Let's talk about the Asian experience in the US throughout history....

[@mamasays7986]

Instead of “This isn’t America” it should be phrased “This shouldn’t be America”.

[@matbritton6816]

This shouldn't have been America. A nation built on the standard that all men are equal. Communist doctrine states that all men and women, black, white Asian, are equal. Neither broadly tolerate gay or transgender, Jew or Muslim, free speech and journalism, women's empowerment or peaceful demonstration. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[@vh6307]

Totally agreed!!!

[@AnimeShinigami13]

In my case it's "This isn't how I was raised." because I wasn't raised to be like that. I was raised to value the stated values of this country, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (as long as happiness isn't going on a rampage and killing people or burning shit.)

[@evensteve284]

@@AnimeShinigami13 YES. Totally agree.

[@broadwaysam8405]

@@AnimeShinigami13 Do you mean like the KuKluxKlan going on rampages and murdering people? Burning crosses in peoples yards? Or today’s many videos of police murdering people with no consequences for doing so? I’m not sure I understand your values.

[@_Bucky]

To all my Asian people we support you against hate, to all the bigots in this country we see you and won’t tolerate your hate agenda

[@victorrain]

Thank you very much, Bucky. We will definitely need your help in the days to come!

[@jimmyjee9991]

Thank you. As an korean-american man who has lived in the US for 50 years and am a US citizen, I can't remember how many times I felt unwelcome in my own country. I can't recall how many times I was told, "Go back to where you come from!" While this has become less frequent over the years, it still does happen still, the last time was a couple of weeks ago. It was always present in society but just became worse with Trump.

[@troublecloud1487]

@John Smith Even if that were true (I am not convinced), the over sexualization of South East Asian women is what made them targets of his war against his "addiction". Even if his motive wasn't directly racist, this is not a race neutral situation.

[@LazyIRanch]

@Woodland Gangsta As an old white Southern woman, I've seen examples of white privilege in how I'm treated by cops. My tags expired 3 months ago, because I forgot! I have them now, but I wasn't pulled over. Several months ago, I took my car to my mechanic for repairs, and he looked surprised at the items in my back seat. "Aren't you afraid of what a cop will think when they pull you over?" Huh? I haven't been pulled over in decades, but what??? I live way out in the boonies, down in a canyon that drops 1000 feet during the 3 mile very rough dirt road to my house. It's sometimes impassable when it rains, so I carry emergency supplies like; shovels, sandbags, tow chain, tarp, duct tape, rope, and a big machete. Tools I may need if I get stuck. He said, "Damn woman! This looks like a serial killer's tool kit!" Never even occurred to me. Can you imagine if a young black man got pulled over and had all that stuff in his car? He would be shot!

[@RojaJaneman]

@Woodland Gangsta This 👆 exactly!!! Make sure to say that loud, proud, and often! As an Indo-American, I assure u other indo-Americans aren’t appreciative nor aware of the weight of all the help they got from their black brethren. The rights they enjoy today because of them. I have tried here and there, but always shut down because they’re ’too busy’ or simply didn’t care. I make sure my kid learns everything he can about history though. And black/women contribution being part of it. He can’t be a good human/citizen without understanding it all.

[@smkh2890]

My daughter was attacked in the street in Leeds UK last week. She and her Filipina friend were walking back from uni and some loser started shouting at them 'Paki' [ meaning Pakistani] then he hit my daughter in the face and punched her friend. The girls gave him a kicking and hit him with a skateboard. The police were there in minutes without being called, and we are looking forward to seeing him in court.

[@sanseijedi]

Every parent’s fear has come home to you and I’m so sorry. Sorry for the loss of belief that it can’t happen. I’m a 67-yr old son of West coast Japanese-Americans and I look over my shoulder to this day. It doesn’t matter where you live. I wish you peace and healing.

[@sigheyeroll]

I hope your daughter is safe and that man is severely punished!!

[@zakjackson2610]

Jesus. Prayers for you and your family.

[@katiehettinger7857]

Attacks on women are all to common, sorry race was that cowards excuse. Hope your daughter and her friend get the support and mental help people need after such a traumatic event.

[@sassyviking6003]

Thqt is terrible, but qt least they knew how to and were allowed to defend themselves. In the US your daughter and friend probably would have been shot and the news the next day would have cops talking about rescuing a brave hero who was attacked by immigrants (because at least one of them had at least slightly darker skin, they'd both be labeled immigrants).

[@JasonT850]

As a Caucasian guy, any Asian is safe with me, same as Blacks, Hispanics and other Whites. I do not decide who I will like based on their skin color. You show me respect and I will respect you.

[@cesareborgia7689]

Respect brother ✊

[@dyd12345]

Respect bro ✊

[@JasonT850]

✊

[@jaycommonsense2468]

Well said brother. I would do the same for any race. I cant stand racists no matter the race

[@cesareborgia7689]

@@jaycommonsense2468 as a black man we all have to be dedicated to a non racist society, so I definitely appreciate your commitment

[@kerwynbrat5771]

When I was a young girl, My parents took care of our neighbors house. They were taken to a camp because they were japanese. Their family had been in our small town since the late 1800's. I didn't understand why they took my friend away. I'm really old now, and I still don't understand. My parents made sure their home and livestock were kept safe for them. I got sent home from school because I asked the teacher how this was different from what the Germans were doing. What I got taught was that I was to stay silent. I wasn't to question or speak aloud my anger at what happened to my friend. When they came home, they would talk to us, but wouldn't meet anyone else's eyes. I remember my dad getting into an argument with another man at church over this. For people who don't understand "asian" racism wake the hell up. We put them in camps JUST LIKE GERMANY DID. We may not like to admit that, but it's time that we, all of us, stand up to open hatred that one particular political party in this country has spread for years. It doesn't matter what color, religion or any other nonsense. Folks, I'm at the end of this life, please make it stop before the end of your life

[@Kim-lc3fv]

We should also be remember that it was Earl Warren, then California AG, who advocated for and oversaw the relocation camps. Ironically, he later became chief justice of the Supreme Court which made positive decisions on equal rights. (I wrote a psycho- biographical term paper on him in one of my history classes at UCLA in the 70s.)

[@rs5570]

Heartbreaking.

[@bigfootswatching9986]

I"m an Asian American.............I"ll be real here, It's just the fact of life and It is what It Is......I will always walk proud of my culture! This isn't new, this is everywhere and not just against Asian's....but against anyone who doesn't look like one another.

[@1richnasty]

Much love and respect Kerwyn!

[@kentclark9740]

If their families were there since the 1800's then they were Americans. Americans that looked different were put in American intern camps.

[@railroad7401]

Think about all the bones of dead Chinese, Irish, Blacks, who had no close family to claim them, that are buried beneath the tracks of the early railroads. If you died, too bad. They didn't have time to bury you.

[@pktdbgnzwl]

Same on the slave ships. The slaves were chained below decks & the plague or any illness spread quickly. The sick or dying just got thrown overboard.

[@eleni1968]

Other immigrants to add to the list: Greeks, Italians and Armenians who came to escape the yoke of the Ottoman Empire, never ending wars and poverty.

[@dls951]

Its as if no whites were sacrificed in the building of this country.

[@railroad7401]

@@dls951 If the railroad barons wanted your land, they gave you a pitiful low offer to buy. If you said no, the pinkertons came in the night and killed everyone in the family, the livestock, and burned it to the ground.

[@dls951]

@@railroad7401 thankfully this never happend to any white people.

[@maryannelempa7724]

At 69 yrs old, I am appalled by this behavior. Proud to say we raised 2 children, who both had friends from many nations. Our community is very diverse. Their graduation parties looked like the UN. This hatred has no home here.

[@andybeans5790]

@John Smith I assumed Mary was commenting on the rise in anti-asian hate crime that the video was about, what are you attacking her for?

[@ludicrousone8706]

Most victims of hate crimes are American citizens. Many Asians have been in the US for generations, and while meaning well, you still see them as being from different nations.

[@ronbacrdigoldnone6811]

I would love to live in your community!

[@need-to-know-]

@@ludicrousone8706 Very damn good point. It’s like the word American means something different from what ever prefix you put in front of it.

[@bklyntraveler9705]

@@need-to-know- exactly. "American" means white. Anything else, despite the people who say "we should all be American, not hyphenated Americans" comes with the standard question: where are you from? No one generally asks white Americans where they are from unless they have a foreign accent, unless they're asking where in the USA they are from. Because of course white people's ancestors are native to the US.

[@mattu6524]

In 13 minutes you just taught more history of Asians in America than the American Education system teaches its students K-12th grade. Well done sir.

[@Anarchist86ed]

They don't teach how pelfs owned most of the indentured africans either.

[@robertcruz6975]

Wow. Before I address my concern with the gentleman who provided this video, I have to address this related observation by Matt U first. Sir, your statement knocked me over and woke me up to the reality of how easily one person (myself) can overlook and unintentionally ignore significant pieces of US history. I assume everything stated in this short video is highly accurate and, in light of that, your comment - & I paraphrase - " learning more in 13 minutes versus K through 12th grade" hit the center of the bull's eye - not even a light stretch of the imagination! Thank you for highlighting what should be (again speaking for myself) so significant and painfully obvious. I try my best to always keep an open mind and some enthusiasm to keep learning , but now I'm very curious how many short and correct videos I, and maybe the majority of folks, may have overlooked and remain to be discovered..? Thanks again, ®©

[@tomtam8789]

I think the average Asian American does not know this much of their history.

[@OlJackBurton]

And college and grad school and post doctorate...

[@drizzt102]

I mean...that is also a depressingly low bar

[@peterjenner7345]

There's a Chinese guy who runs a restaurant in our town he hasn't taken a day off in 14 years and he's the happiest man I know. His name is Danny he's really my hero

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Don't assume he's happy though. His smiling might be for your benefit more than his.

[@peterjenner7345]

@@Wiley_Coyote you might not be all that happy he lost his house at the racetrack

[@vikidobe]

So you are saying that Chinese people are 'different' than 'regular' people?

[@michaelestrada1972]

@@vikidobe When did he ever say that?

[@thecooldadddddd]

Love your job and you never "work" a day in your life. I spent fifteen years hating every morning the fact that I had to go to work. When I stumbled into appliance repair, it just...fit. Suddenly my job was a pleasure. (Edit: even though I made 3 times as much, selling insurance!) I'm guessing that your Danny is much the same. He just likes feeding people, the way I just like making broken things work again. The world would have a lot more genuinely happy people if we concentrated more on liking what we do than on what pays the most.

[@TheMcEwens419]

History doesn’t lie. This has been an issue in America as long as I have know ...

[@StragglerTx]

How can a nation be respected that was built on genocide and shack house slavery to profit the wealthy while it's people toil

[@StragglerTx]

@Daniel Hostetler ✊🏽🦅

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@Daniel Hostetler : Exactly. History doesn't lie. People lie. And they lie to cover up things they did that they knew were wrong. Remember that the next time someone says racism isn't a thing. That's one less person you have to wonder about, because they definitely are a racist. Literally no one else would have a single reason to deny it.

[@BigWoollyMammoth]

America? This issue has been a problem for all humans on the globe since we first become aware as a species.

[@BigWoollyMammoth]

@Daniel Hostetler and you are missing my point.

[@joanoama]

This is why I tune into Beau every single day, This man speaks truth and knowledge. He is a treasure.

[@jamesthedog7783]

Right on

[@estherpiry3913]

Agree! I love how Beau speak about what evet event and situation in this country 🤩

[@lesliechristian8907]

We need to enlarge the umbrella.

[@sylviasmith9355]

@@mtan2004 Qanon-sense

[@sylviasmith9355]

@J R Qanon-sense 🤷‍♀️

[@TheEthicalOutlaw]

This man alone destroys the southern stereotype! Youre a good man. We appreciate you my friend.

[@MrWatchowtnow]

Lol...hes a fraud. Like all cult members he dishonestly created this identity to trick the poor rural white male to join the cult and help destroy himself , his history and heritage. Its fucking sinister. You are the bad guys.

[@prometheus5405]

@@MrWatchowtnow lol mad

[@suimeingwong2043]

I'm half Chinese and French Canadian. This institutional racism is not limited to the USA. Canada and it's provinces have done their fair share of it as well. Being of mixed heritage I've experienced racism from both sides so no one is an angel here, the difference is the power structure. I long ago came to the conclusion that the small minded are not representative of everyone but they are still very present in our current society.

[@robinhansler5458]

I love our diversity

[@shadowette1950]

Well said!!! I am west coast canada resident....we have a very large asian population and yes racusm issues as well most everything he said pertains to here as well... but also in other countries... :(

[@pattygould8240]

Your comment prompted me to ask my son if he'd experienced racism. I don't know why it never occurred to me to ask about it before. Thank you.

[@jameyanderson3839]

Unfortunately small minds tend to have louder voices

[@shawnr771]

@@jameyanderson3839 And get elected to office.

[@bethwaller1789]

This is EXACTLY who we are and we should be ashamed!! We were *always* this!

[@sassyviking6003]

Yes, the only way to be better is to honeatly accept how bad we really are. The history of the US is ugly, violent, and evil. As we all need to accept and acknowledge that, and then do all we can to be better.

[@janeenharris3074]

If it makes you feel better, America isn't alone. Australia did the same sort of thing. Chinese were scalped in 1860. The White Australia Policy was enacted in 1901 specifically to bar Asians. It wasn't repealed until 1972.

[@bianca-sg8zq]

Always!!!!!!

[@Hexenkind1]

And those things are happening all over the world. Over and over again. Since a long time.

[@typhus1965]

At least Americans are starting to speak up about racial issues. I live in Korea and there is rampant racism towards foreigners here. We foreigners are considered disease ridden. Every job I get I have to do an STD check because they think us foreigners have STDs. right now all foreigners have to get a covid test. But Koreans and Korean foreigners are exempt from it. I have had 2 tests so far and my Korean wife has had none. If I don't get tested I can be heavily fined. Even walking down the street I have Korean me spitting on the street right at my feet as I walk by.

[@stevetanner3019]

It’s so refreshing to see an American speak so frankly about American culture, history and politics.

[@fred5399]

ask a black American

[@moistpeanut5986]

Not all Americans are Trump supporters. Some of us actually know our culture, history and politics.

[@stevetanner3019]

@@fred5399 I hear what you’re saying, but to hear a white American speak to the long racist history and culture of the U.S. is so refreshing after the years of Trump fanning the flames of racism.

[@sassyviking6003]

@@moistpeanut5986 not even most of us are like that, but most of us are ignorant to how bad it really is. That is an even bigger problem. For really, all that is needed for evil to triumph is that good people do nothing.all of us need to be proactive in fighting against the hate some in our country spread and support.

[@maryl.docktor7486]

I just found you on here today, truly enjoy your show . Thank you for the truth.

[@konaIII]

You have my sincerely gratitude for taking a stand for the underdog. Neither political party will do that for fear of being labelled communist, or bleeding heart. I appreciate your knowledge, your compassion and your bravery.

[@lavendereucalyptus3225]

Politicians best WMD, fear and hate, and they never seem to fail. Wake up people.

[@scoobydoo3928]

My wife was Japanese-American. Her mother and father met in an internment camp. She passed away this year at 63. I miss her so much. Corona virus doesn't care about your ancestry. We had visited a camp a couple times, (Manzanar), because her mom and dad didn't talk too much about it. When I saw the exhibits and learned the history, I couldn't stop crying. And here I go again. If you can hear me Dear, I'm doing my best to take care of the kids and Grandkids.

[@pameladwyer2244]

So sorry for your loss.

[@ginariffe5525]

So sorry for your loss. May she Rest In Peace.

[@jessepitt]

😢 I can’t imagine loosing my beloved wife, I am so sorry for your loss.

[@cheriann6461]

I'm sorry for your loss and grief.

[@sonjaleesloth]

I'm so sorry for losing your beautiful wife. 🙏🏼❤️

[@dav__made]

I'm still pissed off that when this guy killed 8 people the cop said "oh he was having a bad day." But when a black person gets killed by a cop republicans go out of their way to show why they deserved it.

[@pattywatty5266]

Get fucked mate. A black woman just shot a cop in the torso and the media is demonising the officer so I'm not sure who 'they' are but you're not living in reality.

[@dav__made]

@@pattywatty5266 ??? And my comment isn’t about the situation you’re talking about I’m talking about how this guy murdered 8 people and is still alive now. While there are tons of times where a black person has been killed for much lesser crimes and then gets victimized by right wing media. You picking whatever news you’re talking about is just a way for you to try to make what is going on right now meaningless. Just like when that cop killed George Floyd people went out of their way to look through everything he’s ever done because they didn’t like how much empathy he was getting from people. Just say you’re a piece of shit and move on it would be a lot easier.

[@bobfg3130]

@@dav__made It doesn't matter if your comment is about that situation. Stop with the bullshit.

[@marcning918]

@@bobfg3130 what bs there was literally two different cops making excuses for him in a press conference about an ongoing investigation. Also there's multiple cases of large damages played to the families of slain black suspects for defamation of character alone completely separate from wrongful death civil damages awarded.

[@bobfg3130]

@@marcning918 Plenty of it. The GOP is one thing, the cops are another. Things are different here. If you can't put 2 and 2 together, that's your problem mate. Also, your example is of 2 different situations. You're in the same boat.

[@gardnerhappy2114]

The problem is they don’t teach enough history anymore. As a Californian, we learned about how they were treated in California history class. My Mom always shared with us how her best friend in high school (Japanese) just disappeared. She found out later she was in an intern camp. Please support Asian Americans.

[@jennachoness8453]

Thank you. As an Asian American, it feels really good to hear non-Asian Americans state their support of the Asian American community. I think part of the problem is that we often feel invisible due to lack of our history being told, but also the way we have been misrepresented in the media or hardly visible at all. It seems like people may like Asian Americans for our foods, K-pop music, Kdramas, and use our labor, but we are still seen as less than in society. Thank you for sharing what happened to your mom and her best friend. It's honestly sad for both that happened to say the least.

[@gardnerhappy2114]

@@jennachoness8453 Can’t imagine living in fear of someone attacking you because you are Asian. I worry for my Asian friends and neighbors. Seeing the elderly being hurt in Oakland and San Francisco just makes me cry. True Americans are supporting all of you. Stay safe and God Bless you all.

[@jennachoness8453]

@@gardnerhappy2114 Thanks. We need as many of us to come together to support each other across all racial lines, a true BIPOC solidarity with all the white allies/accomplices who want to be there too. Thank you again for your support.

[@henrylee8510]

Thank you. I have always felt living in CA was the best situation for me and my kids. With recent attacks on us, its beginning to feel less safe. But where do we go? We were born here, no different than any white, black, or brown American. Chinese Americans help build the west, Japanese Americans helped develop the west.

[@gardnerhappy2114]

@@henrylee8510Every Californian I know is saddened by what is happening in our great state. I find it hard because we are such a diverse state. Please don’t give up hope and know we stand next to you to end this hatred. You grew up here and deserve to live safely.

[@sarahkim4832]

The world has been a better place if there were more people like you. Well done!

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." Lyndon B. Johnson

[@AA-bk2pi]

It's crazy because that has been the same tactic for many centuries. At one point, the poor class of white americans started to realise they were the same as black americans and they were going to revolt against the government. When the government found out about it, they used that same tactic. I really need to dig into my college notes and look for the man names who used it. It was before Lyondon B. Johnson

[@cproteus]

@@AA-bk2pi I’m pretty sure that was the Bacon Rebellion.

[@Nightriser271828]

This really is what it boils down to: hierarchy.

[@AA-bk2pi]

@@cproteus omg... I think it is, thank you

[@JJ-qo7th]

@@Nightriser271828 Yes. As long as a conservative has someone to kick down on, he's happy.

[@hobokenb0b]

I am half korean half irish.... yesterday was a weird day. I didn't let it stop me fr om enjoying my traditional slow cooked corn beef and kimchi.

[@cproteus]

That is like the ideal mashup. Hope you had a great day!

[@suebee4843]

:-)

[@objuan6]

Bravo, hobokenb0b, I have been using the term ‘corned beef and kimchi’ for years, just because it’s so poetic, but also to describe any number of beautiful half-Asian girls. I, too, am half-Irish, hope you had a great StPatricks day, amigo!

[@hobokenb0b]

@@objuan6 what? don't compare women to slabs of salted beef and fermented cabbage. bruh.

[@hobokenb0b]

@@cproteus just... cook it outside or in a shed. and warn neighbors

[@SirIronJim]

As an African American, I found this to be highly educational, thanks for sharing the knowledge

[@shawnr771]

@EpyonX Solidarity among humans.

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

@EpyonX He didn't miss your point. He saught to undermine it with his "All Lives Matter" response. 🙄😒

[@janiceabrams7181]

My thoughts exactly.

[@jennachoness8453]

Thanks for listening and caring about this. The US purposefully buries this history in order to keep us divided.

[@moira932]

Greetings brother, the minorities really share a struggle.

[@hongzhang8380]

I’m new in this country, it’s people like you who still bring me hope to this country. Thank you sir!

[@kansastintcompany]

Welcome!

[@cryschanel32]

This Asian-American appreciates your voice, your support, and your commitment to educating. Thank you 🖤🖤

[@AspieMediaBobby]

As does this one.

[@ritamariekelley4077]

We are one people. Be safe.

[@NT4XT]

Yes. Ditto.

[@chrismcgaa9047]

Same from this Asian-American. I'm a war refugee. My children are first generation Americans. I want for a better America for them. Videos like this one are a huge step towards a better America. Thank you Beau. And thank you @Crystal Adams for your words. In this exact moment it's what I needed.

[@leftistcommunistsoyboy6757]

I have a lot of white guilt, how do I repent my sins? One way I repent is by travelling to Japan where I am treated like a second citizen. Where a white marrying a Japanese female is taboo in Japan. Where citizenship is only given out if you embrace the Japanese culture only. We need to indoctrinate Japan with Japanese guilt and embrace multi culturalism like we have with Europeans. I want to be a good Marxist white liberal. Any advice?

[@brettAnichols]

Amnesia is as American as apple pie: apples originated in Kazakhstan, pie came from the Greeks and the first apple pie was 1381 in England. Truly our very identity as "American" relies heavily on denial and collective amnesia 😥

[@elinakhan8035]

Well said Brett Nichols😊

[@mikeb9569]

Apples flourished in the US for the cider not the pie.

[@daisyhoward5472]

Ask the gop what happened on Jan 6th for evidence.

[@fuanasantuary1277]

great comment

[@Leonaza7]

So now we are gonna say he was a sex addict and not call it a hate crime? Man these men can do literally ANYTHING and not be called what they are.

[@evasartorius9528]

They may accept the reality in time. Like with OJ, the concept is so horrifying that it takes time to reconcile with our internal feeling of the world. He needs to be called what he is - a nut.

[@mickwayne3398]

It can be both

[@StragglerTx]

Sadistic the comments I been reading on justification of this like it was a prostitution place it's ok, like Floyd is ok to die because he did drugs

[@dav__made]

We always have known that. Trump having his people do an insurrection and not even getting impeached sums up privilege perfectly.

[@jonb914]

Apparently you can also put the "I'm not racist but..." qualifier on mass murders.

[@yongli2108]

This is the best 13 minutes that capture the history of Asians in the US. Very well done sir!

[@solwindp78-1]

As an Asian-American, even just what you're saying in the first minute is spot on and shows you have a greater understanding of our issues than most folks in the US. Nothing that's happening now is new. Asian-Americans have never had a real rights movement in the US, and so we've always been considered fair game. The best we can hope for is to be ignored, to not be considered worthy of time because we're such a small part of the population still. It's not new with Trump, it's not new with Covid, those are the just the latest flavor. I've heard people say that the anti-Asian sentiment in the US is the result of conflict with China, but that's just their latest favorite reason. There will always be a reason.

[@noblelee4765]

Yeah... But You Weren't BLACK

[@alphawest-6394]

I would wager to say that the Asian American community alone with the African American community share many commonalities. However, we must unite behind a common goal or divided we all will denied. Either we stand in unity or we die like scattered wheat in the field.

[@duanebrankley8984]

For me there is Never a reason. I try my very best to accept you just as you are, You see I have been picked on (Not to the extent others have) BUT due to the fact even thought I was a "White male" I was different. as you know being different is NOT Kool! & there is noting you can do to change that!

[@jamesowensii2562]

@@duanebrankley8984 Stuck in that boat myself.

[@Andrea.1tree]

I am sorry you have suffered. I will do whatever I can to change this in my area. 🤗

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

I'm a 50+year old white lady and I know I had it easier, and I recognized the bias at a young age. I never understood how to not see a fellow human being. I noticed the bad behavior in History and how little we talked about this. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis.

[@BobSmith-uw8fl]

Maybe you had it easier because you're a female?

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

@@BobSmith-uw8fl no Bob...being female hasn't be safer...just the white part...sexual abuse survivor here...but no person of color has ever hurt me.

[@BobSmith-uw8fl]

@@tammystockley-loughlin7680 I'm sorry. I forgot that no person of color has ever done anything violent. Even if they had, it would only be because they're oppressed by whitey. My bad.

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

@@BobSmith-uw8fl I hope you're not talking my statement personally. It's just my life experiences...I'm sure you have had a trauma or two in your life also, no one is immune...being jaded delays healing...empathy heals.

[@moistpeanut5986]

thank you for talking about this. We dont have enough people to speak up for us.

[@colaboytje]

I'll do better. I promise.

[@reggieoverton4437]

I did...a few weeks ago, I went off topic on one of Beau's videos and said, A.LM. too. I've never did done anything like that, not even for my own...peoples. ( I hate the word: "race" to describe a group of people so I'll just say peoples) but in REAL TIME life it is much more to it than that...

[@anitareasontobelieve883]

Where are you? I'll protect you if you're near me.

[@TJ-gt1zz]

@@reggieoverton4437 Hallelujah 👍🏽... The word RACE is met to divide us all.

[@dollymadison2397]

Beau gives us succinct words aka ammo to speak up for you & Asians in general. We will use those tools. We love you & we apologize for those who created & continue to exploit such ugly & false speech. 🥰🤗

[@vincethan7111]

Thank you sir! You are a true American. Not a lot of knowledge about this taught in school. As an Asian man. I’m American first but I can say all my life I felt like a 3rd class citizen, but we never spoke up because in the heritage of Asians it’s better to let it go and work harder. Thank you my friend. God bless

[@jb3536]

Trump reminds me of the Italian cruise line captain who crashed his ship on the rocks, abandoned his sinking ship,and then let the passengers fend for themselves

[@johnshafer7214]

I remember that. They had the tail of two Captains. One was Sully Sulenberger and the other was the Italian cruise ship captain. Sully did everything to get people down safely and account for all passengers while the cruise ship captain left like a coward. Trump is definitely like the Italian cruise ship captain.

[@moistpeanut5986]

here is the difference. While the ship captain let the passengers fend for themselves, Trump actually locked all the doors with the people inside and spilled lighter fluid all over the ship before he abandoned.

[@LazyIRanch]

@@moistpeanut5986 But he turned around at the last minute and tossed some paper towels at the conflagration to make it look like he "helped", but cameras were turned away quickly as those rolls burst into flames and people died. Then he blamed the whole thing on those people locked behind the doors. It was their extra weight that brought the ship down!

[@evasartorius9528]

Did you ever get that right - with the best example I have ever seen.

[@mattwong5403]

If Trump condemns the shooting, he'll briefly mention it, then he'll pivot back to "what about Antifa." Or he'll somehow blame it on "illegal immigrants" since that's the only the GOP is talking about right now

[@jaimepatena7372]

My father was a Filipino American in born in California in1925. My father told me stories of the racism he suffered. Yet he served in WW 2 on Adak in Alaska for the Signal Corps. My dad put his life on the line for America.

[@theAverageJoe25]

Really is sad he put his life on the line for a country that wouldn’t do the same for him

[@thecooldadddddd]

The US Armed Forces are much richer for your Dad's service. Few fighters in the world can match Filipinos!

[@vicaravitakka2301]

The Philippines, in decades of surveys, has been one of the countries that has the most favorable view of Americans, despite having been colonized, with many casualties. The other Asian country -- and currently topping the list of those with a favorable view of Americans - is Vietnam, despite the destruction of the Vietnam War.

[@jaimepatena7372]

@@vicaravitakka2301 I know. I have visited many times. The people like Americans and America.

[@llee4225]

@@vicaravitakka2301 I would say Philippines and Vietnam are being used as necessary for US objectives and propaganda.

[@CalmTurtle2023]

Hi Beau, Thank you for doing this. I'm Korean-Canadian... my daughter is half Scottish and Korean. I know we are in Canada but our two countries mirror each other. I've always been told that racism doesn't exist in Canada... I disagree.... it is very much more subtle and harder to pinpoint and say "there it is". I'm glad you did this video, it brings forward something that Canadians generally think is not an issue.

[@sophierobinson2738]

I see it in the numbers of indigenous women going missing and no one doing anything about it.

[@sleeprr]

Canada still has a long way to go as well. We also have dark periods in our history.

[@stephaniev5898]

Canada just typically does its racism in a less overt way than our neighbours. Our government has always been really good at dressing up its multicultural tolerance and minimizing (ignoring, denying, forgetting) anything less flattering.

[@Moamanly]

Three Canadian women were on national radio (RNZ National) here yesterday---speaking about their film 'The Grizzlies' that came out in 2018. Speaks to the discrimination of indigenous peoples in the far north and their efforts to overcome it. Sounds like a film everyone should watch.....

[@deecee533]

Racism existed in all countries. But only all the old colonies of the British empire institutionalized it.

[@missa423]

Thank you for sharing Asian American history ❤️ In 1763, the first Filipinos established their first recorded settlement in St. Maló, Louisiana. Manila Village, in a Louisiana bayou located in Barataria Bay, was the largest Filipino settlement at the time. There are historical plaques/markers at each respective location. 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I find it disturbing that the last sentence still needs pointing out.

[@brian-beeler]

Shop at Asian supermarkets as you'll simply get much, much better produce than at your local place. We're talking Whole Foods quality and a much better selection at Walmart prices. Since these markets primarily serve the Asian community you'll be helping that community out by shopping there.

[@BlueGangsta1958]

It's also the only place I can find dried beans and spices in huge bags, though that might be a german thing.

[@AccidentalHiker1]

Yes, it's true! I'm lucky that I have access to lots of asian markets.

[@Vicartje]

Here in the Netherlands it's quite different price-wise; the asian supermarkets are much more expensive because almost everything needs to be imported. For example, one green papaya will cost you 10 euro.

[@bettyvanderhooven-schmaasc4235]

Baby bok choy is excellent in soups and salads $2 & if you're lucky enuf to find an Asian grocery store w a deli, go after 5pm when meals are marked 50% off.

[@bettyvanderhooven-schmaasc4235]

Also a great place to find interesting tea blends, turmeric, cumin & other medicinal spices.

[@rogeranderson4593]

A wise man plants a tree knowing that he will not enjoy it's shade but the future generations will. I hope our youth truly learn these truths and turn hate and fear into love and respect.

[@rogeranderson4593]

@Mr. Hernandez I prefer to be more the optimist when it comes to hate and fear. Being biracial I have dealt with hate in my small Upstate New York town many times in the past.

[@michaelodonnell824]

SIXTY years ago, Dr King gave his "I have a dream" speech. Today, this Very Day, Trumpists are lauding Lynching and Cops are Murdering people of color and excusing those who also do the Murdering. That tree is taking WAY too long!

[@rogeranderson4593]

@@michaelodonnell824 agreed it is long but two wrongs do not equal a right, correct? I am not advocating for doing nothing, I just am trying to say that my hope is in my sons, that now in their teen years they will help to grow and turn back the ways of those who have failed in this pursuit in these days and the hate I have endured in the past, believe me being blamed for a horrendous crime that almost placed me in prison for 25 years to life by small town police looking for a easy target, well guess who it was? I obviously gave that away but thank God for His mercy and justice as well as a jury who could see through the lies and my jury consisted of all white mostly women and a few men. God is good but I understand your points as my father who is black grew up in Alabama during the times when lynchings were very popular and he endured being called out of his name when he returned from being drafted and fighting on the front lines in Vietnam. I digress from my point however which is that one can not fight hate with more hate, Yeshua teaches me compassion for those who do not know nor understand what they are doing, ignorance and arrogance blinds these people but I still hold out with hope for our youth.

[@blackcatcaptions3076]

We are still waiting for the elders to plant trees...where's there shade?

[@rogeranderson4593]

@@blackcatcaptions3076 obviously if you're still waiting for them to plant the tree then there is no shade to be had. Your question answered itself.

[@nanciridder6592]

As always, your succinct history is complete with insightful research, history and truths! Thank you for your voice and never stop 🌹

[@StarryGreen33]

Beau, You are a man of the highest moral integrity and character, God Bless you.

[@jessicaprice3393]

I agree sadly this is America and the hate that fills many hearts.

[@Fogel70]

Land of the fear / Home of the hate

[@daisyelmir1289]

@@Fogel70 Beau said "home of the chain", but I think yours is great.👍🌼

[@kmlckd]

@@b.t.1632 lol, posting avg income as a rebuttal for this issue is a hilariously poor argument. Stay in school and learn to think critically.

[@ninaschust3694]

Cultivated by people like Tucker Carlson...

[@BobSmith-uw8fl]

A few people do some horrific things and it speaks for the other 350 million? Smh.

[@tigerboy211]

Thank you for helping to educate people on the history of Asian Americans

[@vh6307]

It's STILL a shame that some piece/pieces of history aren't exposed to the whole country for what has, yet STILL happening!!!😼😐

[@SineEyed]

@@vh6307 wait, what's happening?..

[@dls951]

So you're all in on this perpetual victimhood syndrome?

[@joechung3408]

As an Asian American, I just want to thank you for this. Extremely powerful.

[@mikesmith-ph3qb]

Have you noticed the image on his hat? He/THEY still has a lot of work to do.

[@seanlee7563]

TRUMP DIDN'T CREATE IT, BUT HE EXAGGERATED IT, SIR.

[@edwardlee9845]

Awesome facts

[@MakikiGirlApril]

I’m a multigenerational Asian American who is getting so much out of this video. I’ve listened to it many times and finally my emotions coalesced into a clear response.

[@zodiac154]

Yeah, I'm going to be honest, I did not expect this when I saw the thumbnail. Lol

[@arugolaworkshop]

Thank you for speaking out. Respect.

[@OdellHobson]

I want my Asian Brothers to know that i feel your fear, your pain, and your anxiety, and i hope that you see me as an Ally in your struggle. Together we are stronger and better!

[@Globalman43]

Amen brother! Black folks and Native Americans understand how this nation had and still do have treated us. It’s time to address this problem and stop sweeping it under the rug.

[@jaeshasway]

@@Globalman43 A Native American just attacked me on KZbin, supporting racist remarks that I spoke against. I’m not sure they truly stand with minorities the way that they should.

[@Globalman43]

@@jaeshasway What racist comments did you have supposed to say?

[@MADEbySOUL]

@@jaeshasway the individual is not the whole. Just like how one black attacker does not represent the whole black community’s view on Asian Americans. As POC, we must stop the prejudice against other communities. So we can stand together, love and protect each other.

[@arthurdub7901]

Only thru solidarity can we make this a home for all of us !

[@johnsteve2377]

We have adopted 4 Chinese children. We could not love them any greater if they were biological to us. They have the same human needs as any of us. As my children grow older my fear for their safety and acceptance has only gotten stronger. I pray we can make this a better world for them.

[@MusicforMe123]

Thank you for being you!

[@bigfootswatching9986]

Thank You for being the loving Parent's to them kids!!

[@heidiw3615]

thanks for being such a great person

[@faniam5039]

As an adoptee from Korea, you have my utmost respect. They will face many challenges growing up. You do not need to change the world for them. Just love them, as if they were your own, be there for them when they need you. And one day they will change it for you. Unconditional love is the most pure in my opinion. Best wishes to your family!

[@level1selamat155]

Only God can compensate your kindness

[@corwin32]

As Gore Vidal said, “The United States of Amnesia”. Often willful amnesia

[@dshepherd107]

I miss hearing Vidal’s input

[@ZelbeQahi]

@@b.t.1632 whites remind people of color who they are no matter how American they try to be. It's like the bible and that useless Constitution. Words are meaningless until put to practice.

[@privateemail9755]

@@b.t.1632 Stop minimizing the issues by spouting unnecessary facts. Here's an addition to your comment, "Yet 11.1 percent of Asian Americans as compared to 9.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites, live at the poverty level."

[@privateemail9755]

@@b.t.1632 Do you know how large of a demographic "asian americans" is? You're getting a census of people with heritage from a MASSIVE continent. YOU'RE FALLING FOR MISINFO AND TELLING PEOPLE TO STOP "RACE BAITING" YET YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING BY FEINING THE OPPOSITE YET PRESENTING INFO AS IF ITS NON-BIAS AND FAILING TO SHOWCASE ANY KIND OF TANGIBLE BASE FOR YOUR POINT.

[@privateemail9755]

@@b.t.1632 JUST SAY YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FACTS AND GO. STOP TRYING TO BAIT PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS.

[@jeffc4399]

Thanks for the history lesson and setting the example for rest of America. Well said...

[@charleskitson4903]

I am one of the old people. Thank goodness I had parents that drilled into me bigotry, intolerance, and hatred of others because of skin color or culture is not a trait passed on thru DNA. Its taught by closed minds and hearts and ignorance. Preach on brother. We can do so much better.

[@theAverageJoe25]

As someoneonce coined “racism is learned, and like anything it can be unlearned”

[@adoerofstuff]

Thank you, Beau! I’m an Asian American and Pacific Islander mix and this means more than you know that you made this video. Educating our fellow Americans will help us move forward together.

[@moistpeanut5986]

Here is a small fact that many people are not aware about the internment camps. During WW2, the US would have an agreement with other allied countries (mostly in Latin America) with significant Japanese immigrant populations, and they would reward them for sending their Japanese immigrants to US interment camps. Many people of Brazilian-Japanese and Peruvian-Japanese families were separated and split up into different countries with no explanation why they were being sent to camps in the US.

[@Danno1983]

@Moist Peanut classic example. Is Mr Myagi from Karate kid Asian American

[@moistpeanut5986]

@Daniel Hostetler 1. The US used Japanese as hostages to trade for American soldiers held as hostages by Japan. A lot of Japanese Latin Americans were sent to the US camps first and then traded to Japan for US soldiers and were not allowed to go back to Latin America. Mind you, these were not Japanese imperial soldiers, these were civilians being traded for soldiers.

[@moistpeanut5986]

@Daniel Hostetler unfortunately youtube is deleting my comment when I link the sources. If anyone else here wants the sources message me and I can send them. Alternatively you can google "Japanese Latin Americans us internment camps" and get to the sources.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

You left out Canada

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

@Daniel Hostetler Sorry Canada built their own concentration camps.

[@Vee-o4c]

As much as it bothers me, I hadn’t realised how much this affected me until I watched this video and started to tear up. It means a lot to so many of us to have good people on our side. Thank you.

[@starkindustries26]

I had no idea about any of this, I guess the public school I went to in Texas didn’t think it was important......

[@alphawest-6394]

The idea is if we don’t tell them, they will never know the evils that this nation has done. Therefore citizen will believe America is evil free when we have had many demons in our mist.

[@katiehettinger7857]

There were people bent on dumbing down the working class and that includes middle class long before Betsy DeVos.

[@Nightriser271828]

Nothing against you, but it never ceases to amaze me how many school systems don't teach any of the hard stuff about US history. My school didn't teach all of what Beau mentioned, but they did mention a few of them, so I get the sense that they tried to do some justice to US history. There's just too much to fit in one or two semesters, so you have to pick and choose. Anyway, thank you for listening and not dismissing it. Some people get uncomfortable when this comes up and want to deny and turn away.

[@Dozav7]

Same in Missouri in the 70s and 80s. My god.

[@alanai1981]

This is so much the problem. Being from California we had no choice but to learn this information even though it was a dark stain on our state. Also we have a sizable Asian population so it would be beyond criminal to try to hide it. Our education system must improve.

[@carolynharber2618]

This has never been ok. I'm 70, raised in the deep south. Indoctrinated in exclusion my whole life. I never believed it, never stopped fighting it and I never will give up. We are ready to see each other as ourself.. because we literally are one. Peace😎

[@CleverNameTBD]

I'm from south Louisiana. We've had a large vietnamese population in the fishing areas for a long long time. Now a growing filipino population and others. Personally I'm glad to have the diversity. Louisiana, despite its many problems, has always been diverse with French, germans, Italians, caribbeans, Africans, natives, asians, spanish, etc. It's nice and how things should be

[@TheViolalove]

Where I grew up in SE TX not far from Louisiana there was a large Cambodian & Vietnamese community. People who survived the war. Incredible people, so kind and generous. I’m blessed to have grown up amongst so many cultures. This is what I love about America. It’s a nation of immigrants.

[@jennachoness8453]

I'm glad you're so open minded about it. I do encourage you to learn Asian American history. Filipinos were the 1st Asian peoples in the US in what we now know as Louisiana going back to around 1750. So that's interesting to hear that the Filipino community is growing but know that they were there for a long long time too. (The US just doesn't teach us Asian American history at all!)

[@TheViolalove]

@@jennachoness8453 I was sharing my personal experience but yes I am aware that there were Filipinos in Louisiana in the 18th century. I read about it yesterday. Genealogy is a hobby for me and I’ve learned more about history than I ever did in school.

[@jennachoness8453]

@@TheViolalove Oh I was replying to the original comment. And yeah, I think we all kinda experience not being told our full histories in school.

[@CleverNameTBD]

@@jennachoness8453 totally and I want to brush up on it because we have a very colorful history and most ppl dont realize we still have a near extinct population of native colonial (canary island) Spanish speakers here. What I meant was that the numbers of Filipino folks here is outnumbered by the vietnamese but that may change. I currently live in Austin, TX working at an Asian firm. Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino and mostly Cambodian and we do a lot of outreach for the local community

[@mycryptosmoon9743]

WOW, this has been the most truthful KZbin video experience I've ever had in many years. No sugar coating, no alternate motive, no bs, and etc. I always knew there is a hope... Thank you for sharing the truth and your sincerity...

[@DrSanity7777777]

"[We] want recognition and respect as human beings. We don’t want to be integrationists. Nor do we want to be separatists. We want to be human beings. Integration is only a method that is used by some groups to obtain freedom, justice, equality, and respect as human beings. Separation is only a method that is used by other groups to obtain freedom, justice, equality, or human dignity." - Malcolm X

[@Mythraen]

"Integration is only a method that is used by some groups to obtain freedom, justice, equality, and respect as human beings." I'm struggling to see why Malcolm X had a problem with this. "Separation is only a method that is used by other groups to obtain freedom, justice, equality, or human dignity." As for this, I don't understand what he thinks he's saying, because that's basically the opposite of the case.

[@DrSanity7777777]

@@Mythraen Malcolm explains the difference between separation and segregation. "The black man that you're not familiar with is the one that we would like to point out now. He is a new type. He is the type that seldom the white man ever comes into contact with. And when you do come into contact with him you're shocked because you didn't know that this type of black man existed. And immediately you think, "Well here's one of those black supremacists or racists or extremists who believe in violence and all that other kind of..." Well, that's what they call it. This new type of black man, he doesn't want integration; he wants separation. Not segregation, separation. To him, segregation, as we're taught by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, means that which is forced upon inferiors by superiors. A segregated community is a Negro community. But the white community, though it's all white, is never called a segregated community. It's a separate community. In the white community, the white man controls the economy, his own economy, his own politics, his own everything. That's his community. But at the same time while the Negro lives in a separate community, it's a segregated community. Which means it's regulated from the outside by outsiders. The white man has all of the businesses in the Negro community. He runs the politics of the Negro community. He controls all the civic organizations in the Negro community. This is a segregated community. We don't go for segregation. We go for separation. Separation is when you have your own. You control your own economy; you control your own politics; you control your own society; you control your own everything. You have yours and you control yours; we have ours and we control ours. They don't call Chinatown in New York City or on the West Coast a segregated community, yet it's all Chinese. But the Chinese control it. Chinese voluntarily live there, they control it. They run it. They have their own schools. They control their own politics, control their own industry. And they don't feel like they're being made inferior because they have to live to themselves. They choose to live to themselves. They live there voluntarily. And they are doing for themselves in their community the same thing you do for yourself in your community. This makes them equal because they have what you have. But if they didn't have what you have, then they'd be controlled from your side; even though they would be on their side, they'd be controlled from your side by you. So when we who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad say that we're for separation, it should be emphasized we're not for segregation; we're for separation. We want the same for ourselves as you have for yourselves. And when we get it, then it's possible to think more intelligently and to think in terms that are along peaceful lines. But a man who doesn't have what is his, he can never think always in terms that are along peaceful lines." - Malcolm X (The Race Problem.; African Students Association and NAACP Campus Chapter. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. 23 January 1963) Malcolm understood the difference between dignity and integration. Our desire should be to ensure the dignity of every human being. The source of dignity is self-reliance. We cannot have true self-reliance and dignity unless we have control and responsibility over the means of our support. Achieving dignity for every citizen is not just an individual effort. To reach our full potential, we must work with others in our community. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYesXmmuhqh7nLM

[@Dong_Harvey]

@@DrSanity7777777 this was a really good speech highlighting the possible solution to an age old problem.. however, separation would have never succeeded, the rich (primarily white) classes would ultimately undermine any separation/independence of any non-white ethnicity merely by capitalist influence and destruction of economic choice.. This is most obvious with years of gentrification following the revelation of the practice of red-lining, the game was always rigged In similar vein, the Chinatown of yesterday is almost gone, the residents lured away for economic reasons, and replaced by high-end real estate (gentrification again)... The option for separation was always doomed

[@jeremygobbato738]

@@DrSanity7777777 are you from Washington state? I am related to some Ehlers in Whatcom County Washington. They are farmers

[@reggieoverton4437]

PREACH!!!

[@JaYoeNation]

If we don’t learn from our past... we are doomed to repeat it

[@shaun5328]

I think the question here is whether they WANT to learn from the past. Take the African Americans for example, from Lincoln era to Martin Luther King era, bigotry and racism has always followed them because there are people who would rather blame their own misfortunes on others rather than confront their own mistakes.

[@GooseGander]

That's why all the progressives tore down statues, right Matt? To learn from the past? Just like the Taliban so go the progressives.

[@thedduck]

Nah bruh, it's more like, history has a funny way to repeat itself. It seems like no matter how modern/sophisticated our society is, or how much knowledge and wisdom we acquire, we humans always fallen to our own trappings of the past, mainly greed & hate amongst each other.

[@johnboettcher1962]

We are very bad students

[@kbanghart]

@@thedduck That's right. Plus, humans aren't really capable of learning from each other in that much detail, there has been ample evidence of histories passed down both orally and in writing, and we still repeat the same mistakes.

[@matthewbakker8113]

A buddy of mine at work who is of Chinese descent, and nearing 60, has internalized so much of the racism he has faced growing up and as a young adult. It is heart breaking to hear him talk about his experiences.

[@mason.credible638]

Huge shout out to my Cantonese Chinese people who were some of the earliest Asians to arrive here in the US and bore the brunt of the racism and discriminatory practices, yet continued to thrive in spite of it. This history needs to be taught in all US schools. Great and informative video. You have a seat at my table at yum cha as far as I'm concerned.

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

I am truly HORRIFIED. But, which horrifies me more?🤔 That I knew nearly NONE of this? Or that THIS just IS?!?🤬😩

[@ninaschust3694]

Both equally I guess. I have seen a comment that protected the shooter by claiming it was misogyny therefore it cannot be racist...

[@anamariaguadayol2335]

I knew most of it, but then I graduated from high school in another country. Americans need to begin teaching and demanding that their students learn. If they don't learn, they don't pass and they repeat. Repeat too many times, get expelled from school and do menial work for the rest of your life. Sorry, but that knowledge is great incentive to study and respect your teachers.

[@jeepliving1]

.... or that this presentation is just the tip of the iceberg?

[@leelindsay5618]

There's so much more to learn...this is just a scratching of the surface. Triggerpoint & dry needling are racist versions of cultural appropriation...not even adoption of asian practices, because both claim to have "invented" the techniques that match identically to acupuncture practices during the time that acupuncture was illegal in the USA.

[@mardinecampbell2870]

In the 1960s I remember being appalled at the necessity of repealing a law that forbade Asian Americans from owning property in Washington state. I had no idea there was such a history of Asian bias recorded in law. Thank you for enlightening me.

[@johnwall7968]

My wife is Filipina. I wish I could protect her all the time, protect her from the realities of living in this country. I wish people would stop saying that racism isn’t American: it’s as American as apple pie. Guy in Atlanta “had a bad day”? My ass.

[@TheMcEwens419]

I feel your pain. I’m white with a Filipina wife as well. She was born in America, but people still are racist twords her.

[@johnwall7968]

@@TheMcEwens419 Irish man with a Filipina wife? There are dozens of us! DOZENS! Stay strong my brother. We do everything we can to protect the ones we love, but we can’t be there all the time. These hate crimes make my blood boil.

[@CJ_Brim]

that’s because racism isn’t American, people want it to be though, in fact, America is supposed to be a place where people can escape racism and oppression

[@sassyviking6003]

Nothing is more american than racism. Until everyone can grow up and look at the ugly reflection in the mirror, it will never get better.

[@stuckinflorida9685]

@@CJ_Brim The Native American side of my family would highly disagree with you, the USA has always been racist even to white people of other ethnicities and religions, my great grandfather came from Ireland in 1898, the stories he would tell of how he was treated disgusted me.

[@LLL1207]

Thank you for the wonderful history. Let’s all keep USA United and live in harmony. Serve and protect against domestic and foreign enemies at all costs. 🇺🇸

[@markpashia7067]

I am well into my sixty seventh year on this earth and I grew up in an area of extreme racism. I never thought about it much until adulthood. In my twenties it did not make much sense to me. My children have taught me a lot and I learned. Yes, I often slip up with phrases I learned in childhood but as soon as they are out of my mouth I am embarrassed for having said that. Little things were ingrained in me during my formative years that are hard to root out but I try. Sadly the same cannot be said of all my age.Those folks have ingrained it in their children and so it continues, but slowly we are on a better path and the youth will lead the way if we let them. You are not going to change many my age so focus on the young ones. Sesame Street did a really good job of dragging it out of the shadows and was instrumental in exposing a lot of kids to the idea that the world is a bigger place than their homogeneous suburbs or lily white rural areas.

[@kristopherjojimiyakusu9785]

From my perspective, I think people of color need to realize that people from your generation grew up in a different time, and often it's hard to gain perspectives when everyone around you is doing them. I also believe it is extremely difficult to change what we have become accustomed to as society evolves. I still hear people use the word, "Jap," but I know many of these people and I know it doesn't come from a malicious place, and scorning them for using it doesn't help but furthers the divide between cultures/subcultures. Where my judgement comes in is what people do after being informed. From my perspective, you and your family are good people in my book because you are making efforts to be better. So thumbs up to you, and please keep at it.

[@deborahmillette]

I fear for my only 23 yo daughter who’s among Indigenous and Caucasian also Philippine and Hawaiian 🌺 she’s light skinned with strong Asian features, I suggested to her to not tell anyone that she is of any Polynesian decent , kind of the same thing my siblings and I were told in the 1960’s not to mention we were Native American, it brings back bad memories.

[@angryagain3801]

Having to hide your descent is heart breaking.

[@adamsherman3655]

I genuinely hope that at least some folks will start becoming more accepting of Polynesian culture, since Dwayne Johnson and Jason Momoa are so phenomenally popular. As it's often pointed out, it's harder to look down on a people if you get to know them. FWIW.

[@Mary-cg1sl]

It makes me sad that you told your daughter to hide her descent.

[@tombrown8800]

I am sorry to hear this. No one should feel the need to hide their descent. Hoping your daughter stays safe & your fears be allayed.

[@deborahmillette]

@@tombrown8800 Thank you for your kind thoughts and words

[@guessundheit6494]

"This ain't the yankee way" is the same bullshit as "not a true christian".

[@nescius2]

well, in fact it's called "no true scotsman" but its the same thing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

[@beerblues762]

Religion and nationalism go hand in hand. I live in Spain where they still celebrate a genocide.

[@tombrown8800]

@@beerblues762 I wasn't aware of this but I'm from the U.S. so learned little in scool & nothing about other nations.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

@@beerblues762 : Religion is fine, but monotheism (like nationalism) is form of bigotry.

[@dustigenes]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Sorry you can't see it but religion has a huge set of issues itself. Much easier to see those issues when you're outside of it.

[@robertbeerbohm8317]

This is my first time writing you, Beau. A friend turned me on to your broadcasts a couple years ago. Have absorbed hundreds of them one or two a day. Thank you for providing ammo for the war over the soul of where America should head in to the future finally fulfilling the precepts of the preamble declaration of independence - and our US Constitution with its vital amendments. Our children are our future. May we die if we have to trying to leave them a better world to live in. Hope is our fuel.

[@KiaTheDMVBison]

I’ve been waiting IMpatiently for Beau’s comments on this subject. I wasn’t disappointed.

[@sarahdee374]

I always get an honest education from Beau. The truth is rarely easy (I'm heart-sick and utterly discouraged right now) but necessary and right.

[@TheMrpiggyboy]

So when I was a child 4 yrs and up, there was a Korean man who lived across the lane who would feed me. My mother was in the hospital with Rumatic fever and my father was working away. I was left in custody of my grandmother. Family dynamics are hard to explane. A most kind man that saw what had to be done and did it. I am always thankful to Charlie. .

[@_Wai_Wai_]

You didn't know the Korean man's name?

[@TheMrpiggyboy]

@@_Wai_Wai_ mom kay kim

[@rasadams9034]

@@TheMrpiggyboy you mean Dad Kay Kim ? Mom Kay Kim is a female name . Just saying.

[@junhan976]

@@rasadams9034 as my look, it's not about Dad or Mom it is just a pronunciation?

[@rasadams9034]

@@junhan976 never call a man Mom ma'am, Madam or Ms .. just saying.

[@benjaminlaster3773]

The only way I ever learned about the internment camps was from a substitute teacher in the 8th grade. He happened to be of Japanese descent and had been held in a camp when he was a child. He taught a lesson on it to our class one day. Thank you Beau for always providing clear eyed and unbiased truths.

[@GODMODEPLUS]

Finally there are some educated people in USA hat off to you brother. Thank you!

[@silversurf088]

This is heavy. As a black person I feel their pain and struggle just to be accepted, and be Americans. Every ethnic group in this country have been prohibited to do something by law by the govt in the name of “democracy”. It’s time we all come together to root out systemic oppression.

[@Cons2911]

I’m not black, but it’s sad to see when people get treated badly, and that includes friends of color. I hope things improve..for everyone

[@Cons2911]

I’m not American and I used to hear about the racism, but it’s different when I saw more of it. I guess there will always be someone that is racist, but I hope it gets that much less. I don’t get the hate just bec of skin color, if a person is doing something wrong then yeah call the cops or something but at that point race or ethnicity is no longer a factor. Otherwise leave the person alone, respect them

[@maolo76]

The Chinese is the most discrimated group in America next to African. There were laws that said it was OK to killed a China man back then. Same for Blackman. The United States government needs to be reimagined. Congress needs to be reorganize to a Council by the various ethnic groups. Asian, African, Native American, Mexican/South American, Anglo. Each group will have equal power. The white people have too much power in this country.

[@mindhacks8124]

​@Nage Please At the end of the day, it may sound stupid but they took the word and made it work for them. Its not for us to question. If they are offended by it, why try to reason as to why they use it? Just don't use it. My best friend is a a gay male. He and his Friends use the "f" word all the time but find it offensive when others use it. It is because others are using it to offend! I don't ask why I cant say the word. I simply don't use it. I believe the government has a history of trying to get minorities to be divisive with each other when in all honesty, a real racist hates all them! My EX-friend continuously called covid the kungflu and said she would not go to any Asian establishment now. She talked about blacks just as bad. That's why we are no longer friends. We did not argue. We just grew distant. Those kind of people will hate every minority equally. Don't be fooled into thinking different. So perhaps other cultural groups need to work on some things but so do we.

[@maxxbarzz]

With all the documented proof of systematic racism in this country still ppl find some way to blame those that are being effected by it instead of those that created, enforced it and profited off it to this very day.

[@gobigorange]

As long as 10% of the people have 90% of the money the only thing that is ever gonna change is the way they go about. NOW everybody get back to work ✌️

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I would suggest it's high time we stopped giving them our money..

[@Lilacgem-02]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 That’s the key but they have us where if we miss a paycheck it’s devastating.

[@pjbiggleswerth8903]

@@Lilacgem-02 fire renews a forest.

[@zurielleveritas5087]

@@Lilacgem-02 So we vote for progressive candidates with progressive policies aimed at equality in ALL things! VOTE!

[@Trainwheel_Time]

Oh stop with the "All rich people bad" nonsense. If you had the chance you would have their money. And where would you be then?

[@taroosullivan193]

You are the first White person I've heard break it down like this, and I've worked in the social justice space for over 30 years. Good job!

[@Wud-usa]

People like you make this country amazing! 💘🇺🇸

[@shadowaitherios6172]

" Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”

[@radish-xd6zz]

If anyone wants to read more about this I would recommend 2 books. The first is called Wherever There's a Fight and the second one is called Driven Out. Both are California history

[@ankejansen791]

Perhaps this one might interest you too: Cedars in the snow, by Guterson.

[@unhomme643]

Orientalism Culture and Imperialism Imagining India All these titles are excellent works on media/cultural representations and narratives. How we create them and how we justify as nations the otherizing of groups of peoples and nations. Imagining India specifically is regarding the western idea and representation of India. Hinting at the literal imagining of India rather than the actual India.

[@neckpain111]

Sadly, these sort of books about true American history and racism are likely to appear on banned book lists so folks will not learn the history not taught in schools.

[@theman8581]

As an Asian American Man, who continues to try his best to defend his rights and representation in the NYC area, I like this guy, he seems non-racist and is a genuine guy. Liked & Subscribed.

[@cupofjoemoua6624]

As an American Asian man born in tha US of A. Raise in tha Ghetto. Proud AF to be an American Asian. Grab a piece and stay loaded. 2nd A Totten USA lovin. Hoot!

[@shingj4007]

@@cupofjoemoua6624 That's my mentality as well 👍🏼

[@mickymao7313]

dont listen to andrew yang he is a full communist spy no real chinese immigrants care about him and they are just brain washing asian americans to vote for him

[@bobbyclay4006]

Bobby Clay 1 second ago thay sped the chinese virus trump sad it..President Trump again used the term "Chinese virus" to refer to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, despite calls from global health officials to avoid labels associating the disease with a particular nation or ethnic group. Mr. Trump's comments have drawn backlash and raised concerns about stigmatizing Asian-Americans. His rhetoric gained growing attention Tuesday after he used the phrase in a tweet about supporting the airline industry as travel restrictions decimate their business. "The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!" he wrote. The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!

[@iunderstanphotography2780]

I love that he defies stereotypes by looking the way he does (beard, cloth hat, ex-military) and yet speaking about world issues with empathy, insight and understanding.

[@brianlabarthe8511]

I am Chinese, I personally thank you so much for the video, sir!

[@stevewells2327]

Sir, I’m a Brit. Living in Malaysia. Thank our gods for the internet and access to content such as yours. I’ve tapped into your daily output over breakfast each day. I am likely wired on this session. My wife is Sabahan. At the age of 5 in Liverpool I knew I wanted to live in Asia. I digress - but these are my credentials. You have produced some amazing output for which I thank you BUT this is amongst your very best. A superlative that didn’t exist before your effort here. Thank you.

[@romikuda110]

As an Asian American, thank you for making this video. Truly means a lot 🙏

[@mikesmith-ph3qb]

IF HE TRULY WANTS TO END RACISM....HE COULD START BUY GETTING RID OF THAT PICTURE ON HIS HAT.

[@fredflintstone2234]

@@mikesmith-ph3qb oh come on. I’m Asian and I’m offended by curious George

[@BossGokaiGreen]

HI FRIENDSHIPS 🍼🐷🇯🇵

[@BeauoftheFifthColumn]

@@mikesmith-ph3qb George is based on a real primate. It's not an allegory. He was created by people literally fleeing Nazis.

[@Rotary650]

@@mikesmith-ph3qb get more history in you please.

[@seasq]

I think it's hard for us Asians to wrap our heads around it too, at least it is for me as filipino. We grow up with the constant message to fit in and assimilate, which is emphasized even more by Asians saying we're not Asian and pacific islanders saying we're not pacific islanders. So, we grow up unwittingly idolizing "white culture" and wanting to be more white and not stand out and maybe fit in somewhere. Then getting compliments for how beautiful you are because you're Asian and people talking about Asian fetishes, and it's a lot to take in even without the history of racism. So, thanks for posting this and putting it all into a grander perspective in terms of history and culture.

[@tanty2475]

Thank you for revealing the truth behind Asian hate culture in America. That made America i legitimate in criticizing the rest of the world for violating human rights.

[@ThànhTrần-333]

Oh, just now u see that the US is a big hypocrite?

[@aollendorf]

Much respect and love to my Asian brothers and sisters. We of the enlightened population stand with you and support you!

[@benslightom2601]

I love my country, but it has such a shameful past/present. I found the whole MAGA mantra nauseating. Let's just aim to make America great, period! Thank you for your insight, Beau👏

[@Glitch-td5pk]

I always feel it is more powerful when a non-Asian person speaks out and protests about Asian hate, so thank you.

[@angelbiscuits]

only because no one really listens to Asians when we actually do speak up

[@mhow4967]

@@angelbiscuits Tell us true not LIE

[@the-fantabulous-g]

@@angelbiscuits Amen brother! More voices are finally gaining traction now too, so I'm cautiously optimistic about a more tolerant society in the near future. Be well.

[@soulful41]

I don't understand why there is so much distrust and fear in your communities. I grew up in a community that was Asian, Native American, East Indian and white. I never saw anyone as the other. They were members of my community. I grew up with different ethnicities and we celebrated them in our classrooms. It was not perfect and God knows what we did to the Native Americans but I didn't know that as a 10 year old kid. Inclusion is the key.

[@tvo3205]

I am not afraid to stand up for myself and speak out. However, living in rural Middle America where there are some racist white ppl who already look down on me and my existence- it doesn't matter what I say to them because they already DGAF about me. But, when I have my white friends who speak aloud and support me when injustice does occur helps create a united effort because that racist person is forced to listen. Ppl who stay quiet and permit evil to exist will allow racism to never end simple as that.

[@RickMakesStuff]

Those people that jumped off those spanish galleons in the south were my people. They were Filipino. We have been here for a long time. Thank you for this.

[@samfetter2968]

Chinese that built the US railway system and how they were treated and the concentration camps during WWII spring to mind immediatly...and i am not even an american, just a German that learned some stuff during middle school. 🤷‍♂️ Howdy Beau, it's one of the german internet people again Thanks for broadening my horizon again. If just it wouldn't almost always have to be about something terrible 😒 Greetings from Germany 🙋‍♂️

[@privateemail9755]

filipinos were sprayed with the same kind of drug they used for the holocaust, but at the border when coming in to work the fields. Whatever you learned, history gets far worse in the US. It's just hidden from the world unless you have the mind to research it.

[@samfetter2968]

@@privateemail9755 yep...history isn't a read for the weak minded. But far worse isn't something i would attribute to the US. Less talked about? Sure. White washed to the point of being just myth? Definitly. Ignored by the US population? Hell yea. Doomed to be repeated because nobody wants to recognize how the US has failed so many many times? Absolutly. But far worse? Not really. On par with everyone else? Pretty much. 🤷‍♂️ That is my opinion on that.

[@sassyviking6003]

Yea, there have been a couple small bright spots here and there. Sadly there is a whole lot of terrible to cover in the US. But from the american internet person, I hope you have a good day, and i hope things are better in your country.

[@katiehettinger7857]

It was the Japanese who were interred during WWII in the US. China was an Ally.1300 person's of Chinese ancestry served in the US military, 1/4 in the United States Air Force with my father in both the European and Asian theater. Congress repealed the Chinese exclusion act in 1943

[@samfetter2968]

@@katiehettinger7857 i am not sure why you felt the need to make this post. You realize i was speaking of two different events, seperated by over 50 years. Or did you just want to add some more details to one of the two?

[@nvr2late666]

As a half-chinese, half-white guy who grew up in California, I just want to say that I love School House Rock.

[@noblelee4765]

Grow Up

[@LazyIRanch]

As someone who lived her first 40 years in a big city in Texas and moved to S. California to escape a very dangerous situation and hide, I LOVE California, and I love most of the people here, including you, sir! I suppose Texas will always be my "motherland", but my "step-motherland", California, has treated me much better. I hope you are being treated with the respect you deserve.

[@nvr2late666]

@@LazyIRanch Tbh, I never had to deal with any sort of anti-asian sentiment growing up. Partially because I don't look all that Asian, and partially because the town I grew up in was relatively affluent and had an Asian majority (albeit barely). I love California, but fuck me it's expensive. Washington is a bit more affordable and it's absolutely beautiful up here, but I do miss home lol

[@Erin-Thor]

Clearly there are a few here that think this subject should be devoid of humor. I applaud you, thank you for making us smile.

[@jasonlarsen4945]

@@noblelee4765 Guess you didn't notice Beau's shirt. 🤣

[@richcoe9273]

As an Asian American man who is never lost for words, I must say that you have been so thorough that I am left with nothing to say other than, kudos to you sir. Your depth of knowledge shows the clarity of your mind that the strength of your compassion for your fellow man. Thank you : )

[@bobbyclay4006]

Bobby Clay 1 second ago thay sped the chinese virus trump sad it..President Trump again used the term "Chinese virus" to refer to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, despite calls from global health officials to avoid labels associating the disease with a particular nation or ethnic group. Mr. Trump's comments have drawn backlash and raised concerns about stigmatizing Asian-Americans. His rhetoric gained growing attention Tuesday after he used the phrase in a tweet about supporting the airline industry as travel restrictions decimate their business. "The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!" he wrote. The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!

[@sandydremmel2769]

I am Chinese and I was born in Vietnam before Vietnam war. You brought tear in my eyes by listening to you. Thank again.

[@stuckinflorida9685]

Well howdy Beau! As someone that has traveled much of Asia including 3 trips to China, I have to say that they are some of the nicest most generous people I’ve encountered out of the 40+ countries I have visited. I truly didn’t expect the wonderful treatment I got in Vietnam (now one of my favorite places in Asia), unfortunately in my travels I have met westerners that bring their prejudices with them and will never GET IT, there will always be THOSE people, but I truly believe for the average person traveling to other countries is the best education you can get 😎✌🏼

[@justsayin8734]

I couldn't agree more. I've been blessed with foreign business travel and have learned from it. If you can, go see the world. What an education! It teaches tolerance.

[@ann745]

It would make my blood boil if I let it everytime I hear: "This isn't who we are." I know US history and it is exactly who we are when it comes to the "others."

[@ericlind6581]

I think “This isn’t who we are” is just short hand for “This isn’t who we are in principal”.

[@mikesmith-ph3qb]

IF HE TRULY WANTS TO END RACISM....HE COULD START BUY GETTING RID OF THAT PICTURE ON HIS HAT.

[@mmm90405]

This is why I loved history in school. I wasn’t the kid who accepted the text book version. I delved into books in the public library as well. I listened to my grandparents tell the stories of our family. Being of a very strangely convoluted mixture of Jewish, Cherokee, Portuguese and Austrian, I’ve heard the stories of the Trail of Tears and children being ripped from parents and placed in “Indian” orphanages, of escaping the Nazi’s only to have the rest of our family executed in camps, and coming to America (thanks to a few members of family already here) and being treated like trash, and of coming to America from Portugal and being treated like trash in Connecticut because my grandfather’s skin was so dark. America has no loss in its bigotry and racism. We have always treated new comers as “others” and less than. I’ve always had white privilege due to recessive genes giving me light skin, blonde hair and green eyes. But I use that privilege to stand for others. I’m using my voice and my physical presence to speak up and stand with those being targeted. I can’t help it, it’s something I’ve always done even as a kid. I live in LA near Koreatown. I won’t allow people being disrespectful to Asian Americans, to Black people, other women or the elderly. I may one day get harmed myself for doing so, but I rather be the person who did something to stop hate, than the one who looked away and did nothing.

[@wiseteacher3599]

🤗

[@joyce8854]

Not all Asians are newcomers. Chinese were brought in as early as Irish to build American railroads, but they were scapegoated so much that US government even passed Chinese Exclusion Act.

[@phillippalana4143]

@Mike Chan How ironic that the post came from an Asian! Trumper eh? So Trump is a saint and Democrats are evil! How are your white friends treating you so far? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@MLEbug]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Chris-zs2oo]

Beautiful mind

I'm a white man. And support my Asian brothers. Its not just the blatant violent racists that are doing this. The passive white racists that only express their racist views to other whites are just as responsible. Many I know consider themselves good Christians. HORSE SHIT . I speak up loud and clear when ever I hear it. Not just on KZbin but face to face. This is good vs evil.

[@suebowman7258]

As an Asian American, thank you for your time and your support.

[@123laoboy3]

Sabaidee ✌️🙏

[@TheHailstorm77]

Laotian

[@rossp.trucking54]

Being from a rural area in Louisiana, I've been "othered" and also have "othered" others. You spoke on one of the most important lessons I've learned throughout my life. Racism doesn't survive contact! That is by far the best way forward.

[@andrewread154]

How many Chinese died building the bit of railroad across the Rockies that “they” said couldn’t be built? And still no thanks.

[@lightofthemillenium7081]

Chinese did not build every stretch of rail road in America stop the lies

[@andrewread154]

@@lightofthemillenium7081 read what I wrote. I said the bit over the Rockies...can you understand the written word?

[@lightofthemillenium7081]

@@andrewread154 pat yourself on the back I put that comment out there in the interest of all of the Asians who keep chirping "We built all the rail roads" it was a statement of contrast

[@deemaverick987]

They were paid. The Africans were brought here by forced and received no pay. Asians are very bigoted but live them some white people.

[@corneilusmcgillicuddy]

How many black people died building the the rail system of the United States? Fuck out of here with that bullshit.

[@RejectHumanityReturn2Monke]

In the 1900s, Americans brought back indigenous Filipinos and put them in "zoos" to showcase Americans about the Philippine boondocks (a term they coined from bundok, meaning mountains in Filipino). This was after the very first genocide of the 20th century (1899-1902) where up to 3 million Filipinos died in the hands of America.