Asian Australians Try to Understand the Term “ASIAN AMERICAN”

The OTGW Crew and friends (Annie) discuss and explore the phenomenon of "Asian Americans" as a label and why there isn't an equivalent term for Asians in Australia.
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[@Iptfog]

What I took from this was Australia: "You can do anything, but you have to work for it. You have to earn it." USA: "You can do anything, but you have to fight for it. Everyone is your competitor, and you have to be the loudest and strongest."

[@PlaylistProductions]

USA is quite competitive hey.. But here in Australia people are a lot more easy going..

[@sydneyjayah1519]

Iptfog 1 capitalism breeds this mentality

[@thirstyvirus3744]

Sydney Jayah yes let’s go to socialism

[@Star-wd5en]

Spot on and this is coming from an American!

[@ilovenoodles7483]

To clarify: in America- there are no policies against Asians. Racism isn't dead, but it's being kept alive on life support by the media and politicians to further their own false and fake agenda. Everyone has equal rights and in America, frankly- minorities no matter what race of minority you are, minorities in America actually have more opportunity and rights and freedoms than any other place in the world. Minority groups, especially the rich, especially celebrities and public figures, love to pretend like they are so oppressed when really they are not. America is the only country in the world where minorities can not just be equal but actually get ahead. The reason why there's all this talk about labels is because labels can either make your death or make your life. The media portrays Asian America in a very stereotypical manner and even Asian Americans jump on that bandwagon. In America, everything is more like a fierce but friendly competition, rather than a race issue, but people make it into a race issue because they know that they could exploit it. I say fierce, because all Americans, not matter the race in front of it, play hard. This video makes it seem like in America, instead of working for something, you have to fight for it. It's kind of true, however it is NOT because of race, it's just because of society in general. In America, everything is more like a fierce but friendly competition, rather than a race issue, but people make it into a race issue because they know that they could exploit it. Sometimes in order to get what you want, whether it be the promotion at work, the position you want, the coveted parking spot, the nice house, or just to be heard and recognized, etc. etc. a person will even find out that they have their own race as a competitor(s). That is just being a human, and has nothing to do with race though.

[@dmereel]

I am glad we (Australians) don't say Asian-Australian. If you have the passport then your nationality is Australian. Your ethnicity might be different, but you are still Australian to me, no matter the color of your skin. That is the beauty of the true Australian way. I wish more of us embraced this.

[@gingerginger999]

that makes perfect sense;either you are a citizen or not, subdividing yourself into ethnic groups is just divisive.

[@boujounomono]

I dunno...I think one is Australian only if he/she know the Aussie, Aussie,Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi chant; or don't think eating barbecued tomato is weird

[@chopsticksforlegs]

I'm Australian but I'm also Asian. Being Asian doesn't make me less Australian. I'm pretty bogan if anything LOL a bogan Asian? 😂😂

[@ADerpyReality]

Are smarter than regular Bogans? Otherwise known as 'alpha bogans'.

[@echelon2k8]

Yes, Asian Australians are still Australians, some are just more "Australian" than others, that's all.

[@evildiver55]

I'm Asian from Australia but I'm actually different!! Instead of living in a city, I'm actually living on a coast where there's hardly any Asian people. Instead you see a lot of "bogans" and people who are not familiar with other cultures. Despite that though I've never been bullied or abused because of my ethnicity and people are generally accepting here. This is a very interesting topic, keep up the good work guys.

[@Jonman7502]

When you live in Brisbane and racial jokes are normal 😢

[@omgwuzi]

Brisbane I thought would be the most un racist place lol since there is like so many of us asians in sunnybank and gold coast idek? I've never experienced racism about being Asian.

[@TC-jz7sp]

Wow, I live in Melbourne and if you go to the shopping centres majority of the people are Asian but in schools about a quarter or a third of all the students are Asian

[@Premyy.M]

@Gus W lol you know the British came to Australia and basically replaced natives with whites in the first place right?

[@PlaylistProductions]

Every country has racists.. But Australia is one of the least racist countries in the world..

[@FMmantis]

I want to thank you guys for bringing up a topic that is important. A topic of self-empowerment. I am a First Nation/Native man, and I am proud of my culture and heritage. As proud as I am of my heritage, I am saddened by the misrepresentation of my people in popular culture, and saddened by the continuous mistreatment of our rights and lands. So I am going to school so that I will be able to create an organization to help my people become more empowered and to show who we really are. Like Toni Morrison said "If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it." There is something however I do wish you would have spoken on, perhaps you may not be fully aware of it. There is a lot of history, in both America and Australia, that has been swept under the rug. The dirty little secret yet not so secrets of America and Australia. Both countries were not founded by Europeans, but colonized by Europeans that stole the land of its First inhabitants. This is the truth, I'm not trying to make anyone feel guilty or blame anyone. I don't blame anyone now for the pains of the past. What I see and feel are people that are tired of their story and their pain being ignored. If you are cut very deeply and you ignore the wound and pretend nothing ever happened, does that mean the wound never happened? Of course not, the cut us still there. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away. It actually causes it to become infected and fester. No, the only way a wound is healed is if it cleaned and mended and taken care of. But the wound can't heal until you acknowledge that there is a wound. That to me is the real problem. Too many people are willing to ignore the fact that there are wounds in our history, because if we acknowledge that there are wounds then we have to acknowledge that there is a problem. The problem with that is, when you ignore the wound, it will just continue to fester and leave people feeling invalidated, unacknowledged, unimportant, angry, and a multitude of other negative emotions. There is a lot of invalidated pain that stems from traumatic historical events like slavery, genocide, forced removal, forced internment, systemic racism and xenophobia, cultural genocide. It is a pain that needs to be healed, but it isn't going to heal by telling people They need to get over it because it happened hundreds of years ago. Compassion and empathy are key qualities that are needed to help heal. Perhaps that is something you could speak about as well.

[@AnnaPotts818swifferbaby]

Love these discussion vids!! They're so funny and helpful. Thank you for making videos😊

[@valeriejade7211]

When Dan asked what our motto in Australia was: "No worries, mate!" 😂 Such an interesting topic! Love these video discussions about particular topics 👌

[@gemmaterror4869]

growing up in Australia these guys talk so much sense. I learnt a lot and I liked the way they went about this question.

[@AsiansDownUnder]

Yes we need some Asians in the Hollywood scene! Don't give up guys we're rooting for you!

[@martinmckowen1588]

Rooting? Let’s not haha

[@danielasterling6936]

@@martinmckowen1588 AUSTRALIA IS THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN

[@astrospeedcuber]

Wow your name

[@sierra2450]

I think this is a very interesting conversation that just briefly touches on a lot of important topics that are not talked about often enough or really even considered (particularly by Americans) in general.

[@estherzhou217]

yeah！I am new in Australia !!!!after watching you guys video I believe I will have a bright future in Au!!!

[@SelftaughtSoftwareEngineer]

Mia seems quiet when she's in a group.

[@kategafchook]

The Australian population tends to be around the same size as L.A. Since the 1980's we have had multicultural representation on tv, plus one of our major tv channels is multicultural (world news in various languages, international films and tv). There is a heap less racism in schools and general society since the 80's . The two core values that most Aussies see ourselves as having in "Mateship" and a self-depreciating sense of humor...therefore if someone comes to you in friendship, you're valued on how you treat others, not your race...and if you can poke fun at yourself rather than others, people are less likely to be offended by insults. If you combine that with the fact that we are a much younger country, you see that we are less likely to cling to old ideas about keeping a country racially divided, and welcoming a multicultural identity. All that being said, we can do better at treating everyone equally, and explaining to racists why their views are outdated. Also there seems to be less racism when cultures don't live in pocketed communities, but where families are integrated into the wider society. Since 1788, most Australians have been immigrants, therefore with each new wave of immigration they are accepted as being Australian, rather than "x nationality"-Australian

[@jennyp9655]

This is one of my favorite video. Love these discussions

[@Insectist]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

[@jimmyknoxville4709]

I'm Australian and I've always thought of Felicia as an Australian too. It is a very culturally diverse nation with people from many different backgrounds. I think that trying to categorise people into different racial groups is divisive and racist. Morgan Freeman said it the best when he said that he is not a black person, or African American person, he is simply a person.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Hey here's a radical label for the 2 girls on the right, if I met them on the street, as soon as I heard them speak I'd call them "Australian" (and I'm 7th generation white Australian, but they look/sound/are as Aussie as I am from where I'm sitting). Yes we need more people of various appearances on tv etc & we should as a Nation demand that our society is properly reflected in the media, but it just doesn't seem rational to me to try to label people with tags designed to link them to an ancestor country rather than to the country & culture that is now their home. If we start removing chunks of our culture from our nationality, then we loose a lot of what makes Australia great. Australia would not be the same place without Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Indians etc as a part of our cultural makeup

[@johnbright3790]

The American guy says he wishes there was less divisive labelling. And the Aussie girls also say there's generally no need to shout about their ethnicity. Americans who aren't WASP are brainwashed (mostly by the media) into feeling they have to shout about themselves, and it actually makes them unhappy. The American guy says the US has 'a label for everyone' (or everything) and it's used to push racial groups into better positions.These guys are talking calmly and sensibly about a sensitive subject, dealing with racial injustice without making it a complaint culture. Love it.

[@lilfallinstar1]

This was a good video. I enjoyed watching it. Dan, I wished you talked more about your experience in San Jose. I'm actually from San Jose so I really want to know what everyone thinks about it. Lol. There is definitely a huge Vietnamese community here and I feel like Felicia can relate. I think she mentioned her parent is from Vietnam and my guess is that her parent left Vietnam because of the war. Many of the Vietnamese here are here result of the war so I thought she is able to relate. Where is Mia from specifically from the US? You should do a west coast Asian vs east coast Asians.

[@pearloftheorient3362]

Its true. You grew along with the change and progress in Australia. It got "complicated" at times in terms of being "Asian" especially as it was overwhelming to some of the "white" aussies -who were mostly convicts at first then mostly European migrants until later on. Now there is a plathera of "Races" here. Australia has always been going through changes since it's European discovering. It takes people to build a thriving city and shape a Nation. Coming to Australia was a magical experience for me it was nice to assimilate and yeah some were not so welcoming but the families and friends I knew of different races were good people. Over time I just became an aussie 😊

[@mrdarcy1985]

Americans always love to identify themselves into sub-groups. It's very bizarre to us Australians. 12% of Australia's 25m people are of Asian descent but we think of them as just being Aussies. It doesn't matter what your ethnicity is - you could be European, Arab, African, whatever. You're still an Aussie. Asians have made an incredible contribution to the success of Australia and I'm very proud to call them my countrymen.

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

Australia is sooooo not unique. Just a blatant copy of America except no culture

[@shooterdownunder]

I am Australian but I don't have any Asian ancestry however I grew up with many people who were either born in Australia or migrated to Australia and videos like this made me understand what some of the people I knew went through and I got a much better understanding of their circumstances than before.

[@vickyzeng4834]

I've never met any Chinese-Americans in Sydney yet😭😭😭Anyways...I liked the video, love hearing u guys talk about topics on Asian Americans, truly inspired!

[@darrenhsu3198]

Vicky zeng, hi! Darn, Chinese-American here. I visited Sydney & Australia as a whole during my honeymoon. At this point a little over three years ago. Had a blast. Everyone I met was great! Hope to visit again!

[@vickyzeng4834]

Glad you guys enjoyed it! Welcome to come back!

[@jimfreeman6725]

Excellent subject and presentation.

[@pierrefontecha]

14:38 Australians...so proud... Makes me want to go there and see what all the fuss is about.

[@VolcardoReviewer]

Growing up in Canada we did have labels (South Asians for Indians and Srilankans and Asians for East Asians). But it wasn't that big of a deal.

[@irishchick6315]

Found this really interesting thanks :)

[@anniexyz6909]

Thanks for having me!

[@vickyzeng4834]

I like watching ur vlogs☺️

[@anniexyz6909]

Yay thanks!

[@someasiankid6323]

Annie xyz I love your vids!

[@PlaylistProductions]

You are awesome!

[@NewKingBrandon]

Not sure what other Americans view are, but growing up in diverse schools, I didn't really see Asian Americans as different, if you get what I mean. I'm not really used to being in a very high majority environment so Dan and Mia feeling like they or other Asian Americans had to do something about how they're viewed surprised me.

[@JoeBergy122]

If we're really trying to use terms that reflect ethnic, human migration, and political background, it should be East-Asian-American, Southeast-Asian-American, South-Asian-American, etc. The experiences of a Chinese-American in Cali whose family moved to the U.S. in the 1800s, a refugee from the Vietnam war in Louisiana, and a newly arrived Indian-American in NYC are WAYYY different. Asia is HUGE. But what do I know, I'm just some white guy living in Taiwan.

[@EddyWoon]

Joseph Bergeron Totally agree with you. That term encompasses a very large area with a large range of ethnicities. But then... there is the same level of ignorance with the label of African-American as there are also a large range of ethnicities in Africa. Ignorance is bliss?

[@lit721]

Joseph Bergeron yeah but most asian americans have had, believe it or not, some similar experience that other groups can’t relate with. We’re not considered out, but we aren’t in either. People still see us as a minority, many have some very harmful prejudices and we are subject to the same type of misconceptions over and over again. that’s why the asian american community is so strong togetner

[@tacitdionysus3220]

I'm an older Australian who can remember when Greek and Italian migrants were 'exotic'. I lived in an 'Asian' suburb (Cabramatta) for years and think they merged with Australian 'culture' quite quickly. At first every wave of migrants encounters cultural collision, but after a while they start to sound, move and act much like everyone else. But everyone else also changes, perhaps less perceptibly, as well. The obvious example is in the huge variety of cuisine in Australia and how it's normal to sample and draw on everyone else's, whereas once it was strictly meat and two veg. Australia is fairly unique in having people from a wide variety of places. So there is also often a common 'migrant experience', and evan a 'children of migrant experience', as well as a specific cultural background. Frankly I don't really notice 'asian-ness' any more; they're just Australians who are from families who come from Vietnam, the Phillipines, China, Korea, Indonesia, Timor Leste or whatever; whereas mine came from Germany and Ireland (seriously oppressed and treated with suspicion in their day), and that guy over there originated from somewhere else in Europe, or the Sub-Continent, South America or the Middle East or is Aboriginal. (When in the UK I noticed 'Asian' often meant Indian or Pakistani. Australians generally don't do that; I suspect they don't consider them 'Asian' because they play cricket.) In my experience, most 'judgement' made is much more about the individual, and their demeanour, attitude and behaviour than anything else. There is genuine racism from some, but there are also plenty of cases when people call others out because they're simply being a 'dick'. If you had to vote on who Australians really 'bag out' the most vocally, the clear winners would be Kiwis, followed by Brits and Yanks; so what does that mean?

[@sacreed1]

In Australian there is a Motto, It's called "Hard Yakka" Its so prominent that there's a brand of laboring equipment branded: Hard Yakka Work-wear. Work Hard, make money.

[@luciadossantos8158]

Im from Sydney too!!

[@Calida]

Yeah it's true that this topic is pretty weird in America. i grew up in California in a pretty diverse city, and in elementary school I learned early on to not look at each other as different races (I was influenced when learning about MLK)... but as I grew older I started to feel the divide more and more... I used to feel a pride in being Asian American, but not in a dividing type way, but in a "yeah, our people are awesome too" type of way. I think you guys are really right about the social media complaining... it's dividing all of the cultures in bad ways. So much so, that I feel really weird when I read the rare articles about people of different cultures and religions "joining together" to do things. It feels like such a forced effort all of a sudden. Am I the only one that feels this way? Like yeah, shouldn't we join together? we're not that different, we're Americans and we're people who should be helping people in general right?

[@myytacc9851]

okay yes, asians on the west coast seem more free? or jolly and have their own society, people over there are used to asians but on the east coast, asians seem like they have to assimilate to white or black culture because theyre newbies mostly 1st generation and theyre still trying to find the way to live as an asian American.

[@victor1102]

I know this is off topic, but Mia is really my cup of tea XD

[@jolenem7321]

From an Asian-American born and raised in California: Here is my take on why Asian Australians are different from Asian Americans. 1) Asians in Australia do not need to "fight" for representation because there is almost no global platform for Australians to be relevant in world politics; therefore, there is NO INCENTIVE for Asians to control the media in Australia. The population of California alone is much bigger and the culture is arguably larger. 2) The outlook of how Australians perceive Asians are also quite different. Their neighbors are asians, so it is almost impossible for them to NOT care about Asia. Fortunately, it also makes them less stupid about what they say or do. On the other hand, American media is just plain ignorant and paints Asians in a bad light because there are NO REPERCUSSIONS. It's not just about Asians being acknowledged in media, but also to clear up misunderstandings and ignorance about Asian culture. 3) A part of American war history focused on countries such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Asian-Americans feel cheated by the media when there are broad, annoying generalizations as if we weren't at war with Vietnam for 20 years or indirectly contributed to the formation of North Korea, or dropped nukes at Japanese civilians, which ended WWII. Internment camps and the Chinese exclusion act were also a few examples of how racist America was in the past. 4) Currently, in the USA, there is racism in the workplace, media, and colleges against people of Asian descent. Bars to enter colleges are much harder for Asian-Americans to get into while standards for Blacks and latinos are lowered for the sake of "diversity." Basically, Asian-Americans have no benefits as a minority and the American institutions want to keep it that way. I can go on and on about the Harvard lawsuit and also workplace racism. That Australian girl is both ignorant and annoying. (the worst combination) I wished I joined in on this discussion and said a thing or two. lol

[@jolenem7321]

I take that back. Both Australian girls were ignorant and annoying

[@marciabentley9557]

You're right. We love our labels in the U.S. Right or wrong - we identify everyone by ethnic background: African-American, Euro-American, Mexican-American, Italian-American, etc. It's simultaneously racism and inclusivity. We want to assimilate,yet maintain ethnic identity. If you try to just be "American", your own ethnic group might turn on you. Like much of America, it's both bad and good.

[@danielasterling6936]

LATIN AMERICAN

[@bluecedar7914]

There was a little bit of public discussion about the lack of substantial characters of Asian ancestry and parts for actors of Asian ancestry in Australia when the television series "The Family Law" was released on S.B.S. It was only a little bit of discussion however. For those outside of Australia, "The Family Law" is a little like 'Fresh Off The Boat" but much more funny and with less episodes. Community Channel rules!

[@EdwinTheGreat337]

I wanted to go the Marine after high school but I couldn't because I'm the eldest brother and I had to work to support the family.My 2 little brothers did serve in the army and air force respectively.They both went to afganistan.

[@lisaishere0919]

Good take on this topic.

[@CuteCupcakeTheBand]

That accent change back and forth haha. Gosh I didn't know that America was so much different than us

[@chriswharton]

Our best immigrants ever. I love to hear Aussie girls and their Aussie accents anywhere i am in the world. Whether or not they have Asian heritage, who cares. They work hard and look after their kids and their old folk. That fits right in in Oz. Some of my best mates, the kind of blokes you go to school with, play footy with, and cover your back, have Asian heritage. They’re just Aussies and they’re just my mates.

[@deedee3568]

Chris Wharton. It was a pleasure to read your comment. You made me feel really proud of Australia and you.

[@ericli3004]

I am French Chinese and proud of it 😚

[@wl2878]

Australian, black, white, Hispanic, Chinese, Korean or whatever ethnicity...Mia is gorgeous in every race throughout the world! Big fan! Love the show!😍😘❤💕

[@imadethisinyr6]

It's funny because as someone who is ethnically Chinese, but born and raised in Australia, I don't feel like I completely belong in the country. I have always referred to myself as Chinese/Asian Australian as well. I'm not sure why you guys haven't heard the term being used? For reference, I'm from Sydney where there is a massive 'Asian Australian' population. Most people around me use the term to differentiate between Asians who were raised in Australia and Asians from Asia.

[@sunkissism]

I'm Chinese Australian, born in China and raised in Australia. I have heard the term being used in some occasions, but I don't think it's referenced as much as Asian American. If I want to differentiate Asian Australian with Asians from Asia, I would probably use domestic and international students as a better approach. Not all Asian Australians are connected with Australia despite their nationality is Australian, and some of them are more related to their heritage than Australia.

[@navigat-r]

I agree with not having heard categorizing terms of "ethnicity + nationality" in any other country or language before, so it seems kind of unique to the US. If this IS a term that exists in other parts of the world too, that'd be interesting to hear about, and see if there are any correlations as to why this concept has become such a defined thing. :)

[@jamesheng1878]

Yes Asian Australian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mr_mickals5657]

I'm aussie and i love everyone, especially asians

[@flyz91]

This is 4 years ago! Has the situation in Australia worsened? I don’t really related to the Australian ladies in this video. Btw I am Australian who is Asian, going through an identity crisis atm

[@rainmutt3240]

I think Dam's comment about the population difference (Canada vs. Aus. vs USA) was very relevant. I think the greater density per given space has an effect (usually negative) on how the occupants relate to each other. I cannot give the name of the study or even where/when it took place but I watched a PBS documentary that put the same number of rats in two different spaces to live.......one significantly smaller than the other. The rats over time in the smaller space ended up eating one another. This study is easily 10+ yrs. old but, right or wrong, had a profound impact on the way I view how people relate in general regardless of ethnicity.

[@BlazinNSoul]

If you been following the news lately. About the controversies around many films such as Ghost in the Shell, Doctor Strange, Aloha among others. Is that Asian Americans continue to live under a bamboo ceiling. Where roles are determined by stereotypes in which Hollywood and the media force upon them. This not only effects the types of roles in which Asian Americans can pursue. It effects the types of jobs and opportunities. Which might fall outside of the traditional Asian stereotype & the population at large. What it means to be Asian-American is a difficult question to answer. It certainly is not as black and white as some make it out to be.

[@Dev.85]

You might hear terminology to determine ethnicity like Korean-Australian, Chinese-Australian etc etc but if you are Australian you are Australian regardless of ethnic background. Asian Australian makes me cringe.

[@glenmcinnes4824]

I'm a Skip (Anglo-Celtic Aussie) in my 40's I can recall Asian actors on Domestic TV as far back as I can remember, and not just in new productions but in re-runs, some even had parts with clearly western names, we had Asians working as journalists & presenters on the News & Current Affairs, not just in Metro areas but also on Regional Television & Radio. OZ is Meritocratic and especially since the 80's & 90's Race has become more and more of a non-factor (except for with a shrinking but vocal few), if you can communicate and do the job you are welcome to apply knowing that the playing feild will as level as possible in all likelihood.

[@MinkiLoveable]

Hi! From Melbourne Australia!

[@caitlynfenton5938]

love from Sydney 😍💜

[@insensateT7]

There are two things that you missed. 1. You will need to explore racism in Australia before you can understand why Australians don't "need" to speak up. Australian's racism is more covert, and I think Asians in Australia tend to grow into their stereotypes (which is a type of racism). How many Asian friends do you have who tell you that they want to be a celebrity or want to make it to Hollywood? And how many Asian friends do you have who would tell you that they need to study hard because they "want" to be a doctor, lawyer, or accountant? Or just any other professionals? And for those who don't strive for one of the "professionals", they find their way of "making money". 2. True that we don't have the term "Asian Australians", but we ("Asian Australians") say things like "That's so Asian." "He is like an Asian Asian, but she is just an Asian." "That's such an Asian thing to do." Reflect on what these mean. We are assimilated into the racism and we recognised "Asian behaviours/thoughts" to be "Asian". That is why there is no "Asian Australian" but "Asian Asian". Just another concluding note, Australia is known to be more racist, and it's true in the way that it's covert racism. An analogy would be covert sexism, so if a man makes a comment like, "I have the responsibility to protect women." That is sexism. Think about it.

[@Natalie-xf8cx]

TheJoyLoveMoney to me what he said sounds like stereotype much more than racism. My white friends and I (an Asian) always joked on some cultures but we meant no harm. I don't think that's racist Being racist means you think you're superior because of your race

[@moreshige]

Forgive for saying this, Asian Australians aren't breaking barriers in Australia because there is no Australian equivalent of a Hollywood. In addition to that, the term Asian-American has been around politically for a long time coincided with the civil rights movement. Otherwise, Asians in America would have more identified with being Chinese, Chinese-American, Korean-American, etc or just plain American like other Asian diaspora around the world.

[@caitpatterson2685]

moreshige the closest we have is Sydney or Melbourne with film but Australia unfortunately doesn't really look after our performancers. We do have an industry it's just not as big

[@Sooopa_Doopa]

There is no need for "Yellows" to be represented in film, television and media in the countries that they reside in? Chinese have been in the US since the early 1800s. They should be marginalized because Mr. ​@Europa Man ​would prefer to only see them in imported films or when visiting Asia? What the Effing F?

[@Sooopa_Doopa]

@Europa Man You do realize that you demonstrate what might be referred to as extreme ignorance when you refer to Asians as "The Yellows". And when I say "you do realize" I am well aware that you do not. Feel free to continue to publicly bask in the ocean of your ignorance. It helps the rest of us normal people to identify you

[@Sooopa_Doopa]

@Europa Man America has never been a whites only country. From its inception the US has always been multicultural so your comparison is nonsensical.

[@Sooopa_Doopa]

@Europa Man I never said it was easy for non-whites. But to deny Native Americans, Africans, Asians, the various descendants of Spanish conquistadors and whatever tribes/peoples they mingled with as well as the French and whatever peoples migled with had an active role in building the US is to deny history. Those people were all a part of the US. Just because whites enslaved one group and attempted genocide on another does not mean they contributed nothing and should be overlooked. They have always left their mark. That 70% sounds a little high. In any event whites will be a minority in less than 25 years. What a shame...

[@stanleycheung2348]

mia us such a knockout !

[@hendibeltz9393]

sometimes I saw mia on Voa Indonesia TV

[@emmakg9]

I'm British and I've seen the term "BBC" "British born Chinese" quite a lot, but nothing else. In the UK Asian refers to people of Pakistani or Bangladeshi/Indian etc descent. So Asian British is something completely different. Most our East Asian population is ex British commonwealth i.e Hong Kong, we don't have a large Japanese population, or south Korean population etc who can all be encompassed together as Asian American.

[@marcusredneb8752]

Do you remember the Cartwrights in Bonanza and their cook Hop Sing? He was a true Asian.

[@hyesunggehring9118]

This was super dismissive of racism tbh

[@baboLbubbletee]

This is an interesting video, when I first heard the term Asian American I thought it was good term, it shows that the Asians in America have an identity, have a voice, they have assimilation into the culture and have made it their own. I would be an Australian Asian as you call it, and I always struggle with the issue of people asking me what my nationality is, like yeah I'm Australian but obviously I'm not white so 'where are you're parents from?' And although this question annoys me to no end you can't blame ignorance... I mean the world is pretty globalised nowadays and even though I want to be identified by the place I was born in and the culture I grew up with, people will always be curious if you look like one thing and identify yourself as another so the question 'where are you're parents are from?' Will come out a lot. Although you can always say that you're American/Australian and theirs no need to add extra labels, but sometimes people can already tell that you're born and raised into the culture by the way you talk. Some are just curious and will still ask yeah you're Australian/ American but where are you from ? Wouldn't it just make it so much easier if you could just answer 'Australian /American Vietnamese, or Australian/American chinese' instead of the whole repeating conversations about how you're Australian/American but they will continue to ask from you are from, or where your parents are from. Sometimes people just don't know how to ask without being insensitive and this kind of clears the air, makes it easier for people to recognise the identity that you have as an Australian/American Asia and as long as if you don't add certain stereotypes to the label or have any bad connotations with the term I don't think it's so bad.

[@Oceaniac]

Well here in England, we have the term "brit-asian" but that usually applies to asians who aren't from the easts (and more typically pakistani's and indian's). Although I do know of one person who's Thai and they call themselves brit-asian too. But even then, Asians here don't tend to call themselves brit-asian like that. They just say ''Asian''or refer to their 'home' country. However in Scotland, Asians call themselves Scottish. It's like they've integrated into society more than Asians in England. I mean the brexit vote goes to show that Scotland seems to be more open minded than the rest of the UK.

[@kvantassle83]

This is an old video but I call myself Asian American because I am 50% Korean born in Korea but as a US citizen, first language was Korean and didn't move to the states till I was in grade school. So while I am a US citizen born I take pride in the fact I was born in Korea and am Korean or Asian. So thats why I say I am Asian American.

[@gg-yx9yq]

Our neibourghs are also new Zealand and it's easy hrs away

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

It's a strange term I must admit but asians in California rarely experience direct racism. I think people in their 20s tend to overemphasize this issue as there's nothing else to do I suppose. When you get older, none of this stuff is really that important compared to earning your paycheck and paying the mortgage out here.

[@jolenem7321]

I'm Asian-American from southern California. I think that Asians here do not experience direct racism because people around us are hiding it better. You can't report a racist action from a co-worker because they do it so subtly it's impossible to get them fired from a job or anything. They have almost no repercussions and take advantage of that.

[@danielasterling6936]

@@jolenem7321 AUSTRALIA IS THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN

[@SmacksHandtoForehead]

Went to high school in both America and Australia. The immediate difference I noticed about race was when we took school state tests. In America we filled in info about race, parents education level, and gender meanwhile in Australia it was only my name and the school. That really struck me. Overall everything else was similar. Australia didn't have as many political labels, but they were more free with their racial slurs. And most racial tension seemed to be with native Australians and "wogs". This was my perspective and high school was 15 years ago. So it was before Facebook and KZbin. Since social media sites, it does appear that the labeling became more intense in America.

[@gamjc]

They do that for statistical purposes. The more you segment a population, the more you can figure out the gaps in success and what or who needs help.

[@bad_teammates]

Something I wonder about is if Asians in Australia deal with stereotyping like Asian Americans do. In America, there is a very real "submissive Asian" image that affects daily social interactions, and is part of the reason why Asian American identity is such a major issue.

[@yumyumlolly]

I know it is an old comment but I will answer your question. As an Asian in Australia, I don't think there's such a stereotype. I remember in highschool, some of the most vocal students are Asians. Especially the smarty ones and the rowdy ones. At work, when I say I'm an introvert, people gave me a look as if I have insulted the word introvert 😂.

[@Anthony80729]

Very True 👍💪💪💪🙏😃

[@Hillary_Official_1]

I am Asian Canadian being Chinese Canadian 🇨🇳🇨🇦

[@echelon2k8]

2:53 Yep, "Chinese" ethnicity is exactly 1 percentage higher than the Italians at 5.6% (1,213,903 by ancestry) according to the latest Australian census.

[@lotuswhite2574]

I'm Australian born and agree with this! Growing up, you see everyone as Aussie's and think nothing of it. As a kid, I was a huge fan of Kathleen from High-5, and never once labeled her as an Asian or an Asian-Australian, she was just Aussie like the rest of the band. However, when you do mature through school you become more aware of these things and of course, racism occurs wherever you go, but Australian culture from my experience doesn't distinguish Australian-born Asians or immigrants from the rest of the country. There will always be an identity struggle with mixed nationalities, as it's a confusing journey that is unique to the individuals for each to process and deals with throughout the entirety of their lives. In regards to this video, I do believe there is an injustice for media representation for Asians in western countries like America and Australia, to which is why I think compiling these thoughts, viewpoints and energies as shown in this video will be a force for change - thank you guys so much! Australians need to help back the Americans!!

[@blue.inferno]

I’m a half American as well.

[@KyleRuggles]

Canada welcomes all! love watching these videos! just started now really lol. Race isn't even a thing here, I myself consist of 4 races, including chinese! Here it's.. it's not an issue! I grew up as a toddler surrounded by all races, this is normal! for us! even the idea of talking about this, baffles my mind. Great vid! love learning from new perspectives ^_^ P.S. You all sound American like.... you know.... like.... you know......... like like like :P See!?!?! jk :P

[@danielasterling6936]

ARGENTINA WHITE EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN

[@jc.9]

We have BBC (British Born Chinese)

[@Mindyourbusiness762]

I think when we as Americans put the ethnic or racial group name in front of american is because you have a mixed culture. Yes you are asian but you also embrace american culture because our culture is super rare and different so that’s why we say asian american black american etc to let people know yes we are Asian or black but your also America which is very proud and LOUD.

[@brianlau947]

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI

[@kaziirfan5757]

People i love are Chinese and native Spanish speaking ❤️

[@rederfbug5906]

I think even when your race is being capitalized, you really have to keep up with any competition. In America, life is a business. It's more of you should to get even or to get noticed. Aussies are of course known to be laid back and very country type of people. . . Whereas Asians, most of the time is just going with the flow and very adoptable to other cultures, but always been looked down in many aspects. I've had my own experiences even just living in the Philippines.

[@kaielafeen1417]

Australians are Australian but it depends on where you grow up in Darwin Northern Territory Australia where I grew up its much more multicultural community oriented but Sydney & Perth as big cities it's isolating and people have to be taught acceptance racism.

[@oyonggofomocci2078]

Austraila; peeps throw a pebble against your culture, you splash some water back (-_- )meh America; peeps throw a pebble against your culture, you whip out the rocket launcher ***\\ (-_-) //***

[@ADerpyReality]

That's not how skipping a rock over water is supposed to work. I'm not sure if we have a culture... I mean beetroot on burgers is a norm and pavlova invented here but it's more a amalgamation of whosoever here.

[@jescelleremulla2271]

I'm Asian Australian

[@lele23031]

Yay! Australia 🇦🇺

[@ccarmen53]

You're missing BBCs - British Born Chinese (mostly from HK)

[@zhen86]

there is more British born Indian then BBC.

[@Natalie-xf8cx]

Hmmm I don't think a lot of Hong Kongers were born in the U.K. Tho, they have an overseas British passport due to the fact of being a past British colony, but not many of them were actually born in the country. Around 1/7 of HK people were Canadian born tho ~

[@melissa-sj4rr]

My parents came from Hong Kong but I'm a bbc

[@markfinnigan4994]

Giddy up girls!

[@jennylisealisea1557]

I’m Asian and Australia and have never heard “asian Australian” like what..?

[@goto8438]

the cities in Australia are multi cultural and the countryside is mostly british/uk heritage. I have lived and worked in both places and have never come across any real racism against Asians apart from some drunks etc looking for a target, but very rare. its no more or maybe less than I would expect being a white person in china considering the growing nationalism there now.

[@saber26ful]

Just like the States.

[@Nicole-we9ti]

I'm Aussie Asian but I grew up in a smaller city in the 80's not as multicultural as Sydney. I think as a protective mechanism it was just easier to pretend there wasn't any differences in how I was treated as an Asian looking person but when I look back there are and it still exists. There's almost a veil over sayin anything about it, as it is such an uncomfortable topic surrounded with some sort of shame. I applaud the Americans for taking a stance on the issue, this is the only way change can happen. And as for the images and messages in the Australian media (corporations run by privileged white men) if I were to take a sample of story's and pictures involving 'Asian' being portrayed in a positive or negative light...most would be tainted with some sort of negative light. This sort of constant stream of subliminal messages effects peoples views on some level.Don't get me wrong I love Australia this country is in my heart but we still have a way to go. This is why I love social media where the people have a voice!!!! Oi oi oi!!!!

[@walrus9915]

So what will I be when I left china at 6th grade and came to America? Am I American or Chinese?

[@doujinflip]

I'm from California, and even I'm annoyed at how often I'm hearing the word "like" o_O

[@chiprbob]

The term "Asian American" was coined by an activist who felt that individual ethnic groups did not have enough clout to make changes but, if those groups worked together under one mutual identity, they could make changes that benefitted them all.

[@iloveyoutothemoonandback]

Australia itself is a very multicultural country with immigrants all over the world and have their off-spring here(the new generation of Aussie). And what I see is no matter you're black, white, chinese, asian, indian, middleeastern or whatever, as long as they are born and grew up here they all get along very well and they label themselves as Australian. However if you're international student in Australia, no matter you're black, chinese, asian, indian, middleeastern or whatever(not sure about white) they don't really hang out with you even though you guys are of the same ethnicity. I'm not sure how it is like in America though.

[@sunkissism]

dixy pixy I'm a Chinese Australian, born in China and grew up in Australia. My Chinese proficiency is pretty high and I often go on Chinese social media as well, I still find there's a barrier between myself and the international students. Despite I should be culturally and ethnically connected with them, but our friendships didn't last long compared to my Asian Australian friends.

[@iloveyoutothemoonandback]

Comes Dafaq Yeah Why is that

[@AnastasiaLUVSU]

dixy pixy Australia is multicultural? could have fooled me. out of that 24 million. just how much of that are non white?

[@nanhty8321]

1294DS Australia is quite multicultural though. I live in Australia and at least one third or half of the people in my school, maybe even more, are born or raised over seas.

[@sunkissism]

IDK, the Asian international students tend to keep to themselves. I do have some international friends, but it's quite difficult to become BFFs with them in comparison to Asian Australian. Sometimes when I tell them a joke or a fact, even though I said it in Mandarin or Cantonese, they still don't get it.

[@user-kv6uo5kz2o]

Asian Brazilian here! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@JoeFrohlich]

Is that a radiator behind you on the set?

[@sdlock83]

Annie looks so grown up!

[@danielasterling6936]

ARGENTINA WHITE EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN

[@sm1616]

omg yoooo korean girl from perth here hey fam

[@staledreams]

I find the term "Asian Americans" to usually be associated with folks living in the continental US. It's not a term that's commonly used in Hawaii even though over a third of our population is of Asian descent.

[@lifetobelived9102]

On the flip side I have seen street interviews where Australians caucasian women were asked would you date an Asian man and 8 times out of 10 the answer was no.

[@dylanakent]

Huge difference if you live in Australia, Asia is right there. In the US, most people who aren't Asian couldn't find China, Thailand, Korea or Japan on a map without help. If someone doesn't have a special interest in an Asian country or culture for a particular reason, jobs, friends, hobbies, it won't ever enter into the discussion. People in general aren't that curious. It's the same with Africa and South America. Americans are not encouraged in general to be part of the world. It's sad but true, even truer in less diverse towns and cities. It needs to change. We need to become more culturally aware.