Do Indians See Themselves as Asian? | Street Interview

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It seems that in the West, especially in the US, people think of East Asian countries first before South Asian countries like India. For example, recently, Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng joked on ‘The Daily Show’ that Indians are not Asians in a stand-up skit and how he does not feel represented by Britain’s first Asian prime minister, Rishi Sunak. Chieng has gotten quite some online backlash for this joke, but how do Indians feel about this? Do they think of themselves as Asians or Indian? Our Asian Boss reporter hit the streets of Delhi to find out.
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0:42 - First 3 Asian countries that come to your mind
2:10 - Do you see yourself as Asian or Indian?
2:59 - Ronny Chieng's comedy skit
5:06 - Reactions to the "Asians are not Indians" joke
5:25 - Are you seen as Asian or Indian when traveling overseas?
7:33 - Indian stereotypes you encountered overseas
9:40 - How much do foreigners know about India?
11:41 - What do you want foreigners to know about India?
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[@AsianBoss]

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[@enyewox]

Asking if you feel indian or asian is like asking someone from poland if they feel polish or european...

[@hardikparbhakar7845]

never felt asian

[@lostlegend9015]

To be honest, most Indian never feels like Asian. However, sure I am an Asian. But never considered it part of my identity or cared about it. It would be same for most people.

[@JUPITER69966]

True.

[@alpacacomentadora413]

europe is not a continet

[@IronMan-dp8gv]

@@hardikparbhakar7845 Asian is not a race.Its means the people of Asia Continent. Its the US that reduced regional attribute into racial one. Like Indian is also not a race technically. Its a nationality,

[@nickdavila94]

India has had a huge influence on Southeast Asian and East Asian cultures. Buddhism probably being one of the biggest examples.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Yeah that's where it gets grey in Western or rather American contexts. Some Westerners say Indians are "culturally Asian" but not "racially Asian". Anyway, it's wrong either way as Asian is just geography.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

An informed American.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x Sorry! I accidentally tagged you, I was replying to @Nick Dávila.

[@Paws.of.Justice]

Chola empire and trade

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x You can delete your comment.

[@nzx.]

I just wanted to say this since no one else in the video spoke about it but you can still be Indian and have East Asian features. They live in the North East region. India is very diverse that way, unlike East Asia which is more homogeneous. So answering Ronny's question; yes, you will fit right in although I should admit Bollywood has representation issues but Bollywood is not the whole Indian film industry anyways.

[@nicejokes7]

@@adhanetkidane not Myanmar. The NorthEast part of India(Consists of 8 states).

[@bumetyanuba4231]

@@adhanetkidane Have you heard of North East India?

[@RR-kp5ps]

Danny Dezongpa! 😘

[@coolchanchan]

@@adhanetkidane Myanmar shares more with South East Asian countries like Thailand, Viet, Laos etc

[@tree3y763]

@@hanznathanpo we’re referring to the Mizo, Tripuri, Ao, Manipuri, Assamese, chakma, khasi, and Garo people of Northeast India. There are Also the Ladakhi and Lahuli people of North India who have Tibetan features and ancestry

[@MslinlinteachesMandarin]

I am Chinese, I never knew people don’t call Indians Asian until I moved to America. They said: This neighborhood has lots of Asian families and Indian families. What? I was pretty shocked and had double check the map.😂😂

[@Anonymous-8080]

Lmao

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

Just accept it. Indians and Indonesians are not Asians. The term "Asia" itself should be associated with Northeast Eurasians.

[@MslinlinteachesMandarin]

@@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072 Whatever it is, it doesn’t hurt me. I don’t really care 🤣🤣

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

​@@MslinlinteachesMandarin It's not about how hurting it is, but actually involving the complexity of geographical phenomenons.

[@ashkanzahoor7242]

​@@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072India and Indonesia are Asian countries and Indians and Indonesians are Asians

[@tomorrow.]

There are 48 countries in Asia and 3 countries are considered Asian. Does this make sense to anyone? 😂😂

[@Hindu428]

Make sense to Americans

[@head_honcho192]

@@Hindu428 most geographically accurate Americoid

[@abdev3941]

That's why u should take ur geography lessons seriously in schools ig lol

[@futuretrain7194]

China Japan and Korea lol

[@killingmachinelp]

Makes sense to muricans

[@GiullarediDio]

In the UK 'Asian' is typically used to refer to people of Indian or Pakistani heritage. It depends on the immigration history of the Western country in question.

[@yungcreator5215]

True

[@beltrangarrote1982]

True. Is Spain the Asian immigration we get is mostly from China. Then Japanese food came storming in and lately Korean Wave is pushing hard. All 3 with similar traits to us. So we are full Western Stereotype: Asian = East Asian. I don’t even think many Spaniard have ever seen and Indian walking down the street.

[@Meeshi-]

When I played with other little kids at the park in Oxford while visiting family as I kid, I said I was “Asian” and all the kids said I was wrong and said “Asians” were Indian and I was “Oriental” 😮 - I was shook since in the U.S. I’m “seen” as Asian

[@BigVtheVanity]

Slaves to the British Empire.

[@hollowell120]

When the Europeans left their location on this planet and went around the entire planet what they Define is still with us to this very day and they were ignorant as hell because when they landed on the North American continent they thought the native people were Indians and they would be extremely offended if you call native people of North America Indians Asians have a distinct physical feature people from India have the same physical features as people from Bangladesh Pakistan Sri Lanka and India itself I consider Turkish people more Middle Eastern than Indians or Asian Turkish people have the same physical features as Middle Eastern people same Foods and the likes all of this happened as a result of European colonialism some of the Indian culture is in Singapore and Malaysia because they were bought there due to colonialism and Conquest have a nice day

[@realkobett]

East Asians are called "Asians" because the Americans can't tell which part of Asia we are from, it's not our fault my Indian brothers.

[@ShubhamKumar-vx3sk]

Western know Indians have very strong presence in the world, that's the reason why the world calls us Indians, not Asians

[@ShubhamKumar-vx3sk]

We have our own identity more than any continent, and I am proud of it

[@xavier6887]

@@ShubhamKumar-vx3sk brown men are racially the least desirable on the dating market for males... I’m not proud of that at all. 😂

[@ShubhamKumar-vx3sk]

@@xavier6887 you are talking about yourself

[@yahiabhisachhai8025]

american still think that africa is a country 😂😂

[@AxiOll]

Here in the UK, (where Rishi Sunak resides) when we say 'Asian' we generally mean Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, etc and ironically people often say "East Asian" or assume "Chinese" for anyone who looks remotely East Asian (not saying that's right). The comedians joke is banking on the American audience's ignorance of how much more South Asians there are than East Asians here in the UK. I'm black Caribbean not Asian so I don't have a dog in this debate but just thought I'd share some context.

[@PK-nct]

Yep agree someone who looks like me they think at Asian person living here with my boyfriend who are White and a lot of people think me at Chinese or Japanese Nope I'm Thai from Thailand they don't know what about Thailand they know some country from South Asia and one thing they say Philippines is a black ppl in Asia my friend from us say that us people think different

[@mangotar0]

British people are usually ignorant when it comes to East Asian / South East Asian people

[@starr2870]

this is what im saying, we dont even blink an eye when a brown person says asian ,like this is just a genuine thing for an American audience since they're so out of of touch and don't actually understand what they're learning in school. I didnt even realise until i was on social media how people genuinely had no idea that indians or any brown person was asian i was shocked to see that since i was born and raised in the UK i always saw myself as an asian i didn't have to specify where or what.

[@mangotar0]

@@starr2870 its also because most of the asians in america are east and south east asian. So ofcourse the majority of americans wont be knowledgeable about south asians if they arent exposed to them as much.

[@starr2870]

@@mangotar0 but they do have states that have a high population of south asians, just like here in the UK there are many cities with very low population of asians tbh its jut the fact that thewyre very out of touch and just have a shitty education system it seems.

[@puxtusenjr4494]

Being from North East India if someone asks what I consider myself as and if I say Indian, they'd probably be like You're lying, you look Asian 🤣 lol. And it'll be a whole lot of confusion, trying to explain why I look the way I look(Mongoloid features) and still identify as an Indian. It's always a funny conversation on this topic, especially the "you don't look Indian, you look Asian" When India is IN Asia and were are basically Asians 😂

[@akza2719]

😆😆😆😆

[@cc_ppur1334]

I face this while speaking with Foreigners because of my Course. Lot to explain especially the foreigners.

[@WastedBananas]

India isn't in Asia. It's a separate continent.

[@PoTaToCracker7817]

Etu koa!

[@puxtusenjr4494]

@@WastedBananas india is basically in a subcontinent, but geographically there are 7 continents and Asia is one of them and the Indian subcontinent is a part of it 🤷‍♀️

[@escherichiacoli9233]

I'm from NE region of India and India has one of the greatest racial , languistic and cultural diversity. It would be funny to consider properties of one regions community's feature as Indian feature. Again we are asians as well as Indians. There's nothing difference. One is first chinese or Japanese then Asian . Same goes for us.

[@abhinavbharadwaj13]

Are you a doctor?

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

Nothing but love towards north east Indians 💕💕 From South India

[@lisasyadom23]

NE is so gorgeous wanna visit so bad lol love from Goa

[@Kijaanamkaun]

Yes, you beautiful people. That comedian has a limited perspective

[@srrfoodproducts3650]

Yeah

[@shamc8325]

Thumbs up to all these intelligent Indians. None of them really got offended and right away recognized that this is a joke and a comedy skit. And explain their thoughts profoundly. Indians are Asians. It’s a fact of geography.

[@cooliipie]

Show me a slanty-eyed single eyelid Indian and then we'll talk.

[@emani2704]

Being easily offended culture is very much limited to Twitter in India.

[@deyoungyoung3059]

Yes I agree

[@pepelepew1227]

if you like curry shake your head sideways when talking and highlights your 'r' & 't', then you are an indian. couple all that with no beef consumption, then you are a hindian.

[@_Saint_Michael_]

The west should realise that we don't make our races or culture a sensitive topic because why should we? People legit getting offended in the west for 'differentiating' between races, like someone asks you what type of Asian you are in the west and they immediately call them racist like wth bro it could be a genuine question Racist and race has different meanings and mindsets around it in the East than in the West

[@donnella7752]

As a Southeast Asian person, I've always referred/known Indians as Asians, probably because I grew up watching dubbed Indian movies in my language. Glad I grew up with that knowledge 👍

[@donnella7752]

@@P.90.603 Some, but not all.

[@hiddenblush]

@@P.90.603 does it matter?

[@raizen79]

@@P.90.603 well do you know that people thinks of us Northeast Indians is not Indian Like we look like Chinese or others but not seen as Indians lol

[@raizen79]

@@P.90.603 for example My sister went on Omegle and a Guy asked where she's from and She said India And the guy said lol You don't look like Indian

[@jeffersonch]

@@P.90.603 they didn’t escape from China or something lol.. that’s their state or kingdom from earlier time, like for example Manipur joined India under gun point.

[@SonuTheGreat2192]

Just accept that Asia has a lot of cultures and we all coexist in it. The end.

[@p1ngh]

Perfect example: Question to an apple. Are you an apple or a fruit?.

[@Yuunarichu]

@Anti India Tf is up with you?

[@Wisdom-i1v]

@Anti India paki you live in Asia too 😂

[@aceclash]

Canadian teacher at my school called every South American students at class as Spanish, Hispanic people and Indians and Pakistanis as just Indians. Idk

[@shiny979]

​@@aceclash because they all look very similar brown skin and have similar facial features

[@walley4]

Are you an apple or a fruit? Apple: wtf dude😑

[@afiamysha]

😂😂😂😂😂 great

[@justarobo_]

My bro waah haha

[@feelgood5287]

Exactly

[@nandhu9768]

Apple:What the fruit??,You country brute...

[@nandhu9768]

@@walley4 ???

[@Skyscrapers1]

I’m Japanese and I’ve visited India many times for business. I personally think India is definitely Asia, not completely similar to east Asia like us and south east Asian counties though. Because, the way Indian people show politeness is exactly same as other Asian countries, I mean doing this --->🙏. And I have seen Indians bowing towards their god. This bowing as well similar to east and southeast asians. And people’s clothes, if we have to divide their clothes into 2 groups, eastern or western, their clothes would belong to eastern I think.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Great! I agree from India.

[@TaraMenonPattilachan]

I feel like we have very similar values, though. Like the entire collectivist vs. individualistic nature of Asia vs. Western sphere, respect towards elders and ancestors, importance given to education among other things.

[@thrinathamovva7429]

Well, you're not wrong. 🙏

[@jonnstride1214]

Indian clothes has a long history, far before the start of east Asian civilization.

[@Ty13136]

When people see others for the first time.. Indians : ohhh.. Japanese are polite too..similar to us.. They bow down.. Japanese : Ohhh.. Indians are polite..like us..They do this instead🙏

[@Gayatri_Deshpande]

7:15 This guy is so on point with everything.

[@saupin002]

IKR, he is simply intelligent.

[@sunnyk007]

Except for the BS he spewed about not having deodorant for a hundred years. Indians have had attars (perfumed oils) for thousands of years. Learning a little history about your country never hurts. 13:16

[@DrunKao]

​@@sunnyk007 Perfume and scented oils aren't the same. Perfumes would simply cover-up armpit order for example, while deodorant is specifically made to prevent order in the first place.

[@sunnyk007]

@@DrunKao deodorants do not prevent odour they just mask it. That's what perfumed oils do. The difference being that deodorants are made from chemicals whereas attars are made from flowers, herbs, spices and other natural materials like sandalwood oil.

[@erwinmatic5062]

Greetings from the Philippines. It's good to know a lot of Indians have a sense of humor. Now if it were in the states i feel like a lot of people will get offended.

[@Jsarmy87124]

mmh you can't speak for all indian...

[@rakeshmaskare5050]

@@Jsarmy87124 yes, he can because if you consider in % of population India does better than states

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@Jsarmy87124 None of my Indian friends from India were offended and the people the video weren't either. People in Asia aren't easily triggered by things. Ronny Chieng is also Malaysian too and there are many Malaysians of ethnic Indian descent.

[@shandya]

I think we Asians who live in Asia in general just more secured with our identity, because we live in Asian environments, practice/wear our Asian cultures in daily basis. We also consume local media such as local tv show/movies. Diaspora Asians though, they don’t have that privileges, that’s why they develop these “representations” issues, there are stereotypes/slurs about how they disconnected from their Asian roots, many of them can’t speak their mothertongue languages, etc. I guess that’s why some of them might more easily offended when they’re confronted about their Asian identity.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@Jsarmy87124 I was saying the same for American but not Indian.

[@xelkim9666]

I'm Chinese, I love India. Im happy they are doing well outside or inside India. Whoever trying to tell me my govt sucks, I'm not responding, the British left us fighting each other in the recent decades before that we never ever even argued. Keep your cool, keep the culture. Love and peace my Indian neighbors.

[@WastedBananas]

Peace brother.

[@bluemoonray6614]

Chinese with a Kim surname

[@saurabhmishra4043]

Your govt allowing you to use KZbin

[@harsh....8993]

@@saurabhmishra4043 bhai vpn naam ki v cheez hai

[@weeb-kun8353]

Chinese people use KZbin? Don't you guys do kung fu and cultivation all the time

[@jdorak]

India is geographically a part of the continent of ASIA. However, we are also a sub-continent consisting of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka. We are an active member of the Asian Games & all Asian conferences. This is taught in Geography/ Social Science subject in schools in India. So, psychologically Indians automatically consider themselves as Asians. Popular media, however, throws up a lot of East Asian content ... call it the major presence of K-pop, Kdrama, East Asian drama, etc. Also, racially & visually East Asian mongoloid features are very different from the usual 'Indian' Aryan/Dravidian features which are more angular. I am from the North East of India. I have mongoloid features and whenever I have travelled abroad I am called every other East Asian nationality other than an Indian. In Nigeria, I become a 'Chinese'; In Thailand, Singapore & Indonesia I become a local citizen. India is a crazy beautiful complex world of races, cultures, religion and ideologies. We, as Indians have had to face so many varied challenges that thru those experiences & grit we are now making a strong presence EVERYWHERE, be it economy, sports or culture. Proud to be an INDIAN who is from the North East part of the country within the continent of ASIA 😊

[@indian_toilet]

The natives of northeastern india are yellow people. When will northeast india be free from indian occupation?

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@LeWonder This is why Bollywood really ought to start representing India's diversity at a greater level than selecting people from the north west only. It would make Bollywood more interesting in my opinion and more relatable too.

[@greenscenery1974]

India is a diverse country because it's an invaded nation as well as it invaded other territories. Mix inter marriage. No pure ethnicity. Nothing to be proud of but only choas, rape , poverty etc.

[@wuwuwu1757]

Indian athletes have almost no presence in international games such as the Olympics and Asian Games.

[@thecomicera4566]

@@indian_toilet never coz they dont want to. I am from Nortg east nd i love India. Only thing u can do is hate bout our countrt😂😂 what a sad little life u have there. We r already the fastest growing Economy among big nations and even have the 4th strongest army. Top 2 richest asians r Indians. Keep spreading hate lolt

[@ayt4166]

I am sorry Ronny Chieng, you are wrong in my context atleast. I am from Northeast India and I am both Indian and Asian, so I am absolutely in the right lane 😎

[@ChhrrisH2496]

Exceptions bub

[@ashkanzahoor7242]

@@ayt4166 India is an Asian country and Indians are Asians

[@oncemorewang6102]

Indian folks sounds surprisingly articulative and well-rounded in argument! I am embarrassed to admit this is the first time I see ordinary Indian people talking about their opinions. Asian boss please do give us more Indian voices!

[@oncemorewang6102]

@Narja indeed. I am embarrassed because how ignorant I was about Indian people.

[@manthan_]

Nothing to be embarrassed about. World is a big place and there is so much more to learn. Keep an open mind and enjoy everything this world has to offer.

[@oncemorewang6102]

@Pickle I do not have an initial view of nowadays Indian people because I have never seen a video like this. I only know ancient Indian Buddhist philosophers from books.

[@oncemorewang6102]

@@adhanetkidane indeed! How strange that I know so few about Indian people! I should definitely try to know more!

[@simonesurana]

This comment feels like a backhanded compliment dayumm

[@miaouscleaumonocle]

As often with Asian Boss videos, I'm not commenting much on the topic covered, but rather on the meta. Here in France, India is often, if not always, portrayed as 'a world apart' in the media, whether it be news or documentaries. So it's great to see these people and how much they are actually 'like me' and how much I can actually relate to them. Even their accent is easier for me to understand than many people from the US or the UK, for instance.

[@yashsinghal1023]

What do you mean by portrayed as 'a world apart' in the media,

[@nashwa1206]

@@yashsinghal1023 They'll take some random crime in India and portray it as the norm in a country of 1.4 Billion. Ground reality is that while still very poor, the crime rates in India are extremely low due to the fact that the concept of "Karma" is something most Indians believe in.

[@spoich]

@@yashsinghal1023 I feel like in french media, India is always portrayed with one of these 3 angles : - Rich historical culture - Bollywood - Poverty It's also worth noting that in France, indian's are not stereotypically associated to engineering fields like in most of the english-speaking world. That's probably because when you look at engineering learning ressources in english, a large percent are going to be indian. Whereas if you look at the same type of ressources in french, well, you end up with obviously french results. Migration might also have a role in it, as i don't think France would be an indian engineering student's first choice to go abroad.

[@manh9105]

@@nashwa1206 Yes, but almost 400 Million people dont and they indulge in activities which shame us

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Wow! I didn't expected that you would find our english accent easier to understand compared to the native English speaking countries.

[@Crisfer05]

The guy that said it’s playing to the American stereotypes was so spot on. I like his response the most because he was able to see it was just a comedy skit that was geared towards Americans

[@tenzinlhak12]

I am just feeling so proud with these peoples perspective. They are all so open minded, well spoken, educated, intelligent. Each one of them. I am just proud to be part of this country although I am not Indian but asian.

[@KJ-kn2rz]

@Best Memes Tibetan Chinese from northeast any problem

[@pahadkivadiyose6978]

@@KJ-kn2rz Then why are you in India? Why you ran from China? If you are still chinese

[@KJ-kn2rz]

@@pahadkivadiyose6978 I'm not Chinese or Tibeta I'm northeastern and proud to northeastern. I'm talking about @tenzin

[@KJ-kn2rz]

@@pahadkivadiyose6978 Did you know northeast is never part india before British came even India is not exist as country before British left.

[@pahadkivadiyose6978]

@@KJ-kn2rz Source: Trust me bro

[@shandya]

The funnier part is although Ronnie Cheng is a Malaysian, he’s ethnically East Asian. There are many South East Asians who ethnically/racially don’t look like him, because SEA is such a huge area & consisted of many diverse ethnic groups and cultures. So even if the new PM is someone Ronnie can relate to, it probably won’t be the same to other SE Asians. I think the skit is really good because not only it’s funny, but also it brings conversations about what the definition of being an Asian is. And for me personally, how SE Asians sometimes still overlooked as a part of Asian (and no, not all of us looks like Crazy Rich Asians)

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

He's also from Malayia which is "Malaysia Truly Asia" due to the mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and Orang Asli groups.

[@s2oop436]

because in america they are pushing that SE asian are not asians but pacific islander thats how crrap their edycation is

[@shandya]

@@s2oop436 Ah yes I’ve heard that conversation. I believe the idea came from Filipino Americans who found similarities between pacific islanders way of life with their own ancient filipinos cultures. Since Phillipines is also an archipelago country. My own theory is that they claimed to be pacific islanders because they want to separate themselves from the “Asian” identity. Because in US, “Asians” means “East Asians”. But then again, Mainland Filipinos and Fil-Americans might have different opinions about their identity, and I can’t speak behalf of them because I’m neither of them. 😁

[@yeniqueness]

@@shandya mainland filo here and yes ahhh i can sympathize with fil-ams who only ever see east-asians when ppl talk abt asian representation, ig trying to find an identity that you resonate with in the media and culture you are in.. but i personally strongly believe we are indeed asians.. i mean we are part of asean, noh? i think it's also a matter of us needing to be more confident in our own culture, heritage and ig overall identity. colonial mentality is still pretty prevalent in the filo society and mindset, i would say it def is pretty big issue despite the "pinoy pride" spam u may often see online hahahaha

[@blazer511]

The skit was mediocre at best, it is rather narcissistic to believe that the other countries on ASIA, are not Asian. Not only that, there are indians in india with East Asian features, so are you then going to tell them that they too aren't asian? If you haven't realized already, Race, and the names of continents are all made by men, not god

[@Alexandra_Wolf]

The woman in the patterned dress and the guy in the blue checkered shirt seem to be the only two who truly found it funny and had a light heart during the interview.

[@lomadalokeswarreddy]

When it comes to odour deodorant I have a theory We Indians no need deodorant because we bath daily,we have lot of water,we have lot herbs,we invented Shampoo and bathing solutions. When it comes to Middle east and Europeans they don't have water throughout year,they didn't have herbs,that's why they depend on deodorant(which again export from Asia because flowers and sandalwood mostly available in Asia).

[@RecklessFables]

@@lomadalokeswarreddy Diet has a huge impact on odor as well. In my culture we always knew who'd had garlic since you end up sweating it out of at least a day. But if you are in a culture that east a lot of garlic, you don't even notice it. It's fine.

[@arj4unow]

If you think questioning somebody's Identity is funny, Then being racist is just the next step, atleast you''ll be calling out the whites & Blacks correctly. Congrats you've the makings of a racist if you keep thinking this way.

[@bestvideos35]

I find most people polite I don't what is talking about?

[@amritas2400]

4:14 Well said! He said it. "It's a fact. It's not about people's understanding."

[@WastedBananas]

Nope, factually speaking Indian's are not asian.

[@amritas2400]

@@WastedBananas Take the world map and have a good look. "Factually", haha. Do you even know where Asia is?

[@WastedBananas]

@@amritas2400 Factually, India is on its own tectonic plate.

[@amritas2400]

@@WastedBananas Lol. I think you looked at the wrong world map. I told you to look at the "CONTINENTS" map, not the tectonic map. Also, if you refer to tectonic plates, Arabia is not in Africa, Asia and Europeans have a common plate called the Eurasian plate, Filipino plate is different, so they aren't Asians as well. Great. When you say "factually", it cracks me up.

[@WastedBananas]

@@amritas2400 Arabs are not Asian. No Arab refers to themselves as Asian. Your point is moot

[@nameisamine]

In the U.K. we had the opposite problem to the U.S. - the ‘default Asians’ were Indian/Pakistani people. East Asians were lazily labelled ‘Chinese’. I remember in the past people at work/school/on the street would often lazily label ANY East Asian person as “Chinese”. You could be Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Thai - many people will call you ‘Chinese’ unless you corrected them. I remember at my school everyone called this dude “Chinese Kevin”. Years later I got to know Kevin and actually discovered ‘Chinese Kevin’ the whole time was actually ‘Indonesian Kevin’ 💀

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

In the US, it would be considered racist to go around calling every East Asian you come across as Chinese.

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Pakistanis are white, Afzal Khan who is a Pakistani criminal from Britain is listed as white by the FBI

[@sonudas2413]

😂😂

[@taebear2266]

😂

[@pujamajhi8265]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SawJesaja]

I was born and raised in Thailand but I got a chance to learn to know a guy from Mumbai. We become brothers . Trust me he is more Asian than me 🤣🤣🤙

[@jojopratama285]

im indonesia i feel hurted when malaysian comedian said indian isnt asian.

[@jamesm2441]

Why? It doesn't apply to you.

[@BigVtheVanity]

Malaysia belong to Thailand.gghh

[@divya6911]

Strange?

[@0arjun077]

Its a comed showy, even i saw and laughed at the joke.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Why you feel hurted for Indians?

[@DuncanLeeSam]

I’m from malaysia and i grew up with alot of bollywood movies during the 90s and early 2000s. I hope bollywood these days would be more inclusive in their entertaiment industries. India is a very large country and multicultural. i just learned lately that some people from some part of india does look like chinese, vietnamese, even malaysian especially malaysian borneo. the culture and traditional costumes almost similar. but i never saw those kind of feature or skin colour in bollywood movies. i think india’s government should do more to showcase every culture in every state of india to the rest of the world.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

I agree

[@MissSassy]

Bollywood only represent 2 or 3 states of India! Every Indian state has its own film Industry...but these industries aren't much popular outside of India! That's why people always thinks Bollywood is India lol

[@santusanturohit4832]

There are 8-10 movie industries in India..You are watching Bollywood/Hindi movies..But I agree that representation of North East Indians in Hindi movie is low..

[@ddmothafucka6006]

tbh we haven't been out of our region as much that could be the reason , we have our culture seperated from theirs and we keep ourselves contained , pretty weirf

[@ddmothafucka6006]

@Rss Bollywood sucks it's cringe these days , I don't even bother with it

[@Portagas.D.Ace75]

Being an Indian I feel more proud to be called Indian. Cause just imagine a person from east Asia called an "Asian". No one knows exactly where they come from whether they're Chinese or Japanese etc... But when I'm called Indian what I feel proud about is out of all Asia or let's say South Asia we're specifically well known with an identity globally understood by everyone. That's why I'd preferred to be either called an Indian or a South Asian instead of "Asian" term. Especially for the fact that we as a nation are being highly recognised globally for both our positive and negatives (my opinion tho...)

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

I mean, that is basically the reason “Asian” ended up being the descriptor for East Asians in the US. Cuz Westerners had a hard time telling Chinese/Japanese/Koreans apart, so we are generically “Asian” to them. In recent years, I get the sense that some Indians get offended when we don’t call them Asian, but it’s entirely an American thing. It’s nice to hear this perspective that you like being referred to as Indian. But in an effort to not offend, I will start referring to Indians as Asians. And East Asians for people from the Eastern Asian counties.

[@khaizukooninaru9155]

If you are called south asia remember you are club with katori nations like sri Lanka and Pakistan 😂😂

[@vanlin9107]

I mean I saw an indian guy...I think of them As pakistani

[@ult7511]

People are confused now too, South Asians can be Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi or Sri Lankan

[@Nick-dr4ec]

@@ult7511 they are the same race just different nationalities

[@cerveauy8782]

I'm Franco-Indian, but I too consider the Indian part of me as ASIAN❤️🕉️🇮🇳

[@subh510]

We are proud as Hindu...🚩🇮🇳😘😘..Love you bro ..

[@WastedBananas]

You are wrong. Indians are NOT asian.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Great! You live in France?

[@sscdreamsfornonhinditeens9927]

Are you from Puducherry?

[@gamersgamingz1302]

Yess

[@praveen_babu]

Everyone in this video are soo positive. I like the fact that people from other countries would see this video and get a good idea about India

[@Jemchoigangte]

Exactly 💯😌

[@IqbalIqbal-kx9pf]

East Asians are heavily discriminated everywhere including India. That'swhy neither Indian nor European classify Indians as Asians.

[@Maitri-3777]

That's y India is great ! Indians make it !

[@AllinONE-sz2os]

Indians are the only Asians who call other Asians Momo/chinki etc.

[@powersale5898]

@@IqbalIqbal-kx9pfrly? I’ve only seen my Indian friends get called racial slurs in America over here

[@DeusEstAmor________137]

I am from Nepal and I refer as an racially and culturally *Indian* just like how Iraqsis and syrians say they're Arabs. Pakistani, Bangaldeshi, Lankan are also *Indian*

[@DeusEstAmor________137]

@@Feather-wu8lh useless logic

[@DeusEstAmor________137]

@@Feather-wu8lh then what are culturally? Except without nationality what is your other identity? Everyone is related to each other let's see what makes you different from other south asians.

[@DeusEstAmor________137]

@@Feather-wu8lhMarathi celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi and Bihari celebrates chhath but they fall under same category of Indian culture.

[@varunRJ]

@@Feather-wu8lh you are Aryan just like majority of the India that’s goes same for Bangladesh and Pakistan

[@Wisdom-i1v]

@@Feather-wu8lh you are just poorer...and your govt gives off land to China...insignificant country...

[@tengisbortala6365]

These interviewees are so nice and genuine! As a Mongolian, I hope I can travel to India one day to feel the culture.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Thank! You, I heard Swastika is really popular in Mongolia too. Btw how Mongolians view Hinduism?

[@tengisbortala6365]

​@@YashSharma-zp8yu Yes, Swastika is very popular with Mongolian and Tibetan. We see it as a religious symbol bringing peace and blessing, since most of our people are followers of Tibetan Buddhism, which is heavily influenced by Indian culture and religions.

[@Optimistic_mind441]

Ghenghis Khan!!!!!!!!

[@kunalshukla136]

Welcome to India bro This country is very diverse 🙏

[@webabhi]

Love Altan Urag and The Hu Band

[@Spring_of_Smiles]

Just because Koreans are represented as being Asians globally doesn't give Ronny Cheng the right to say Indians are not Asian. But it's an eye-opening joke anyway 😂

[@nullvoid6095]

Ronny was being satirical

[@WastedBananas]

Ronny is right.

[@ShubhamKumar-vd9xy]

@@WastedBananas Rony is hypocrite 😂😂😂🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼we are South Asians a Chinese looking person couldn't decide who is asian who is not

[@pritam30054]

Bro it was a joke like how a person from another nation can be a president of different nation so he don't consider him as asian

[@arnoldschwarzenigga2268]

"Eye Opening Joke" ....... great pun ;D

[@Ankit-uv3yp]

We as Indian are proud to be called Indian, yes we are Asian but we identify as Indian first and who would not want to be known by there country.

[@Wisdom-i1v]

Chup be

[@apathologicalliar748]

@@Wisdom-i1v kyu?

[@WastedBananas]

Indians aren't Asian.

[@Savini.Jason_vh-rjh]

Asia is a continent not a country

[@roselindbibliophile3260]

I'm arab from Iraq 🇮🇶 and I'm also from Asia...a lot of arab countries are a part of Asia 🥲

[@s9ka972]

That's what we Indians can't understand. We Indians are called Indians in UK and Asians in US where as Chinese , Japanese and Korean are termed as Asian in both these places .

[@roselindbibliophile3260]

@@s9ka972 yeah calling a specific ethnicity as asian is excluding the other ethnicities from being as a true part of the continent .. that's sad :')

[@s9ka972]

@@roselindbibliophile3260 Arabs are there in Africa as well which is probably one of the reason why Middle Easterners as an ethnicity is not known as Asians where as Indians fit well into Asian category even culturally still called as Indian due to their Non Mongolid feature

[@euphoria3499]

One thing I'd always want to tell to a foreigner as an Indian would be, "India is not what you heard/read/watch in news/shows/movies...India is what you witness and experience on your own." Have seen multiple foreigners experience that and ofc gets settled here in India. We have a lot more to offer to a specific individual from ANY part of the world. That kind of diversity you'd not find anywhere else. We have been living and growing with that diversity which I consider as India's BIGGEST strength which no one else could ever have. And, being told that Indian are NOT Asians, it's true I felt bit offended when I saw that skit for the first time but now I am more comfortable and proud to be called Indian than asian. I understand where this guy is coming from, where I'd say "no comment". Like one gentleman in this video said, every stereotypes is due to THE complete ignorance & always have an answer as to why ! You just gotta educate yourself. Also, very amusing part, the music world tours whenever any artist announces the ASIAN tour, it's always the OTHER ASIAN countries. Never seen any artist include India as part of their "ASIAN TOUR" (there might be someone, but I never really come across any...) which shows how illogically it's normal for everyone to decide India is not a part of ASIAN without any discussion.

[@cerveauy8782]

Best comment ever!! You put your point across very elaborately👏

[@peachinpeace9300]

Man that comes from Han Chinese superior race complex, often Chinese nationalists thumping that, some revisionist past history about race and building upon that. Than projecting their meritocracy world view on it and defending their way of governance is better, looking down on other way because it’s their very identity. India being one that challenges their world view on growth with a different governance model as to them it’s about supremacism here & binary thinking.

[@sarcasticsree]

Well said !!!🙌🏼🤗 Yes ignorance is the reason for these type of jokes!!!🙄 And yes hardly seen any foreign artist to even consider India in their Asian tour forget about the world tour, for the kind of supporters we have in india, we deseve to be included sometimes 😔 !!!

[@farukhsheikh5790]

@@peachinpeace9300 As someone who is an avid reader of Chinese web novels, and someone who spends a lot of his time on weibo, I would completely agree...

[@hitmanabhi007]

@@farukhsheikh5790 Chinese web novels = overpowered protagonist with martial arts and cultivation skills xD

[@akshay7035]

Meanwhile North East Indians hearing all this 😂.

[@hirenahir76200]

They r like wtf was happening 😂

[@praveenranjan3656]

😂😂Ghar के na ghat के

[@Perspective-k8n]

I was thinking the same

[@JCEVANGELIST.]

Nagaland ❤️

[@EmergentStardust]

I've been to India about 8 times, the first time in 92. I'm from the US. The answers here really nailed it. Gosh I love India and Indians! The country is changing fast and always beautiful.

[@angelotolentino9484]

Asia is the largest continent in the world. At the most western part of Turkey, eastern and northern part of Russia, most southern part of Malaysia. Ronny Chieng's view of Asia is very sino centric. Asia is the most diverse and most beautiful continent in the world.

[@educationforblind6362]

Asia is not 1 continent

[@educationforblind6362]

All turkey is in europe (and in the same time western asia).

[@tripriagiwiguna]

Indonesia not part of Asia?

[@alpacacomentadora413]

it is eurasia, europe is not a continent

[@angelotolentino9484]

@@educationforblind6362 Turkey is transcontinental just like Russia.

[@annaairahala9462]

I really liked that guy with the glasses, he seems like he'd be the one to bring life into a friend group

[@_yuri]

fr

[@sidkudu4972]

he is wise

[@SelphieFairy]

I was talking to my Indian friend and I referred to us as “Asian” and he was a little taken aback ( but in a good way). He was surprised since most people kind of don’t think of Indians as Asian people.

[@ashkanzahoor7242]

India is an Asian country and Indians are also Asians

[@ananyadwivedi4946]

Honestly , being an Indian myself, i know that my country is a world itself. We have too much diversities, almost more than 27000 linguistic, 3000 languages, 22 official languages. It's just variation in language. There is so much variation in every term . India can be a continent itself. But calling it out of Asia because our looks are different is sharing western prospects of Asia for whom Chinese , Japanese and Koreans are only Asian. To defy this prospectus,we have our north eastern states which share both similar looks and culture with East Asian culture . In the end I will say ,I am proud to be an Indian and lucky for being a part of this beautiful subcontinent.

[@themallubudgetgamer9555]

Nicely Said 👍

[@ananyadwivedi4946]

@youalrightboi158 are you taking free ganza like Bollywood celebs

[@lisasyadom23]

@@ananyadwivedi4946 lol I'm dead

[@moinuddinkhan593]

@@ananyadwivedi4946 3000 languages 😅😅 Really??

[@Blackwade]

@@ananyadwivedi4946 atleast do a simple Google search before mocking others...he/she is right .....India has 2 official languages (Hindi and English) and 22 scheduled languages.Ex- Tamil is official language of State of Tamil Nadu but Tamil is not an official language of India. Have you ever seen any Indian govt. circular written in languages othere than Hindi and English?😂

[@rumapriyasonowal5488]

I am a north east Indian. Once when I was traveling in Malaysia, a taxi driver asked me where I am from. I said I am an Indian. The guy stopped the car, looked at me in the rearview mirror and asked are you sure????😂😂.. I was like do I need to show you my passport??? Since I look mongoloid, he got really confused. He thought I was from Phillipines

[@Light_Yagami666]

Well , that was somehow expected but peace towards NE 💙

[@sulusukta3935]

It happens South indians labeled as africans, kashimiris and northies as persian

[@Meru732]

Haha. What a great story brother. Love from Chhattisgarh, India

[@Kane_2001]

Maybe you have Nepal feature

[@sunny_dance7266]

as an Iranian i know myself as an Asian because it's a fact that we are in Asia. when i moved to US i was surprised it's a big deal here and it's nonsense to me people don't know Middle Eastern, Indians,.... as Asian.

[@akza2719]

They are simply ignorant people...😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@WastedBananas]

Indians aren't Asian

[@sunny_dance7266]

@@WastedBananas you can't argue with fact

[@WastedBananas]

@@sunny_dance7266 not fact, just propaganda. Just respect that we don’t want to be called Asian.

[@sunny_dance7266]

@@WastedBananas all Indians in this video said otherwise

[@himanshu-ol7wq]

Actually we are more happy to be called as "indians" rather than Asians....we indians are more proud of our country than anything And fellow Indians can relate me....by the way thanks for the video❤️❤️

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

Perhaps the difference is between Indians from India and Indians in the US. I see more Indian Americans who prefer to be under the umbrella of Asian American.

[@Infiniteemptiness]

@@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor Not really they in fact filed cases for separate identity because Indians are very much want to celebrate their Indian ness which is source culture for most of East Asia too

[@-bigChungusVerified]

As an Indian I am fine to be called Asian.. I mean I am literally Asian but why does it matter so much idk

[@himanshu-ol7wq]

yeah we are fine called asian because that's our continent but we also feel more proud when specially called Indian....so In either way we don't mind let's end it here

[@IsThisThePrizeIveWaitedFor]

@@Infiniteemptiness well, I dunno. I just see headlines about Indians being upset with Ronnie’s joke so I’m just trying not to offend people.

[@ijustwannasay6470]

"I think people are getting offended very easily these days" is absolutely right.

[@chocolatebear3381]

Yes but when it happens too often, we do have a right to be offended. But some people choose to be mature and just carry on with their day and some who choose to still make people know about us more and that we are not apart from this huge continent. If you know what I mean

[@leonzukie]

From Philippines 🇵🇭, Respect to the 5th Gentlemen! very educational and informative.

[@AvinashKumar-bu2xb]

The patriotism in everyone 😌😌❤️

[@groundzero5708]

He'll yeah

[@Ethan348]

वन्दे मातरम

[@pahadkivadiyose6978]

Majority of Indian's are patriotic and those in comments muhh we are asian liberal emotional people are literally minority called as liberandus. 😁🙏

[@Ethan348]

@@pahadkivadiyose6978 Sambhal ke bhaiyya, aa jayenge vo log gorey log ka opinion leke relevancy ke liye. 😁😁😁

[@bloodofawarriorsrace3631]

No, thats an incorrect scalling.....if we see politically, regionally & religiously, 17% are traitor, 45% don't care to be patriot/traitor & rest 38% are patriot!!

[@Amanji_007]

Feeling proud seeing most of the Indians talking so much sensibly ❤️🇮🇳

[@tokkiwon]

Wow all of these people interviewed were so brilliant and open minded. How impressive their mindsets are.

[@iammrsigit_2319]

I loved how casually they reacted to the jokes ,not easily offended Greetings from Indonesia 🙏🙏

[@followengland_ballsonig2938]

y’know what it is? i’ll tell ya what it is: it’s anti german discrimination. ikea is a symbol of german pride. it’s our company and they wanna take it

[@shwetayadav3017]

Being called indian first is better then being called asian first.JAI HIND!

[@jing8927]

Everyone in the video is so warm-hearted, love each of them!

[@mooglemy3813]

I always think of India as being a country on the Asian continent. It's called a subcontinent for the countries in that vicinity. Always though it was confusing. Asia is a large continent with many countries. Easy to make a mistake if your not familiar with Asia and the Subcontinent. However people from Asia usually just say where they're from. Even that can confuse some. Good feed back and opinions and Indians know for sure where they are from. Enjoyed this immensely.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

India is quite interesting, it's called a subcontinent because each of their states are divided along ethnic lines so it's like a continent made up of smaller countries. Each state has its own ethnic group, language and culture. They really are quite diverse. It's a shame they don't use that to boost their soft power.

[@malithaw]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x It's not just India alone is called "subcontinent". The entirety of south Asia is "the subcontinent". This is why it's called just "the subcontinent" and most people don't call it "indian subcontinent" anymore because people are confusing subcontinent with India.

[@malithaw]

South Asia is called a subcontinent, the only one of it's kind because there's so many diverse groups of peoples and cultures that are very similar but different at the same time but mainly connected through a shared cultural/religious/political heritage. It's not geographically a continent but culuturally/religiously it's very much different from rest of Asia and hence can be called as another continent within a continent.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@malithaw The term "Indian subcontinent" was coined by the British to describe British India (modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh), not the whole of South Asia.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@malithaw You can make the same argument for the rest of the subregions of Asia. You can also make the same argument for the East Asian Cultural Sphere (East Asia + Vietnam) and Indian Cultural Sphere (South Asia + Southeast Asia). You can make the same argument for many other subregions within other continents.

[@saswatmohanty8132]

This blue shirt guy can one handedly write a book about stereotypes and perspectives

[@BambinaHarold19]

Wow I'm proud of my Indian people... The way they respond to the questions calmly and clearly only show that Indians are highly evolved ❤️ Respect P.s I am a big fan of Ronnie Chieng

[@SSCdreamssss]

Ye kya proud proud har samay krte ho cringy lagta hai bhai... please indians ko itna cringy mat bnao ...

[@tubshorts8507]

​@@SSCdreamssssi think u r right nowadays in south asian countries it's a trend to feel proud in every topic sometimes it's feel cringy but we can respect others opinion also🥰😉

[@RupsD319]

​@@SSCdreamssssSahi hai. Har bhakt proud proud.

[@ritwikachatterjee5792]

I am so proud of my Indians . Love my country. I am proud of these positive stereotypes

[@ToadyWoods]

These people are wayyy too on point. The comedian is being funny, but he’s also confusing Americans who don’t know basic geography. I’m American. Haha. But I love geography and international relations, etc.

[@terrinmanjila4703]

6:02 , guy really summed up the whole question.

[@swarupbanerjee147]

Yeah he's well spoken ...

[@VicTheFigGuy]

Fantastic answers. Very thoughtful. India is a very unique country with very ancient and rich culture. I am SE Asian and quite frankly the majority of the western world when they think of Asians, they think of East Asians only from the soft power influence China, Japan, and Korea exerted. Sometimes SE Asians are somewhat excluded or forgotten as Asians as well. SE Asia are also very culturally and genetically diverse which I think it is difficult for some to see as Asian when they compare other Asian groups to East Asians. Btw I don't find that skit to be all that funny.

[@followengland_ballsonig2938]

this is why i will never stop calling desi people ‘italians’ since they’re both caucasoid, like how these cawksuckas put southeast and east asians under the term ‘asian’

[@strpa.mp4]

@Anti India yes u r

[@fallendevonish1869]

And yet the whole purpose of the video is that the UK considers India as Asian, and the UK is the West, so the question this show should asking is why is the UK diffrent.

[@strpa.mp4]

@@fallendevonish1869 more like, why r they knowledgeable

[@reeko9278]

Thank you asian boss with these interviews we can also understand the culture and thought and nature of asians! From most interviews I feel Japanese: very intelligent and focussed and little serious and reserved Chinese:focussed and slightly reserved and patriots and hard working people. Koreans: slightly shy and reserved blooming to an international way if thinking Phillipines : extremely chill happy and peppy people. Indians: happy people, who are well read with good communication skills.

[@Sumit-rp5mx]

You will soon find, Indian's are also Intelligent. And what the GOAT point is most Indian's don't think they are more Intelligent

[@ayushpainuly4530]

I am Indian and i think Japan is the land of the rising sun and has very smart and patriotic people.. Chinese are just greedy and copy cats not trust worthy.. The world knows indians with their smart work , loyal, intelligent, spritual...

[@bellla9474]

@@ayushpainuly4530From your comments, I can see that Japan has been very successful in spending countless money every year to market its image. (For example, after their local celebrations, street were covered with garbage, but they picked up garbage on the World Cup). And for Chinese, western media often amplify their shortcomings. China is not good enough in the marketing of the national image.

[@jituhirwani4413]

India :- ting ting ting ting ting ting

[@im.your.julymoon]

First of all no one talked about Central Asia too 😂(I’m from Kazakhstan btw)

[@juliam1395]

People know Borat and Baikonur 😀

[@incrusio801]

💀

[@alekdaniels]

I know, right? 😅 People often forget that Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, etc. are all part of Asia. 😂

[@RupsD319]

Yeah. But I care about central asian and west asian. I always include them in asian topic. 😅

[@yominigeriaafrica3673]

Indian 🇮🇳 women are so beautiful and stress-free! Smart women and objective

[@adnanjaved1505]

I love India because of its history. It has a history that dates back to the days when America was not even known to the world. In fact, it was because of India's wealth and spices that Columbus sailed around the world and accidentally found America! With a very large timeline and countless number of heroes and villains, kings and ministers, I think India is the mother of history. But the most impressive thing about India is her freedom fighters who risked their lives to save our peaceful country for us to enjoy. All this makes me feel proud to be an Indian. Now it's our job to drive away poaching, poverty, pollution and corruption from our country. Jai hind!

[@howardyoo4070]

I don't know how to word it properly, but it feels like Indians have a very different way of thinking. If I look at other street interviews, the answers are usually very surface level but Indians goes really deep into the subject somehow

[@singobianco]

If you call me "Asian", i'll feel owkay. If you call me "Indonesian", i'll feel greatful

[@followengland_ballsonig2938]

this is why i will never stop calling desi people ‘italians’ since they’re both caucasoid, like how these cawksuckas put southeast and east asians under the term ‘asian’

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

As an Indonesian, I don't consider myself an Asian.

[@akshay7035]

Not many people know Indians, because we have failed to establish a " soft power" presence as that of countries like Japan (Anime), Korea (Pop), etc. Soft power does a lot of right to your people on a bigger scale.

[@puneetsharma312]

Just wait for 10 more years or so brother.

[@crazylyf999]

Where are you 😂

[@AnikChaudhurimexcued]

I think 'yoga' is one of the popular soft power came from India

[@webabhi]

People don't understand India because it is too diverse to comprehend. It is a bigger Yugoslavia.

[@abhishekdarjee7069]

@@AnikChaudhurimexcued nah it is sabotage by America. We are bad at valuing own culture and marketing it.

[@LydiaWin]

Ronny is a comedian he's not stupid obviously he knows India is part of the Asian continent, his style of comedy makes it seem like he's serious but usually he's making fun of the ridiculousness of such beliefs

[@WastedBananas]

India is a separate continent

[@LotusPost]

I am actually proud that we are being asked whether we are Asians or Indian? This shows how important India is on global stage. India itself is very huge and has more diversity than the rest of Asia in many aspects that's why we deserve a whole seperate space for ourselves. In a short answer, In my opinion India is not a subcontinent but a continent itself seperate from Asia but have features of both east and west Asia with extra diversity... So we are Indians... We don't need any continent for our identity on world stage we are recognised by India in the world...

[@KJ-kn2rz]

🤮🤮🤮

[@adiba9734]

Cant agree about india being the most diverse country in asia. Indonesia have more etnic and language than india it self

[@WastedBananas]

agreed

[@lmao_oaml]

@@adiba9734 nice joke, read about india for once, y'all will know the truth

[@adiba9734]

@@lmao_oaml fyi indonesia has more langguage, tribes, etnic group etc. Source Wikipedia Encyclopedia Enthologue Wordbank Etc

[@colorgrower]

We are Indians there is 1.3 billions of us, practically 1 in 7 in this world is Indian. We really dont need another label of distinction.

[@RR-kp5ps]

*Here in the UK, South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and Nepalis, i.e. the Indian subcontinent) are and have always been **_the Asians_** here.* When people say "Asian", we think of South Asians. We're usually referring to South Asia when we say "Asian". _British Asian_ exclusively refers to British people with South Asian descent, and has becomes its own subculture. British Asians even have their own BBC radio station, BBC Asian Network. Other examples include charities like British Asian Trust, publications like Asiana and Asian Express, award ceremonies, business networks and wedding exhibitions, the band Asian Dub Foundation, etc. In the UK Census, South Asians are at the top of the "Asian/Asian British" category. South Asians have very strong ties and association with the word Asian in the UK. As a born and bred Brit myself, I didn't even know the Chinese, for example, were Asians until I was a lot older. This Chinese Malaysian comedian would not be considered Asian to most British people. Rishi Sunak _is_ our first British Asian Prime Minister. I don't know why this Malaysian citizen would care to relate to and feel represented by a UK politician?! On a side note, Malaysia is a part of "Greater India" as it was an "Indianised kingdom", hence the Indian influences. When it comes to what Brits call other Asian nationalities, Chinese people are called Chinese here, Japanese people are called Japanese, Filipino are Filipino etc. Sometimes they're called "Oriental", which is (unintentionally) derogatory here nowadays. East Asian and South East Asian populations in the UK are relatively small compared to the South Asian population. It's the same for people of other Asian regions, like West and Central Asians. I realise in other countries "Asian" means people with monolid eyes (even though some non-East/SE Asians, like NE Indians, have monolids too). South Asians are not just "technically" Asian, they are Asian! To those who argue otherwise, pick up a world map!🙄

[@slee2695]

Lmao UK..who cares

[@pickle-STDS]

@@slee2695 whats wrong with the UK?

[@farhanshawkat558]

@@slee2695 I care. You also cared to reply to him.

[@RR-kp5ps]

@@slee2695 Well, clearly people do if they're fussing over our current Prime Minister, like in this video. Malaysia (and many other countries around the world) is a Commonwealth country. Britain used to own two thirds of the world after all, and were the most influential in popularising Western culture outside of Europe. You're literally speaking in English on the world wide web.

[@miyazaki13]

Maybe people think asian as a race? Instead of "people living in asia". Thats i think the main reason why people think they not asian.

[@kpopstans8099]

That Malaysian guy had posted a post on insta and worshipping him.He should know that Buddha is not also An Asian.

[@glennsriyousefbaun-cueto9287]

If you notice, a lot of these stereotypes are created in the west, and I've noticed especially in the U.S./America, these stereotypes have used to create division within the Asians

[@groundzero5708]

What do you mean Asians .it's just west categorising east bcz they don't know it

[@WastedBananas]

Division? As if there was ever unity in the first place?

[@y2m3e.45]

@@WastedBananas lol while that is sadly true, there are some conflicts between Asian countries that have completely or in part been caused by western influence.

[@rajubhaiofficial5813]

👍

[@WastedBananas]

@@y2m3e.45 maybe but Asians have been fighting wars against each other since forever. Even within their own country.

[@tomsakurai3620]

If you were to travel by road from one end of Asia to the other, you can see how people's physical appearance gradually change as you cross borders or even from village to village in some areas. Its almost like looking at the colour wheel, red turns to orange which turns to the yellow etc.

[@idajyrwa2180]

The amount of times I've been called Chinese, Indonesian, etc, and most of them are the Americans with that stereotypical idea of India.

[@followengland_ballsonig2938]

this is why i will never stop calling desi people ‘italians’ since they’re both caucasoid, like how these cawksuckas put southeast and east asians under the term ‘asian’

[@TheGauravkumarrathore]

I think people don't really know How big & wide India actually is !!! I am from rajasthan (west india) and falls into that typical Indian physicality appearance according to the Comedian, but our people from northeast are also equal Indians like me and their physicality appearance look more like the comedian's ! That's why India is the most beautiful country with such diversity of people ❤️

[@Army13_06]

It seems that some people need to learn more about Geography. Thank you Asian Boss for the interview.

[@killermoon635]

Because not everyone is talking in context of geography Racially, it make no sense to put all people who live in Asia in same category Geography means noting, it does not define your race, culture, langauge family...

[@Army13_06]

@@killermoon635 I agree with you that Geography doesn't define someone's culture or race. Indians living in America can still live the Indians culture. However, when we talk about 'Asian', it makes more sense to be viewed from Geography pov since Asia is a continent itself. Hope you can get my point tho.

[@aronm5329]

I'm glad a lot of people realize Ronny Chieng is just joking. The clip was suppose to be sarcastic and point out, many people( mostly Americans) don't consider Indians Asian, even thought they literally live in Asia. Blue shirt and glasses guys nailed it

[@nazliahmanang6895]

Malaysian here, since we have Indian and Chinese people here I will say India is Asian. In my opinion the skit is from the popular stereotype.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Agreed. Ronnie is just making a joke but many people dont' know about Malaysia's diversity and so don't realise he's joking.

[@Sunset553]

I know a lot about modern India from colleagues. I’ve even been offered their relatives help to find me a husband using the same system they use at home. I just needed to get my resume and some photos together lol. I think of Indians as South Asian. Personally, I don’t group Pakistanis or people from other countries together. I just haven’t met many people from those other countries

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

Pakistanis are white The FBI listed them as a white race

[@hidum5779]

so you like arranged marriage? noiceeee

[@sampatkalyan3103]

It is the Indian subcontinent.

[@WastedBananas]

DOn't refer to us as South Asian. Just say Indian

[@jamosss]

I personally say India easily fits in Asia geographically speaking and politically, but it's interesting to see that a few Indians in this interview think that they don't belong in Asia. That being said, it's nice they could take a joke and had a good time with the clip😂👌🏾💯

[@Anshika904]

@@mehakdeepsingh4849 exactly i am from India but even i didn't feel anything and why would I knowing that he is not actually an Indian technically he is a British he had their culture their nationality wtf is feeling something the heck

[@WastedBananas]

Because we are not Asian.

[@myeramimclerie7869]

I think this Indian-Asian divide is due to the huge cultural and ethnic differences within Asia. In Europe, all the natives are white. Most are Christian. We all celebrate Christmas and Easter. In Asia, you have sooo many ethnicies and skin colors. Like South Asia has a lot of brown skin people, then you have Russia with white and East Asian / Inuit looking people, you have South East Asia that has mixes of all kinds of ethnicies and native Island people, you have East Asia where the black haired, almond eye people live. And every group has their own culture, that FEELS very different to one another. Russia and Japan are very different, while Japan and Korea seem more alike. Of course being neighboring countries, cultures in Asia have influenced each other (Buddhism is Indian, stayed popular in China and turned into Zen in Japan). I think it's this what makes people forget that all those different countries, cultures and people are living on the same physical continent.

[@deusmachinima1189]

South Asians are not all brown, majority are but some are white, some different shades of brown and even dark brown, black. There's africans living in india although a minority and northeast indian who look asian

[@alpacacomentadora413]

europe is not a continent

[@rajput2736]

you forget middle east and gulf countries also part of Asia

[@-bigChungusVerified]

Calling Indian the brown people is funny bcz I have seen Indians of all colors from white to black 😂😂

[@AyanAli-py7ci]

@@deusmachinima1189 Most Indians are black

[@danimooti8236]

I am American! But I am Hindustani 1st. And my country is part of the ASIA continent. I saw the daily show and it wasn’t that funny. Kinda sounded like he was sad he didn’t see himself in the prime minister.

[@bikerman527]

India is very diverse,people look different in different parts of India. It’s a mix of all types.

[@Miselfjay]

im an indian and i am in Japan right now.. i have also faced this stereotype where people guess me russian or middle eastern but never indian or asian just because of my face and skin tone... they think that all indians have dark skin and short height... they need to understand that india is very diverse in terms of skin color, looks and languages u cant see a person from north india , east india and south india and guess that they belong to the same country.. we have a very huge diversity.

[@timmyrahman4803]

If that's you in your display picture then you look very Indian.

[@Miselfjay]

@@timmyrahman4803 yes to indians i look indian bro..cuz i am an indian ..... im talking about perception of east asians...im not indian according to their percieved image.. cuz i am 6 feet 2 inches and i have a lighter skin tone .

[@Tutanchat]

just wow.. I am really surprised by those matured answers. salute you guys🙏. proud Bharatiya(western term: Indian) & an Asian over here.

[@danimetal4171]

It would be interesting if you could do this same interview with people in North-East India. I think people would be surprised to see the difference.

[@sumitjaiswar-author]

I was thinking the same 🤭. I bet they would have a Pikachu face.

[@pumakidon1300]

They r also Indians BTW

[@Fictional_sema]

Can you explain what with this north east india

[@TechnoArpan]

@@Fictional_sema mongoloid people, but Indians

[@TheGauravkumarrathore]

Geographically we are Asians. Culturally we are INDIANS.

[@an1rb]

The Americans' don't want to get into the complexity of India. Their idea of Indians are Apu from the Simpsons, Raj Kuthrappalli from the BBT and Kelly Kapoor from The Office. They could not even get the surnames right. Someone called Kuthrappalli would not speak Hindi at home and a Kapoor would not be from south India.

[@sc8706]

The man in blue shirt with glasses and the woman in cap wearing glasses are so eloquent! I love how they express their thoughts and explain things.

[@Htlghu]

I am Indian citizen from NE India. Inside mainland India, i feel non indian- people asked me whether i come from nepal or China. In Thailand, i felt Indian but i was mistook for vietnamese or Cambodian. In Manipur, i was asked if i come from Burma or Thailand. So i must be Asian.

[@zoyafatima5987]

I think Ronny chieng was funny but to the people who didn't feel proud must remember that Asia is the biggest continent it's bound to have difference in visuals so let's just accept that we look different but as Asians be proud!!

[@STARK50]

Half of Asia has Indian/Middle-Eastern facial features including countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, UAE, Qatar etc. and other half has Chinese/South-East Asian facial features including countries like China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines etc. And also some parts of Asia has European facial features in countries like Russia, Turkey etc. So Asia is perfectly balanced in terms of race and culture. No one is dominant culture or race here. But if you talk about majority of population than definitely India and China are two most influential culture. It's just western people's perspective what made them confused about Asia because except Asia, no other continent has this much diversity in terms of race, culture, religion, language etc.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

I was just thinking about this today, Asia has phenotypes that exist all over the world.

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

Are you saying that all of Indonesians do look like Asiatic Mongoloids?! Are you saying that Acehnese Indonesians and Papuan Indonesians are Mongoloids?!

[@pawpal08]

The Indian subcontinent literally can't blend in east Asian. Same goes to Russia. Look Wise East Asians are alike and are different from the rest Indian subcontinent!! A few Thailand or Malaysians can be like Indian but not Chinese, Singapore, Hongkong etc I think the Asian continents should be divided into three parts accordingly:- Asians, Indian sub. & Russian (Eurasian)!! ❤

[@IDMarketer]

Genetically wise malay Malaysian are Austronesia, and Thailand are AustroAsiatic both has huge different from India whether is dravidian or Indo Aryan which is more close to European. Huge tamil population in Malaysia is due British Raj era.

[@OkusTenet]

Saying India is culturally different from east is stupidity. The culture of East and South East Asia is heavily influenced by India itself.

[@WastedBananas]

we influenced them, they never influenced us.