstream American media. The struggle is real. That said, we need to recognize that there is a gap between the ABILITIES of students of color, and the PERFORMANCE of students of color. As a teacher, my constant struggle is closing this gap for ALL of my students.

    • @watchthesuit1683
      @watchthesuit1683 4 года назад +12

      Respectfully, it's not "Latinex," it's Latino. Latino is not a sexist term as the Spanish language is gendered and doesn't need this type of appropriation. Please don't be afraid to reject made up words that are disrespectful to people that are actually of that culture. I believe your heart is in the right place, and I appreciate you for it, but this is an example of political corectness reaching absurdity.

    • @itsjayoh628
      @itsjayoh628 4 года назад +1

      TL:DR

  • @SmN20
    @SmN20 5 лет назад +177

    We Russians are called Commies. Even though Soviet Collapsed in 1991.

    • @randomhuman9672
      @randomhuman9672 5 лет назад +42

      It’s ironic because Russia currently has a more capitalist system than the US

    • @ctfccc2069
      @ctfccc2069 5 лет назад +30

      He what about us germans? We still get ONLY associated with Nazis even thought we have thousands of years history

    • @SmN20
      @SmN20 5 лет назад +1

      Ikr

    • @garrettclements7114
      @garrettclements7114 4 года назад +8

      Ctfc Cc Personal opinion; When I think of Germany, my mind goes back to the Holy Roman Empire and all of its holdings. Although I also think of the Charlomagne empire, which I believe part of current day Germany would fall into.

    • @mrhalfwit972
      @mrhalfwit972 4 года назад +12

      @@garrettclements7114 when I think of Germany I think of prussia and B E E R

  • @GBriser
    @GBriser 4 года назад +531

    Asians also face a lot of discrimination from ALL races. They just don't talk about it as much.

    • @firebreathercat133
      @firebreathercat133 4 года назад +7

      @jieqiang luo Both are true

    • @SKMCTV
      @SKMCTV 4 года назад +5

      jieqiang luo where are all the Asian on Black crime stories in the news then?

    • @katelynnehansen8115
      @katelynnehansen8115 4 года назад +35

      Sucker MC you might want to look into who owns all major news network, and then you won’t be so confused at the propaganda they sell you, the picture they WANT you to see. You do know there’s violent Asian gangs and mafias, right?

    • @thatcooldudeisawesome876
      @thatcooldudeisawesome876 4 года назад +3

      @@katelynnehansen8115 Every country has mafia bad example!
      But what I would suggest was from ww2 all the asian believing they are the superior race and everyone is inferior which means the older people are racist (or more likely to be) whiilst the young people are not!

    • @katelynnehansen8115
      @katelynnehansen8115 4 года назад +17

      That cool dude! is awesome! My point is that every group has their violent sects, yet media will skew and misrepresent information to create the perception they want the populace to hold at the time.

  • @jeffapellido1959
    @jeffapellido1959 5 лет назад +452

    The most important part of this video seems to be flying over the head of most of its critics. The US government changed the immigration laws to be strongly based on merit, so a large fraction of Asians that live in this country are descendants of these rich and highly educated Asian immigrants. While most other races, both legally and illegally, came here through slavery or to escape poverty and war. So, citing statistics about how successful Asians are relative to African Americans and Latinos in the US means little because it is extremely biased.

    • @MichaelRicksAherne
      @MichaelRicksAherne 4 года назад +14

      So are you saying we could solve racism by importing a whole generation of rich, successful blacks?

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 4 года назад +97

      @@Submersed24
      South America and Africa are "riddled with crime" because that's exactly how they need to be for USA to profit the most. Throughout the past century, the USA has been supporting military coups and openly conducting terrorism in these countries to put their own puppets in power, puppets who give the USA unhindered access to whatever industries and resources that country has, whether it be gold, oil, diamonds or bananas. Some of the most flagrant examples of this occurred in Chile and DRC.

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 4 года назад +40

      @@Submersed24
      You like "Asian culture"? Fine. Let's see how you enjoy 14-hour work days and unbelievably high levels of suicide, particularly among young people. Let's see how you enjoy absolute censorship and surveillance. Let's see how you enjoy a system that forces citizens to worship politicians as gods.

    • @Eli-su6ql
      @Eli-su6ql 4 года назад +28

      @@cometmoon4485
      "Let's see how you enjoy a system that forces citizens to worship politicians as gods."
      Uh... If he's in the US, he might not have to wait very long for that...

    • @dxXZeroXxb
      @dxXZeroXxb 4 года назад +20

      @@Eli-su6ql Don't they already do that there with the founding fathers fetish and all. Not to mention still clinging to a piece of paper as their supreme law, despite it having almost no relevance in modern society since it's a couple hundred years old.

  • @jasoncheung7394
    @jasoncheung7394 5 лет назад +78

    the fact that this stereotype exists in many english/European speaking countries makes this myth more concerning and rather a understatement at this point

    • @dreamworldman5504
      @dreamworldman5504 Год назад +1

      European is not a language

    • @ehsaamullah515
      @ehsaamullah515 Год назад +2

      @@dreamworldman5504 He means anybody who a language originating from Europe.

  • @billybobobson2236
    @billybobobson2236 5 лет назад +189

    0:20-0:25 How I feel when they upload these 62 different times on 23 different channels

  • @whoami1449
    @whoami1449 4 года назад +241

    Im asian
    South east asian
    And when i only said asian they imagine im chinese, or japanese, or korean

    • @thatcooldudeisawesome876
      @thatcooldudeisawesome876 4 года назад +17

      Nice to met ya South east asian man!
      I sometimes play on your servers to stop lag!

    • @bonyuri5211
      @bonyuri5211 4 года назад +2

      eyy hello there

    • @GhostGK21
      @GhostGK21 4 года назад +5

      Hello, fellow SEA countryman.

    • @niko-ni6ps
      @niko-ni6ps 4 года назад +5

      Heya bro, where do you come from? IM indonesian

    • @jedijournal9159
      @jedijournal9159 4 года назад +7

      I think there are 6 main mega regions in Asia. Western Asia which which is like the middle east, central Asia which like Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. East Asia which has countries like China, Japan, The Koreas, Taiwan and the Philippines. South Asia with countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, south east Asia with countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and Brunei. And north Asia with Siberia controlled by Russia and possibly Mongolia.

  • @ditoo2002
    @ditoo2002 5 лет назад +230

    I need to update my list.
    "Cut it out" Joey
    "Have mercy" Jesse
    "Sammy and the rippers" Jesse
    "Watch the hair" Jesse
    Creating lists like this one, Danny

    • @mjross007
      @mjross007 4 года назад +4

      @Indy Behr yeah to Clarissa explains it all, man I miss the 90's

    • @tarag7292
      @tarag7292 4 года назад +1

      I noticed all those lines from Full House, too! 😁

    • @parker9043
      @parker9043 4 года назад +1

      I noticed them right away then I was looking for someone

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 4 года назад

      @@tarag7292 I think that anybody that watched Full House for any number of episodes would probably recognize those. They were pretty clear references that were carried into the Netflix revival.

  • @penndawt
    @penndawt 4 года назад +87

    I taught ESL in Korea. I told them that American stereotype Koreans as studious. They laughed it off, knowing that's far from the truth.

    • @leguminous7564
      @leguminous7564 4 года назад +7

      Lmao they are more studious though. That's why the educational mindset in South Korea is so toxic and results in a such a high suicide rate; the average Korean would trounce the average white American in mathematics or science.

    •  4 года назад +3

      The average American has been practically lobotomised by their public education system.
      Expecting them to be on the level of Koreans who can have their lives dictated by how well they score on tests is kinda silly.

    • @Earthling108
      @Earthling108 3 года назад

      @@leguminous7564 yes man! Exactly

    • @BuildinWings
      @BuildinWings 3 года назад +1

      ​@@leguminous7564
      Are you including the dead-by-suicide Koreans in that average? Because it seems pretty major not to, if suicide is a result of their education.

    • @jj_verona
      @jj_verona 2 года назад +3

      @@leguminous7564 shitty work conditions contribute just as much, if not more, to that suicide rate

  • @reginan7554
    @reginan7554 2 года назад +8

    It also puts other Asians down. For example asians that came as refugees don’t have the same success rates as their wealthier counterparts parts. Asians having the biggest wealth gap of any demo in the US. But because of the “model minority” myth, Asian poverty is overlooked and many can’t get the resources to get out of poverty.

    • @KM-up4xz
      @KM-up4xz Год назад

      It’s funny how they only bring IT workers from certain countries India, The Philippines 🇵🇭 for example but they won’t take engineers from let’s say Mexico, Colombia, Peru 🇵🇪 maybe trump was right in bad sense instead of saying they’re not sending their best he should have said “we’re not taking their best” cause it’s not in the script and our best interests to maintain system & keep minorities weak and divided

  • @nessa7979
    @nessa7979 4 года назад +24

    My mom thinks this is fake. She thinks the Chinese worked hard and got the "model minority" status all on their own rather than from government propaganda.
    (my mom is Chinese and doesn't include other Asians in the "model minority" except for Koreans and Japanese)

    • @SunnySide388
      @SunnySide388 3 года назад +7

      That's very unfortunate because according to pew research out of all the different groups of Asians Indian Americans have the highest incomes yet so many East Asians don't even consider them to be Asian.

  • @popolin8614
    @popolin8614 5 лет назад +57

    Asia is a continent not a country. A lot of people tend to forget that there are many countries in Asia and that each of these countries have completely different cultures, languages, history and so on.

    • @thebikehippie6562
      @thebikehippie6562 5 лет назад +6

      At one time people would ask you what country you are from. Then people started getting offended when you would ask them where they were from. So now we say what continent people are from just so we don't offend.. We should just all call ourselves Earthlings and call it a day

    • @fairystail1
      @fairystail1 4 года назад +4

      @@thebikehippie6562 earthlings? Oh so you differentiate between earthlings and martians then?
      rude much

    • @TESkyrimizer
      @TESkyrimizer 4 года назад +2

      @@fairystail1 multicellular organism, then?

    • @mason3166
      @mason3166 4 года назад +2

      @@TESkyrimizer You saying bacteria aren't alive? Rude

    • @mrhalfwit972
      @mrhalfwit972 4 года назад +2

      @@mason3166 existing-lings?

  • @CassandrashadowcassMorrison
    @CassandrashadowcassMorrison 4 года назад +54

    Actually, the "Yellow Peril" idea started In the UK and moved over here. Ever heard of Dr. Fu Manchu? The author of that series "Sax Rohmer" (real name Arthur Sarsfield Ward) hails from Merrie Olde England.
    1900's London was dealing with the "yellow peril" question, a term evolved from the imagined threat and racial bias concerning Asian immigration. Films and books as well as the politics of the day reflected this attitude. From Ch. II The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (1913);
    "Imagine a person, tall, lean and feline, high-shouldered, with a brow like Shakespeare and a face like Satan, a close-shaven skull, and long, magnetic eyes of the true cat-green. Invest him with all the cruel cunning of an entire Eastern race, accumulated in one giant intellect, with all the resources of science past and present, with all the resources, if you will, of a wealthy government-- which, however, already has denied all knowledge of his existence. Imagine that awful being, and you have a mental picture of Dr. Fu-Manchu, the yellow peril incarnate in one man." *
    Heady words for heady times. From the thriving merchant trade Chinese communities were established in London's Limehouse district, populated partly by dockworkers and sailors. Tales of opium dens, illegal immigration, corruption, and death were rampant topics in the news and intoxicating material for readers and novelists including Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Rohmer's The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu profited from these morbid worrying expansionist effects. The evil genius and his wickedly sadistic and cunning daughter Fah Lo Suee fight the Western powers embodied in Commissioner Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie. Mysterious Eastern instruments and shadowy evil figures are at their disposal. The novel was an instant best-seller.
    www.online-literature.com/sax-rohmer/
    Blaming the US Government ALONE for this attitude is ridiculous and a cheap shot. Hell, it was the UK that exported Opium TO China (not the other way around) www.britannica.com/topic/opium-trade started that whole myth,
    It is as silly to point fingers at the US for this as it is to single our nation out for racist attitudes to people of African descent. Look up the original title of British Mystery Queen Agatha Christie's classic AND THEN THERE WERE NONE sometime...she didn't get that from us. She was inculcated with her racist attitudes in good old Great Britain: www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christie-Niggers-Indians-Paperback/dp/B01M6YBLGA
    www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/no-reason-to-doubt-no-irish-no-blacks-signs
    And check out a subplot about an Anglo-Indian nonconformist preacher who (because of his light brown skin coloration) was referred to by the "N" word in Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novel UNNATURAL DEATH www.amazon.com/Unnatural-Death-Peter-Wimsey-Mystery/dp/0062311921
    Yet I have watched Samuel L. Jackson commenting on how Britain was never racist like the US.
    Nick Fury is an idiot if he believes that. 😎
    Ask him why British Soldiers during the 2nd World War were known to refer to people of color as WOGS.
    It was because they had the bad habit of referring to His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God as "That Dirty Little (insert N word here)" and were ordered by Montgomery to refer to him as that "Worthy Oriental Gentleman".
    *The only thing Fu Manchu doesn't have is the thing he is most famous for. A "Fu Manchu"
    thehannibal8.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/karloff-as-fu-manchu.jpg
    dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/FMCL.jpg
    www.orderofbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Fu-Manchu-by-Sax-Rohmer.jpg

    • @mikei6605
      @mikei6605 4 года назад +2

      Cassandra Morrison this video never said anything about that, all you’re doing is adding additional statements

    • @m2heavyindustries378
      @m2heavyindustries378 4 года назад

      Do you have a England fetish or something? Overflowing with of insecurity a bit huh. Who hurt you

    • @armandohernandez9740
      @armandohernandez9740 4 года назад +12

      @@m2heavyindustries378 no she's proving that you British weren't saints and that petty little comment doesn't disprove any of this fact and logic. "Did someone hurt you?" "Do you have a England fetish?" Like dude how old are you?

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 4 года назад +1

      Ahh...
      The Empire.. err.. _Colonialism!!!_ (Euphemisms FTW!)
      Guess the "isolationist" Muricans would feel even more vindicated.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 4 года назад +1

      TBH, Americans aren't very creative at things like sports and racism. A significant portion of the racist imagery and racial slurs we have were created in the UK, a good chunk of which were originally created to put the Irish in their place. Which shouldn't be much of a surprise as the UK had a significant hand in the US turning to slaves early on. Monkeys and the N-word are particular notable examples of things that were used to denigrate the Irish, but have now become so tightly associated with anti-African racism that most people have forgotten about that.

  • @Thatonelonewolf928
    @Thatonelonewolf928 2 года назад +15

    The idea that the Stereotypes of Asians being “smart,” “Successful,” isn’t just American Propaganda. Asian cultures during the medieval era were heavily based on sword combat and “honoring” your family. If you were a youth male your decency was based on how honorable you were. With the extinction of sword combat and the depletion of war. This culture has shifted towards academics. Many Asian family’s have high standards for academics.

    • @KM-up4xz
      @KM-up4xz Год назад

      It’s funny how they only bring IT workers from certain countries India, The Philippines 🇵🇭 for example but they won’t take engineers from let’s say Mexico, Colombia, Peru 🇵🇪 maybe trump was right in bad sense instead of saying they’re not sending their best he should have said “we’re not taking their best” cause it’s not in the script and our best interests to maintain system & keep minorities weak and divided

  • @chinmayanand8513
    @chinmayanand8513 4 года назад +79

    The consistent combing by uncle sammy sure resembles his desperation to create a perfect(fake) image

    • @nathancamara6285
      @nathancamara6285 4 года назад +3

      I beg to differ. Name one country that has had a perfectly clean track record.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 4 года назад +3

      The combing is a reference to Uncle Jesse from Full House, it's one of the many references to sitcoms of the past that were embedded in the video.

  • @imvincentgao
    @imvincentgao 5 лет назад +43

    As an Asian-American creator, I also am in the fight to change asian stereotype.

    • @rockettony1014
      @rockettony1014 5 лет назад +2

      Same here with my native American haritage so many stereotypes

    • @janeappleseed2154
      @janeappleseed2154 5 лет назад +5

      I entreat you to be helpful to black people like myself and my kin.
      It sickens me to see Asian people fighting against us, especially when we never developed invaded and destroyed your countries under our own colonial banner unlike some folks I could mention.

    • @ganjatheninja
      @ganjatheninja 5 лет назад +4

      sorry to tell you but you wont stereotypes exist for a reason quit trying to be a loser.

    • @janeappleseed2154
      @janeappleseed2154 5 лет назад +7

      @@ganjatheninja
      Yes, we all know ignorant bigots like you are the seed of stereotypes, because you can't figure out how correlation and causation work.

    • @KurtsDopeMovies
      @KurtsDopeMovies 5 лет назад +1

      Wow you're so stunning and brave

  • @Vaprous
    @Vaprous 5 лет назад +29

    I'd like to point out that German Americans *were* also interned
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_German_Americans
    On a significantly smaller scale; but it nevertheless *did happen*.

    • @mrwaffly2202
      @mrwaffly2202 4 года назад +10

      Yeah Adam ignores some facts. Like how he claimed that we only let Asian who would be successful in. That completely ignores the 600,000 refugees we took in from Indochina after the end of the Vietnam war. Saddly Adam misses some facts for a political spin.

    • @mrwaffly2202
      @mrwaffly2202 4 года назад

      @2023. Naren Pullela that source is in my college history text book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 2: 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 1865
      by Joseph R. Collins. Also if you want another source here is an article by recuse history.org www.rescue.org/article/largest-refugee-resettlement-effort-american-history

    • @mrwaffly2202
      @mrwaffly2202 4 года назад

      @2023. Naren Pullela Also on the question of how the refugees are doing. I can't imagine their that bad since Adam did not mention them. I see a lot of south Vietnamese flags in my city and none of the Viets I know are any worse off than me.

    • @johnsmith4811
      @johnsmith4811 4 года назад +1

      Why would ruin a (almost) perfectly executed race-bait video?

    • @michaelly7163
      @michaelly7163 3 года назад

      @@mrwaffly2202 My dad and mom are Vietnamese and divorced due to family problems. They immigrated to America, at first to New York then to Southern California, during the Vietnam war My mom lives in Garden Grove, Orange County, while my dad lives in Alhambra, LA. My mom is a moderately successful pharmacist at a local, Vietnamese pharmacy, while my dad works as an IT and analyst contractor, who does jobs or tickets across OC and LA.

  • @gamehero6816
    @gamehero6816 4 года назад +23

    "This is all your fault. Get outta my room!"
    *touches hair*
    "Woah, watch the hair!"

  • @groovysmoovy7971
    @groovysmoovy7971 4 года назад +44

    I’m Asian and I almost failed high school 2 times
    And my parents took all my Chinese New Years money

    • @lumoseo
      @lumoseo 4 года назад

      lksjflkfkldjsklflskd same though for the Chinese New Years money

    • @D00Rb3LL
      @D00Rb3LL 3 года назад +1

      Way to fight stereotypes

    • @ArthurWuYeah211
      @ArthurWuYeah211 3 года назад +4

      Wtf that’s nothing to be proud of dude

    • @chinggiskhan6678
      @chinggiskhan6678 3 года назад +1

      @@ArthurWuYeah211 It's not your place to be judging others.

    • @ArthurWuYeah211
      @ArthurWuYeah211 3 года назад

      @@chinggiskhan6678 He is dragging down our good name, and it is not something he should be proud of.

  • @Davidjparkdo
    @Davidjparkdo 3 года назад +18

    You were years ahead of the times by creating this video. Well done Adam!

  • @erickmontiel9826
    @erickmontiel9826 4 года назад +3

    But we gotta admit, Asians are one of the most dedicated in terms of academics

  • @BlakeWolfGaming
    @BlakeWolfGaming 5 лет назад +146

    Couldn’t tiger parents also be partial blame for this too? Because of them the stereotype breaths more because they make their kids act just like the stereotype.
    You want to make your child a math wiz? Make them study math during the summer pay for extra lessons in mathematics, make them do math problems every day with breaks to do other homework related stuff, ect.
    Heck most kids of extreme tiger parents can’t even go hang out with friends because their parents make them study, study, study.
    It’s not all tiger parents but the extreme ones are the worst.

    • @EllieHoward111003
      @EllieHoward111003 5 лет назад +26

      Tiger parents could be of any race. Assuming only Asians push their children is ridiculous. It’s also a bit of a derogatory term.

    • @kenneth2519
      @kenneth2519 5 лет назад +5

      Im an Chinese myself and its not that we and our our parents are extreme and strict its just that we give more attention and a better attitude than you westerners. And tiger parents and helicopter parents are just another stereotype that people made up from rare cases of parenting and magnified it to 100x. Please, give some respect to us asians

    • @VVheeli
      @VVheeli 5 лет назад +5

      Can’t say about other Asians, but a lot of chinese families I know value education early on more than normal.
      Saying tiger parents are to blame is like 20% true at best. If you aren’t top 15% of the school and you’re Chinese, you’re doing something wrong.
      Like, to some of my white friends it sounds ridiculous. A minority has to be better than the majority. And then the stereotype perpetuates, my friends get put down, and I see them not trying as hard in school. Like, I value an education, but I value having fun. I just learned early on from my “tiger parents” how to budget one over the other to have more fun later in life, when I’m more successful.
      And I hear all these stories of skipping school for piercings and friends and I just... why? Take shortcuts in school so you don’t have to work as hard, not blow it off completely.

    • @amit4Bihar
      @amit4Bihar 5 лет назад +5

      The tiger parent is also created by the USA to justify the lower standards of their education and the lack of STEM education

    • @Drownedinblood
      @Drownedinblood 5 лет назад +11

      The tiger parenting is a product of the model minority myth and is itself an exaggeration of Asian parents usual push for education. The parents saw that their kid has to be "perfect" to even be competitive in this society and so every possible fault is expected to be ironed out.

  • @AuznNjs
    @AuznNjs 5 лет назад +2

    What’s the problem about calling an asian who was born in the US as asian American? Black people are called African American but you don’t see them coming out and complaining that they’re Nigerian American or something like that. Me myself as an asian do not have any problem with someone calling me an asian.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 4 года назад +16

    Hopefully this will help people see through government propaganda. This needs to be seen by millions more. Thank you.

  • @brianthomas3451
    @brianthomas3451 3 года назад +1

    Asian lady referencing a 60 year old study. Without a doubt, Asians get the model minority label because they come to America with little resources, they excel in academics, they are underrepresented in the legal system and they have a strong sense of family values (take care of elders, don’t shame the family which includes failing school and getting arrested). They did not get special treatment and are often rejected in high numbers when applying for Ivy League schools despite their accolades. The marks spreading random views in this episode does not explain anything about the model minority label. If you need to, visit Irvine Ca. It will tell you all you need to know.

  • @itgma_keithape
    @itgma_keithape 5 лет назад +31

    “An Asian American can never be president of the United States”
    Andrew Yang: “hold my beer”

    • @youtubeconnollyfamily
      @youtubeconnollyfamily 4 года назад +3

      He’s the only democrat I would consider voting for

    • @ramitouhami4912
      @ramitouhami4912 4 года назад

      @Chris Hansen he is just going to divert half of the voters from bieden voters so no one democrat has all the votes

    • @daisychainmilk
      @daisychainmilk 4 года назад

      I truly hope not! He is a horrible candidate.

  • @TheIllusiveMan11
    @TheIllusiveMan11 Год назад +8

    "Why didn't you do that to German Americans?"
    They did. 36.1% of all interments during WW2 were German Americans, however the vast majority of those interned were Japanese Americans.

    • @lenini056
      @lenini056 9 месяцев назад

      Wait until you hear about the lavish tours those prisoners got unlike the Japanese ones. Especially the one time where a jazz musician played at a segregated club which the ones in the white section were all German POWs (YUP, NAZIS!). Damn!

  •  5 лет назад +96

    A princeton study claims that during SAT's, asians are penalized by 50 points while african americans are given a 230 point bonus. Vijay Chokal Ingam an indian man acted like he was black to get into school. Asians are the actual minorities in the USA and it's not addressed enough.

    • @retsrow2899
      @retsrow2899 5 лет назад +3

      You can't be a Democrat unless you're a hardcore racist

    • @philipsrhoguns109
      @philipsrhoguns109 5 лет назад +11

      Nick worster I think you mean republican

    • @retsrow2899
      @retsrow2899 5 лет назад +3

      @@philipsrhoguns109 really because it's everyone on the left that is only focused on people's skin color you don't find that anywhere on the right- the Democrat Party is the party of anti-Semitism and white hatred- if you watch any of the left-leaning news stations all they do is talk about gender and skin color and how Trump is bad

    • @philipsrhoguns109
      @philipsrhoguns109 5 лет назад +1

      Nick worster white hatred yet there are a lot of whites in the party. People talk about race because for the longest time that has been a dodgy subject that people didn’t feel comfortable talking about it till now. You don’t see them having neo nazi marches and doing the nazi salute but you see that on the right. Tell me the right didn’t talk about how Obama was bad, tell me they don’t talk about races and gender and how trans people are coming to assault you.

    • @philipsrhoguns109
      @philipsrhoguns109 5 лет назад

      killa100 drop the review below please

  • @CollinMcLean
    @CollinMcLean 3 года назад +34

    This actually brings to light another factor about the model minority myth I think many people tend to overlook. How politically active are Asian-American people? You see activism from Black Americans all the time but political activism and participation doesn't seem near as prominent amongst Asian-American people...

    • @edgyreggiee
      @edgyreggiee 2 года назад +7

      Look to literal political fields instead of activism; protests/marches. You will find plenty of Asians lobbying for example. But Asians aren't quick to protesting, we are simply to good at it to implement it fairly.

    • @Boyakishan
      @Boyakishan 2 года назад +1

      Also, it’s not exactly untrue what they say, just what they expect and see is untrue.

    • @pimpnamedslickback7780
      @pimpnamedslickback7780 Год назад

      @@edgyreggiee that's another stereotype lol.

  • @monkeysmainman6343
    @monkeysmainman6343 4 года назад +16

    The kid went in the closet Japanese and out a Russian

  • @epochofgenesis-official6608
    @epochofgenesis-official6608 3 года назад +2

    Yes and no. He didn't touch on the culture differences. Asian cultures tend to be more collectivist. They also tend to follow the rules more due to a culture that understands the need for order. He completely neglected the cultural differences and how those end up making Asians more desirable for society. Things like family values are far different and impact the success of a student. These factors do give Asian Americans a huge advantage. So while he quotes Asian poverty, it's not accounting for Asians consistently outperforming all other ethnicities in academics, regardless of economic status. This is due to their culture, and not their ethnicity of course. If everyone adopted parts of their culture, they likely would see similar results.

  • @strangelee4400
    @strangelee4400 5 лет назад +119

    "It was all America's fault..they're so racist"
    But we have a lot of smart Asian students in the UK and we didn't do any of those things.
    Asian parents like seeing their kids do well academically.

    • @Spirosgod
      @Spirosgod 5 лет назад +42

      You only see those that can afford it.

    • @anonymoususer6526
      @anonymoususer6526 5 лет назад +9

      So do American parents want their kids to not be the best at school?

    • @Spirosgod
      @Spirosgod 5 лет назад +26

      @@anonymoususer6526 I am not sure how this is relevant to what I said.
      Everyone wants their kids to do well at school, the problem is when people bring up asians in general as a sort of counter argument in some discussions while omiting the fact that asian immigrants in the west generally have some financial backing to end up there.

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 5 лет назад +2

      There is some basis in fact here. The theory is that the Chinese and Japanese language system helps them to develop a more mathmatical brain

    • @mohdnazimrosli8535
      @mohdnazimrosli8535 5 лет назад +5

      As Asians.... if you dont study well , or dot have much talents.... well ..... things will get ugly... one of the reasons most asians doesnt live long.. depression

  • @RiskoPlexus
    @RiskoPlexus 4 года назад +9

    I remember the first time I heard about the Asian American stereotype of being smart. I was either 12 or 13 and my friends were doing some kind of weird thing where they got in a circle, put their hands into their sleeves and gripped it, while their arms pointed forward moving up and down as if they were doing some kind of cult worship thingy (I swear, that was the last time I ever saw them do it). Me, feeling left out and lonely, just decided to squeeze into the circle and join in on whatever this was.
    They started saying "Food, food", next thing, I know one of them says, "Wait we're all Asian." So then, they started saying "Straight A's, straight A's...". I got SO CONFUSED. I didn't understand what grades had to do with anything. Later, I asked my dad about it and he explained it to me. It shocked me because the smartest people I ever knew up to that point came were of many different races: Chilean, Italian, African American, and yes, also Filipinos, Indians, etc. So, it just didn't make sense that the "nerdy, smart" stereotype only racially got labeled to Asians.

  • @sardunai952
    @sardunai952 3 года назад +4

    What Adam leaves out is the actual economic boom of Japan and the Tiger States (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hongkong) in the 1960s, which validated the idea of the "model minority" in the US.

    • @Sunshine-zi4nq
      @Sunshine-zi4nq 11 месяцев назад +1

      I am from Singapore. Its not a myth.

  • @ro2595
    @ro2595 4 года назад +4

    I’m Japanese and used to live in America around 5years, experiencing too much expectations on academics just because I’m Asian.
    It made me study more and more than any other student and finally i managed to enter one of the most prestigious universities in America.
    But once i failed an exam, i started to feel inferior to other Asian students, even whites... I know this way of thinking is ridiculous and kind of racism but all started with the stereotype against Asians... I’m ashamed of what i thought. My color, race and language do not matter on my grades.

    • @MayPastel
      @MayPastel 4 года назад +1

      I'm so sorry you had to go through that... You're right. Race, color, and language doesn't affect your grades.
      I hope you are doing much better now!

  • @k3vint0wn3r
    @k3vint0wn3r 4 года назад +4

    I've had a former manager genuinely tell me that I'm good at math..haha.
    I'm actually pretty bad at math 😆

  • @ro2595
    @ro2595 4 года назад +6

    It is kind of ridiculous to clamp people from many different backgrounds together as Asians
    I’m impressed so much

  • @Teag_Brohman15
    @Teag_Brohman15 2 года назад +3

    Adam: TV and Movies are rampant with Asian Stereotypes
    Shang Chi: imma stop you right there

  • @arsenicandvanilla3103
    @arsenicandvanilla3103 5 лет назад +115

    Dear adam conover,
    Thanks for ruining everyone's faith in humanity and doing my jon for me.
    Love,
    Satan

    • @somkeshav4143
      @somkeshav4143 5 лет назад +4

      who's jon? XD

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk 5 лет назад +4

      Feeling a little oppressed, are we?

    • @slynthehedgehog8061
      @slynthehedgehog8061 5 лет назад +9

      Mr Satan, as your lawyer, I recommend you stop commenting on youtubes videos...

    • @mswaller7390
      @mswaller7390 5 лет назад +2

      HAHA that’s funny there’s absolutely no hope for humanity anymore

    • @CaptainDoomsday
      @CaptainDoomsday 4 года назад

      Since when is Satan all about the truth?

  • @DanBrown96
    @DanBrown96 4 года назад +22

    Having taught in Asia, the UK and Australia I can tell you that my classroom was as diverse in terms of smart and...'not so smart' students across the board. The parental pressure varied but that didn’t make the kids any smarter, they were just incredibly stressed out!

  • @weegeegaming2201
    @weegeegaming2201 5 лет назад +16

    This episode should be called "Adam ruins his credibility, and is ignorant to German-american oppression"

    • @yeetskeetselfdelete5638
      @yeetskeetselfdelete5638 5 лет назад +1

      If he isn't credible for his work, why did they make an episode specifically saying the facts they got wrong from previous episodes due to more research?

    • @weegeegaming2201
      @weegeegaming2201 5 лет назад +3

      @@yeetskeetselfdelete5638 sure, you can correct somethings. However, good research should prevent you from making allot of mistakes that you wouldn't need to correct, on small things this is fine, but ignoring the things german Americans had to go through during ww2 is horrible, not to mention all the people in America being most likely spied on because of Russian activity's.
      He ruins his- and by him I really mean the researchers, credibility, for at least this episode.

    • @yeetskeetselfdelete5638
      @yeetskeetselfdelete5638 5 лет назад

      ​@@weegeegaming2201 Fair enough

    • @yeetskeetselfdelete5638
      @yeetskeetselfdelete5638 5 лет назад

      @@weegeegaming2201 I love how people on this show and people on other videos argue very differently

    • @fandomguy8025
      @fandomguy8025 5 лет назад +1

      Pretty sure there was an Adam Ruins Everything episode about how he can't always be right, might miss something, and should be fact checked.

  • @Vanillastump
    @Vanillastump 4 года назад +6

    To be fair, most countries prioritize immigrants with skills over unskilled immigrants. That is why I can't move to Canada.

  • @YankeeNationalist
    @YankeeNationalist 5 лет назад +28

    “Why didn’t you do that to German Americans in World War II?”
    Wait...he did. Adam is lying.

    • @catsofsherman1316
      @catsofsherman1316 5 лет назад +6

      There were a small number of Germans interned during the war.

    • @101meinu101
      @101meinu101 5 лет назад +6

      Jaded lmao suuuure, you sound like a holocaust denier

    • @whistlercrenshaw3736
      @whistlercrenshaw3736 5 лет назад +3

      He claimed that Russia was less racist than the USA.
      -55,005 Ethnic Germans sentenced to death.
      -139,815 Ethnic Poles executed.
      -4 million Ukrainians starved.
      -100,000 Crimean Tartars deported.
      -95,000 Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians sent to the gulag.
      -tens of thousands of Armenians killed and deported.
      -97-98,000 Kalmyks deported.
      -171,781 Koreans deported,
      For more info go here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_Soviet_Union

    • @johnheinrich1718
      @johnheinrich1718 5 лет назад

      Cats of Sherman: right, only about 11,000 were interned.

    • @johnheinrich1718
      @johnheinrich1718 5 лет назад +3

      David Uebel I don’t doubt being in an internment camp wasn’t Miserable, but at least you left there alive, tell that to the families of the 1/2 million Americans who died during the war. Or the millions of people who died in the slave labor camps and extermination camps, or the concentration camps in Europe during the 1930’s and 40’s. I bet they would have enjoyed an internment camp.

  • @josecarlosfloressaraiba
    @josecarlosfloressaraiba 5 лет назад +9

    Dear Adam, in Mexico there is a project called the Mayan Train, that will pass in the states of Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo, the problem is that many people are against for the fact that it can cause an ecologic damage, and there is people who is in favor because the Mayan Train can give a great inversion in the states that will pass.
    ¿Does the Mayan Train is something good or bad?

  • @wbcx4491
    @wbcx4491 4 года назад +4

    June 2020: couldn't be more appropriate to watch

  • @ymj4256
    @ymj4256 5 лет назад +14

    Adam: racism bad
    Also Adam: *proceed to use Russian stereotype.*

    • @shadowmaydawn
      @shadowmaydawn 5 лет назад +4

      That is not racism.

    • @raawesome3851
      @raawesome3851 5 лет назад +1

      It's a comedy, and also, it isn't promoting Russians as like that person, so it isn't bad, even if it is a stereotype

    • @curleypubes3672
      @curleypubes3672 4 года назад

      @Bennett McCoy lol. True

    • @woohooo7634
      @woohooo7634 4 года назад +3

      I'm Russian, and lemme tell you, I've experienced plenty of racism and xenophobia in my everyday life, but an accent is def not racist or xenophobic.

    • @woohooo7634
      @woohooo7634 4 года назад

      @@shadowmaydawn It could be, depending on how it is used, however, in this case it is not. Xenophobia against Russians can be mashed with racism (it constantly is) However, the video didn't use the racist aspect of Russian stereotypes, so, we're good.

  • @Hellovro4456
    @Hellovro4456 2 года назад +1

    Fun fact most laughter traces where recorded in the 1950's your listen to dead people laugh

  • @matthewmaguire4671
    @matthewmaguire4671 5 лет назад +5

    2:22 the irony is that this is exactly what we are doing to blacks, screaming that they were oppressed and then showing thousands of success stories.

    • @MontiRock
      @MontiRock 4 года назад

      FALSE

    • @vamphunterx
      @vamphunterx 3 года назад +1

      @@MontiRock Actually, pretty spot on

  • @Scampcam
    @Scampcam 4 года назад +5

    UK calls this "discrimination". Positive or negative discrimination is treated the same.

  • @holdenhunter6218
    @holdenhunter6218 5 лет назад +14

    1:20 Concentration Camps are not Interment Camps. For one Japanese people that were kept in Internment Camps actually didn't die and forced to do harsh labor unlike the concentration camps in Europe. The fact that Adam suggested that the Japanese were in Concentration Camps when in reality they were in Internment Camps is misspreading information.

    • @justalittlegalaxy
      @justalittlegalaxy 5 лет назад

      Yeah but they were still forced to stay in the space. How would you like to stay in one area for year? Uncultured swine.

    • @holdenhunter6218
      @holdenhunter6218 5 лет назад +8

      Internment camps were bad but Adam try to exaggerate the events by saying that they were in concentration camps when in fact Japanese in internment camps had better lives than the ones that were in concentration camps in Europe.
      Cancentration camps are completely different from Interment Camps and to suggest that the Japanese were in Concentration camp is misspreading information.

    • @reggieangus5325
      @reggieangus5325 3 года назад +4

      Umm those people had ALL their property taken away, every thing stripped from them, wealth, bank, money, property, split their families and threw them into prisons against their will. How do you down play that? Sounds about white to me

  • @stephaniebazzan6741
    @stephaniebazzan6741 5 лет назад +9

    Adam stereotypes isn’t just about race, it’s also about how someone presents themselves. Example if someone where’s sweater vest and glasses you will assume that they are smart.

    • @Ixiah27
      @Ixiah27 5 лет назад +10

      Or a Hipster.....

    • @LangBellsChannel
      @LangBellsChannel 5 лет назад

      @@Ixiah27 Hipsters wear Cosby sweaters.

    • @daisychainmilk
      @daisychainmilk 4 года назад +1

      He never once said that all stereotypes were about race...

  • @bmanichanh
    @bmanichanh 5 лет назад +26

    If you're going to take away a "positive" stereotype about Asians (i.e. we're smarter than everyone else), could you also take away any of the multitude of negative stereotypes we have to suffer through?

    • @BuildinWings
      @BuildinWings 3 года назад +10

      His point is that none are good.

  • @calvinthedestroyer
    @calvinthedestroyer 5 лет назад +5

    When we finally get to Mars, will we then refer to a race know as earthlings?

    • @mandarinduck
      @mandarinduck 5 лет назад

      Maybe not a race but I mean a few centuries ago Americans didn't exist and now the entire world has a stereotype of what an "American" is supposed to be like.

  • @ulrichgray5497
    @ulrichgray5497 5 лет назад +11

    German-Americans were also put in interment camps, both in WW1 and WW2.

  • @Someone-ll1rc
    @Someone-ll1rc 4 года назад +3

    The last thing I need is my teachers ignoring my help requests in school...

    • @MiximumDennis
      @MiximumDennis 4 года назад

      I was just thinking of ddlc after seeing this video and here you are/ nice.

  • @-SPECIALISTDELTA-
    @-SPECIALISTDELTA- 5 лет назад +35

    What others hear: WOAH! WATCH THE HAIR! | What my ears hear: WOAH! WATCH THE AIR!

  • @olli35pgxpg5naf9
    @olli35pgxpg5naf9 5 лет назад +4

    No one's gonna mention Kenji? That's a real dude from an American concentration camp in WW2. Look it up

    • @citavalo
      @citavalo 4 года назад

      *Internment camp. Yes it is still bad but don’t lump it with concentration camps done by from the Germans.

  • @jinmaikeul
    @jinmaikeul 4 года назад +12

    "... I also love Ultimate Frisbee"
    Yeah.. Definitely Korean-American.

  • @albertomendez137
    @albertomendez137 4 года назад +4

    Since when did A$AP Rocky start doing his homework?

  • @MyJootube
    @MyJootube 4 года назад +8

    this guy is so cool, those whimsical glasses, that goofy but rad haircut. that physique only soda, burgers and a couch can chisel. i better listen to him!

  • @rushilkaul
    @rushilkaul 5 лет назад +15

    4:45
    Isn't the exact thing people do when they say someone says he/she is African-American?

    • @kevinkanzler495
      @kevinkanzler495 5 лет назад +7

      Its also basically the same as when people are called "White" or "Caucasian".

    • @StealthMarmot_
      @StealthMarmot_ 5 лет назад +9

      Copied from an earlier reply I gave:
      This is actually a good point to bring up, however the situations are different. First, many Asian Americans are either themselves immigrants, or one or two generations out. This means that they are very closely tied to their immigrant roots, while most African Americans are several generations from somebody from Africa. (Notice I didn't say immigrant). In addition to this making them more distant from their origins, it also means there is more likely a mix of ancestors from multiple places, some of which may not even be Africa.
      On top of that, since most African Americans are descended from slaves, they can't know where their ancestors came from. Slaves were stripped of their identity when they became property. They were not only not given much chance to practice their culture, but they were expected to learn English and speak only English, while also given "Christian" names and expected to accept them as their only name. Truth is, if you were to ask any African American who cared about their ancestry what tribe or nation that their ancestors came from, they will tell you that they WISH they could know. But information like that is hard to find and often entirely lost.
      Asian Americans however came as immigrants, so their identities were intact. They weren't as expected to change names, though some might have. In particular, wealthy ones who came were able to form their own cultures, communities, and identities. This is a good thing obviously, and we should respect their individual identities that they wish to keep, especially since others were not as fortunate.

    • @rushilkaul
      @rushilkaul 5 лет назад +3

      @@kevinkanzler495 It does not apply to colour, it is a physical trait so there is obviously a large number of people from different parts of the world who are white. Caucasian is different because the meaning of Caucasian has been modified with regards to race.

    • @woohooo7634
      @woohooo7634 4 года назад

      @@kevinkanzler495 Caucasian doesn't mean white. Caucasians aren't even white. Lol.

  • @animeviewer66
    @animeviewer66 5 лет назад +37

    I'll say it once more there were indeed internment camps for German Americans as well it was not just the Japanese

    • @TimHornerWOP
      @TimHornerWOP 5 лет назад +7

      Italian Americans as well

    • @PenStoryGaming
      @PenStoryGaming 5 лет назад +16

      @@TimHornerWOP yeah but Germans were a case by case while Japanese were more like a whole group by group, like comparing a single horse vs comparing a whole herd of sheep

    • @darsparx
      @darsparx 5 лет назад

      They never said it was just them either. It's just that they were one of many people we've discriminated on especially with our crappy laws. Didn't even trying to make it better since we ended up getting the literal voice of racism and discrimination as our president >_>

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk 5 лет назад +1

      Was it in WW2?

    • @raawesome3851
      @raawesome3851 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah, but that was less than 1,000 people, while the japanese Americans had 120,000 to 130,000 people detained.

  • @NightcoreSkies
    @NightcoreSkies 9 месяцев назад +1

    Agreed. I'm Chinese-Japanese-Vietnamese and I can ASURE you that even though I grew up in Hong Kong, where there's extremely strict academic rules and absolutely NO rights for students, I still suck ass at maths. The idea why many Chinese (I'm going to use that as an example since I have experience in it) are good at that is because they're abuse both verbally and physically for not having good grades. Basically the reason why one student jumped off a parking lot in Hong Kong. I'm just sick of these sterotypical model that asians are seem as nerds and smart.

  • @acehealer4212
    @acehealer4212 3 года назад +14

    My friend mentioned the “model minority myth” to me, so I wanted to look into it more.

  • @joshua3611
    @joshua3611 5 лет назад +7

    Good to see Randy Wagstaff found a better home.

  • @Sam-vy8ye
    @Sam-vy8ye 5 лет назад +7

    It’s probably not down to only one factor. Yes the Model Minority myth might have contributed to the stereotype but also a lot of immigrants will have high expectations for their children to do well because they want the second generation to have a better life than their own and they don’t want them to take anything for granted. Honor and obedience is also highly valued amongst East Asian cultures. That’s why a lot of students will strive for a higher education. I mean South Korea has one of the highest educated labour forces in the OCED. So it’s a range of factors that contributes to the stereotypes

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d 5 лет назад +16

    ARE staffers "Let's show how bad racial stereotypes are in sitcoms."
    Also ARE staffers "Let's cast a sassy black guy with braids."

  • @samanthatellez2380
    @samanthatellez2380 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this. This is sooo important.

  • @Brathsolus
    @Brathsolus 2 года назад +1

    Not to sound controversial, but in WWII Japan did attack the US, and war propaganda had a field day, but it was dumb to persecute the japanese americans who left japan to seek a better life in USA

  • @davedawave2
    @davedawave2 4 года назад +5

    I disagree with the whole model minority being used to put other races down. Like the video stated asians are very diverse. Even the chinese, its incorrect to assume that the majority of chinese that came were rich and educated yes a few were but the majority came from poverty with no education. Or for example Bengalis or cambodians, many who also come from poverty. They came from nothing and worked hard to make a name for themselves in america, this should be admired, I look at these groups and say wow what's my excuse I'm not poor I'm educated, it's the mentality and culture I say this as a non asian, I'm latino and greatly admire Asians I in no way feel "inferior" or put down.

  • @UndeadScience
    @UndeadScience Год назад +1

    Moral of the story: “positive” stereotypes are still stereotypes, which are bad!

  • @user-xx8qv2jx2i
    @user-xx8qv2jx2i 5 лет назад +45

    Knowing a lot of Asians in Australia and having a step grandma being asian there a lot more demanding and try a lot harder

    • @kittredge5167
      @kittredge5167 5 лет назад

      Not compared to Mormons.. Mormons make all asians look like B students.

    • @sum7076
      @sum7076 5 лет назад

      20 00 they’re*

    • @pistachiosan
      @pistachiosan 4 года назад +3

      Because it's expected. Minorities know that their acceptance in racist societies is contingent on them being seen as successful and smart and useful. The moment a minority is seen as a burden in such societies is the moment they get targeted for harassment and expulsion.

    • @joeblair9350
      @joeblair9350 4 года назад

      @@pistachiosan or its a cultural thing for Asians to work harder due to a higher population density and unemployment rates so competition for jobs is very difficult so they work harder in school and hence are typically stereotyped as hardworking and smart

    • @pistachiosan
      @pistachiosan 4 года назад +1

      @@joeblair9350
      Having lived and taught in Japan and China for a decade combined, I can say without reservation that you're absolutely wrong.
      When free from the spectre of discrimination by virtue of being the majority, Asians are just like any other race or culture with their over achievers and their delinquents and everyone in between.
      I've had students that excelled, I've had students that struggled. I've even had students that just didn't try. None of them had the burden of being their culture's/race's "ambassador" where they weren't just representing themselves, but everyone who looks like them.
      Also the high population density means more consumers which means more jobs. It's the sparsely populated areas that suffer since there aren't many people to form a solid customer base.

  • @colleenodriscoll8914
    @colleenodriscoll8914 6 месяцев назад

    The reason Asian kids seemed smarter isn’t really because they were smarter, it’s because they worked harder, pressured by their parents to get good grades so they could achieve a better life than the ones their parents had growing up. It’s also a generational thing, since this rose up in the mid to late 20th century when there were more Asian immigrants coming to the US from poverty-stricken countries, and those parents pushed their children hard so their kids could have it better than they did. I think Asian parents of today are more relaxed in their parenting style than their own parents, due to not growing up with the same struggles their parents did.

  • @T._.liu.
    @T._.liu. 5 лет назад +3

    America seems to want us to forget the concentration camps, transcontinental railroad, chinese exclusion act, and more.

    • @D00Rb3LL
      @D00Rb3LL 3 года назад

      Internment camp not concentration camp and no they are not even close to the same thing. Just to correct ya.

  • @jasonhuofficial
    @jasonhuofficial 5 лет назад +1

    Bruh you act like Asian Americans migrated here because they had money. My parents and most of my Chinese friends parents came here with no money working manual labor jobs while trying to get an education. They worked hard and became successful in a short period of time. Adam is essentially down playing their hard work.

  • @OatmealGrillBlazer
    @OatmealGrillBlazer 4 года назад +5

    That moment when your part European and Asian

  • @darkball31
    @darkball31 5 лет назад +13

    you left out the fact that *japanese americans* helped out the united states in ww2

    • @user-jf4lt4uk7u
      @user-jf4lt4uk7u 5 лет назад +1

      And then they bombed pearl harbor.

    • @silentsmurf
      @silentsmurf 5 лет назад +1

      G ????? Japanese-Americans did not bomb Pearl Harbor

    • @SnikySnik
      @SnikySnik 5 лет назад +3

      G but you only said they... how does anyone know who ur referring to?

    • @user-jf4lt4uk7u
      @user-jf4lt4uk7u 5 лет назад

      @@SnikySnik It's called an inference.

    • @SnikySnik
      @SnikySnik 5 лет назад

      @G You contradicted yourself later on. The original post said Japanese Americans and you said "they" which refers to Japanese Americans bombing Pearl Harbor which they didn't.

  • @michaelnewton1754
    @michaelnewton1754 5 лет назад +55

    Attempts to show stereotyping against asian or black characters, while obliviously creating stereotypically racist white characters...

    • @jrobi501
      @jrobi501 5 лет назад +13

      it was a sitcom everyone was a stereotype

    • @mrstark6578
      @mrstark6578 5 лет назад +7

      What I don't get is how they say that america only letting in people who are educated and will BENEFIT THE ECONOMY is a terrible thing. If person A is going to be unemployed and leach off the government while person B is going to be a successful worker benefiting the economy and others around them bringing a new family that will do the same, then only let person B in.

    • @flaviusaetius5701
      @flaviusaetius5701 5 лет назад +5

      @@mrstark6578 im pretty sure adam just wanted to let people know the truth, not that it was a bad thing

  • @Earthling108
    @Earthling108 3 года назад +1

    What he does not mention is that there are African immigrants who are quite successful in the USA. The reason is probably because the best talent is being imported. Not just anyone. Applies to many countries. Not only the Asian ones.
    Source: I am an Asian person and I don’t think it’s fair to compare those who faced generations of racism to those privileged immigrants

  • @GalenNight
    @GalenNight 2 года назад +7

    With stereotypes there’s always someone who fits the bill. Not the race as a whole but an individual or two

    • @KM-up4xz
      @KM-up4xz Год назад +1

      It’s funny how they only bring IT workers from certain countries India, The Philippines 🇵🇭 for example but they won’t take engineers from let’s say Mexico, Colombia, Peru 🇵🇪 maybe trump was right in bad sense instead of saying they’re not sending their best he should have said “we’re not taking their best” cause it’s not in the script and our best interests to maintain system & keep minorities weak and divided

  • @rxph_official
    @rxph_official 2 года назад +1

    travis scott was really good in this video!

  • @doristheslug9609
    @doristheslug9609 5 лет назад +6

    1:24
    They were internment camps, not concentration camps.
    Sure, they were bad, but they weren't concentration camps at all.

  • @mgoding4259
    @mgoding4259 4 года назад +1

    From a vietnamese point of view. Parents are strict about children getting top grades . Higher grades = better success later in life . Work hard ,earn more.

  • @zooweemamabrianly2708
    @zooweemamabrianly2708 4 года назад +29

    Who else thought that the Tray looked like Travis Scott (not to be racist

  • @ifureadthis_urgay
    @ifureadthis_urgay 5 лет назад +4

    Uncle Sam's actor is the best person ever.

  • @mr.zia3233
    @mr.zia3233 4 года назад +5

    I'm asian but i don't speak with weirdly shaped alphabets , i'm not good at math , i don't like anime and i'm mostly not white . Checkmate

    • @ranjodharora6592
      @ranjodharora6592 4 года назад +1

      Calling it "weirdly shaped alphabets" doesn't help.

  • @babou9932
    @babou9932 4 года назад +2

    Aparently the claim that there were no internment camps for germans is false. There were around 11 000 people in those. However the number in japanese internment camps is more than 10 times higher to 120 000

  • @krateproductions4872
    @krateproductions4872 5 лет назад +7

    I am Asian and O started believing the stereotype

  • @alexanderb4818
    @alexanderb4818 4 года назад +3

    "And inherently good at math" more like inherently good looking.

  • @PerryWhyte
    @PerryWhyte 5 лет назад +5

    Coming in through the window with a ladder is reference to Clarissa Explains It All.

  • @XxmusicXxplz
    @XxmusicXxplz 5 лет назад +46

    Asap rocky and Jeremy Lin!!! How'd you get them on the show?!?

  • @fatimahalomran9023
    @fatimahalomran9023 4 года назад +3

    "Asians are so smart"
    Me: what's Asia? Is it a Japanese thing?
    Also me: *is Asian*

  • @foreverprime8852
    @foreverprime8852 5 лет назад +2

    I like that they use the same actor to be Uncle Sam.

  • @thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690
    @thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690 4 года назад +7

    Well actualy, the internment camps were also for italian americans, and the reson they didn't imprison german americans wasn't 'because they were white' most germans livingving in america had already left because of world war one

    • @anonymoususer6185
      @anonymoususer6185 4 года назад +1

      The being destroyer of worlds there actually were thousands of Germans in camps too, but either way japan attacked not Germany or Italy and was the main threat to America so it would make sense if the camps were mostly Japanese people

  • @Kornknealious
    @Kornknealious 5 лет назад +2

    ugh.. "Let's blame white guys for everything wrong" excuse got old 10 years ago.. give it up

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 5 лет назад +1

      ohhhhh dear. if you're tired of it already, unplug everything. it isnt going to go away soon.