African American does not hold up. Factually, not accurate. Why? Africa, like Asia is a big continent with diverse cultures. Moreover, not everyone from Africa is black. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco are all African countries but they're also Arab countries. If you insist on being PC then technically, people from these countries who come to the United States are African American. And what about a white person from South Africa who moves to America? Technically, he's also an African American.
Malcolm Nicoll white South Africans are European they are immigrants and while the majority of people in Northern Africa are Arab there are still black people and some Indians in many of the countries you spoke of
The only difference is that African-American typically refers to the descendants of slaves, whose ethnic and cultural identities were forcibly subsumed/suppressed.
Well Asians are overrepresented in high achieving mathematics. I understand not everyone is amazing at math but Asians are ahead even more than whites.
@@faseslap3806 As an Asian who's really good at math and hates English, I wish I wasn't part of a stereotype lmao. But I guess every stereotype has at least slimmer of truth to them.
@Ice King Yeah. It's only really Asians that have problems because colleges are expecting higher standards and are not wanting to accept much more of us.
I am reminded of King of the Hill when he first met his Asian neighbor. He asked him, "So are ya Chinese or Japanese ?" He replied with anger "I am Laotian ! " Then Hank replied, "So are ya Chinese or Japanese " ?
Actually Khan was pretty understanding at first. He politely said he was Laosian and said it was, "a landlocked country between Vietnam and Thailand." He only got angry after Hank and his friends proceeded to stare blankly at him and then just repeat the question.
Putting Asians as model minority actually harms Asians. Affirmative actions discriminates against asians to "level up the playing fields" for other races. For example, Asians get penalties on their university entrance scores.
Then what’s hurting you has nothing to do with the “model minority” myth. You have a problem with pro-black affirmative action. You have a problem with pro-black legislation, not white America
@@AwesomeEpicnes I have a problem with all affirmative action, regardless of which race its helping. Im Arab, and would hate if I was given something just because of the color of my skin
@@himlolo hey I really want to address the idea of Kids getting into school’s only because of their skin color, because it’s not true. These aren’t quotas, college administer through a holistic approach. Just because their SAT score maybe 10-50 points below the average doesn’t automatically disqualify them. Recommendations, interview and accomplishments also factor into it. If you want to hate on something hate on legacy admission.
@@himlolo I agree with you though. I would want a system where tbe best go forward. But the reality is that affirmitive action is literally designed for Black Americans. It doesn’t help asians, whites, arabs, etc. it hurts them because those cultures tend to be better in academics. There is a very angering story about one of New Yorks top high schools where ltin and asian immigrants dominated because they excelled at academics. The city cracked down on it to enroll black kids who were way out of their league and capped the successful kids. Idiotism
@@timmerson1372 it's our country too, you turdmuffin. Also, since you're so sure these facts are "fake," you'd have some way of sorting that claim. Right? I doubt it though, since "fact" seems to be a subjective term with you people.
I'm glad Adam made an episode on this because Hollywood is super guilty of maintaining these stereotypes and it really hurts the image of Asian Americans. We're basically caricatures like characters on a sitcom. It's slowly changing at least.
In a conversation with a Chinese girl, I told her I was half Indonesian. She looked at me and said "But you're white". It felt very strange. I looked at her very puzzled. I may not look Asian but that shouldn't matter. This is a important video that I hope many people see. Thank you.
Maybe she meant it as a compliment. It's commonly known, and almost stereotypical, that asian women view white men as delicious pieces of hunk, especially compared with their petite figures 😂😂😂
OH NO, someone made an assumption of your nationality based on your physical appearance! 😮Oh my god, what a horrific ordeal. I hope you survived without too many injuries, Princess.
I think it's less Korean and more Japanese. But imagine being an Indian like me. My people are STILL lumped in with Native Americans. Freaking Christopher Columbus...
What did you expect. They’re the most prominent Asian countries. I don’t expect that if I walked up to someone on the street and said “Name a random Asian country” that they say “Indomesia”. I expect “Japan, Korea, China, or India”.
@@Owliare Yep. Instead we look like Middle East people in the eyes of a bigot. Good thing I'm not Sikh or Hindu, because then they'd kill me for wearing a "Muslim" turban.
I think that just applies to a lot of things in countries with a white majority. Us white folks still haven't figured out the whole "hey let's not be racist" thing.
@@malcolmnicoll1165 God, none of that was racist against white people. If black people would've to face what white folks call racism against white people they'd be extremely happy.
@Hernando Malinche Additionally, during WWII the US entered the war as more of a direct belligerent to Japan rather than Germany or Italy (you can see this in the WWII pacific wars, Pearl Harvor, athe atomic bombs, and pretty much all throughout the history of the war. Americans at the time hated the Japanese a lot more than the Germans. Not saying there was absolutely no racism at all involved in the decision, but I’m saying that it wasn’t a choice completely based upon a “whites are better” standard.
Its a comedy sketch and trying to make a point of sorts . Watched twice as I was buying 3 cars in Gran Turismo on a whim. I see this comment and just like to note the fact I think this.. this is probably as varied as there are persons in the world.. is something to regard and treat with humor and kindness indeed as this excellent video here does. Safety in a world full of enemies is no little thing.. so letd not force anyone to be enemies.. or something.. right? 🤣🤝😄❤✨🍀🐸👊🐶👒🎩🌍🌠
As an Indian, I can say that this "model minority" bullshit applies to us too. Because of it, If you are an Indian in America, you are automatically categorized into being either a doctor or a software engineer. People look at you like you're an alien if you work at any other type of job. It's really annoying.
so much this for the same reason. The barrier of entry from India into the US is so high that the only people who could make it are those who are educated, so yeah their kids might do disproportionately well at school or seem more well adjusted in society.
"So, my Indian friend, what do you do for a living?" "I'm a plumber" "Ahh! So, like a plumbing engineer!" "No, I literally change toilets and stuff" "Oh! So you're like, the representative of some successful plumbing dealership!" "No! I. AM. A PLUMBER! I come to people's houses, fix their toilets, and change them if needed 😡😡" "Ah! I geeet iiit! So you're sort of an exclusive plumbing intendent! You go around and install luxury toilets for the wealthy white weople!" "😤 Forget it!"
This is true. For all of elementary I was afraid of going to tutoring for the extra help I needed because I thought I was going to be judged by my teachers and classmates.
The number of people in the comments trying to defend/sugarcoat Japanese internment camps because they "weren't as bad as concentration camps" is pretty incredibly terrible.
That's how intersectional feminism works. We're only allowed to talk about how bad blacks and the trans community have it because they're supposedly the most "oppressed".
@@pjmonkeyjohnson still doesn't mean their value can be undermined by saying they weren't as bad as this thing or that thing.. that's like saying a person suffering from depression cannot complain because people in Africa have bigger problems.. just because one thing doesn't compare to another doesn't mean that it has no value
If you watch any american TV or movies you would've seen this asian model minority stereotype hundreds of times. Of course none of the characters are going to say "Wow Peni Parker is such a model minority, she's asian and she's SMART" The model minority stereotype exists and I've heard it countless times growing up in america.
@@andregon4366 the obvious is the point. Model minority implies that non asians in America are not performing well because they aren't doing it correctly, that they brought it upon themselves, because they should follow the Asian american's leads This is the kind of racial manipulation that has allowed our white dominated government to continuously and systematically oppress non asian minorities. A single non-white race is not and CAN NOT be the model for which all non whites in america should follow, that is literal nonsense.
Friendship By the way, which anime movie are looking forward to see in 2018: Dragon Ball Super Broly or Fate/Stay Night Heaven’s Feel II: Lost Butterfly?
As half Japanese and Chinese, the only reason why most Asian people good at math is just because the education system is quite fucked up in China due to the enormous population. With too many competitors, we have to learn AT LEAST NINE subjects back in high school and have to get it all A to get a DECENT college. Which means we were forced to study even when we were only 4 years old. So is actually a tragedy cuz most parents care about the grade more than their children's health. I was so lucky that my parents actually cared about me and sent me to London for high school and Japan later. Right now, I worked in London and never been this happy before.
i know i’m 2 years too late, but A.R.E is actually separate from collegehumor, he made a few successful episodes on the channel and then he left to turn it into a whole show for truTV
@@bbbbdogggg6887 And you forget that Africa didn't need rebuilding, is a goddamn reservoir of rare and precious materials worth hundreds of trillions of dollars, wasn't nuked, and had infrastructure left over from the colonial days. Africa has only slid backwards in spite of everything. Stop being a moron and realize that the only reason you believe what you do is Marxist-sympathizing propaganda.
@@quesocoatl21 But Japan got materials to rebuild it country to become more stable and America invested in sectors that would bring long term growth while in Africa they only give weapons which go to war lords and power hungry dictators and that’s not talking about countries like China and France that manipulates their governments to be their puppets
@@bbbbdogggg6887 Is it our fault if they spend money on fighting tribal wars and allow themselves to be manipulated by China? Sounds like an implicit admission that they aren't smart enough to create a modern civilization.
You always see comments like "the comments are gonna be fun on this one" but never any actually controversial comments, mostly just like minded people.
@@fayewestwood4193 Your definition of controversial may be different, so you might just be dismissing those comments, which would make it seem like there aren't many. Sometimes they just get downvoted into oblivion so that people who watch some time later aren't seeing them, which can indeed make it look as if it's all just people that agree. But there are _always_ controversial or racist comments on videos dealing with race. Always.
We’ve always been afraid of Immigrants (Italians, Asians, & way more) in a few years we’ll be afraid of someone else other than Hispanics... And The American Government did discriminate against Germans during WW2 so did the common citizen. Germans were ridiculed, beaten up, and stores boycotted. This happened during WW1 too. Yes what the US did to the Japanese Americans was absolutely wrong. But they weren’t the only people wronged.
@@chocolatethunda0177 yes it is but he is saying that because they were making a point that the Asian American japanese were the only one persacuted during ww2
@@sebastiansebastian7377 I didn't see or hear it like that. If this video was on how German-Americans were treated during WWII, I wouldn't expect to hear about the Japanese camps, because that wasn't the focus. That is my point. I didn't see him as saying that the Japanese were the ONLY people discriminated against, just the question of why one group was isolated and another wasn't.
Folder they literally do it in this video too. White people are only called white When there’s like 30 different kinds Black are called black when there’s 100 different kinds It’s literally everyone
Didn’t the congress let smart educated and successful immigrants of ALL ethnicities into the US? Why is this act immediately taken as an act specific to help Asians by this show? The logic is broken.
as an Asian I can say “This is true” especially the teacher part . My teachers thought I was a living calculator in 2nd grade so they never helped me. They thought that I could just immediately say the right answer for 205 x 75 (true story). Also in 4th grade there was another Asian kid and we were treated as a mathematician god.
@@zsurvivalist7996 That stereotype isn't entirely true. Yes many Asian parents are strict but not all. It's because people see this stereotype in real life they start developing biases.
The reason people call all asians asian American is the same reason people don't call me Ugandan or Kenyan American Because you can't tell the goddamn difference
I literally can though, and unfortunately most Black Americans don't know their nation of origin. Furthermore, those national bounderies don't reflect indigenous group differences.
Germans and (to a very minor extent) Italians were both put in interment camps as well, though not anywhere near the amount of Japanese, it still was a large amount. The largest was in Crystal City over in Texas.
They didn't know this because nobody bothered to type "German Italian WW2 internment USA". Why search it when the writers were already convinced it didn't happen?
It was also primarily Japanese that were put into the internment camps because Japan was much more likely to invade the United States. Japan had already attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor whereas Germany and Italy were unlikely to invade the United States as they were still dealing with Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The United States didn't want Japanese-Americans to help Japan invade the United States through espionage or sabotage. This is why Japanese-Americans living near the West Coast were interned while Japanese-Americans in other parts of the US were for the most part left alone. Americans of German and Italian origin were seen as less of a threat as there was no concern that the United States would be invaded by Germany or Italy. So, in conclusion, the fact that they were treated better than Japanese-Americans wasn't because they were white.
Not only that but in WW1 Their homes churches and schools were all raided drurring the Germaphobia era... Durring that time they were very discriminated against..
Nah the main reason why america didnt do that 1:40 to the germans is because they were one of the biggest minorities Many people there were ethnic Germans that migrated WITH the English during the American Independence (most from Hanover to avoid british influence) And many people had german relatives Also, during the 19th century America and the newly formed german state had adored each other, with many germans studying the art of war of the civil war (like general moltke) to help them unify germany Edit: Whereas the japanese were kicked out because for more than a century, the japanese, and in general east asia, had a quirky relationship with the US... mainly because they busted Japan's economy one century earlier At least to my research :/
Willster the show is still useful in many their aspects tho. Wonder if they’ll ever talk the fed or the “Anglo-American establishment”, probably not cuz they are “white”
ronnie. og look up Cecil Rhodes and the Milner group in how they tried to wipe out the Germany because how powerful they were getting. Their “loyalty” to Germany is as real as your in-depth view on the matter
They actually did put Germans in internment camps! It isn't as widely known as Japanese internment camps, but they existed during both World Wars and Italians were also put into camps (My family isn't Italian so I don't know as much about those). This wasn't just German nationals but people of recent German descent, they would have their homes and property seized by the government just the same as the Japanese population. The Germans weren't handled as agressively, being put on a case by case basis, but it didn't take much to qualify for internment. Many families abandonned German language and heritage, and even changed their names to be more "American" in order to seem as inconspicuous as possible. While technically only the person under suspicion had to be detained, families could choose to come along. This left many with the choice of splitting up their family and forcing the women and children to live without their main breadwinner outside the camp, or bringing their children into the camp which wasn't ideal. A lot of children ended up in orphanages because their parents were taken in. Those not detained could have their movements restricted, be banned from certain areas or could be put under curfews that their nongerman neighbors weren't subject to. No, it's not as bad, but that doesn't mean it should be erased. Admiting that the United States treated its white citizens terribly too doesn't minimize the suffering of minorities, it just lays out history as it actually happened.
To be clear, both programs were intrinsically racist. Clever racist organizations don't reveal their blind hatred for everyone, but instead apply different standards to different races as a disguise. This is a tactic designed to keep the victims of racism, and their allies, fighting amongst themselves instead of effectively uniting against the injustices.
The Italians were promoted and given responsibilities during WW2 to act as security. Germans were taken in under America and offered high positions in anthropology, the sciences, and weapons manufacturing. Germans and Italians run the US ARMY to this very day according to Kay Griggs. The Japanese were just camped. Explain that.
@@OverthereLook The statement wasn't about that, it was about the fact that the camps existed and that not many people acknowledge them. I don't know much about the Italians, but as far as I'm aware the Germans who the US gave high positions to were actually from Germany. The people I'm referring to are Americans of German heritage, who didn't get that treatment. It's not about who had it worst before and after, or to minimize anything, it's just to acknowledge multiple groups were interred and that no one should be forgotten.
@@dallasworth8158 But I have a strong suspicion that you brought it up as a way to divert the accusation of racism, by indirectly telling people that the Japanese camps are not due to racism. Sort of discrediting people for calling old America's actions out. These camps were nowhere near as grand or messed up as the Japanese camps, Native conversion camps, or any other race based political imprisonment that went on in this country. The Italians had it pretty good in comparison to others. So did the Irish, despite being put into "projects" which is another form of better internment camps later given to my people (black). I guess my core message is dishonestly diverting attention won't help us solve this nation's biggest domestic issue. Part of solving a problem is by admitting that we have one. I hope that you understand.
@Evi1M4chine i'm talking how every think all black people from or desened from africa like what if a person american jamican? Their nothing wrong with calling them american but it mistake call them african american. You get me. I say the different backgrounds of black people not limited to just african. Like how not all asian aren't chinese or japanese.
@@emeraldspark8794 ... They're calling them that because black people all originate from Africa at some point in history, recent or not. It 's also considered less racist than calling them "black" or "colored", which will both get you yelled at by some people. I've literally never seen a black person from America who minded being called "African American".
I thought the stereotype originated due to many individuals of east Asian ethnicity originating from collectivist cultures where a lot of pressure is put on young people to succeed. Like the Suneung test in south Korea. It certainly seams that way at my uni, they often work harder and achieve more because they are more afraid of failure and disappointing their family (a double edged sword of course with depression anxiety etc).
I think that has a part in it too. A lot of asian cultures put a lot more pressure in excelling academically and shit. Quite a few east asian countries have higher suicide rates in students because of the effects of overworking and sleep deprivation on mental health, as well as the pressure and stress of having to succeed. I have quite a few asian friends who won't accept anything less than an A in almost everything at school (which kinda sucks for me since our school uses bellcurve marking lol, and I'm asian too. My family isn't *as* pressuring as my aforementioned friends' families, but they certainly do hold me to quite a high standard)
@Viper 47 I mean maybe not "dishonouring", per say, but there definitely is a lot of pressure to not disappoint your family's high standards - at least from my own experience and that of most of my other asian friends - especially those who came over from their respective countries later on.
@Viper 47 I would be hesitant to rule out the role of collectivism, it could be argued that such values are reinforced by the very real demands of how their societies are structured. A family may put pressure on their child with the hope they will succeed in such a competitive environment, therefore the individual may be imbued with a fear they aren't good enough both for society and their family. I also wouldn't say the majority of a population need to commit suicide before you get concerned. Japan and particularly south Korea are very high, particularly if you exclude various 3rd world countries. I'm surprised china isn't that high anymore but maybe Xi fiddles it.
As a Korean-American; my experience with the "Model Minority" stereotype is... well, just like all stereotypes, it's rooted in some interpretation of reality. Frankly even if it started off as a propaganda claim by the US gov't, it's one that they got coincidentally right, because it's still the truth that Asians (South, East, or otherwise) make way more money than Whites, have a higher education rate than Whites, have higher SAT, etc, scores than Whites, etc... That said, I don't like the stereotype because-among other things-it then implies that other nonasian minorities AREN'T "model", and that undoubtedly has all kinds of self-image issues for them. I mean, imagine being told by smart professional-types that, well, you're not Asian, so you're a more worthless minority. Gee, thanks.
I thought it was because of average is differences higher academic accomplishments on average and lower criminal activity. I mean they say it's a myth but I don't get how.
@@bloodycinephile it's not because he's asian. It's because why would anyone has shoes on in his bed? You could throw the dirt from the ground directly on your bed - same result.
@@tinsote7176 No, it wouldn't cause the number of Japanese people that were interned was about 10 times as the number of Germans interned and the German population in America was significantly larger than the Japanese population meaning internment had a way bigger impact on Japanese Americans than it did on German Americans.
Although I love how it ended with a "don't generalize my race" message but that doesn't just go for people with different Asian backgrounds. It goes for people with African backgrounds too. Sure, I understand that most "African-Americans" were brought into the U.S through slavery and don't necessarily know which African country their from. But for those who do know their history, like me, it kind of sucks being generalized when my parents are from two opposite sides of Africa. ... That's all I have to say. I started ranting
I don't like being generalized as white either. Everyone assumes that we all had slaves when many of us had ancestors who immigrated here long after slavery was "abolished" in America and were sometimes even treated like a scourge. My mother's side was Scotch-Irish, and my father's side was Ukrainian. If you despised the British Imperialism... they used the Irish as a practice round before they honed their craft. They attempted to destroy the culture and kill the language and they even taxed the air. Many Irish were sent to the Americas as prisoners by Cromwell and were conscripted as indentured servants... they were usually bonded for a few years, but depending on the work they didn't usually live to make it out of the forced contract... it gets interchangeably referred to as slavery but it is not exactly the same as what was done to the Africans because eventually if they survived they would be free. This was before the Great Potato Famine of course. My Mother's ancestors who immigrated to America were carpetbaggers just trying to survive and maybe make enough money to marry the woman they wanted to marry. As for my father's side, they fled to escape Communist rule and were lucky enough to leave before the great hunger of the 1930s... it was a forced famine created by Stalin and it killed millions. It was referred to as Holodomor. I have no idea if there are any surviving family from the old country or if they perished. While some traditions were kept, much was lost because during the 30s, 40s, and 50s, having a culture different from the accepted Christian European culture usually made things difficult for immigrants if they didn't seem pure enough. This is why I can't speak Ukrainian at all and it is why my grandmother insisted that we were all 100% Ukrainian and all of my ancestors were Eastern Orthodox Christians (pretty sure this is impossible statistically and I have a sneaking suspicion that we might have had Jewish ancestors as well). The word slave also originates from the word "Slav." Slavic people were the one of the first groups to be enslaved by the ancient Romans... before that slaves were typically just called servants. I am not saying this to negate the oppression that black people go through in our country but rather, to share my takeaway from all of this. Here is my takeaway: because oppression and conquest often involve rape, it is likely that while I have that Irish and Ukrainian heritage, there is likely also the DNA of the English and the Ancient Roman's as well... essentially the blood of oppressed and oppressor flows within me, and somewhere in everyone's history they likely share the same painful history of power struggles. My point is that it is easy for the oppressed to become the oppressor and vice versa and it then becomes a matter whether or not we think we have to keep choosing those options or decide to break the cycle by just taking the time to love and respect ourselves and each other in healthy ways. I feel like lack of love for self creates oppressors and then the pain is projected upon others. So many try to fix others but don't take the time to heal their own bullshit and as a result, the vicious cycle continues through humanity. We as people often try to take power from others to feel better about ourselves in everyday life as individuals, why would that not happen among all peoples over centuries and millennia? I just happen to look like the oppressor right now, but I am just me. I am no more a caricature than you are. I wish that that is what people saw too instead of the generalized image of being a white person in America. These labels are destructive for everyone, and you are not alone in the feeling of being boxed by generalizations. ❤
This makes a lot of sense, in my psychology class our professor would mention about stereotypes and how we ourselves are conditioned by society stereotypes of who we are. Such as black people being physically stronger than white, asians stereotyped as being smart and so on. It's kinda scary because more and more people are easily given to these stereotypes good or bad and it's something that needs to break.
Well sourced? His facts are all one sided. He says America was racist in the 1800s, yet forgets Japan hated all other races at that same time, viewing them as inferior beings. He also tried to demonize America choosing talented immigrants, which makes no sense. It's like saying jobs should hire the first applicant rather than the best suited. The model minority myth has been perpetuated mostly due to Asian countries having a higher standard of learning, such as school being 6 days a week. Look at statistics and it will back it all up. The model minority stereotype does cause some issues, but this guy uses the WRONG method to get there and villainizes people who dont deserve it.
Actually oxygen is poisonous and having only oxygen in the air would actually drown humans in minutes. Oh and is so flammable that fire would more explosive. Hey maybe I could do this myself.
What kind of oxygen? O, O2 or O3 because pure poison would reakt with most things right away, deadly in to high conzentrations, poison and is litterly ozone but therefore good when high up in the atmosphere to block UV rays.
Before I begin, I'm an Indian-American, and I'm so glad people in the comments realize what b.s. this episode is. Just to let y'all know, the model minority theory was created in critical race theory classes to justify the" inherent racism" of the U.S. given the obvious success of Asian-Americans. Half the stuff he said has no bases in empirical data. The work ethic and culture of education in Asian families was arguably the greatest factor for the success of Asian Migrants. Just remember that the majority of Chinese immigrants came before the US started accepting high skilled migrants and the reason why they did become so successful was because of culture. Asian countries see some of the highest economic growth rates in the world and the highest focus on educational attainment, maybe even to a fault. Indian, Chinese, and Korean students spend so much time in schools and even go to night schools as a supplement cause that's how the culture is. Another contributor is the focus on S.T.E.M. in Asian families and countries that have allowed them to get higher paying jobs while the rest of America finds stem boring. We even have a shortage of S.T.E.M. workers now; this is a cultural issue not a racist or governmental one. And to the point that Asian-American who struggle in school have less help from eduators, I have yet to find evidence for that but maybe I'm wrong (If someone finds something about this, leave it in the reply). Obviously, stereotypes are wrong, but I highly doubt struggling Asian students are just left behind because of their race. You can argue that the government has more of a role to fund schools in low-income communities and to try to solve poverty but just know that this video is half-assed and just plain wrong in half of its analysis.
"Sure I'm Asian, but I also play Ultimate Frisbee. Why doesn't anyone talk about that?" We do, but not to your face. Also, the U.S. government did hold *some* German-Americans and Italian-Americans in internment camps, but at a much lower rate than Japanese-Americans.
1:18 FDR (in Palpatine impression): *_Execute Order 9066_* (He was actually strong armed into doing it by others [can't exactly remember who]. His wife was extremely disapproving and FDR would later have regrets over it. Everyone is human, even the best of the best. Look at FDR's second term for proof)
The last minute of this has really opened my eyes. From now on I demand to be called Scottish American and if anyone try’s to just call me white or European I’m going to get really offended and scream in Gaelic “Tha mi à mo dhùthaich dhùthchasach THU POCA GINTEIL DUINE”
What exactly did US government do to promote Asians as model minority? Tax break? extra scholarship? I’ve never seen any of those. Instead, many universities discriminate Asians.
Wait, that *did* actually happen to German Americans. Granted, it was on a much smaller scale, but it still happened. You can’t just lie like that on a show dedicated to debunking popular myths.
SKS Throwaway adam and his show should have phrased that part better, but i get what he was saying. he was saying because german americans were white they were not treated the same as asian americans in world war 2, but what adam and his show failed to mention is that the reason german americans weren't as widely persecuted as asians is because asians have more distinguishable features than the Germans and not just because america was racist.
Most of the time the Asians in my class are pretty nice. They arent always geniuses but pretty nice, but I guess most Asian cultures are more respectful and disciplined so yeah
The reason why they didn't done it to German-Americans is because up to a certain point, they where a lot of people on the side of Germany but America stayed neutral and watched for a while. With the attack on Pearl Harbour from Japan, the US was forced to declear war on Japan and because Japan was allies with Germany, the US wasn't able to pick a side. The whole white world was racist back then. I recently saw some pictures pop up on the internet that showed people from US that askey why not be friends with Hitler or why not ignore him, because it will settle from alone. I don't know if these pictures are real, especially because they basically say the same that some people now say towards Putin and the current war. These statements back then are shockingly nearly identical to the current ones. These similarity makes me belive that these are fake but I didn't checked that but when it's real this is scary.
I mean, that thing about generalizing people from many cultures into one race isn't just for asians. People from Germany, Russia, Sweden, or Italy are all called white. Just as someone from Japan and someone from Vietnam are both called Asian.
I wish they could change the immigration laws for Asians like me so that we can move into America without needing to be a " professional " on something just because they need us to boost their economy.
@@kikiretzorg1467 latin america? since its you know from the latin laguage part of the america where the reultig population is more native mixed then in the USA that is far more colonial. but yea its not a clear term since a french qubecios woman be a latina as well technical
Why Call Indians "Indian" or Arabians "Arabians" then? The socio-economic, racial, and cultural differences in Asia change every few miles, especially in the Indian Subcontinent, so, calling an Asian "Asian" means that a Russo-American, a Filipino-American and an Indian-American will be categorized under a single category in spite of their various differences, so this system is absolute bs and needs to stop.
It also hurts Asians by undermining the validity of their complaints against racism. It’s basically saying “all the racism you experience doesn’t exist because you’re a model minority.” This drives a wedge between Asians and Black Americans.
I mean it's not so much that, but they are on a high pedestal. It's just that the government had nothing to do with successful ones. Look at college percentages in asian populated states sometimes.
Legends say that if you whisper 3 common misconceptions into a mirror in the dark, Adam bursts through your mirror in fabulous fashion
I would be so happy if that would be true...
@@migaming687 me too!
Yeah, I would love to put a put a slug between his eyebrows for not being able to take a joke
DON'T DO IT he told me facks for half an hour about mirrors! 😭
He appeared in my shower and talked about 1800’s towels and poor people’s way of cleaning
Adam: the term Asian-American is so vague, there's many countries in Asia
African-Americans: Wait a second
Nice english
African American does not hold up. Factually, not accurate. Why? Africa, like Asia is a big continent with diverse cultures. Moreover, not everyone from Africa is black. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco are all African countries but they're also Arab countries. If you insist on being PC then technically, people from these countries who come to the United States are African American. And what about a white person from South Africa who moves to America? Technically, he's also an African American.
Malcolm Nicoll I'm just having some bants chill
Malcolm Nicoll white South Africans are European they are immigrants and while the majority of people in Northern Africa are Arab there are still black people and some Indians in many of the countries you spoke of
The only difference is that African-American typically refers to the descendants of slaves, whose ethnic and cultural identities were forcibly subsumed/suppressed.
As a Japanese-American who sucks at math, I always wondered why this stereotype existed.
As an Asian being bad at math and being good at English this is really hard.
@@faseslap3806 same here!!
Ah same I'm a Chinese-Canadian who's also terrible at math
Well Asians are overrepresented in high achieving mathematics. I understand not everyone is amazing at math but Asians are ahead even more than whites.
@@faseslap3806 As an Asian who's really good at math and hates English, I wish I wasn't part of a stereotype lmao. But I guess every stereotype has at least slimmer of truth to them.
If you're Asian (like me), apply as white not Asian when you go to college.
The people are legally not allowed to question you on it.
You should apply as blacks, it's even better in the affirmative action
y'all are so stupid, did you watch the video?
also, asian latinos exist and white women benefit from affirmative action the most
"Ya'll"? Looks like we found us some fresh hillbilly blood
Okay, seriously. My last name is Garcia because I'm Filipino.
@Ice King Yeah. It's only really Asians that have problems because colleges are expecting higher standards and are not wanting to accept much more of us.
I am reminded of King of the Hill when he first met his Asian neighbor. He asked him, "So are ya Chinese or Japanese ?" He replied with anger "I am Laotian ! " Then Hank replied, "So are ya Chinese or Japanese " ?
Funniest part was Cotton later instantly clocked Khan as Laotian
I remember that! 😆so wrong lol
Actually Khan was pretty understanding at first. He politely said he was Laosian and said it was, "a landlocked country between Vietnam and Thailand." He only got angry after Hank and his friends proceeded to stare blankly at him and then just repeat the question.
@@DoctorLazers Yes ! That's right. I was not remembering it correctly.
They're all Asian though.
Putting Asians as model minority actually harms Asians. Affirmative actions discriminates against asians to "level up the playing fields" for other races. For example, Asians get penalties on their university entrance scores.
People do this to religion so much too.
Then what’s hurting you has nothing to do with the “model minority” myth. You have a problem with pro-black affirmative action. You have a problem with pro-black legislation, not white America
@@AwesomeEpicnes I have a problem with all affirmative action, regardless of which race its helping. Im Arab, and would hate if I was given something just because of the color of my skin
@@himlolo hey I really want to address the idea of Kids getting into school’s only because of their skin color, because it’s not true.
These aren’t quotas, college administer through a holistic approach. Just because their SAT score maybe 10-50 points below the average doesn’t automatically disqualify them. Recommendations, interview and accomplishments also factor into it.
If you want to hate on something hate on legacy admission.
@@himlolo I agree with you though. I would want a system where tbe best go forward. But the reality is that affirmitive action is literally designed for Black Americans. It doesn’t help asians, whites, arabs, etc. it hurts them because those cultures tend to be better in academics. There is a very angering story about one of New Yorks top high schools where ltin and asian immigrants dominated because they excelled at academics. The city cracked down on it to enroll black kids who were way out of their league and capped the successful kids. Idiotism
“You are a A-sian, not a B-sian.” -America
Sadly i am c-sian
im a Fsian
I am z-sian
Im an -0san
sadly, i am lhjLh;hlkG:oHiub;KJHbLIU - sian
You know, I just noticed something: episodes that address racism tend to have more dislikes.
I wish I could be surprised, but I'm just disappointed.
Yep.. ... .
Idiot these “facts” are fake
Plus if u hate Uncle Sam so much just leave our country
@@timmerson1372 Then you can go fact check all of his sources, you can't just say something because you dont like the truth.
@@timmerson1372 it's our country too, you turdmuffin. Also, since you're so sure these facts are "fake," you'd have some way of sorting that claim. Right? I doubt it though, since "fact" seems to be a subjective term with you people.
Adam: “Ruins Steryotypes”
Me: How stereotypical of him.
Lmao
*GOT HIM*
LOL!
White guy painting white males as a monster? Yup, you're right
Yeah ...how did he go from humor to propaganda machine
I'm glad Adam made an episode on this because Hollywood is super guilty of maintaining these stereotypes and it really hurts the image of Asian Americans. We're basically caricatures like characters on a sitcom. It's slowly changing at least.
And he's wrong. "Uncle Sam" treated everyone different or in conflict with the US terribly. Irish, German, African, Asian, doesn't matter.
Thank goodness we have Kpop now to help others see Asians in a different light
stereotypes usually have an element of truth to them, otherwise, they wouldnt work as stereotypes
You are correct Josh.
How does it hurt the image of characters if they are positive?
The closest thing I’ll see for a Travis Scott and Rich Brian collab.
Best comment here
That would be dope af
I've dreamt for this day
Bruh, I was thinking this the entire time!
Why would you ever want to hear something so shitty
In a conversation with a Chinese girl, I told her I was half Indonesian. She looked at me and said "But you're white". It felt very strange. I looked at her very puzzled. I may not look Asian but that shouldn't matter. This is a important video that I hope many people see. Thank you.
Maybe she meant it as a compliment. It's commonly known, and almost stereotypical, that asian women view white men as delicious pieces of hunk, especially compared with their petite figures 😂😂😂
OH NO, someone made an assumption of your nationality based on your physical appearance! 😮Oh my god, what a horrific ordeal. I hope you survived without too many injuries, Princess.
@@JakeKoenigweirdo
sounds like yer saying that this chinese person was being racist.
I love how when people think of Asian they think Chinese or Korean like bruh
I think it's less Korean and more Japanese.
But imagine being an Indian like me. My people are STILL lumped in with Native Americans. Freaking Christopher Columbus...
Luke Dias
Even more funny since you guys don’t even look the same.
What did you expect. They’re the most prominent Asian countries. I don’t expect that if I walked up to someone on the street and said “Name a random Asian country” that they say “Indomesia”. I expect “Japan, Korea, China, or India”.
@@Gemnist98 king of the hill had a Laotian. lol. ut yeah it's usually the big 3
@@Owliare Yep. Instead we look like Middle East people in the eyes of a bigot. Good thing I'm not Sikh or Hindu, because then they'd kill me for wearing a "Muslim" turban.
"Because they're white." I lost it there!
Where? Timestamp, please?
@@OneWeirdDude 1:45
more likely its because there the dominant ethnic group in most of the Midwest and the steelbelt
They didn't talk about how German culture was actively destroyed and erased during the wartime period.
How do you prove someone is german?
I thought the guy on the bed was Travis Scott at first
PidgyPod bro me too
Yeah thats supposed to be the joke lol.
Bro that’s ASAP rocky
Kenneth B LOL
Wow that’s qwhite a thing to say 🙃
"because they're white" this apply for a lot things in USA uh
I think that just applies to a lot of things in countries with a white majority. Us white folks still haven't figured out the whole "hey let's not be racist" thing.
ida not sure fighting racism with more racism is a good way to end racism.
@@malcolmnicoll1165 God, none of that was racist against white people. If black people would've to face what white folks call racism against white people they'd be extremely happy.
that's total bull
were not really white, it's more of a pale pink/brown
@Hernando Malinche Additionally, during WWII the US entered the war as more of a direct belligerent to Japan rather than Germany or Italy (you can see this in the WWII pacific wars, Pearl Harvor, athe atomic bombs, and pretty much all throughout the history of the war. Americans at the time hated the Japanese a lot more than the Germans. Not saying there was absolutely no racism at all involved in the decision, but I’m saying that it wasn’t a choice completely based upon a “whites are better” standard.
The black guy looks like the Walmart version of Travis Scott
and the uncle sam guy who's clearly supposed to seem like Uncle Jesse freaking looks like Bob Saget
Travis Scott is a Walmart version of a black guy
ThAtS rAcIsT
I would say the jcpenney version. He looks more put together
Why is everyone saying that guy looks like Travis Scott?
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT GET OUT OF MY ROOM UNCLE SAMMY
Why is Uncle Sammy is in his nephew's room, to begin with?
THREY: *takes comb*
UNCLE SAMMY: u wot m8
*_S E N D I N L A P D FOR R O B B E R Y_*
Its a comedy sketch and trying to make a point of sorts . Watched twice as I was buying 3 cars in Gran Turismo on a whim. I see this comment and just like to note the fact I think this.. this is probably as varied as there are persons in the world.. is something to regard and treat with humor and kindness indeed as this excellent video here does. Safety in a world full of enemies is no little thing.. so letd not force anyone to be enemies.. or something.. right? 🤣🤝😄❤✨🍀🐸👊🐶👒🎩🌍🌠
things i've had to say to my uncle :(
Uncle sammy? Why are you locking the door?
As an Indian, I can say that this "model minority" bullshit applies to us too. Because of it, If you are an Indian in America, you are automatically categorized into being either a doctor or a software engineer. People look at you like you're an alien if you work at any other type of job. It's really annoying.
so much this for the same reason. The barrier of entry from India into the US is so high that the only people who could make it are those who are educated, so yeah their kids might do disproportionately well at school or seem more well adjusted in society.
"So, my Indian friend, what do you do for a living?"
"I'm a plumber"
"Ahh! So, like a plumbing engineer!"
"No, I literally change toilets and stuff"
"Oh! So you're like, the representative of some successful plumbing dealership!"
"No! I. AM. A PLUMBER! I come to people's houses, fix their toilets, and change them if needed 😡😡"
"Ah! I geeet iiit! So you're sort of an exclusive plumbing intendent! You go around and install luxury toilets for the wealthy white weople!"
"😤 Forget it!"
Indians are Asians
Thank you, come again!
Ya forgot the 3rd stereotype: The 7-11 employee.
This is true. For all of elementary I was afraid of going to tutoring for the extra help I needed because I thought I was going to be judged by my teachers and classmates.
Sorry you had to go through that stress.
The number of people in the comments trying to defend/sugarcoat Japanese internment camps because they "weren't as bad as concentration camps" is pretty incredibly terrible.
That's how intersectional feminism works. We're only allowed to talk about how bad blacks and the trans community have it because they're supposedly the most "oppressed".
What do the camps matter now when they already happened
Justifying it doesn’t matter
WhoKnownsAndWhoCares? They matter so that we prevent it from happening again. And right, it definitely shouldn't be justified.
Also, I've already had to report a reply to this as hate speech, awesome. Thanks for the anti-Semitism, RUclips.
@@pjmonkeyjohnson still doesn't mean their value can be undermined by saying they weren't as bad as this thing or that thing.. that's like saying a person suffering from depression cannot complain because people in Africa have bigger problems.. just because one thing doesn't compare to another doesn't mean that it has no value
As an Asian, thank you for helping me to realize I shouldn’t try as hard.
I hope you aren't under alot of pressure because of it
I’ve always hated being called a “model minority”
It literally implies that the default state for minorities are non-model citizens.
I've literally never heard that term till today and most of what he said was complete bullshit.
TheAmazingJimmy what specifically did he say ?
Just like with literally everything that can be considered a model.
There's no point in here, unless stating the obvious is your point.
If you watch any american TV or movies you would've seen this asian model minority stereotype hundreds of times. Of course none of the characters are going to say "Wow Peni Parker is such a model minority, she's asian and she's SMART"
The model minority stereotype exists and I've heard it countless times growing up in america.
@@andregon4366 the obvious is the point. Model minority implies that non asians in America are not performing well because they aren't doing it correctly, that they brought it upon themselves, because they should follow the Asian american's leads
This is the kind of racial manipulation that has allowed our white dominated government to continuously and systematically oppress non asian minorities.
A single non-white race is not and CAN NOT be the model for which all non whites in america should follow, that is literal nonsense.
Stereotypes : asians are smart and diligent
Me : *laughs in indonesian
**Laughes harder in Filipino**
"all asians know how to play piano. They just do."
Me, who sucked so much that i made my parents give up on paying a tutor : _laughs in malaysian_
**laughs and sobs in Turkish**
*Laughs my head off in Vietnamese*
@@lukeedwardpanganiban7891 same
Rich chigga and travis scott together finally
self-pity official lmfao
It’s rich Brian now though
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is that boy's name computer?
"boy"
Help computer
@@SadfoxGuyver birdbox amirite
Why are u on like every video lol
@@TeddyBland yeah because people really need it spelled out
Adam Ruins Everything -- *_Top 10 Anime Characters Who Pisses You Off_*
Friendship agreed
Exactly
He’s soooooo annoying
Friendship By the way, which anime movie are looking forward to see in 2018: Dragon Ball Super Broly or Fate/Stay Night Heaven’s Feel II: Lost Butterfly?
Nr. 1 Mineta from My hero academia
As half Japanese and Chinese, the only reason why most Asian people good at math is just because the education system is quite fucked up in China due to the enormous population. With too many competitors, we have to learn AT LEAST NINE subjects back in high school and have to get it all A to get a DECENT college. Which means we were forced to study even when we were only 4 years old. So is actually a tragedy cuz most parents care about the grade more than their children's health. I was so lucky that my parents actually cared about me and sent me to London for high school and Japan later. Right now, I worked in London and never been this happy before.
You are so lucky
Don't touch the hair , uncle samy's got a Nuke.
Did you guys notice that Uncle Sammy and the Russian dude just used catch phrases from Full House?
Well the guy currently with the nukes has no hair so...
Hey CollegeHumor, just saying, get Adam to "ruin" the view that the Earth is round for April Fools.
That would be rly funny
Don’t give them more fuel... They don’t understand obvious falsehoods
i know i’m 2 years too late, but A.R.E is actually separate from collegehumor, he made a few successful episodes on the channel and then he left to turn it into a whole show for truTV
If anyone watches full house you will have noticed the reference
"Cut. It. Out"-Uncle Joey
"Have mercy"-Uncle Jesse
And so much moreeee...
ViVi 526 and watch the hair
And the rippers
So true
ViVi 526 yesssss
ikr
"Wow! Now that I've let all these educated and successful Asians into America, I gotta say, Asian Americans sure are successful and educated."
Lol! Look at Japan now look at Africa. The differences in crime, corruption, violence, and cleanliness alone are enough to debunk that statement.
@@quesocoatl21 you forget Japan isn’t all of Asia and that also after ww2 America gave a lot of help for Japan to rebuild
@@bbbbdogggg6887 And you forget that Africa didn't need rebuilding, is a goddamn reservoir of rare and precious materials worth hundreds of trillions of dollars, wasn't nuked, and had infrastructure left over from the colonial days. Africa has only slid backwards in spite of everything. Stop being a moron and realize that the only reason you believe what you do is Marxist-sympathizing propaganda.
@@quesocoatl21 But Japan got materials to rebuild it country to become more stable and America invested in sectors that would bring long term growth while in Africa they only give weapons which go to war lords and power hungry dictators and that’s not talking about countries like China and France that manipulates their governments to be their puppets
@@bbbbdogggg6887 Is it our fault if they spend money on fighting tribal wars and allow themselves to be manipulated by China? Sounds like an implicit admission that they aren't smart enough to create a modern civilization.
Humanity 101: Give a Race the personality of that one person from that Race that you know.
Don’t you hate it when your danish friend sacks lindisfarne like smh
Exactly! Which is why it’s so important to meet lots of people from different places, cultures, backgrounds, etc.
@@keiths2902 to confirm stereotype
@@orestmarkheva7325 or prove them wrong, whichever happens first
As a Mongolian American everyone is really surprised that I'm poor
You have good food though XD
"sure I'm Asian but I also play ultimate frissbee, why doesn't anyone talk about that?...
Cos its not a sport
You frisbeeist
Ouch lol
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
Wooosh
you would like the latest episode of andi mack
German detainment was 11,000 in WW2
Japanese detainment was 110,000 in WW2.
Do the math.
I can't, I'm not Asian.
Same thing with Italian American internment camps
I don't get it
@@renhey9979 they were mostly targetting Japanese because theyre not white
@@neurotica5461 that's mean
Oooh, the comments on this are going to _fun._
You always see comments like "the comments are gonna be fun on this one" but never any actually controversial comments, mostly just like minded people.
l a g g z z you seem to be missing them.
@@fayewestwood4193 Your definition of controversial may be different, so you might just be dismissing those comments, which would make it seem like there aren't many. Sometimes they just get downvoted into oblivion so that people who watch some time later aren't seeing them, which can indeed make it look as if it's all just people that agree. But there are _always_ controversial or racist comments on videos dealing with race. Always.
@@fayewestwood4193 I just looked and yup, controversial and racist comments _are_ happening on this video.
mm yes this sure are going to fun.
Trey looks like Travis Scott
I think its the hair
Some will say he looks like A$AP Rocky
Rodney from the Wire
Maybe his full name is trey vis Scott
My bad he played Randy on the wire. His name is Maestro Harrell
We’ve always been afraid of Immigrants (Italians, Asians, & way more) in a few years we’ll be afraid of someone else other than Hispanics...
And The American Government did discriminate against Germans during WW2 so did the common citizen. Germans were ridiculed, beaten up, and stores boycotted. This happened during WW1 too.
Yes what the US did to the Japanese Americans was absolutely wrong. But they weren’t the only people wronged.
Thank you
You're right. But the FOCUS of this video was on Asian Americans.
@@chocolatethunda0177 yes it is but he is saying that because they were making a point that the Asian American japanese were the only one persacuted during ww2
@@sebastiansebastian7377 I didn't see or hear it like that. If this video was on how German-Americans were treated during WWII, I wouldn't expect to hear about the Japanese camps, because that wasn't the focus. That is my point. I didn't see him as saying that the Japanese were the ONLY people discriminated against, just the question of why one group was isolated and another wasn't.
@@chocolatethunda0177 1:40 and this coment that we are replying on say thats the germans were feered and beaten , but yes I see what you mean
All races are incredible not just one or the other. You can be you you’re not your race. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
The only race of humans is the human race itself.
It’s time when Americans need to start talking culture instead of race, imo. Culture shapes an identity stronger than race.
@@wedonteatbears I agree
all races are equal
some are just more equal then others
@@mustanaamiotto3812
yikes
"You just label me as Asian! I'm korean!"
Ya, that isnt exclusive to asians. That's like every race bro xD
Folder they literally do it in this video too.
White people are only called white
When there’s like 30 different kinds
Black are called black when there’s 100 different kinds
It’s literally everyone
fun fact: the term asian also applies to people from India
@@dayna6082 thats a no. those countries gfall under the continent of the middle east. not the Asian continent
People ask me if I’m Russian or Asian, I’m white wtf
I know! It’s like “you just label me as white! I’m actually Italian!” Ridiculous
Didn’t the congress let smart educated and successful immigrants of ALL ethnicities into the US? Why is this act immediately taken as an act specific to help Asians by this show? The logic is broken.
Adam ruins Full House
Good
Lol ya(ss)
It already ruined itself by existing
That would be hitting an easy target
Best thing since full house got canceled
as an Asian I can say “This is true” especially the teacher part . My teachers thought I was a living calculator in 2nd grade so they never helped me. They thought that I could just immediately say the right answer for 205 x 75 (true story). Also in 4th grade there was another Asian kid and we were treated as a mathematician god.
:0 my teachers never helped me too, now I'm so behind everyone
poor you
Model minority adds unnecessary pressure to struggling Asian students. I'm not a damn calculator
Exactly
You're a laptop
Lol
@@agonleed3841 exactly
Right but I thought that's also because Asian culture is also kind of strict .
> watches Goonies
> Asian character is named "Data"
Hmmm...
@@zsurvivalist7996 That stereotype isn't entirely true. Yes many Asian parents are strict but not all. It's because people see this stereotype in real life they start developing biases.
The reason people call all asians asian American is the same reason people don't call me Ugandan or Kenyan American
Because you can't tell the goddamn difference
TheNickster D ????
@@bena7153 what are the ????s referring to
As a white boi from the south of the shithole I can confirm that statement
TheNickster D ya neither can you
I literally can though, and unfortunately most Black Americans don't know their nation of origin. Furthermore, those national bounderies don't reflect indigenous group differences.
Germans and (to a very minor extent) Italians were both put in interment camps as well, though not anywhere near the amount of Japanese, it still was a large amount. The largest was in Crystal City over in Texas.
They didn't know this because nobody bothered to type "German Italian WW2 internment USA". Why search it when the writers were already convinced it didn't happen?
Crystal City held Germans deported from Latin America ( mostly jewish German refugees) these weren’t German Americans, like some people assume.
It was also primarily Japanese that were put into the internment camps because Japan was much more likely to invade the United States. Japan had already attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor whereas Germany and Italy were unlikely to invade the United States as they were still dealing with Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The United States didn't want Japanese-Americans to help Japan invade the United States through espionage or sabotage. This is why Japanese-Americans living near the West Coast were interned while Japanese-Americans in other parts of the US were for the most part left alone. Americans of German and Italian origin were seen as less of a threat as there was no concern that the United States would be invaded by Germany or Italy. So, in conclusion, the fact that they were treated better than Japanese-Americans wasn't because they were white.
He also left out the fact that Japan was a much more direct threat to the USA and Germany didn't bomb pearl harbor. There was alot left out
Not only that but in WW1 Their homes churches and schools were all raided drurring the Germaphobia era... Durring that time they were very discriminated against..
I thought for a split second A$ap rocky was in this I’m so dumb 😂
I thought it was Travis Scott for a moment
Nope. Just racist AF.
🖖🏾🤣❤️☮️
@@BigBlackGuyReviews not really, asap rocky has braids, similar facial features, not just because he is black. Its not racist its just an observation
So minority stereotypes are in the majority of sitcoms?
Feels like a win and a loss all at once.
When you're an asian and you're staring at your A+++ report card
Can't relate sadly
When you're Asian and that is not true.
"YOU'RE *A*SIAN NOT *B*SIAN!"
Joey Garcia or in my case "You're A*sian, not F*sian.
YOU’RE 4SIAN NOT 3SIAN
A+++
90% - 100%
4
All of these are the same
Nah the main reason why america didnt do that 1:40 to the germans is because they were one of the biggest minorities
Many people there were ethnic Germans that migrated WITH the English during the American Independence (most from Hanover to avoid british influence)
And many people had german relatives
Also, during the 19th century America and the newly formed german state had adored each other, with many germans studying the art of war of the civil war (like general moltke) to help them unify germany
Edit: Whereas the japanese were kicked out because for more than a century, the japanese, and in general east asia, had a quirky relationship with the US... mainly because they busted Japan's economy one century earlier
At least to my research :/
That’s what I was thinking too. I was confused why they just simplified it so much. Probably because this show is bullshit.
Willster the show is still useful in many their aspects tho. Wonder if they’ll ever talk the fed or the “Anglo-American establishment”, probably not cuz they are “white”
they were still white and technically could be loyal to Germany
ronnie. og look up Cecil Rhodes and the Milner group in how they tried to wipe out the Germany because how powerful they were getting. Their “loyalty” to Germany is as real as your in-depth view on the matter
Yeah but that's truth and true things don't fit the democratic socialist narrative.
As a German-Irish-Czech-American I am frustrated when someone refers to me as simply white
5:00 Um actually the game is called Ultimate because the term Frisbee is copyrighted.
lol
There Adam goes again putting false information in his program 😄
Jinjitsu points are awarded to Grant for using Um actually.
They actually did put Germans in internment camps!
It isn't as widely known as Japanese internment camps, but they existed during both World Wars and Italians were also put into camps (My family isn't Italian so I don't know as much about those). This wasn't just German nationals but people of recent German descent, they would have their homes and property seized by the government just the same as the Japanese population.
The Germans weren't handled as agressively, being put on a case by case basis, but it didn't take much to qualify for internment. Many families abandonned German language and heritage, and even changed their names to be more "American" in order to seem as inconspicuous as possible.
While technically only the person under suspicion had to be detained, families could choose to come along. This left many with the choice of splitting up their family and forcing the women and children to live without their main breadwinner outside the camp, or bringing their children into the camp which wasn't ideal. A lot of children ended up in orphanages because their parents were taken in.
Those not detained could have their movements restricted, be banned from certain areas or could be put under curfews that their nongerman neighbors weren't subject to.
No, it's not as bad, but that doesn't mean it should be erased. Admiting that the United States treated its white citizens terribly too doesn't minimize the suffering of minorities, it just lays out history as it actually happened.
You'd think he would have found that in his "research"
To be clear, both programs were intrinsically racist. Clever racist organizations don't reveal their blind hatred for everyone, but instead apply different standards to different races as a disguise. This is a tactic designed to keep the victims of racism, and their allies, fighting amongst themselves instead of effectively uniting against the injustices.
The Italians were promoted and given responsibilities during WW2 to act as security. Germans were taken in under America and offered high positions in anthropology, the sciences, and weapons manufacturing. Germans and Italians run the US ARMY to this very day according to Kay Griggs. The Japanese were just camped. Explain that.
@@OverthereLook The statement wasn't about that, it was about the fact that the camps existed and that not many people acknowledge them. I don't know much about the Italians, but as far as I'm aware the Germans who the US gave high positions to were actually from Germany. The people I'm referring to are Americans of German heritage, who didn't get that treatment. It's not about who had it worst before and after, or to minimize anything, it's just to acknowledge multiple groups were interred and that no one should be forgotten.
@@dallasworth8158 But I have a strong suspicion that you brought it up as a way to divert the accusation of racism, by indirectly telling people that the Japanese camps are not due to racism. Sort of discrediting people for calling old America's actions out. These camps were nowhere near as grand or messed up as the Japanese camps, Native conversion camps, or any other race based political imprisonment that went on in this country. The Italians had it pretty good in comparison to others. So did the Irish, despite being put into "projects" which is another form of better internment camps later given to my people (black). I guess my core message is dishonestly diverting attention won't help us solve this nation's biggest domestic issue. Part of solving a problem is by admitting that we have one. I hope that you understand.
I always hated that stereotype so much. I’m really grateful that I have the origin story now.
They didn't mention how most people think black = african- American.
But not all black people are African or American.
@Evi1M4chine i'm talking how every think all black people from or desened from africa like what if a person american jamican? Their nothing wrong with calling them american but it mistake call them african american. You get me. I say the different backgrounds of black people not limited to just african. Like how not all asian aren't chinese or japanese.
@@emeraldspark8794 ... They're calling them that because black people all originate from Africa at some point in history, recent or not. It 's also considered less racist than calling them "black" or "colored", which will both get you yelled at by some people. I've literally never seen a black person from America who minded being called "African American".
@@PlantKitty and americans are desended from brittain but we don't call them brittish
I thought the stereotype originated due to many individuals of east Asian ethnicity originating from collectivist cultures where a lot of pressure is put on young people to succeed. Like the Suneung test in south Korea. It certainly seams that way at my uni, they often work harder and achieve more because they are more afraid of failure and disappointing their family (a double edged sword of course with depression anxiety etc).
I think that has a part in it too. A lot of asian cultures put a lot more pressure in excelling academically and shit. Quite a few east asian countries have higher suicide rates in students because of the effects of overworking and sleep deprivation on mental health, as well as the pressure and stress of having to succeed.
I have quite a few asian friends who won't accept anything less than an A in almost everything at school (which kinda sucks for me since our school uses bellcurve marking lol, and I'm asian too. My family isn't *as* pressuring as my aforementioned friends' families, but they certainly do hold me to quite a high standard)
@Viper 47 I mean maybe not "dishonouring", per say, but there definitely is a lot of pressure to not disappoint your family's high standards - at least from my own experience and that of most of my other asian friends - especially those who came over from their respective countries later on.
@Viper 47 I would be hesitant to rule out the role of collectivism, it could be argued that such values are reinforced by the very real demands of how their societies are structured. A family may put pressure on their child with the hope they will succeed in such a competitive environment, therefore the individual may be imbued with a fear they aren't good enough both for society and their family. I also wouldn't say the majority of a population need to commit suicide before you get concerned. Japan and particularly south Korea are very high, particularly if you exclude various 3rd world countries. I'm surprised china isn't that high anymore but maybe Xi fiddles it.
As a Korean-American; my experience with the "Model Minority" stereotype is... well, just like all stereotypes, it's rooted in some interpretation of reality. Frankly even if it started off as a propaganda claim by the US gov't, it's one that they got coincidentally right, because it's still the truth that Asians (South, East, or otherwise) make way more money than Whites, have a higher education rate than Whites, have higher SAT, etc, scores than Whites, etc...
That said, I don't like the stereotype because-among other things-it then implies that other nonasian minorities AREN'T "model", and that undoubtedly has all kinds of self-image issues for them. I mean, imagine being told by smart professional-types that, well, you're not Asian, so you're a more worthless minority. Gee, thanks.
I thought it was because of average is differences higher academic accomplishments on average and lower criminal activity. I mean they say it's a myth but I don't get how.
Drink for every "ACKCHUALLY" comment on this video
thanks i'm dead
Actually if I did that I would get alcohol poisoning
Then don't click on any of CollegeHumor's "Umm, Actually" vids.
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Why is he wearing shoes on his bed?
It's a sitcom ya dummy.
Those ARE some dirty shoes to be wearing on a bed.
Not all Asians take their shoes off in the house.
thats a stupid practice some Americans and also some Canadians have (not taking off shoes inside the house.)
@@bloodycinephile it's not because he's asian. It's because why would anyone has shoes on in his bed? You could throw the dirt from the ground directly on your bed - same result.
Video: “The Poverty rate for Asian Americans is actually higher than the national average.”
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There actually were Germans interned during WWII, it's just that there so much fewer than the Japanese.
But they won’t say that because it ruins Adam’s narrative.
But hardly anyone knows about it b/c it's not taught in schools
@@tinsote7176 No, it wouldn't cause the number of Japanese people that were interned was about 10 times as the number of Germans interned and the German population in America was significantly larger than the Japanese population meaning internment had a way bigger impact on Japanese Americans than it did on German Americans.
Although I love how it ended with a "don't generalize my race" message but that doesn't just go for people with different Asian backgrounds. It goes for people with African backgrounds too. Sure, I understand that most "African-Americans" were brought into the U.S through slavery and don't necessarily know which African country their from. But for those who do know their history, like me, it kind of sucks being generalized when my parents are from two opposite sides of Africa.
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That's all I have to say. I started ranting
I don't like being generalized as white either. Everyone assumes that we all had slaves when many of us had ancestors who immigrated here long after slavery was "abolished" in America and were sometimes even treated like a scourge. My mother's side was Scotch-Irish, and my father's side was Ukrainian. If you despised the British Imperialism... they used the Irish as a practice round before they honed their craft. They attempted to destroy the culture and kill the language and they even taxed the air. Many Irish were sent to the Americas as prisoners by Cromwell and were conscripted as indentured servants... they were usually bonded for a few years, but depending on the work they didn't usually live to make it out of the forced contract... it gets interchangeably referred to as slavery but it is not exactly the same as what was done to the Africans because eventually if they survived they would be free. This was before the Great Potato Famine of course. My Mother's ancestors who immigrated to America were carpetbaggers just trying to survive and maybe make enough money to marry the woman they wanted to marry. As for my father's side, they fled to escape Communist rule and were lucky enough to leave before the great hunger of the 1930s... it was a forced famine created by Stalin and it killed millions. It was referred to as Holodomor. I have no idea if there are any surviving family from the old country or if they perished. While some traditions were kept, much was lost because during the 30s, 40s, and 50s, having a culture different from the accepted Christian European culture usually made things difficult for immigrants if they didn't seem pure enough. This is why I can't speak Ukrainian at all and it is why my grandmother insisted that we were all 100% Ukrainian and all of my ancestors were Eastern Orthodox Christians (pretty sure this is impossible statistically and I have a sneaking suspicion that we might have had Jewish ancestors as well). The word slave also originates from the word "Slav." Slavic people were the one of the first groups to be enslaved by the ancient Romans... before that slaves were typically just called servants. I am not saying this to negate the oppression that black people go through in our country but rather, to share my takeaway from all of this. Here is my takeaway: because oppression and conquest often involve rape, it is likely that while I have that Irish and Ukrainian heritage, there is likely also the DNA of the English and the Ancient Roman's as well... essentially the blood of oppressed and oppressor flows within me, and somewhere in everyone's history they likely share the same painful history of power struggles. My point is that it is easy for the oppressed to become the oppressor and vice versa and it then becomes a matter whether or not we think we have to keep choosing those options or decide to break the cycle by just taking the time to love and respect ourselves and each other in healthy ways. I feel like lack of love for self creates oppressors and then the pain is projected upon others. So many try to fix others but don't take the time to heal their own bullshit and as a result, the vicious cycle continues through humanity. We as people often try to take power from others to feel better about ourselves in everyday life as individuals, why would that not happen among all peoples over centuries and millennia? I just happen to look like the oppressor right now, but I am just me. I am no more a caricature than you are. I wish that that is what people saw too instead of the generalized image of being a white person in America. These labels are destructive for everyone, and you are not alone in the feeling of being boxed by generalizations. ❤
"So your asian right?"
"Yes."
"So what kind of nese are you" ?
emanuel stornello Filipino
Hannah Li Sounds awkward
Koreanese
Indian
filipononese
This makes a lot of sense, in my psychology class our professor would mention about stereotypes and how we ourselves are conditioned by society stereotypes of who we are. Such as black people being physically stronger than white, asians stereotyped as being smart and so on. It's kinda scary because more and more people are easily given to these stereotypes good or bad and it's something that needs to break.
References, references *everywhere*
Who tapped thinking that was ASAP Rocky or Travis Scott
That’s not why I clicked in, but I did notice he looked like Travis Scott
He does look like them, he just had the same hair style lol
Yeah
That's Randy from The Wire.
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I love Adam this show is amazing, well sourced, and hilarious
Well sourced? His facts are all one sided. He says America was racist in the 1800s, yet forgets Japan hated all other races at that same time, viewing them as inferior beings. He also tried to demonize America choosing talented immigrants, which makes no sense. It's like saying jobs should hire the first applicant rather than the best suited. The model minority myth has been perpetuated mostly due to Asian countries having a higher standard of learning, such as school being 6 days a week. Look at statistics and it will back it all up. The model minority stereotype does cause some issues, but this guy uses the WRONG method to get there and villainizes people who dont deserve it.
The “Full House” references are awesome
Me: Boy, Oxygen sure is great!
Adam: ACTUALLY, Oxygen is FILLED with chemicals and pollinates that are SLOWLY KILLING YOU.
Me: .......Oh well
Actually oxygen is poisonous and having only oxygen in the air would actually drown humans in minutes. Oh and is so flammable that fire would more explosive.
Hey maybe I could do this myself.
What kind of oxygen? O, O2 or O3 because pure poison would reakt with most things right away, deadly in to high conzentrations, poison and is litterly ozone but therefore good when high up in the atmosphere to block UV rays.
@@suprafluid3661 I mean O2
Oxygen just kills you really slowly
@@suprafluid3661 The term "oxygen" refers to dioxygen. Ozone is also extremely reactive and toxic. 50ppm will kill a human in 30 minutes.
My uncle likes to go into my room too!
Mr. Bublee Mine also puts my friends in cupboards!
911
Before I begin, I'm an Indian-American, and I'm so glad people in the comments realize what b.s. this episode is. Just to let y'all know, the model minority theory was created in critical race theory classes to justify the" inherent racism" of the U.S. given the obvious success of Asian-Americans. Half the stuff he said has no bases in empirical data. The work ethic and culture of education in Asian families was arguably the greatest factor for the success of Asian Migrants. Just remember that the majority of Chinese immigrants came before the US started accepting high skilled migrants and the reason why they did become so successful was because of culture.
Asian countries see some of the highest economic growth rates in the world and the highest focus on educational attainment, maybe even to a fault. Indian, Chinese, and Korean students spend so much time in schools and even go to night schools as a supplement cause that's how the culture is. Another contributor is the focus on S.T.E.M. in Asian families and countries that have allowed them to get higher paying jobs while the rest of America finds stem boring. We even have a shortage of S.T.E.M. workers now; this is a cultural issue not a racist or governmental one.
And to the point that Asian-American who struggle in school have less help from eduators, I have yet to find evidence for that but maybe I'm wrong (If someone finds something about this, leave it in the reply). Obviously, stereotypes are wrong, but I highly doubt struggling Asian students are just left behind because of their race.
You can argue that the government has more of a role to fund schools in low-income communities and to try to solve poverty but just know that this video is half-assed and just plain wrong in half of its analysis.
I don't think race should dictate what your talents are. Anyone can do anything, regardless of their identity.
"Sure I'm Asian, but I also play Ultimate Frisbee. Why doesn't anyone talk about that?"
We do, but not to your face.
Also, the U.S. government did hold *some* German-Americans and Italian-Americans in internment camps, but at a much lower rate than Japanese-Americans.
The full house references have killed me 😭😂
Yes-Can we do one of these about Black, Latino, and Indian stereotypes as well?!? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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FDR (in Palpatine impression): *_Execute Order 9066_*
(He was actually strong armed into doing it by others [can't exactly remember who]. His wife was extremely disapproving and FDR would later have regrets over it. Everyone is human, even the best of the best. Look at FDR's second term for proof)
I'm Asian and I've never been stereotyped like that in my life. Well, so far anyways.
Marie_canbecool I guess it doesn’t exist then
*_When did I write this comment_*
Which country?
Which country
@@skeletonentertainment4201 I'm chinese?
The last minute of this has really opened my eyes. From now on I demand to be called Scottish American and if anyone try’s to just call me white or European I’m going to get really offended and scream in Gaelic “Tha mi à mo dhùthaich dhùthchasach THU POCA GINTEIL DUINE”
What does that translate to?
*Ohhhhhh stereotypes are TIGHT!*
Oh wait, no one gets that joke....
Getting the joke is super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Shinnogo oh really?
@@Swaglordfawful Yeah yeah yeah.
Shinnogo oh my lord...
@@Swaglordfawful Well okay then.
Adam forgot to mention that it was the Chinese who built America's railroads (as well as dug the mines for gold) during the 19th century
The fact that this was supposed to be a Full House parody.
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im asian and good at math but my grades are trash
like i got 5 out of 30
cool... im asian and did not fail all my classes!
I'm Asian and I got a 15/120 on my essay
"cut it out" "have mercy"
i know those words FULL HOUSE!!!
And " watch the hair"
What exactly did US government do to promote Asians as model minority? Tax break? extra scholarship? I’ve never seen any of those. Instead, many universities discriminate Asians.
Wait, that *did* actually happen to German Americans. Granted, it was on a much smaller scale, but it still happened. You can’t just lie like that on a show dedicated to debunking popular myths.
SKS Throwaway adam and his show should have phrased that part better, but i get what he was saying. he was saying because german americans were white they were not treated the same as asian americans in world war 2, but what adam and his show failed to mention is that the reason german americans weren't as widely persecuted as asians is because asians have more distinguishable features than the Germans and not just because america was racist.
People are people doesn’t matter what skin color
Most of the time the Asians in my class are pretty nice. They arent always geniuses but pretty nice, but I guess most Asian cultures are more respectful and disciplined so yeah
Depends on the culture tbh. We have a large variety.
The reason why they didn't done it to German-Americans is because up to a certain point, they where a lot of people on the side of Germany but America stayed neutral and watched for a while. With the attack on Pearl Harbour from Japan, the US was forced to declear war on Japan and because Japan was allies with Germany, the US wasn't able to pick a side.
The whole white world was racist back then.
I recently saw some pictures pop up on the internet that showed people from US that askey why not be friends with Hitler or why not ignore him, because it will settle from alone. I don't know if these pictures are real, especially because they basically say the same that some people now say towards Putin and the current war. These statements back then are shockingly nearly identical to the current ones. These similarity makes me belive that these are fake but I didn't checked that but when it's real this is scary.
I identify as a computer.
A bad one.
you my friend YOU get an internet cookie
I identify as "there"
@@alexandrub8786 im idently s tupid,
Adam Ruins *EVERYTHING*
no. NO. Condoms ruin everything. EVERYTHING!!!
(BTW, use condoms)
this should be on buzzfeed
Colgate v.2,0 cough cough libtard
Adam is annoying
I would imagine the title being “Asian stereotypes are not always real”
I mean, that thing about generalizing people from many cultures into one race isn't just for asians. People from Germany, Russia, Sweden, or Italy are all called white. Just as someone from Japan and someone from Vietnam are both called Asian.
I wish they could change the immigration laws for Asians like me so that we can move into America without needing to be a " professional " on something just because they need us to boost their economy.
what’s wrong with specifically wanting immigrants who would be beneficial to the country? canada does it and no one bats an eye…
But everyone we “lump together” are from the continent... OF ASIA. It’s the same as calling people from the continent of America American.
Alex Mucha we also tend to lump all “white” people together as well
Then how come we say Latina instead of American?
@@kikiretzorg1467 latin america? since its you know from the latin laguage part of the america where the reultig population is more native mixed then in the USA that is far more colonial.
but yea its not a clear term since a french qubecios woman be a latina as well technical
Asia isn't a continent. Japan is Asian but Poland isn't? What even is a continent?
Why Call Indians "Indian" or Arabians "Arabians" then? The socio-economic, racial, and cultural differences in Asia change every few miles, especially in the Indian Subcontinent, so, calling an Asian "Asian" means that a Russo-American, a Filipino-American and an Indian-American will be categorized under a single category in spite of their various differences, so this system is absolute bs and needs to stop.
I'd rather be stereotyped being a "model minority" than being a criminal.
Bryan Peralta Maybe it’s just me, but I’d rather not be stereotyped at all
@@RayRay06122 yeah well no one gets to choose. Including white people
It also hurts Asians by undermining the validity of their complaints against racism. It’s basically saying “all the racism you experience doesn’t exist because you’re a model minority.” This drives a wedge between Asians and Black Americans.
Thanks I been bullied for people thinking that I was good at math
we still hold Asians on a high pedestal even in 2019
I mean it's not so much that, but they are on a high pedestal. It's just that the government had nothing to do with successful ones. Look at college percentages in asian populated states sometimes.
This whole video and comment section went from 0 to 100 real quick
Nobody brings up your ultimate Frisbee skills because nobody likes ultimate Frisbee