Korean Man Marries Hmong Wife And Then....

[@enlightened4845]

Wait, did she not bring up the fact that she was Hmong while she was dating her husband? I mean, your identity is something that gets brought up within the first 30 minutes of a date lol

[@nightowl7261]

@enlightened4845 Yea she sound like she at fault

[@Asubie]

She probably say she's korean with only English speaking lol

[@vangr707ify]

Because she probably ashamed of her own heritage and thinks less of her own men and more of others which is typically of hmong women.

[@enlightened4845]

@@nightowl7261 Completely her fault. Can't blame the husband when he didn't know.

[@enlightened4845]

@@Asubie I know that some Hmong women are ashamed to identify themselves as Hmong so she probably told her husband that she was "Vietnamese" or "Chinese".

[@az00001]

Hmong is 1 of the indigenous groups of a Asian ethnicity who has been around for well over 5000 years that shared history along with many East Asian ethnics primarily the Han. Hmong also known Miao in China, and there are still millions of them in China from Guizhou, Hunan, Yunan, and Sichuan. Those Hmong in America are majority from Laos after the joint armed force with the US CIA secret war during the Vietnam War.

[@cjhan9816]

Do not forget Ainus of 🇯🇵 & Austronesians of 🇹🇼.

[@sigerlion8608]

China has 55 ethnic minority groups. They can all claim China as their "own nation state".

[@peetv531]

Sorry but mong is not miao, that's just the chinese trying to put that label on us. Mongs don't claim that title, we are a indigenous ethnic group of china and Mongolia but we are mong not miao

[@Eric-d2s1z]

Thank you for pointing out that Hmong and Miao refer to the same ethnic group. Their cousins the Mien are also known as the Yao in the Mandarin Chinese language.

[@peetv531]

@@az00001I'm mong and mong is not miao, two totally different ethnic group. The chinese put mong into the same group as miao for some reason but we are not miao and we don't accept that term for us. We are indigenous to Mongolia and china and we are mong.

[@JYLee-rr1sy]

I'm a Korean-American man married to a beautiful and feisty Hmong woman. We dated 7 years and been married since 2005. We have two beautiful and smart children. Before meeting my wife, I had heard of Hmong people but knew zero about them. I never learned anything about them until meeting my wife and watching her family at family functions and events. That subjecxt actually never came up really until much later in the relationship when I sort of had to ask about it. While we dated, I used to come over to her sister's house to help my then GF babysit. We used to pop in a Blockbuster. Then a few times I ate with them. Funny fact is they often ate pho so it was somewhat confusing to me as I recognized that as clearly a Viet food. Then after getting married we went to Fresno quite a bit (where she's from and where there is a significant Hmong community) to attend the "new year" celebration after Christmas. That's where I really saw and learned more about the Hmong culture. I also attended a few weddings where they killed an entire cow. That was something. One of my favorite dishes now is this simple pork broth soup with some sort of greens that you can't find anywhere. Man I love that soup. It's true that the Hmong community is not one a lot of Asians know much about. They aren't involved in global economics or politics. What I appreciated from the beginning is their warmth. My wife's family is the most welcoming, hospitable, friendly and kind and loving people. It blew me away actually how generous and kind they were despite what they might lack financially. They gave so willingly and I love the Hmong people for who they are. They are a tight community. We can all learn from them.

[@lalalalalalalala4264]

I brought the Hmongness out of me when I was dating my Korean husband at the time. My dad made him squirrel stew, pigeon stew, papaya salad, he was dressed up in Hmong clothes for the New Year. He even listens to Hmong songs.

[@pajnyiagdesigns]

I'm Hmong and I'm just really mind blown on the fact that she never brought up to his attention what Hmong is until 4 years into marriage. Also, when they got married, did her parents never gave her a Hmong wedding? So many questions. Of course, he should look into the culture more, but it's just mind blowing that she's being dramatically offended about it and putting the blame on him when every Hmong should know most people don't really know about us. I know I'm not offended when people don't know, and I'm more than willing to show them how beautiful our people and culture is.

[@makster86]

I'm Hmong and take no offense to other asians not knowing us. It's not ignorant. We are a very small group. Stop getting so offended easily guys.

[@mautre]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@TheanneChan]

Not small group at all I love the Hmong culture and people

[@hehe-mq2bk]

@@TheanneChan they are a small group relative to their population in America for example which seems like is where this woman came from. I supposed in Vietname they are more well-known but then again relative to the entire population, they are a still quite small group

[@heroturbo76]

우리는 모두 아프리카에서 온 형제들입니다 그만 싸우세요😅😅

[@nightowl7261]

@@makster86 That's right. And when you consider Hmong Americans are even smaller (population wise) compared to Hmongs in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. China houses the biggest Hmong population in the world.

[@SK-ql3yf]

He married a woman he loves, period. He is a simple man and not picky, which is what I am leaning toward since he married outside of Korea.

[@Fiftycents50]

OK…enough with the Disneyland bs. I lived in Vietnam for a couple years recently and It’s SO PATHETIC when you see these Vietnamese women who don’t speak any other language date/marry these Korean, Taiwanese, Japanese, Singaporeans, or White people who don’t speak Vietnamese either!!! I’ve meet a few of them over the years and they literally have to pull out a language translator to even speak with one another, they have NOTHING is common. It’s NOT about love…but more about DESPERATION!! Nothing screams LOSER than being so desperate to marry someone you can’t even communicate with!!!

[@dotdot505]

The Hmong girl probably doesn't care bout her own heritage, which explain why her husband don't know either.

[@Fishingjunkie-y8v]

💯

[@vangr707ify]

Yup probably not proud of her own culture or people that's probably why she married out of her race. Hmong people are very traditional in culture and typically are look down upon for dating out of their race.

[@gaohuynhanderson]

Agreed! She probably don’t even speak Hmong, I bet!

[@GeneralMoss]

typically when a person marries outside their race; it is because they find something in their races that they don't like because they deemed it backward or not up to par with society. Has nothing to do with the "love BS" that everyone use as a excuse. You are probably 100% correct that she doesn't know much about herself that is why she can't explain much to her husband other than "Asian without a country"

[@blongx9957]

that hmong girl doesn't know who she is...she lost..she probably don't speak/write/read hmong..got westernized.

[@MedalionDS9]

"So are you chinese or japanese" "I am Hmong" "... so are you chinese or japanese?" ~ King of the Hill

[@ftu2021]

Well Hmong is a minority of the Chinese tribe

[@LucasSmith-vy4cn]

@@ftu2021 Chinese is not a tribe. Chinese is a name given to Zhongguo by America and French as a nationality. Han is the tribe of Zhongguo. Hmong are their own tribe consist of having over 30 clans. The west literally have zero knowledge and understanding of the East. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@martinvanburen4578]

I live HMONG both

[@nampadaek]

Ah yes Kahn soupahahhbdnananphone. My only Laotian representation.

[@majorlazor5058]

Laos

[@lalalalalalalala4264]

I find it strange because most of the Asian guys I met during my dating years, that's usually the first question that comes up. I used to live in Silicon Valley and there's a lot of Asian, but not a lot of Hmong so that's one of the first questions asked during the initial meeting. I told my Korean husband everything about my Hmong culture. It's her damn fault for being a drama queen.

[@mautre]

1,000%!!!

[@electrictroy2010]

Drama queen? She must be Californian

[@lalalalalalalala4264]

@@electrictroy2010 She's probably ashamed of her culture.

[@goodboii3739]

@@lalalalalalalala4264 why would you assume that?

[@lalalalalalalala4264]

@@goodboii3739 Simple, when a person doesn't want to acknowledge their culture, it's because they're ashamed of it.

[@cyang1969]

Love your show! You brought so many issues that other shows don't talk about.

[@MrDamdiesel]

I dated a beautiful Hmong in college, with the Thao last name. Back then she never told me that she was Hmong, but said she is Vietnamese ( technically she is because they were from northern Vietnam). Until 25 years later she asked me to join a Hmong Facebook group then i found out she is Hmong. I actually love most of minorities people from Vietnam, they are so genuine and honest.

[@tooktooknee]

I’ve been to Korea, when I tell them I am Hmong, they thought I was Mongolian. 😅 So I’m not surprised by this story. It’s ok though, as long as you take the time to learn, it’s never too late.

[@somsatxayalat]

Miao is not bab, Miao, in Chinese it's unified all the Hmong tribe together. I take myself as Miao man.

[@Tigerous]

That Hmong girl probably never cared about her culture until she got a little older with a kid. She was probably ashamed to tell her husband.

[@itsatrap4986]

Yeah. How tf do you marry or know someone and doesn't know their ethnicity? HAHHAHA

[@daklord]

Im korean canadian who grew up in canada most my life. But i never heard or knew about Hmongs until i came across this channel 😂

[@oxoSunfloweroxo]

There are tons of Hmong people in Canada.

[@somsatxayalat]

Hmong is a Chinese tribe. Same thing as Han- (Chinese- Western Called), is a Chinese Tribe.

[@nostyx]

How do you date someone, and reach the point where you actually get married to one another.. and this discussion never came up? Like... WTF ?!!? 😂

[@itsatrap4986]

YUP. It's on her first but on him also because both are dummies. How tf do you marry or know someone and doesn't know their ethnicity? HAHHAHA

[@IEtoileFilanteI]

Suni Lee is Hmong! And Chinese people know about Hmong since it's the biggest minority residing in China

[@AbdulAlhazred-l2l]

They do bug voodoo stuffs.😏

[@Drownedinblood]

We just call them miao.

[@HenaTina]

I worked in China for 2 months as a Preschool English summer camp teacher. Almost all of the teachers did not know about Hmong people or even Miao people. They kept saying, you look Chinese, how is your English so good. Hmong people have history in China? So you are Chinese! -.-

[@churmurrify]

shes not full blooded hmong

[@Kreativelife-e9g]

​@@Drownedinbloodshe's not full hmong so hmongs can stop claiming her. She half laos and don't even look hmong 😂. As a matter of facts she doesn't even want nothing to do with hmongs. She getting hur back blown out by 🐝 🐝 see every night 😂 getting put in a ♿️ 😂😂😂😂

[@Constellasian]

The Hmong aren't well known even in Asian countries. Overall, they're a small group even among the ethnic minorities. There are many people in the US who don't know about the Hmong and I believe it's because the US hid The Secret War for a while because it was classified info. In fact, the US Government still doesn't speak much of it today although it's declassified. It's sad really. The Hmong who fought for the US in this war were not recognized as Veterans of the US Armed Forces.

[@holonet1]

Because they weren't. They joined forces, behind the scenes. All Hmong who fought, were part of the Royal Laotian Army, serving under General Vang Pao. They shouldn't be celebrated as US veterans.

[@ArchesBro]

Constellasion that is misleading. No group fights specifically for the interests of someone else. Hmong believed it was in their interest to fight the communists with the help of the US. They were not fighting for the US. Similar to how Ukraine is fighting Russia for its own interests with US help.

[@SCH292]

@@holonet1 2017 Trump signed an Act that recognized Hmong, Mien and other Asians who fought along the US as veterans. Of course you won't find this in the main stream media.

[@UncleHoCM]

​@@ArchesBrowrong. They were lied to and misled by the US, also unclassified.

[@wiikends]

didnt even know about secret war. Its like how I didnt know operation Northwoods until months ago

[@superlifer1732]

Hmong see themselves as SE Asians, but they are genetically more East Asian (Han Chinese). It technically doesn't matter, but they look more East Asian than other SE Asians.

[@iplayfoofee3547]

the old OG vietnam era hmong see themselves as SE Asians. tho my dad whose close to 80 and saw the secret war never considered himself as SE Asians.

[@kx06]

Hmong are definitely East Asian not southeast Asian

[@majorlazor5058]

Given how China treats ethnic people I don’t blame them not claiming Chinese.

[@kpopbillionaire]

Hmong located in China would consider themselves East Asian. Hmong located in South East Asia consider themselves South East Asian.

[@Ooilei]

Hmong people from Southeast Asia view themselves as SEA, but Hmong people from China don't. Hmong people aren't inherently one thing or the other, it's just where your family is from

[@honfung528]

My husband is chinese and I am Hmong. He did his research and learned about it little by little. And I’m glad he did.

[@ryryjagoat9494]

I’m SEA and didn’t know Hmong’s didn’t have their own country I kinda feel like the comments were too hard on the Korean guy, he still married her and loves her It sounds like she never tried to teach him anything about Hmong culture until now, so that could of played a factor more or less why he didn’t feel the need to research it more It’s better to hear that stuff coming from an actual person rather than a website or AI imo

[@MoonlightZs-d6b]

Same 😅😂 😊

[@SeeHang]

not to showboat but a lot of people at first glance do not tie the historical nature of the Hmong people. firstly, there are several or many different ethnic hmong outside of the language but genetically tied to the Miao people and the Miao kingdom / dynasty in china. a lot of the culture of the hmong people was passed down through generations as there’s not really that much about the hmong people for the last 4000-5000 years on paper / books. the hmong language was only officially created in Laos as early as 1942 by 3 white guys visiting laos. the hmong culture and people is complicated and truth be told, not many hmong people themselves even know the history of the hmong people. yes, this falls on the wifes fault, more so than the husband but really it falls on her family for not educating her or educating her husband. i highly doubt the korean husband did anything very hmong traditional for the wedding lol. if he did, he’d have way more questions and she’d have a lot less answers. many hmong OGs are passing and the hmong in the west are forgetting a lot of the language and the culture in addition to holding decade old grudges amongst each other thus making it harder for families to really educate each other about tradition in depth. some still exist, but the knowledge is scarce

[@kingkazuma2239]

Which SEA? Hmong is just an ethnic group whatever nation we're born in is our nation. If you're born in Thailand you're Thai, Laos- Laotian, Vietnamese, etc.

[@ayeTobi]

True, I’m also SEA and I just know about them like a couple years ago.

[@mautre]

This is 99.9% the wife's fault!!! Yes, its kind of sad he doesn't care about her background that much to research it himself, but it's completely her responsibility to teach and inform him about herself and her background!!! If he refuses to learn or accept it, then that's on him, but again, this should have been dealt with way before marriage!!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@DK412724]

As a Korean, I actually enjoy seeing other Asian nations get more attention (Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, etc) because most people just assume all Asians are either Chinese, Japanese or Korean. I know from personal experience because growing up everyone asked if I was Japanese or Chinese, never Korean. Korea was not popular or well known yet and now we are finally getting recognized. I hope that other Asian nations get there too.

[@ZoeyChaCha]

Hmong people don’t have a country….Asian countries are known but Hmong people are still not as known.

[@one_yang]

@@ZoeyChaChathis

[@Buydaa.M]

@@ZoeyChaCha known in Sacramento,CA and Minnesota though as I know

[@jayrollo1352]

If she's so concerned, why did she marry him? I don't understand this at all.

[@nightowl7261]

She is a Koreaboo. Watch Kdrama and listen to BTS and created her own fantasy of Koreans. Oh well

[@jayrollo1352]

@@nightowl7261 Figured

[@zoro-w8x1k]

She like small pipi ​@@jayrollo1352

[@sayyanhmuong737]

@@nightowl7261right

[@CrimsonTide19375]

@@nightowl7261damn bro you should just rename yourself hater or jealous

[@bh7387]

I’m Hmong and I’m dating a Vietnamese guy. I love my culture and heritage so I teach him about our culture and customs. And he goes out of his way to teach me about his Vietnamese culture and customs. If you’re going to be together, respecting and learning about each other’s cultures will be important as some cultures are heavily interconnected with the individual. You will having a better understanding each other. There shouldn’t be any shame in who you are and where you come from.

[@letzgow6110]

90% of Asians don’t know. When I went to Thailand, most people didn’t know what Hmong was. Most pretty Hmong girls don’t identify as Hmong. Example: Brenda Song

[@Chawaniii]

Tbh we have been taught only about ayutthaya and nothing else. And true my relatives have no curiosity about our neighbors. They adore Japanese culture, their role model.

[@o0...957]

​@@ChawaniiiCan they speak their language?

[@moobsiab]

i thought Brenda Song was hmong/thai?, and Sunisa was hmong/laos?

[@letzgow6110]

@@moobsiab both are 100% Hmong

[@c.lee-soulisak327]

That's incorrect. Brenda Song is Hmong because both of her parents are Hmong. However, her mother was born Thai and was adopted and raised by Hmong parents. So genetically, Brenda is half Hmong and half Thai. Sunisa is 100% Hmong. No matter what, Brenda Song doesn't claim to be Hmong..is she ashame? Who knows!

[@kenichi407]

to be fair, most people don't know the backstory about the hmong and were only somewhat introduced by the clint eastwood movie several years ago. man, these 2 guys really know how to blow things out of proportion.

[@leex1365]

I am Hmong and when I visited South Korea many Koreans kept asking me if I was sure I wasn’t Korean because they thought I looked just like them 😂. I think perhaps many of them just haven’t seen different types of Asians so they aren’t aware. But if you’re in the U.S. it’s less understandable how you wouldn’t know.

[@HTuanKsor]

Oh, some korean people also mistakes me as korean but I told them I'm from vietnam but one of the ethnic groups and then they look at me confused. There are hmong people who do live next to my people.

[@TheAnonymous916]

I was mistaken as Chinese when in SK. But I would stay away from telling them you are SE Asian. They look down on SE Asians.

[@HTuanKsor]

@@TheAnonymous916 You do know that South Korean people are not the only asian that is racist right? My people are racist to the white and even the black people.

[@NKJLG]

Same. And then when I visited Hong Kong, they also thought I was lying when I said I was not of the Hong Kong people. Lol,

[@ranfak]

@@TheAnonymous916SEA LOOK down one Chinese . lol

[@ragequitter]

someone call Clint Eastwood over here

[@babesababe5885]

Get off my Hmong😂

[@stump4522]

Or his 😺 son Scott Eastwood

[@valorzinski7423]

I like the part where he says that he hates basketball players in that one movie

[@oxoSunfloweroxo]

😂😂😂😂

[@MLX1805]

😂😂😂

[@seanvang-eo5ki]

I have an uncle. We are Hmong and he’s married to a Nigerian woman. You should do a story about them? They also have 2 mix babies

[@stump4522]

Nice

[@thomashom7514]

I have a friend whose father’s second marriage was to a woman from Belize..he started to explain where Belize is and language spoken. I surprised him gave him a run down from what I learnt 45 years ago in the third grade about British Honduras. The schools of today have failed our kids.

[@chouayang5435]

Fung Bros you guys rock!!! Thanks for putting Hmong people on your platform. I am so proud of my heritage.

[@ljvue]

She’s definitely a Koreaboo. There’s a trending phenomenon right now where Hmong gals don’t identify with their own culture but instead has embraced Korean culture. That’s just weird. I mean like who you want, but don’t make your identity second class.

[@Nnparlis]

Because Korean cultures are the best. Let’s be real.

[@icedcoffee40179]

@@Nnparlis is that sarcasm?

[@Thao22]

I didn't date my BF because he's Korean. I fell in love with him because he accepted my flaws and that WOWED me.

[@PurpleDoritos666]

I mean at least they arent idolizing white cultur 😂

[@johnnybaum7957]

Better than those crazy Otaku's that do cross dressing...

[@cheelee7880]

Might just be a Korea boo since Korea is a hot trend right now with bts, drama, Netflix, squidgame, Kpop, Korean foods, etc. My Hmong identity experiences made me did my own research on who I was when I was younger and on other people lol! Still to this day, I’m still learning or researching more of it (Miao). My kid days, I always get asked ALOT if I was Chinese or Japanese. 😒 In highschool, move to a new school and immediately the Hmong students there thought I was Laos or Vietnamese and were scared that I might be a gangster because I was “dark” 🤣 Took a Native American class in college and people were asking if I were Native American. 😅 Went to Cancun for honeymoon and got a worker there talking to me in Spanish until he realized I wasn’t Spanish 😆😆 Went to a fishing store the other day recently and the nice old guy in there started to talk about his Vietnamese friends to me and at the end, asked me if I was Vietnamese 😵‍💫 Teeheeeeeeee, always research people or you might end up more dumbfounded than me 😂

[@johnnybaum7957]

Atleast they are not those crazy Otaku's that do cross dressing...

[@nightowl7261]

@cheelee7880 Nyaob rongt- hello in Yunnanese Hmong Sabaidee- hello in Lao Xin chao- hello in viet Ni hao- hello in Mandarin Chinese Nei hoa- hello in Cantonese Hola- hello in Spanish The rest I don't know. Just thought I share even though it has nothing to do with anything. Good friendly words to connect to people.

[@MeniMass]

Nothing in Korea is Korean culture

[@o0...957]

​@@nightowl7261I have recently noticed that only Lao and Thai say *Sabaidee* and *Sawatdee* respectively. Other Tai seem to say *Mau sung kha*

[@KeePhengVue]

Might come out as surprising, but there are Hmong people living in Japan for a long while now. There were a few that went there as refugees (like those that went to the US) after the secret war.

[@SeeHang]

isn’t that kind of ironic though? the japanese invaded laos and the french imperialists during ww2 only to dive into the lao civil war / secret war. 😂 but im glad some of us asians can still get along after the hmong saved the lao prince and french army from the japanese

[@nostyx]

Looks like I lost the refugee lottery.. lol

[@Go4Broke247]

Type in youtube, Hmong in Japan.

[@yo2trader539]

@@SeeHang Where did you learn history? Laos declared independence from France in April 1945 with the backing of Japan. And Japanese forces entered French Indochina with the permission of Vichy France, passed through to Thailand, so they can drive out the British forces in Malaya and Burma, as well Dutch from Dutch East Indies. Japan allowed the French colonial apparatus to exist until March of 1945 when Japan abolished it. Which exactly why Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos all declared independence from France in Spring of 1945...with the support of Japan.

[@k10may82]

I love these! Thanks always for covering Hmong

[@jchae35jc]

I'm Korean American living in the states for over 50 years and I never knew about Hmong ppl until I worked with a few. They were never offended when I asked about their culture and understood why ppl wouldn't know. At the end of the day, we're all connected.

[@one_yang]

Lmao are we connected though?????

[@jchae35jc]

@@one_yang as Asians/humans? yes

[@one_yang]

@@jchae35jc lmao that's the biggest joke I've ever heard

[@kingkazuma2239]

Hmong aren't really known through East Asia due to our history. Mostly southern Chinese know of us but that's it and only our SEasians neighbors. Koreans and Japanese are kinda the most enclosed and homogenous Asian groups just due to location and history so it makes sense. When I first came to Seattle I met plenty of Koreans and they don't even know what Hmong is or where Laos or Thailand is. They are really clueless I don't know what they're learning in geography class but definitely nothing about Asia only themselves and the US

[@MoonSun12342]

I would recommend people do their research of Hmong people as part of the Miao ethnicity in Southern Zhonguo..My ancestors are one of the many tribes of Zhonguo who migrated further south from Qing state, so I still see us as people of Mainland East Asia, where a large majority of the Hmong population inhabits..:)

[@MoonSun12342]

Here’s a very significant indicator of Hmong historical relations with other East Asian peoples..The Hmong have a native designation to reference the Han Chinese, but DO NOT have any for Koreans or Japanese..

[@SeeHang]

@@MoonSun12342 that’s true there are some hmong cultural roots there. but there are instances that suggest Hmong people are also from other regions based on the Hmong clan names and historical regions or ruling parties with similar names. the Hmong Xiong may be related to the Xiongnu. the Hmong people also are made up of various people as there’s stories about one or another clan to be the last to be accepted in the sphere of the hmong people / culture

[@nightowl7261]

@SeeHang Negative. Xiong just means bear in mandarin Chinese. Some hmoob xiong people also use the bear as their animal totem Xyooj Dais. (Xiong Bear)

[@108dragon247]

Very interesting topic I stumbled upon here. I’m Hmong from Laos, my wife is Hmong from Thailand, we have three children, two are from South Korea and our daughter is from China. Wanna talk about your typical Hmong, Korean and Chinese Drama? That’s literally us in a nutshell. We have instilled our Hmong culture into our children’s upbringing along with the knowledge of their own history and country of origin. They understand what it is to be a Hmong and having families and the hospitality you provide for others in time of need and prosperity. We’re simply all Asians but the more we read about others, seek out, interact and converse with other ethnic communities then and only then we will have a better understanding of one another.

[@Sagemode414]

Hmong person here we are unknown to most people....we don't have a country but our people are in south east Asia, mostly Laos, Thailand, Vietnam...in America we're are mainly in California, Minnesota,Wisconsin we are minority in the asian community

[@SeeHang]

@@Sagemode414 only a minority outside of china. there’s 4 million hmong in china

[@Eric-d2s1z]

@@SeeHang That's still a minority in China.

[@one_yang]

You forgot that there's hmong in china too

[@littlevuggey93]

Nah its not ignorant. Stop it! Theres alot of asian who dont know much about other asians. Stay humble.

[@Woodenssss]

I don't blame them, because we are not even recognize in the U.S history books for helping out in the Vietnam War.

[@bboy2mengo]

Thanks!

[@kingkazuma2239]

I didn't even know Karen was an ethnic group until the Myanmar conflict so i guess the more you know. These Karens can fight too not like the ones at Walmart

[@SeeHang]

@@kingkazuma2239 i see Karen people all the time in saint paul minnesota. used to live a Karen grocery store by the Super America gas station

[@o0...957]

I knew about the Tai(shan), Kachin(also known as Jingpho) and Chin people of Myanmar. Because we have Tai, Singpho, and Mizo in India too, but Tai and Singpho are not very well known to the majority of Indians because they are very small in number. Though Mizo and Naga people are very well known.

[@leechuechoryang4216]

🤭🤭😆😆😆😆😆😄😄

[@chenyitube]

Man: I don't care where you come from. Woman: "How dare you!".

[@Chan-p8z]

Don't forget Suni Lee Olympic Gold medalist is Hmong.

[@lalalalalalalala4264]

I remember when Hmong people were bragging about how now the world will know Hmong. Nope, they still don't, and we're not that special.

[@LiBingBong]

Don't forget Bruce Lee

[@donnella7752]

She's half Hmong (mother), half Laotian (father).

[@orman2222]

She likes them Mandingos 🐒🐒🐒

[@ealeem8986]

​@donnella7752 , others asian group claimed Sunisa Lee after she became famous. 😂 how funny

[@mvyang]

You guys did a great discussion regarding this topic. My husband is American Japanese and he didn’t know of the Southeast Asian sub groups either. The only pre- knowledge that he had of the Hmong were from his past coworkers and the movie, “Grand Terino.” I don’t get mad over it. My husband is very open to information so he read up on my culture. I am not one of those Asian lady that chase the stereotype pop culture of the various Asian groups: Kpop, Jpop, etc. I fell in love with a man and he happened to be Japanese. It’s important to be upfront with who you are at the beginning of the relationship.

[@tomt5054]

I’m not gonna lie a lot of people don’t know LAO, Hmong, Cambodia because not many things on the news about them. When I was growing up I don’t know Korea and I thought it was next Lao or Combodia until there K-pop or Korean waves then I looked at the map to located them.

[@maixiong9113]

If you guys didn't know, chiyou is a ancient hmong king ( father) chiyou means father in hmong. He is in Chinese history books Miao of china are hmong, Chinese call hmong as miao.

[@az00001]

Chiyou mean grandfather in Hmong. Txivyawm or txivyawg.

[@worshipthecomedygodseoeunk4010]

y'all know im a korean adoptee, and im dating a hmong guy. but i knew abt hmong ppl before dating him bc my best friend is hmong too. in fact, she was the first friend i made in college and showed me how to feel like a human after experiencing hell in middle/high school. she took me to the hmong student org and thats where i learned the history of hmong ppl and my home state minnesota. bc of this i have a lot of respect towards the hmong community. ofc, me being adopted, i didnt know much abt being korean either so its different than this scenario. but my bf speaks korean better than me and enjoys korean culture too so its a plus in my eyes. also i love hpop, esp. david yang and keeneng. my bf makes fun of me when i try to sing along lmao i do think, e. asians do have privilege. koreans even have a lot of deragatory words for s. e asians. ive had experiences where my bf and i interact w koreans & they look down on us, thinking we cant understand them. but some also dont care. my bf even has a korean friend from uni who he visits in korea. i dont find it odd or koreabooish at all. hes just trying to learn my culture as i am his.

[@one_yang]

Hmong people are technically east asian not southeast asian

[@Zeb1245]

@@one_yangthe ones in China are East Asian. However, the ones in SE Asia and America are SE Asian. You have to consider the diaspora in the context. By your logic, does that make a Thai of Chinese descent East Asian, too?

[@one_yang]

@@Zeb1245 culturally those who were born or have parents who were born in SEA can choose to identify as SEA, but genetically speaking our origins are not from SEA, they're from China.

[@Zeb1245]

@@one_yangyou’re not answering my question. By your logic, do you consider a Thai of Chinese descent East Asian even though they are culturally Chinese and identifying as SE Asian?

[@one_yang]

@@Zeb1245 wtf does Thai have to do with Hmong?

[@niamtxiv]

Lol 😂 most Hmong elders are probably like, "what's Korean?".

[@yenxion6516]

In Hmong we use the same word as Thai for Korean. เกาหลี Keāh̄lī If you say “ Keāh̄lī ” to older Hmong people they’ll understand.

[@jennielee1862]

I am Hmong and I had a korean friend who thought I was korean just because my last name was Lee. Lee is literally the most common Asian last name amongst all Asian ethnic groups. Sat next to him for 3 months before he found out I wasnt Korean when he finally spoke Korean to me. No knock on him at all but it was a funny experience 😄. He shared his mom's raddish kimchi and he got to eat Hmong egg rolls. Food is the best way to share our culture and appreciation for one another.

[@ceeIoc]

I grew up in the northeast. Never even heard of Hmong until I went to college in California.

[@TheOneYoungDragon]

Hmong/Miao same people

[@kpy2003]

I’m Hmong and wife is Japanese. She didn’t know what Hmong is until I taught her. Not really shocking.

[@Asubie]

But did you tell her before marriage? The video is talking about him not knowing his wife is hmong after marriage lol.

[@misstaytay9694]

Why does this even matter? If someone doesn’t know, then educate them. Why is it that people feel like we all should know EVERYTHING about EVERY group of ethnicities out there or something? There are 56 ethnic groups in China, there are 2,000 ethnic groups in India, and so forth and so forth. Should we know ALL of them?? C’mon people…let’s stop being so dang sensitive. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@az00001]

12:13 There are many Hmong flags, but those only existed during warring time. The latest one was a Chaofa flag in red with a yellow budda lookinglike picture in the center with stars at each corner. Chaofa are freedom fighters who fought the communist Pathet Lao government after the abandoned of the US troops and support. There is a Hmong Miao flag during the Miao Rebellion against the ruthless Qing Manchu. And there are more flags from the San Miao period to the Chu State back to Chiyou period against Huangdi and Yandi. Hmong are one hardcore ethnic group who normally gets outnumbered, but never back down fight for rights and freedom even to this day. In China, as many assimilated to be Han, as an easier culture to adapt and adjust to, die-hard Hmong will refuse and still continue their practices and rituals. And many Hmong also fought alongside Mao during the revolutionary time.

[@Eric-d2s1z]

The Hmong (known as Miao in Mandarin) only began migrating into Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, maybe a few in Myanmar) in the 18th and 19th centuries from southern China. The majority of them still live in southern China. Their presence in Southeast Asia is relatively recent. Their roots in China go back millennia. Their language (or languageS) is related to Mien (Yao in Mandarin), another minority group (or groupS) scattered across southern China and parts of Southeast Asia. The degree to which these languages are related (if it all) to Chinese languages is a matter of debate among linguists.

[@ang3leyez548]

I’m Hmong and I don’t take offense that not too many people are aware of the Hmong culture as we don’t have many individuals that break into the mainstream media culture. But now with Suni Lee being an Olympian medalist, Lexi Vang making it into a a KPop group, Doua Moua breaking into some Hollywood films I think that more people are staring to hear about and be more aware of the Hmong culture

[@msfpiermsfpier3030]

True acceptance and unconditional love know no borders of ethnicity or origin, especially in building a life together. As someone in a thriving 35-year interracial marriage, I've learned that: In-laws may or may not accept you, but it's your partner's unwavering support that truly matters. What counts most is the love and commitment you share. At the heart of it all, one question remains: how deeply do you love, prioritize, and cherish each other?

[@Haavzoov]

Great show and a lot of great informations regardless of all other cultures

[@mayas08]

"Joining the conversation late here, but as someone who has been married to a Korean for 20 years, I can say that cultural understanding was one of the first things we discussed when we met. I never assumed my husband would automatically know about my Hmong heritage-it wasn’t his fault if he didn’t know. It was my responsibility to teach him, just as it was his responsibility to share his culture with me. This situation really surprises me. Especially when we are marrying outside of our own community, it’s essential for the Korean husband to understand where her lineage and culture come from. If she didn’t take the time to introduce him to her family or share her culture, it’s not fair to label him as ignorant. In Hmong culture, getting to know the whole family before marriage is such a vital step-it’s odd that this wasn’t prioritized here."

[@meowchan4745]

i used to think all southeast asians are the same until i started dating SE asians in california. went into serious study and learning of various culture and history that were severely impacted by the war. i was an ignorant f@ck! and isn’t it normal that you want to learn everything about your loved ones? where they came from, what’s their culture, what kind of trauma their family carries, what comfort food their mom cook for them?

[@mattparke4370]

That’s why Raya was a terrible movie. They tried to combine all the SEA as one when it is vastly differrnt

[@one_yang]

Except for hmong aren't technically southeast asian...

[@takeda0123]

If anyone who has an issue with this topic can name all of their high school class mates and their background, then I vow to you. You are a much better person than I'd ever wanna be.

[@DapperArtImagery]

How do you get to the point of marrying someone without knowing their cultures and traditions

[@fatee5069]

Hmong girls don't like Hmong guys, but marries a Hmong looking Korean guy... 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@menavue9633]

Its truly the chemistry. Hmong guys don’t bring chemistry to the table for some hmong women. 😂

[@fatee5069]

@@menavue9633 blah blah blah. I heard it all growing up... Now all the ones that "didn't like Hmong guys" all have bastard children and want to find a Hmong guy. 😂 Nah go on and keep tasting the rainbow. We need a housewife not a house stripper. 🤭

[@fatee5069]

@@ranfak my comment was to point out fake "preferences" that's actually based on self-hate. There are no Hmong looking white guys are there? McCauley doesn't look Hmong does he? 🤦🏻‍♂

[@ranfak]

@@fatee5069Now your comment make No sense ever more. It’s has more to do with history ignorance in this topic rather then self hating. You are sneakily try to apply same logic as Asian women prefer other race men because they don’t prefer Asian men . Buddy it doesn’t work here. Nice try. And if she prefer Korea men who look like hmong that might be high standard not self hating. Do more research before saying any word.

[@fatee5069]

@@ranfak i don't expect you to get it kid. Lmao

[@nightowl7261]

She's is mostly likely a koreaboo just base on the info given. It seems during the date time, she never acknowledged her hmongness and was all into Korea. So she never told him. Guess after marriage and childbirth, reality kicks in.

[@hyang1980ify]

I met a Native American lady who thought I was native. When I told her I’m not & I’m actually Hmong and part 25% Chinese. She knew what Chinese people were but she never heard of Hmong people and I didn’t have a problem about it. I was delighted to explain what Hmong people are. We had fun talking to each other. I feel it’s wrong for people to be ignorant towards others for not having knowledge of anything, anyone, a place or thing. I do believe that it’s right ❤ to share knowledge with one another. And just because I’m a Hmong Chinese American doesn’t mean I know every single thing about Hmong or Chinese too. But it’s cool to try to learn. I try. And that’s what matters. 🫂I did end up with someone whose family did not like Hmong people. They wanted their son’s wife to be 100% Chinese. And we separated because of that, so be greatful even tho they don’t know but they don’t hate your kind. Just love each other and that’s what matters.

[@c.lee-soulisak327]

So funny! My younger brother and I have been mistaken or ask if we are Native American also. I have always thought that was weird because I don't think we look even mixed. Both our parents are Hmong.

[@subzero3499]

I don't understand why there's still debate about where the Hmong are from. Your origins are in China, making you East Asian. While your ancestors moved to Southeast Asia seeking a better life due to Chinese leadership pressures, that migration doesn't change your roots.

[@one_yang]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[@Xiong-f2l]

Do people not know history at all? Not Chinese! Manchu leadership made the Hmong migrate.

[@kaythie1]

Did they not know anything about each other before they got married? Strange that he didn't know anything about her people. Also girl, why you not educate your man? She probably didn't care about being Hmong. It's also her fault.

[@victoryang3220]

There are plenty of tribes and tribal people, including Hmong, in Asia countries. Hmong people are making progress scholastically, economically, socially, and polically in the world without a nation. I'm glad you're helping us promote our existence as Hmong people.

[@Thao22]

I'm Hmong and dating a Korean guy (straight out of KTown). Don't get me wrong, I truly love him, but I feel he is just too full of himself to learn about my culture. I'm hands down open to learning about his culture, but feel like he's not putting in the effort to learn. He likes the food but he doesn't try to learn. But before anyone comes at me that I shouldn't be with someone like that, we truly love each other but I just wished he put in more effort to learn more about my culture.

[@jayrollo1352]

So if that's a problem, why are you still with him?

[@Thao22]

​@@jayrollo1352 I don't think you read the part where I wrote, 'before you come at me'. Just because he puts little effort into learning about my culture doesn't mean I don't love him or he doesn't love me. He treats me well and that's all it matters!!

[@HigkeyRegarded007]

I think if you had sat down and talked to him about it, it might help. Sometimes as men we need things spelled out. He may also need a different "entry point" into being absorbed into the culture...if he likes food that can be a good way to bait him into cultural events.

[@babesababe5885]

It’s too late to regret now. Just admit that it wasn’t enough of a priority to you and count your blessings❤

[@jayrollo1352]

@@Thao22 Cool

[@funasylumstudio]

Ignorance is a choice. Reading even a basic article on Asians will reveal that Hmongs have always been one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups. They're famous in some areas cause they've been coming over strong since the 80's and 90's. What people don't know is that they're just a minority ethnic group of China but genetically they're basically just Chinese, but separate in terms of culture.

[@SeeHang]

@@funasylumstudio it’s true there’s about 4 million hmong in china. they just don’t really practice it in pop culture in china as the main religion or culture. also there’s not a lot of books or movies about hmong people or culture so the massive hmong population in china doesn’t really represent many of the cultural practices because many of the hmong elders in china often point out that the young hmong adults are chasing modernity and money rather than teaching the culture to the youth

[@funasylumstudio]

@@SeeHang Hmong isn't a religion, it's just a Chinese ethnic group, one of around 50 I believe.

[@martinvanburen4578]

provide a basic article on Asians and see if they are mentioned.

[@funasylumstudio]

@@martinvanburen4578 Ignorance is a choice.

[@martinvanburen4578]

@@funasylumstudio cowardice is not a virtue. stand behind your claims

[@akong331]

Why didn’t conversation come up prior to getting married? Wasn’t there a get to know each other part? 😅 or am I way too old school on how people date now? 😅 (20 years married)

[@SeeHang]

if people did their research there actually was a Hmong chick back in the day who became a kpop star. she got married and was on a korean show introducing her family / culture on tv. there’s an episode out on youtube. can’t remember her name at the moment lol

[@donneone]

Oh when you remember her name mec, please come back and post it here? I want to know and look her up.

[@Emyrtemoc]

​@@donneoneher name is Cao Lu. She claims to be Miao but not all Miao are Hmong.

[@donneone]

@@Emyrtemoc Thank you!

[@itsatrap4986]

It makes sense. That's because she is a Chinese native so naturally, she's going to represent herself as Miao not Hmong. And since the Chinese government doesn't really specify a certain ethnic tribe.@@Emyrtemoc

[@stoneaged5064]

Its not his fault, its her fault. She didnt represent Hmong well. Shame on her. Did you even talk about your history and race before you married him? Or was this a blind date and yal just got married the next day?

[@NKJLG]

While I was in Korea, very few people have heard of Hmong people. According to some Grandpas I came across, their history channels had actually done a few covers on the Hmong. The Koreans refer to Hmong people as 몽족 or 흐몽. According to another korean, 흐몽 is more used to refer to Vietnamese Hmong. The Grandpas were very welcoming and we had a delightful chat while waiting for the subway train, even with the language barrier. Another korean I came across, studied a lot in China and that's how he came to know of Hmong people. If I remember correctly, they have a lot of history books on us. Not sure how accurate or biased it is though. There is a small community of hmong people in Korea.

[@R202X]

I thought Hmong were indigenous to the Central Valley of California 🤔

[@RustyBit1]

😂😂😂

[@Kenzxo99]

We are now 😂

[@daraxiong19]

Me: I'm hmong People: oh so like Mongolian? Me: no, (goes into a whole historical explanation) them: oh so you're basically laoatian and thai? Me: 😮‍💨😩😤 sure.....

[@Rezzmari]

I make it simple. I just say I am Mien of Chinese descent. People then usually think I am Chinese more or less (technically we are since we originated from China) and I just roll with it. I am tired of the endless same questions. I took a DNA test not too long ago and it said I was mostly Chinese with a little bit of Vietnamese. I was surprised I had no Laotian or Thai since my parents are from Laos. I don't know how far back the generations go though before my family and/or relatives left China.

[@SonoNariFiorewithGrace]

Sad none of this was thought of to be discussed before marriage.

[@npaujlis-angel8889]

I'm not gonna lie, my husband is Korean and I'm Hmong. He has no clue about the Hmong as well so I don't blame him. Hmong originated from China and migrated to other countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and mainly Laos. Hmong fought in the secret war and sided with America and the CIA and after the Vietnam War, they left Laos for other countries such as Western, Europe, and Australia but mainly to the United States. I'm proud of my Hmong and our two kids actually understand more Hmong than Korean. I know deep down we are not Southeast Asian but because we have so much history in Laos and our parents were born there.

[@Ausea33]

It would've been nice if the husband did some research about his wife's heritage, but also why did she not talk about it with him? I find it odd that knowing her heritage is important to her but she never educated him on it.

[@sweetdomz]

I'm Hmong and if someone who's not aware of our culture wants to know about us then I will educate them about us. Everyone just needs to either educate themselves or learn through experience and research. The world does not revolve around us and it's okay. Hmong people have been silent about our ways decades ago because we chose to for our safety. That's why we became unheard of. But in today's world, its up to us to do diligence and educate people about our humble culture and what our ancestors went through to get us where we are today. But I agree that this topic should have been the core reason for the couple to fall in love and learned about each other in any relarionship really. Overall I love that you two are showing our Hmong community some love and sharing our stories! ❤

[@Neekoolos]

I didn't know about Hmong people until after University ㅠㅠ

[@LeonSKennedyRE2]

Now you know 😅😅😅

[@mr.maskyajchannel4206]

It doesn’t matter what race or culture you are, the point here is that if you are going to marry someone, put in the effort to learn about them. Sounds like this relationship is not going to last. Speaking from paste experience.

[@whatheck6797]

I’m Hmong and I think it’s her fault. 😅

[@KaiVangSF49ERS16]

Agree. Some Hmong people are ignorant themselves. They’re so ashamed to admit that they are Hmong. Back in my dating days I ran into some conceited Hmong girls and they don’t claim to be Hmong. They said I’m an American so they don’t speak Hmong 🙄🤣

[@oxoSunfloweroxo]

Its her fault. Im a Hmong woman married into a Chinese Burmese husband. I educated my husband about my background/culture/heritage. Early in 2000s not much Hmong people in the Bay Area. He knew nothing about Hmong people when we met.

[@Eric-d2s1z]

Some people (including myself) have posted that Hmong (Miao), along with their ethno-linguistic cousins the Mien (Yao), are relatively recent arrivals in Southeast Asia over the past few centuries, having originated in southern China, where the majority of them still live today. I should also point out that just about everyone else in Southeast Asia ultimately originated in China, it's just a matter of when they arrived there. The Tai-Kradai peoples (Thai, Lao, Shan, etc.) filtered into Southeast Asia over a period from 800 to 1200 AD from southern China, where their ethno-linguistic cousins (groups such as the Zhuang, Dai, Buyi, Dong, Hlai (Li) etc.) remain today, having originated on the south coast of China about 2000 BC. The Burmese and Karen similarly settled in the region roughly between the years 800 and 1000 AD, although some related Tibeto-Burman peoples had been in the mountainous north of Myanmar (Burma) as early as c. 500 BC, having previously originated in the upper Yellow River region of China around 2000 BC. Their ethno-linguistic cousins such as the Yi (Lolo), Bai, Hani, Lahu, Lisu, Tujia and others still inhabit southwest China. The Austronesian peoples spread out across the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia over the course of the second millennium BCE from Taiwan (where their cousins remain today), and prior to that most likely originated in the lower Yangzi and nearby coastal region before 3000 BC. Austroasiatic peoples like the Khmer, Mon, Vietnamese (at least partially), Wa and many others arrived still earlier, spreading across mainland SE Asia and as far south as Sumatra over the course of the third millennium BC from their former homeland in the Sichuan Basin and the upper Yangzi. The outmigration to SE Asia from China of the Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kradai, and Tibeto-Burman peoples was probably largely due to population pressure (and sometimes oppression) from the southward expansion of the ethnic Han Chinese people and their associated empire from its origins in the Yellow River basin in the second millennium BC until early modern times. The reasons for Austronesian expansion are less clear (a constant search for new fishing grounds?), but their island-hopping expansion would eventually stretch from Madagascar to Easter Island and possibly reach the South American and African mainlands too. The earlier Austroasiatics seem to have acquired the ability to cultivate rice while on the margins of Chinese civilization, and headed south down the Mekong and other rivers in search of new lands to cultivate, dominating mainland SE Asia until subsequent migrations of Tibeto-Burmans and Tai-Kradais reduced their occupied lands substantially, and Vietnam was Sinicized in the first millennium AD, but that's another story. It is also worth mentioning that the Khmer and Mon peoples acquired many aspects of Indian culture and civilization through trade in the first millennium AD, much of which was transmitted to the later-arriving Burmese, Thai and Lao nations. The only "native" people in Southeast Asia are peoples such as the Aslian (which comes from the word for "native" in Malay, based on Arabic) in the interior of the Malay Peninsula, the Negritos of the island of Negros in the Philippines (along with a few other tribes on other islands), and the Andaman Islanders, all of whom more closely resemble Australian Aborigines and Melanesians (Australoids) in terms of both appearance and DNA than "Asians" (Mongoloids). They have probably inhabited the region since the migration out of Africa some 50,000 years ago. It should be noted, however, that there are varying degrees of Australoid DNA (albeit generally small) in major Southeast Asian populations, notably among some Austroasiatics and Austronesians, especially those closer to New Guinea, unsurprisingly. As these were the first two ethno-linguistic groups to migrate into the region from China, the former sweeping across the mainland while the latter dominated the archipelagos, it is also unsurprising, although the populations of previous inhabitants that they encountered were extremely sparse and relatively "primitive", so that they could expand easily across the region. It is also worthy of note that the Aslian languages are Austroasiatic, not Austronesian like their Malay neighbors, a legacy of contact with Austroasiatic newcomers before Austronesian Malays arrived from the islands to dominate the peninsula. Their original language, however, is lost to time. For more information on this fascinating topic, please see the KZbin videos of Costas Melas and Masaman.

[@Eric-d2s1z]

I should add to that about the Cham, Raglai, Rhade and other Austronesian peoples of Vietnam and Cambodia who arrived on the Southeast Asian mainland from the Indonesian archipelago in the first half of the first of the first millennium BC. The Chams established the culturally Indianized kingdom of Champa in 192 AD, and controlled much of what is now southern Vietnam and had extensive maritime trade relations until they were conquered by Vietnam in stages from the 1400s to the 1800s, as Vietnam expanded southward. They became mostly Muslim in the 1600s, but many of their ancient Hindu temples survive today, and their cousins the Utsuls are another minority group in Hainan. Just another of the many ethno-cultural-linguistic groups of Southeast Asia that make the region so diverse and interesting.

[@jasonlee0290]

Husband: Soooo you don't have a country?! Wife: Oh, come Hmong man!

[@bchalcyonhalcyon3730]

Over 5,000yrs of Chinese history empires come and go, East Asian don’t realized their own people have moved South? The Chaoshan is a very interesting historical group. The Heinz ketchup you know today came from them.

[@lazzi2462]

As a Hmong person, just like what I hear of a lot of Asian girls, a lot of Hmong girls are very self-hating when it comes to their culture & don't want to be associated with Hmong people. It wouldn't surprise me if she's one of those people & just didn't want to share her culture with her Korean husband. Odd choice though, how did she hide it all the way until she had a child, unless if she got knocked up really fast & everything happened that quick? I feel like you're bound to come across that topic at some point, unless if you've completely disowned the Hmong people, including your immediate family. I hate to say it, maybe it's just because I'm Hmong too & have seen it first-hand, but Hmong girls are some of the most prejudice people towards their own kind. I've shared this story before, but it always comes to mind when yall bring this topic up. One time, a Hmong woman got r-worded & unalived in my city, she was found in a park. During all the vigils, before they found the suspects, all the local news channels were there broadcasting. A bunch of Hmong girls were going on TV blaming Hmong men, basically accusing & assuming it was a Hmong man who did it. Then weeks later they found the suspects, there were like 10 of them & none of them were even Hmong or Asian. And all them women who went on TV blaming us, were silent. They used that lady's death as a way to drive their agenda, which I find so messed up. I can never hate ALL Hmong women the way some of them do us, it's just not in my heart to do that. We have Sisters, Mothers, Aunts, Nieces, Grandmothers, etc., it would be a disservice to them. However, I do hate it whenever they put us down like that, as if we're all bad. I've gone to parties before, where as soon as me & my friends go up to some girls to try to talk to them, they would look at us in disgust & say "We don't talk to Hmong men." The crazy thing is, a lot of them still end up with Hmong men, go to Hmong parties, Hmong events, etc.

[@Willxdiana]

Miao girls from China are pretty good

[@lazzi2462]

@@Willxdiana I can't say for sure, but I think this is mostly only common with Americanized Hmong girls/Asian girls.

[@majorlazor5058]

This story sounds fake.

[@lazzi2462]

@@majorlazor5058 I wish, but search up "Ee Lee" from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

[@lazzi2462]

@@majorlazor5058 I wish. Not sure why YT keeps deleting my comment, but look up "Ee Lee."

[@timb-z2k]

american born korean here. i never heard of or knew about hmong until i saw brenda song. shes gorgeous

[@MonaLisa-de4cp]

She's hmong and thai mix.

[@Razear]

It is the husband's fault for being ignorant, but at the same time, why did his fiancée agree to marry him without him knowing anything about her ethnic heritage? One would think that a couple would reach the point of knowing each other in and out before getting to the point of marriage. Compared to East Asia, I'd say SE Asia gets a small fraction of the attention globally. When someone brings up the topic of Asians, most people typically assume they're referring to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. I'm not sure geographical proximity has as much of an effect as you're describing. For instance, I doubt the average American knows much of anything about South America. The less powerful (economically or militarily) a country is and the less global influence a country has on culture/world events, the less people know or care about it, generally speaking. The average person's most pressing concern is day-to-day survival, so you can't really expect people to possess a worldly understanding of a bunch of different countries outside of their native country and immediate community. It's a luxury to be able to travel abroad to meet different people and be educated about all the nuances of foreign cultures, unfortunately. Yeah, Koreans are super insular in terms of national identity, but that's part and parcel of most racially homogenous countries. When someone's milieu happens to be comprised of people who all look and behave in a similar way, it's difficult to expect them to have a more all-encompassing worldview.

[@one_yang]

Except for Hmong don't have a country of our own and we're technically east asian not southeast asian

[@Signe99]

Honestly, the situation isn't that bad. David said it was the Korean guy's parents who were surprised, not him. Based on their pics, they seemed to have grown up in Asia. If they were Asian Americans, they'd probably had a better idea of other groups, and the nuances. Many Asian Americans are extremely smart and knowledgeable (due to selective immigrant wave, and reading/studying hard, acquiring lots of knowledge, and being open minded in a diverse country). Most people in the world don't know much about Hmong, and it's a very little-known ethnicity overall. For people who aren't familiar with stuff like Hmong, or Hakka (ethnic Chinese might know about Hakka, Korean probably not), it's not that common knowledge all over the world that there can be an ethnicity or sub-ethnic group without a country or province/state. People in Europe might know that Gypsies/Roma are an ethnic group without a country. The EA vs SEA divide is exaggerated & made up, just like people thinking blacks/Hispanics/Middle Easterners are so discriminated against, yet they're treated way better than Asians, and get much more opportunities in life, for doing/being much less. Honestly, the term EA makes no sense if it includes Chinese, since Chinese is probably the most hated, poorly treated, and stigmatized ethnicity in the world, while Japanese/Koreans are the most beloved Asian ethnicities/nations. Some people even put them on the same level as white people. Japanese certainly have seen themselves as the same level as white people for centuries. Impressive! I'm glad China goes out of its way to avoid Western domination and bootlicking. Chinese is the most unfairly discriminated-against and horrifically stereotyped country and people in the world. What is Chinese, anyway? Chinese Americans and others in the diaspora have nothing to do with the CCP or China's government, and even that's severely exaggerated by the racist, fearful, and hateful Western/non-Western press, as well as random people on social media and elsewhere. Most ABCs Fung Bros' age and up don't even have parents from China/PRC. Millenial & Gen X ABCs' parents tend to be from Taiwan ("I'm NOT Chinese!"), or HK ("I'm NOT Chinese!"), Chinese Southeast Asian ("I'm Vietnamese/Thai/Filipino/Indonesian/Khmer!"), or Singapore ("I'm from the best-educated, most developed former British colony with the 2nd best English in the world!").

[@mouacheemeng]

Lots of Asian Americans never heard of Hmong. People are still asking me where are Hmong originally from and it’s 2024 😂. I’m from MN and there are still lots of ignorant people.

[@andychu3566]

Everything they said fung bros all true but damn this someone you are marrying !! And u don't know!! Says a lot!

[@MURKYGEO2024]

There's still alot of developing Asian countries and their culture is different compared to US where KZbin is a thing or Google search is few clicks away.

[@nampadaek]

Funny I was asked if I wasn't too dark to be Laotian by a Korean back in High School. I'm going to assume maybe he only met Hmong people.

[@ryanv6785]

I didn't know about Hmong until I met one here in the US

[@txhia.x]

Many facets to this. As a Hmong person, I don't expect anybody to know who Hmong people are but when they do, I am pleasantly surprised. I used to get annoyed for having to give a history lesson but now, I find joy in educating others on who Hmong people are. Secondly, was her partner not curious about who she is and where she came from? I think curiousity of your partner is so important and he just wasn't curious enough to ask. Sure, she should have told him from the get but was he genuinely not curious at all...? Edit: I jumped the gun and you guys talked about this as well lol. Yall hit the nail on the head, thank you for making this video!!

[@sinvwj6617]

That hmong girl was desperate for a korean man for status purposes. How do you just marry somebody and not know their ethnic background. Red flag. 😬. Do people nowaday just get marry and not check eachothers history anymore? Do yall just buy cars/houses without checking its history?

[@Hyphu]

Everytime I click on a video of yours I actually get glad you guys mention Laos, we are so under-represented. Back to the topic, depending where these 2 met or whatever dynamics are at play... Its still both of their faults for not even knowing eachother before being married(basic 101 before marrying). As a Asian-American, my middle school through my 20s was all about learning more about different asian cultures and just meeting people in general(especially with youtube exposing me more). Personally when I had to move around the states alot when my parents were looking for work(went from Charlotte, NC to Tacoma, WA to flying up to Anchorage, AK, which is where I started learning about Hmong and also the Indigenous Natives was where me asking questions started to happen. [During my early years as a kid in the 90s I knew nothing besides American pop culture and whatever was on tv and just only Lao stuff cause I was only around my parents and their friends]), my world views started to change and I guess made me develop a consciousness that there's more to people than I know. Which leads to my answer, I think the reason is depending on where you live(regionally on the globe) and the people you meet, people dont ask questions unless you or they come into your bubble. Look at how much things changed since the early Myspace-KZbin days though. Nobody knew much about how vast and different asian cultures are, anime and Japan is more popular than ever, korean pop culture and esports, Lisa from BlackPink is some peoples gateway to learning about Thailand besides the stereotypes lol. It's just a chain reaction of things or domino effect of one thing leading to another these days.

[@nightowl7261]

@@Hyphu Can Lao understand Thai in a conversation?

[@Hyphu]

@@nightowl7261 pretty much, they always watch Thai drama shows