1 00:00:09,266 --> 00:00:20,100 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:20,166 --> 00:00:26,700 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:26,766 --> 00:00:28,000 NO 4 00:00:28,066 --> 00:00:30,300 >> John: HI THERE! 5 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:31,566 WELCOME TO THE SHOW, STILL 6 00:00:31,633 --> 00:00:32,666 TAKING PLACE IN THIS BLANK VOID, 7 00:00:32,733 --> 00:00:33,933 WHICH I'VE NICKNAMED 8 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:35,033 "HENRY KISSINGER" BECAUSE 9 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,366 IT'S WHITE, DEEPLY UNPLEASANT, 10 00:00:36,433 --> 00:00:37,266 AND AT THIS POINT, 11 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:38,666 I'M JUST MAD IT'S STILL AROUND. 12 00:00:38,733 --> 00:00:39,766 IT'S BEEN ANOTHER BUSY WEEK. 13 00:00:39,833 --> 00:00:41,100 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LOOKS LIKE 14 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:42,233 HE MAY HAVE LOST POWER, 15 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:43,866 ANTHONY FAUCI'S EMAILS WERE 16 00:00:43,933 --> 00:00:45,066 RELEASED, AND THE WHITE HOUSE 17 00:00:45,133 --> 00:00:46,466 PARTNERED WITH ANHEUSER-BUSCH 18 00:00:46,533 --> 00:00:47,733 TO OFFER FREE BEER TO 19 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,600 INCENTIVIZE VACCINES. 20 00:00:49,666 --> 00:00:51,066 AND "REWARDING YOU WITH BEER" 21 00:00:51,133 --> 00:00:52,733 REALLY CEMENTS JOE BIDEN'S 22 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:53,500 STATUS AS "AMERICA'S UNCLE WHO 23 00:00:53,566 --> 00:00:54,433 PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE LEFT IN 24 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:55,700 CHARGE." 25 00:00:55,766 --> 00:00:56,766 BUT AS THE VACCINATION ROLLOUT 26 00:00:56,833 --> 00:00:58,266 CONTINUES IN THE UNITED STATES, 27 00:00:58,333 --> 00:00:59,200 AND LIFE SLOWLY RETURNS TO 28 00:00:59,266 --> 00:01:01,233 NORMAL, IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING 29 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:02,333 MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ARE STILL 30 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:03,166 VERY MUCH IN THE GRIPS 31 00:01:03,233 --> 00:01:05,366 OF THIS PANDEMIC. 32 00:01:05,433 --> 00:01:07,800 TAKE THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHICH 33 00:01:07,866 --> 00:01:09,100 IS CURRENTLY PLANNING TO FULLY 34 00:01:09,166 --> 00:01:10,900 REOPEN LATER THIS MONTH, EVEN AS 35 00:01:10,966 --> 00:01:12,133 EXPERTS WARN A POTENTIAL THIRD 36 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,566 WAVE OF COVID MAY BE UNDER WAY. 37 00:01:14,633 --> 00:01:16,133 DEMAND IS ALSO GROWING THERE FOR 38 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:17,300 A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO 39 00:01:17,366 --> 00:01:18,666 BORIS JOHNSON'S MISMANAGEMENT 40 00:01:18,733 --> 00:01:20,233 OF THE PANDEMIC, FOLLOWING 41 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:21,733 TESTIMONY IN A COMMITTEE HEARING 42 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,400 LAST WEEK FROM FORMER 43 00:01:23,466 --> 00:01:24,700 TOP ADVISOR AND "SMUG MOBY," 44 00:01:24,766 --> 00:01:26,266 DOMINIC CUMMINGS. 45 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:27,933 HE REVEALED A CHILLING MOMENT 46 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,266 FROM LAST MARCH, WHEN TOP 47 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:30,100 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REALIZED 48 00:01:30,166 --> 00:01:31,433 JUST HOW BADLY THE PANDEMIC 49 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,266 PLANNING HAD BEEN BOTCHED. 50 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:35,033 >> AT THIS POINT, THE SECOND 51 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:37,666 MOST POWERFUL OFFICIAL IN THE 52 00:01:37,733 --> 00:01:38,666 COUNTRY -- HELEN MacNAMARA IS 53 00:01:38,733 --> 00:01:40,566 THE DEPUTY CABINET SECRETARY -- 54 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:42,300 SHE WALKED INTO THE OFFICE. 55 00:01:42,366 --> 00:01:44,833 SHE SAYS, "I'VE JUST BEEN 56 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:45,866 TALKING TO THE OFFICIAL MARK 57 00:01:45,933 --> 00:01:46,800 SWEENEY, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF 58 00:01:46,866 --> 00:01:48,000 COORDINATING WITH 59 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:49,633 THE DEPARTMENT FOR HEALTH. 60 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:52,300 HE SAID, QUOTE, "I'VE BEEN TOLD 61 00:01:52,366 --> 00:01:53,766 FOR YEARS THAT THERE IS 62 00:01:53,833 --> 00:01:54,866 A WHOLE PLAN FOR THIS. 63 00:01:54,933 --> 00:01:56,766 THERE IS NO PLAN. 64 00:01:56,833 --> 00:01:58,266 WE'RE IN HUGE TROUBLE." 65 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:00,800 HELEN MacNAMARA SAID, 66 00:02:00,866 --> 00:02:01,400 "I'VE COME THROUGH HERE TO THE 67 00:02:01,466 --> 00:02:02,700 PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE TO TELL 68 00:02:02,766 --> 00:02:04,466 YOU ALL, QUOTE, 'I THINK WE ARE 69 00:02:04,533 --> 00:02:05,533 ABSOLUTELY FUCKED.'" 70 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,800 >> John: WOW. 71 00:02:07,866 --> 00:02:08,200 "THERE IS NO PLAN. 72 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:09,533 WE'RE IN HUGE TROUBLE. 73 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,433 I THINK WE'RE ABSOLUTELY 74 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:12,200 FUCKED." 75 00:02:12,266 --> 00:02:13,700 YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO HEAR AN 76 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,433 ASSESSMENT THAT GRIM UNLESS 77 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:16,700 IT'S FROM THE TEAM BEHIND 78 00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:17,100 THE FYRE FESTIVAL, 79 00:02:17,166 --> 00:02:18,533 OR WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. 80 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,500 HI THERE, NEW BUSINESS DADDY! 81 00:02:20,566 --> 00:02:22,333 JUST CHECKING IN TO SAY I LOVE 82 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,000 THE CORPORATE LOGO YOU DROPPED 83 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:24,300 THIS WEEK! 84 00:02:24,366 --> 00:02:25,766 IT LOOKS LIKE THE OPENING TITLE 85 00:02:25,833 --> 00:02:26,633 OF "THE SIMPSONS" IF THE FONT 86 00:02:26,700 --> 00:02:28,333 WERE NOT FOUND. 87 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,833 AND QUICK NOTE: "THE STUFF THAT 88 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,433 DREAMS ARE MADE OF" IS A QUOTE 89 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,900 FROM "THE MALTESE FALCON," ABOUT 90 00:02:32,966 --> 00:02:34,100 HOW THE THING THAT SEEMED LIKE A 91 00:02:34,166 --> 00:02:35,300 PRICELESS TREASURE WAS ACTUALLY 92 00:02:35,366 --> 00:02:35,433 NO 93 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,000 WORTHLESS GARBAGE THAT BROUGHT 94 00:02:37,066 --> 00:02:37,633 CHAOS AND DESPAIR TO EVERYONE 95 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:38,233 AROUND IT. 96 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:39,566 ANYWAY, GOOD LUCK WITH THE 97 00:02:39,633 --> 00:02:40,700 MERGER, I'M SURE EVERYTHING'S 98 00:02:40,766 --> 00:02:42,400 GONNA GO GREAT! 99 00:02:42,466 --> 00:02:44,233 BUT THE TRUTH IS, AS BAD AS THE 100 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:46,433 DETAILS OF CUMMINGS' TESTIMONY 101 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,533 WERE, THE U.K.'S COVID RESPONSE 102 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:55,200 PALES NEXT TO THAT OF 103 00:02:55,266 --> 00:02:56,366 BRAZIL'S. 104 00:02:56,433 --> 00:02:57,633 PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO HAS 105 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,233 BEEN A SPECTACULAR FAILURE, 106 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:00,000 WITH THE COUNTRY RECORDING 107 00:03:00,066 --> 00:03:01,766 OVER 1.9 MILLION NEW CASES 108 00:03:01,833 --> 00:03:02,433 IN THE PAST MONTH ALONE. 109 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:04,033 AND BRAZILIANS ARE 110 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:05,433 UNDERSTANDABLY FED UP, 111 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:06,233 STAGING PROTESTS ACROSS 112 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:07,900 THE COUNTRY THIS WEEK. 113 00:03:07,966 --> 00:03:08,700 >> DEMONSTRATORS WANT HIS 114 00:03:08,766 --> 00:03:09,800 GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR 115 00:03:09,866 --> 00:03:11,133 THE NEGLIGENCE IN PURCHASING 116 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,066 VACCINES AFTER TRYING TO LEAD 117 00:03:12,133 --> 00:03:15,000 BRAZIL TOWARDS HERD IMMUNITY. 118 00:03:15,066 --> 00:03:15,133 NO 119 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,566 >> Translator: BRAZILIAN PEOPLE 120 00:03:16,633 --> 00:03:18,166 ALWAYS GOT VACCINATED. 121 00:03:18,233 --> 00:03:19,866 IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST 122 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:20,900 COUNTRY WITH THE WHOLE 123 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,400 POPULATION VACCINATED. 124 00:03:22,466 --> 00:03:23,633 INSTEAD WE SEE SUCH 125 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:25,833 IRRESPONSIBILITY. 126 00:03:25,900 --> 00:03:27,133 >> John: THAT WOMAN MAKES A 127 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,900 GREAT POINT, DESPITE WEARING 128 00:03:28,966 --> 00:03:29,900 WHAT I ASSUME BIOLOGISTS USE TO 129 00:03:29,966 --> 00:03:31,133 DISGUISE THEMSELVES WHILE 130 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:32,933 WATCHING CROCODILES FUCK. 131 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,166 THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT IS IN 132 00:03:34,233 --> 00:03:35,300 THE MIDST OF AN INQUIRY INTO ITS 133 00:03:35,366 --> 00:03:36,733 OWN NEGLIGENCE, AND IT HAS 134 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,100 UNCOVERED SOME BOMBSHELLS -- 135 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:39,833 INCLUDING THAT LAST AUGUST, 136 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:41,500 PFIZER REPEATEDLY OFFERED 137 00:03:41,566 --> 00:03:42,733 BRAZIL'S HEALTH MINISTRY 138 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,366 70 MILLION DOSES OF THE VACCINE 139 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:45,700 IT WAS DEVELOPING, BUT THE 140 00:03:45,766 --> 00:03:48,300 COMPANY "GOT NO ANSWER." 141 00:03:48,366 --> 00:03:48,433 NO 142 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:49,500 AND COME ON, BRAZIL. 143 00:03:49,566 --> 00:03:50,366 YOU CAN'T GHOST PFIZER. 144 00:03:50,433 --> 00:03:51,666 THEY'RE A COMPANY THAT WAS 145 00:03:51,733 --> 00:03:52,566 OFFERING YOU A POTENTIALLY 146 00:03:52,633 --> 00:03:53,933 LIFESAVING VACCINE. 147 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:55,066 NOT A FRUITARIAN 148 00:03:55,133 --> 00:03:56,700 ENTREPRENEUR-SLASH-POET YOU MET 149 00:03:56,766 --> 00:03:58,066 ON OKCUPID. 150 00:03:58,133 --> 00:03:59,333 IN THAT CASE, ABSOLUTELY HIT 151 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,333 "IGNORE." 152 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,833 AND THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE 153 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:04,300 SURPRISING GIVEN HOW PUBLICLY 154 00:04:04,366 --> 00:04:05,400 DISMISSIVE BOLSONARO'S BEEN OF 155 00:04:05,466 --> 00:04:07,000 THE VACCINES. 156 00:04:07,066 --> 00:04:07,133 NO 157 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,300 THAT WOMAN'S CROCODILE HAT 158 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:09,666 WASN'T JUST SHOWCASING HER 159 00:04:09,733 --> 00:04:10,933 ABILITY TO SERVE LOOKS THAT 160 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:11,233 NO 161 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:12,133 ARE EXUBERANT WITHOUT BEING 162 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,000 OBNOXIOUS. 163 00:04:13,066 --> 00:04:14,166 SHE WAS MAKING AN EXPLICIT 164 00:04:14,233 --> 00:04:15,766 REFERENCE TO A SHITTY JOKE 165 00:04:15,833 --> 00:04:17,333 BOLSONARO TOLD, ABOUT HOW 166 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,066 COMPANIES WOULDN'T TAKE 167 00:04:18,133 --> 00:04:18,933 RESPONSIBILITY FOR VACCINE 168 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 SIDE EFFECTS. 169 00:04:22,066 --> 00:04:23,833 >> IF YOU TURN INTO A CROCODILE, 170 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:25,166 IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. 171 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:26,900 IF YOU TURN INTO SUPERMAN, 172 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,200 IF A WOMAN GROWS A BEARD OR A 173 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:30,100 MAN STARTS SPEAKING IN A HIGH 174 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:31,066 VOICE, THEY WANT NOTHING TO DO 175 00:04:31,133 --> 00:04:33,433 WITH IT. 176 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:34,966 >> John: OKAY, THAT'S ALL 177 00:04:35,033 --> 00:04:36,366 COMPLETE BULLSHIT, BUT IF I MAY 178 00:04:36,433 --> 00:04:37,433 JUST ADDRESS HIS INSINUATION 179 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:38,233 THAT "IF THE VACCINE TURNS YOU 180 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:38,833 INTO A CROCODILE, THAT'S YOUR 181 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:39,500 PROBLEM." 182 00:04:39,566 --> 00:04:41,166 HONEY, NO. 183 00:04:41,233 --> 00:04:42,400 IF YOU TURN INTO A CROCODILE, 184 00:04:42,466 --> 00:04:44,000 IT'S YOUR SOLUTION. 185 00:04:44,066 --> 00:04:44,133 NO 186 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:44,833 CROCODILES ARE INCREDIBLE 187 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:46,033 SWIMMERS, THEY CAN SEE AT NIGHT, 188 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,200 AND INSTEAD OF SWEATING THEY DO 189 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:49,233 SOMETHING CALLED "MOUTH GAPING" 190 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:53,200 THAT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THIS. 191 00:04:53,266 --> 00:04:54,366 AND THINK HOW MUCH EMBARRASSMENT 192 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:55,000 THAT WOULD SAVE YOU 193 00:04:55,066 --> 00:04:56,266 ON A HOT DAY! 194 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:56,866 NO PIT STAINS ON YOU, BUDDY. 195 00:04:56,933 --> 00:04:57,666 JUST MOUTH OPEN, DICK OUT, 196 00:04:57,733 --> 00:04:58,700 SWIMMING THROUGH LIFE 197 00:04:58,766 --> 00:04:59,700 WITHOUT A CARE. 198 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:00,600 BECAUSE -- THANK FUCKING GOD -- 199 00:05:00,666 --> 00:05:06,600 YOU'RE A CROCODILE. 200 00:05:06,666 --> 00:05:09,033 AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THIS NEW 201 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:10,866 INQUIRIES WITH BRAZIL'S DEATH 202 00:05:10,933 --> 00:05:13,633 RATES, IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT 203 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:14,833 57% OF BRAZILIANS BACK HIS 204 00:05:14,900 --> 00:05:15,400 IMPEACHMENT. 205 00:05:15,466 --> 00:05:17,266 NOT ONLY IS HE BACKING DOWN, 206 00:05:17,333 --> 00:05:20,433 JUST THIS WEEK, HE APPROVED THIS 207 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:23,066 WEEK. 208 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:24,766 >> THE COUNTRY WITH THE WORLD'S 209 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:25,666 SECOND LARGEST COVID-19 210 00:05:25,733 --> 00:05:26,266 DEATH TOLL WILL HOST 211 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:27,433 THE COPA AMERICA, WELCOMING 212 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:28,033 SOUTH AMERICAN TEAMS FOR A 213 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:31,666 FOUR-WEEK FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT. 214 00:05:31,733 --> 00:05:32,633 >> John: YEAH! 215 00:05:32,700 --> 00:05:33,633 BRAZIL IS SUDDENLY HOSTING A 216 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:34,866 MASSIVE SOCCER TOURNAMENT ON 217 00:05:34,933 --> 00:05:35,900 JUST 13 DAYS' NOTICE. 218 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:37,100 IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED 219 00:05:37,166 --> 00:05:37,866 TO BE IN ARGENTINA, BUT IT WAS 220 00:05:37,933 --> 00:05:38,800 CANCELED DUE TO COVID RATES. 221 00:05:38,866 --> 00:05:40,366 AND YET DESPITE THAT, BOLSONARO 222 00:05:40,433 --> 00:05:41,233 -- WHOSE COUNTRY'S RATES ARE 223 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:42,333 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER -- IS NOW 224 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,933 CHOOSING TO HOST A TOURNAMENT 225 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:44,666 ONE SENATOR HAS DUBBED 226 00:05:44,733 --> 00:05:45,866 "THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF DEATH," 227 00:05:45,933 --> 00:05:46,966 AND WHICH HAS INSPIRED MEMES 228 00:05:47,033 --> 00:05:48,133 LIKE THIS TO MAKE THE ROUNDS 229 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,866 IN BRAZIL. 230 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:50,966 AND I WILL SAY, THAT IS A PRETTY 231 00:05:51,033 --> 00:05:52,500 CHEERFUL LITTLE COFFIN. 232 00:05:52,566 --> 00:05:53,700 IT LOOKS LIKE CLIPPY THE 233 00:05:53,766 --> 00:05:54,600 PAPERCLIP POPPING UP TO ASK YOU, 234 00:05:54,666 --> 00:05:56,233 "IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO 235 00:05:56,300 --> 00:05:57,300 HOLD A SOCCER TOURNAMENT WHILE 236 00:05:57,366 --> 00:05:58,000 YOUR COUNTRY'S DEATH TOLL IS 237 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:58,633 SKY HIGH. 238 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:01,500 WOULD YOU LIKE TO NOT FUCKING 239 00:06:01,566 --> 00:06:01,766 DO THAT?" 240 00:06:01,833 --> 00:06:02,966 AND LOOK, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 241 00:06:03,033 --> 00:06:04,900 BRAZIL SHOULD BE A WARNING 242 00:06:04,966 --> 00:06:06,100 FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE IF VACCINE 243 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:07,866 MISINFORMATION CONTINUES TO 244 00:06:07,933 --> 00:06:09,733 SPREAD, AND VARIANTS CONTINUE 245 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,766 TO EMERGE, THE WHOLE WORLD COULD 246 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:11,500 REMAIN IN TROUBLE FOR A VERY 247 00:06:11,566 --> 00:06:12,933 LONG TIME. 248 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,766 IN FACT, DESPITE HOW 249 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:16,766 COMPARATIVELY WELL THINGS SEEM 250 00:06:16,833 --> 00:06:17,800 TO BE GOING RIGHT NOW IN THE 251 00:06:17,866 --> 00:06:19,466 U.S., IF WE DON'T ACTIVELY HELP 252 00:06:19,533 --> 00:06:21,633 GET THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL 253 00:06:21,700 --> 00:06:22,900 GLOBALLY, THEN TO QUOTE A FORMER 254 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:24,566 TOP U.K. OFFICIAL: 255 00:06:24,633 --> 00:06:26,000 >> I THINK WE ARE ABSOLUTELY 256 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:26,533 FUCKED. 257 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,733 >> John: EXACTLY. 258 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:28,466 AND NOW, THIS. 259 00:06:28,533 --> 00:06:29,166 ♪ ♪ 260 00:06:29,233 --> 00:06:33,500 >> Announcer: AND NOW... 261 00:06:33,566 --> 00:06:40,000 PEOPLE ON TV LOSE THEIR SHIT 262 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,133 OVER THE PHRASE HOT VAX SUMMER. 263 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,900 >> THE HOT VAX SUMMER, THAT IS 264 00:06:42,966 --> 00:06:44,000 WHAT THEY ARE CALLING IT. 265 00:06:44,066 --> 00:06:45,433 I CAN'T MAKE THIS UP. 266 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:47,233 >> LAST SUMMER WAS HOT GIRL 267 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:48,933 SUMMER. 268 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,533 THEY DO SUBSTITUTED THAT WORD. 269 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,266 >> ALL VAXXED, NO PLACE TO GO? 270 00:06:54,333 --> 00:06:56,033 THE HOT VAX SUMMER. 271 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:58,033 >> HOT VAX SUMMER. 272 00:06:58,100 --> 00:06:59,233 >> HOT VAX SUMMER. 273 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:02,166 >> HOT VAX SUMMER IN THE STUDY. 274 00:07:02,233 --> 00:07:02,433 >> NO! 275 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:04,966 >> TO PLAY ON THE HOT GIRL 276 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:05,200 SUMMER. 277 00:07:05,266 --> 00:07:07,400 >> THREE WORDS. 278 00:07:07,466 --> 00:07:08,600 HOT VAX SUMMER. 279 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:11,433 SO CONSUMERS ARE READY TO 280 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:11,666 SPEND -- 281 00:07:11,733 --> 00:07:12,666 [LAUGHTER] 282 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:13,066 >> OKAY. 283 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:15,566 >> HOT VAX SUMMER. 284 00:07:15,633 --> 00:07:17,200 I AM TELLING YOU. 285 00:07:17,266 --> 00:07:17,466 [LAUGHTER] 286 00:07:17,533 --> 00:07:19,533 >> OKAY. 287 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:19,800 [LAUGHTER] 288 00:07:19,866 --> 00:07:22,133 >> I DON'T KNOW. 289 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,866 [LAUGHTER] 290 00:07:23,933 --> 00:07:25,100 >> OKAY, JAN. 291 00:07:25,166 --> 00:07:25,666 [LAUGHTER] 292 00:07:25,733 --> 00:07:27,266 WHAT DO YOU SAY? 293 00:07:27,333 --> 00:07:28,766 >> I WILL BORROW THAT, CHARLES, 294 00:07:28,833 --> 00:07:29,700 I LOVE THAT PHILOSOPHY. 295 00:07:29,766 --> 00:07:33,533 IT IS GOING TO BE A HOT VAX 296 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:33,766 SUMMER. 297 00:07:33,833 --> 00:07:34,033 [LAUGHTER] 298 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:34,366 >> ALL RIGHT. 299 00:07:34,433 --> 00:07:35,566 ♪ ♪ 300 00:07:35,633 --> 00:07:36,533 >> John: MOVING ON. 301 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:37,766 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 302 00:07:37,833 --> 00:07:38,566 ASIAN-AMERICANS. 303 00:07:38,633 --> 00:07:39,666 A GROUP THAT CURRENTLY MAKES UP 304 00:07:39,733 --> 00:07:40,866 AROUND 7% OF THE U.S. 305 00:07:40,933 --> 00:07:41,666 POPULATION, AND IS ACTUALLY 306 00:07:41,733 --> 00:07:43,033 THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL 307 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:44,133 GROUP, AND YET DESPITE THAT, 308 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,166 ASIAN-AMERICANS CAN SOMETIMES BE 309 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:46,800 ODDLY OVERLOOKED. 310 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:48,033 A RECENT SURVEY ASKED 311 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,533 RESPONDENTS TO SIMPLY NAME A 312 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,966 WELL-KNOWN ASIAN-AMERICAN, AND 313 00:07:53,033 --> 00:07:53,833 THE RESULTS WERE NOT GOOD. 314 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,033 >> 42% OF PEOPLE SAID THEY DON'T 315 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:56,300 KNOW ONE. 316 00:07:56,366 --> 00:07:58,566 THE NEXT MOST POPULAR ANSWERS 317 00:07:58,633 --> 00:08:00,433 WERE JACKIE CHAN, WHO'S FROM 318 00:08:00,500 --> 00:08:02,500 HONG KONG, AND BRUCE LEE, WHO 319 00:08:02,566 --> 00:08:04,033 DIED IN 1973. 320 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:06,000 >> John: OH, COME ON. 321 00:08:06,066 --> 00:08:07,233 NO DISRESPECT TO JACKIE CHAN AND 322 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:09,500 BRUCE LEE, BUT THAT'S 323 00:08:09,566 --> 00:08:10,900 EMBARRASSING EVEN BEFORE YOU 324 00:08:10,966 --> 00:08:12,466 CONSIDER THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED 325 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:13,400 WHILE KAMALA HARRIS -- WHO IS 326 00:08:13,466 --> 00:08:14,233 ASIAN-AMERICAN -- WAS 327 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:15,766 VICE PRESIDENT. 328 00:08:15,833 --> 00:08:16,600 HOW DO YOU FUCK UP A QUESTION 329 00:08:16,666 --> 00:08:18,333 THAT EASY? 330 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,166 IT'D BE LIKE ASKING AMERICANS TO 331 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:21,500 NAME A "WELL-KNOWN JOE," AND 332 00:08:21,566 --> 00:08:22,933 GETTING BACK "WHAT'S JOE," 333 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 "JOHN KRASINSKI," AND 334 00:08:24,066 --> 00:08:27,100 "JOE MILLIONAIRE." 335 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:28,266 IT IS PRETTY CLEAR MANY IN THIS 336 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:29,066 COUNTRY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW MUCH 337 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:29,900 ABOUT THE HISTORIES OR 338 00:08:29,966 --> 00:08:32,100 EXPERIENCES OF ASIAN-AMERICANS. 339 00:08:32,166 --> 00:08:33,333 AND TO THE EXTENT THAT 340 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,733 EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED 341 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,233 IN RECENT YEARS, IT'S OFTEN BEEN 342 00:08:37,300 --> 00:08:37,833 IN A TRAGIC CONTEXT, SUCH AS 343 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:39,266 KILLINGS OR MASS SHOOTINGS, 344 00:08:39,333 --> 00:08:40,833 OR RACISM AROUND THE CORONAVIRUS 345 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:42,700 TRIGGERING VERBAL AND PHYSICAL 346 00:08:42,766 --> 00:08:44,066 ATTACKS IN THE STREET, AS WELL 347 00:08:44,133 --> 00:08:45,966 AS THE KIND OF IDIOCY THAT 348 00:08:46,033 --> 00:08:48,066 FORCED LOCAL NEWS TO PRODUCE 349 00:08:48,133 --> 00:08:49,333 PIECES LIKE, "NO, YOU CAN'T GET 350 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,533 CORONAVIRUS BY EATING CHINESE 351 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,733 FOOD." 352 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:55,466 BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU FUCKING 353 00:08:55,533 --> 00:08:56,200 CAN'T. 354 00:08:56,266 --> 00:08:58,000 YOU'RE ABOUT AS LIKELY TO GET 355 00:08:58,066 --> 00:08:59,000 CORONAVIRUS FROM EATING 356 00:08:59,066 --> 00:08:59,866 CHINESE FOOD AS YOU ARE TO GET 357 00:08:59,933 --> 00:09:00,633 CHICKEN POX FROM EATING KFC. 358 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:01,700 THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, AND 359 00:09:01,766 --> 00:09:02,366 IT'S ALARMING ANYONE THOUGHT IT 360 00:09:02,433 --> 00:09:04,166 MIGHT. 361 00:09:04,233 --> 00:09:05,466 AND ALL OF THIS HAS HIGHLIGHTED 362 00:09:05,533 --> 00:09:06,533 THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE A 363 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,566 LONG-OVERDUE, BETTER-INFORMED 364 00:09:08,633 --> 00:09:09,800 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WAY THIS 365 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:12,300 COUNTRY REGARDS ASIAN-AMERICANS. 366 00:09:12,366 --> 00:09:14,700 AND BEFORE WE START, I FULLY 367 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:16,066 RECOGNIZE, THE HISTORY OF 368 00:09:16,133 --> 00:09:18,400 WHITE PEOPLE ON TV GENERALIZING 369 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:20,300 CONFIDENTLY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT 370 00:09:20,366 --> 00:09:21,800 ISN'T GREAT -- SOMETIMES MAKING 371 00:09:21,866 --> 00:09:23,633 STATEMENTS THAT ARE OFFENSIVE 372 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:25,233 EVEN WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE 373 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:26,700 BEING COMPLIMENTARY, LIKE THIS 374 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:28,433 IDEA THAT'S COME UP CONSTANTLY: 375 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:29,900 >> THEY'VE WORKED THEIR WAY PAST 376 00:09:29,966 --> 00:09:31,533 COLUMN As AND COLUMN Bs, 377 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,566 PAST NO STARCH PLEASE, 378 00:09:33,633 --> 00:09:34,700 TO BECOME OUR NATION'S 379 00:09:34,766 --> 00:09:36,100 MODEL MINORITY. 380 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:37,600 LISTEN TO THE NUMBERS. 381 00:09:37,666 --> 00:09:38,866 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, HIGHER FOR 382 00:09:38,933 --> 00:09:40,766 ASIANS THAN FOR WHITES. 383 00:09:40,833 --> 00:09:42,133 >> ONCE AGAIN, SUPER ACHIEVING 384 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:43,433 ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE 385 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:44,900 BECOMING A PHENOMENON. 386 00:09:44,966 --> 00:09:46,533 >> THEY ARE OVERACHIEVERS DRIVEN 387 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,433 TO EXCEL BY TRADITION. 388 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:50,700 >> THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF 389 00:09:50,766 --> 00:09:52,633 ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE SO 390 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:53,600 NOTABLE THAT IN SOME COLLEGES, 391 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:55,233 STUDENTS WARN EACH OTHER THAT 392 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:57,166 IF THEY END UP IN A CLASS WITH A 393 00:09:57,233 --> 00:09:58,766 LOT OF ORIENTAL FACES, GET OUT. 394 00:09:58,833 --> 00:09:59,933 THE GRADING CURVE, THEY SAY, 395 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,466 WILL GO OUT OF SIGHT. 396 00:10:01,533 --> 00:10:03,100 >> John: WOW. 397 00:10:03,166 --> 00:10:04,666 THAT IS JARRING TO HEAR, 398 00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:05,866 ESPECIALLY WHEN DELIVERED WITH 399 00:10:05,933 --> 00:10:07,533 SUCH A WEIRD COMBINATION OF 400 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,500 AMUSED SELF-SATISFACTION AND 401 00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:10,500 TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE SOURCING. 402 00:10:10,566 --> 00:10:11,733 "I WAS EAVESDROPPING ON SOME 403 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:12,966 TEENS LAST WEEK, AND I HEARD ONE 404 00:10:13,033 --> 00:10:13,933 OF THEM SAY "NEVER SHARE A CAB 405 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,200 WITH A BLACK PERSON." 406 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,633 JUST THOUGHT I'D PASS THAT 407 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:17,966 ALONG, THIS HAS BEEN, FOR SOME 408 00:10:18,033 --> 00:10:20,133 REASON, THE NEWS." 409 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,133 BUT THAT IDEA -- THAT 410 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:22,366 "ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE A MODEL 411 00:10:22,433 --> 00:10:23,800 MINORITY" -- HAS BEEN AS 412 00:10:23,866 --> 00:10:25,966 PERSISTENT AS IT IS PROBLEMATIC. 413 00:10:26,033 --> 00:10:27,566 SO TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT WE'D TRY 414 00:10:27,633 --> 00:10:28,733 AND UNPACK BOTH PARTS OF THIS 415 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,533 SENTENCE. 416 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,566 AND LET'S START WITH THE FIRST 417 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:33,266 HALF: ASIAN-AMERICANS. 418 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:34,566 WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEND 419 00:10:34,633 --> 00:10:39,300 MOST OF OUR TIME ON THIS TERM, 420 00:10:39,366 --> 00:10:41,033 BECAUSE IT'S HAVING TO DO A LOT 421 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:41,933 OF WORK. 422 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,066 IT ENCOMPASSES A VAST GROUP WHO 423 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:44,433 CAN TRACE THEIR HERITAGE BACK 424 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:45,533 TO MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES 425 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,633 COVERING A HUGE AMOUNT OF 426 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:47,466 THE WORLD'S LAND MASS, 427 00:10:47,533 --> 00:10:48,900 FROM MONGOLIA TO INDONESIA 428 00:10:48,966 --> 00:10:49,933 TO PAKISTAN TO JAPAN. 429 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,200 AND EVEN SOME WHO FALL UNDER THE 430 00:10:53,266 --> 00:10:53,833 TERM "ASIAN-AMERICAN" -- OR THE 431 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:55,000 BROADER "AAPI," WHICH INCLUDES 432 00:10:55,066 --> 00:10:57,000 PACIFIC ISLANDERS -- FEEL IT 433 00:10:57,066 --> 00:10:58,933 MAY NOT FIT THEM, OR THAT THE 434 00:10:59,000 --> 00:10:59,733 BROADNESS OF THE CATEGORY MEANS 435 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,633 THEIR EXPERIENCES GET ERASED. 436 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:02,700 >> PEOPLE ASSOCIATE ASIAN WITH 437 00:11:02,766 --> 00:11:04,700 EAST ASIAN. 438 00:11:04,766 --> 00:11:05,633 >> FILIPINOS AREN'T SO MUCH 439 00:11:05,700 --> 00:11:06,700 DISMISSED, THEY'RE JUST 440 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,600 OVERLOOKED JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE 441 00:11:08,666 --> 00:11:10,300 NOT AS POPULAR WITHIN, AT LEAST 442 00:11:10,366 --> 00:11:11,866 THE AMERICAN CULTURE. 443 00:11:11,933 --> 00:11:13,266 >> SOMETIMES I WILL IDENTITY AS 444 00:11:13,333 --> 00:11:14,933 ASIAN, BUT THEN OTHER INDIAN 445 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,700 PEOPLE DON'T IDENTIFY AS ASIAN. 446 00:11:17,766 --> 00:11:19,266 >> "WHY ARE YOU CONSIDERED 447 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:20,933 ASIAN, YOU'RE IN THE PACIFIC 448 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,600 ISLANDER, WOULDN'T YOU BE 449 00:11:22,666 --> 00:11:23,200 CONSIDERED MORE HAWAIIAN?" 450 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:24,166 AND I'M LIKE, NOT REALLY? 451 00:11:24,233 --> 00:11:25,666 >> John: YEAH, THE TERM 452 00:11:25,733 --> 00:11:26,933 "ASIAN-AMERICAN" APPLIES TO A 453 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,366 RIDICULOUSLY LARGE AND DIVERSE 454 00:11:28,433 --> 00:11:31,066 GROUP OF PEOPLE. 455 00:11:31,133 --> 00:11:32,033 AND THERE IS CLEARLY NOT GOING 456 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:32,833 TO BE ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS 457 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:33,600 EVERYONE WHO SUPPOSEDLY FITS 458 00:11:33,666 --> 00:11:36,766 UNDER THAT UMBRELLA IN THIS 459 00:11:36,833 --> 00:11:37,466 PIECE, EVEN THOUGH I DO INTEND 460 00:11:37,533 --> 00:11:38,266 TO TALK VERY FAST. 461 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:40,300 SO APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE TO 462 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,800 ALL 127 MALDIVIAN-AMERICANS. 463 00:11:42,866 --> 00:11:44,800 I PROMISE I'LL MAKE IT UP TO MY 464 00:11:44,866 --> 00:11:45,400 ONE MALDIVIAN-AMERICAN FAN IN 465 00:11:45,466 --> 00:11:46,300 THE FUTURE. 466 00:11:46,366 --> 00:11:50,500 I'M SERIOUS, KAREEM -- STAY WITH 467 00:11:50,566 --> 00:11:51,400 ME, TRUST ME ON THIS, 468 00:11:51,466 --> 00:11:52,633 YOU WILL BE SEEN. 469 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:54,266 BUT THE FACT THE TERM 470 00:11:54,333 --> 00:11:55,333 "ASIAN-AMERICAN" IS SO 471 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,533 INCREDIBLY BROAD ISN'T AN 472 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,433 ACCIDENT -- IT WAS KIND OF 473 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,533 THE POINT FROM THE START. 474 00:11:58,600 --> 00:11:59,533 BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST COINED IN 475 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,733 THE LATE 1960s BY ASIAN-AMERICAN 476 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,266 STUDENT ACTIVISTS IN CALIFORNIA, 477 00:12:02,333 --> 00:12:03,733 WHO WENT ON STRIKE ALONGSIDE 478 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,466 BLACK, HISPANIC, AND 479 00:12:05,533 --> 00:12:06,966 NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS 480 00:12:07,033 --> 00:12:08,000 TO DEMAND AN ETHNIC STUDIES 481 00:12:08,066 --> 00:12:09,700 CURRICULUM. 482 00:12:09,766 --> 00:12:12,633 >> IN THOSE DAYS, THE TERM 483 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:13,700 "ASIAN-AMERICAN" DIDN'T EXIST. 484 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:15,233 WE WERE ALL ORIENTALS. 485 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:17,633 IN 1968, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME 486 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:18,400 THAT I HEARD THE TERM 487 00:12:18,466 --> 00:12:20,566 ASIAN-AMERICANS. 488 00:12:20,633 --> 00:12:21,166 >> ASIAN-AMERICANS ENCOMPASSES 489 00:12:21,233 --> 00:12:22,333 EVERYBODY. 490 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:22,933 I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S 491 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,566 SOMETHING. 492 00:12:24,633 --> 00:12:27,366 PEOPLE ARE FINALLY STARTING TO 493 00:12:27,433 --> 00:12:28,200 REALIZE THAT WE WEAR OUR RACE ON 494 00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:29,666 OUR FACE. 495 00:12:29,733 --> 00:12:30,733 >> John: IT'S TRUE. 496 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,066 UNDER A SYSTEM OF WHITE 497 00:12:32,133 --> 00:12:33,133 SUPREMACY, WE DO TEND TO 498 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,933 WEAR OUR RACE ON OUR FACE. 499 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,333 MY FACE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 500 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,633 CURRENTLY WEARING DOWN MARKET 501 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:39,600 VINTAGE COLONIAL CASUAL. 502 00:12:39,666 --> 00:12:41,633 I'D CHANGE INTO SOMETHING A 503 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:42,600 LITTLE LESS IMPERIAL IF I COULD, 504 00:12:42,666 --> 00:12:43,933 BUT I CAN'T, SO INSTEAD I WEAR 505 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,866 THESE GLASSES. 506 00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:47,300 FOR THOSE ACTIVISTS, THE TERM 507 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:50,233 "ASIAN-AMERICAN" WAS AN ATTEMPT 508 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:50,933 TO UNITE A MASSIVELY DIFFUSE 509 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,033 COMMUNITY IN SOLIDARITY, THUS 510 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,533 INCREASING THEIR POWER, AND, 511 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:55,966 CRUCIALLY, FORCING THEIR 512 00:12:56,033 --> 00:12:57,600 UNIVERSITIES TO DEVOTE RESOURCES 513 00:12:57,666 --> 00:13:00,500 TO MAKING SURE THE HISTORIES OF 514 00:13:00,566 --> 00:13:01,466 ALL THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE 515 00:13:01,533 --> 00:13:02,466 ACTUALLY TAUGHT. 516 00:13:02,533 --> 00:13:03,566 IT WAS A POLITICAL TERM, A 517 00:13:03,633 --> 00:13:04,866 RADICAL REDEFINITION AT THE 518 00:13:04,933 --> 00:13:06,100 TIME. 519 00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:07,700 BUT IT'S SINCE BECOME A COMMON 520 00:13:07,766 --> 00:13:08,666 SHORTHAND THAT CAN, 521 00:13:08,733 --> 00:13:12,100 UNFORTUNATELY, END UP BEING USED 522 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:13,033 IN A WAY THAT IS FAR TOO 523 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:13,600 REDUCTIVE AND SUPERFICIAL, 524 00:13:13,666 --> 00:13:14,466 TO THE POINT WHERE AN OLD 525 00:13:14,533 --> 00:13:15,700 GOVERNMENT PSA FELT THE NEED TO 526 00:13:15,766 --> 00:13:18,000 MAKE A PRETTY OBVIOUS STATEMENT. 527 00:13:18,066 --> 00:13:19,366 >> PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME HOW I 528 00:13:19,433 --> 00:13:21,300 LIKE AMERICA. 529 00:13:21,366 --> 00:13:22,333 MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS BORN 530 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,000 HERE. 531 00:13:25,066 --> 00:13:26,100 LIKE MOST AMERICANS, WE'VE BEEN 532 00:13:26,166 --> 00:13:27,666 AMERICAN FOR A LONG TIME. 533 00:13:27,733 --> 00:13:29,033 SOME OF US FOLLOW ASIAN 534 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,566 TRADITION. 535 00:13:30,633 --> 00:13:33,266 MY FAMILY IS APPLE PIE AMERICAN. 536 00:13:33,333 --> 00:13:34,266 MINI BIKES, FOOTBALL, 537 00:13:34,333 --> 00:13:37,633 ROCK GUITAR. 538 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:38,600 ALL ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE NO MORE 539 00:13:38,666 --> 00:13:40,366 ALIKE THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF 540 00:13:40,433 --> 00:13:42,200 AMERICAN. 541 00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:45,600 WE DON'T ALL LOOK ALIKE, DO WE? 542 00:13:45,666 --> 00:13:46,433 >> WELL, DO WE? 543 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:48,700 >> John: THE FUCK? 544 00:13:48,766 --> 00:13:50,466 GOVERNMENT MONEY PAID FOR THAT? 545 00:13:50,533 --> 00:13:52,600 EVEN THIS KID HAS A SMIRK THAT 546 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:54,866 SAYS "FUCKING WHITE PEOPLE." 547 00:13:54,933 --> 00:13:56,300 ALTHOUGH, I'LL ADMIT, THE WRITER 548 00:13:56,366 --> 00:13:57,366 OF THAT PSA DEFINING 549 00:13:57,433 --> 00:13:58,133 "APPLE PIE AMERICAN" AS 550 00:13:58,200 --> 00:13:59,600 "MINI BIKES, FOOTBALL, 551 00:13:59,666 --> 00:14:01,433 ROCK GUITAR" IS MAGNIFICENT. 552 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:02,633 IT SHOULD BE THE OATH OF 553 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:03,433 CITIZENSHIP. 554 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:04,666 YOU PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR 555 00:14:04,733 --> 00:14:05,500 HEART, SAY "MINI BIKES, 556 00:14:05,566 --> 00:14:06,700 FOOTBALL, ROCK GUITAR," 557 00:14:06,766 --> 00:14:07,933 AND THEN YOU NEVER RIDE 558 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:08,500 A REGULAR-SIZED BIKE AGAIN. 559 00:14:08,566 --> 00:14:09,900 WHY? 560 00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:10,633 BECAUSE YOU'RE AN "AMERICAN" 561 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:12,733 NOW. 562 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,300 AND OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNIZING THE 563 00:14:14,366 --> 00:14:16,033 DIVERSITY OF ASIAN-AMERICANS IS 564 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:18,166 ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLY 565 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:19,133 RECOGNIZING THOSE THREE CHILDREN 566 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,500 HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FACES. 567 00:14:20,566 --> 00:14:21,566 BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN DANGERS 568 00:14:21,633 --> 00:14:23,166 OF TREATING ASIAN-AMERICANS 569 00:14:23,233 --> 00:14:24,933 AS A SINGLE ENTITY IS THAT IT 570 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 OBSCURES THE REALITY OF WHAT'S 571 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:28,366 HAPPENING FOR THE DIFFERENT 572 00:14:28,433 --> 00:14:29,766 SUBGROUPS INSIDE IT. 573 00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:31,766 FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT 10% OF 574 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:34,033 ASIAN-AMERICANS LIVE IN POVERTY, 575 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:35,433 WHICH IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE 576 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:36,700 OVERALL U.S. POVERTY RATE. 577 00:14:36,766 --> 00:14:38,266 BUT WHEN YOU DISAGGREGATE THE 578 00:14:38,333 --> 00:14:39,600 DATA -- WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN 579 00:14:39,666 --> 00:14:41,466 BY SUBGROUP -- YOU START TO SEE 580 00:14:41,533 --> 00:14:43,166 A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED 581 00:14:43,233 --> 00:14:44,566 SITUATION, WITH MONGOLIAN AND 582 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:46,600 BURMESE-AMERICANS HAVING A 583 00:14:46,666 --> 00:14:48,233 POVERTY RATE OF 25%, MORE THAN 584 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:50,466 TWICE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 585 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:51,533 AND WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, 586 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,733 WHILE AROUND 75% OF 587 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,233 INDIAN-AMERICANS HAVE A 588 00:14:55,300 --> 00:14:57,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE -- WELL ABOVE 589 00:14:57,066 --> 00:14:58,966 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE -- FOR 590 00:14:59,033 --> 00:15:00,566 BHUTANESE-AMERICANS, THAT FIGURE 591 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:01,700 IS JUST 15%, WHICH IS WELL 592 00:15:01,766 --> 00:15:03,200 BELOW IT. 593 00:15:03,266 --> 00:15:05,366 THE POINT IS, DISAGGREGATING THE 594 00:15:05,433 --> 00:15:06,800 DATA CAN REVEAL BIG DISPARITIES 595 00:15:06,866 --> 00:15:08,500 YOU COULDN'T SEE PREVIOUSLY. 596 00:15:08,566 --> 00:15:10,366 LOOKING AT AVERAGES FOR 597 00:15:10,433 --> 00:15:12,100 ASIAN-AMERICANS AS A WHOLE IS 598 00:15:12,166 --> 00:15:13,766 LIKE LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE 599 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:15,000 INCOME OF THE HEMSWORTH 600 00:15:15,066 --> 00:15:16,200 BROTHERS. 601 00:15:16,266 --> 00:15:17,800 IT'S VERY MISLEADING WHEN WE ALL 602 00:15:17,866 --> 00:15:19,433 KNOW SOME HEMS ARE WORTH A LOT 603 00:15:19,500 --> 00:15:21,266 MORE THAN OTHER HEMS ARE WORTH. 604 00:15:21,333 --> 00:15:22,966 AND LOOK, USING THE TERM 605 00:15:23,033 --> 00:15:24,533 "ASIAN-AMERICANS" TO REPRESENT 606 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,233 A POLITICAL COALITION MADE 607 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:27,733 SENSE, AND STILL DOES, 608 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,300 TO SOME EXTENT. 609 00:15:29,366 --> 00:15:30,200 BUT A COALITION IS NOT A 610 00:15:30,266 --> 00:15:32,500 MONOLITH. 611 00:15:32,566 --> 00:15:33,900 AND TO START TO UNDERSTAND SOME 612 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:36,100 OF THE PRESENT-DAY DIFFERENCES 613 00:15:36,166 --> 00:15:37,833 HERE, IT REALLY HELPS TO 614 00:15:37,900 --> 00:15:38,633 UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES IN 615 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:39,733 WHEN, AND HOW, PEOPLE CAME TO 616 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,433 THIS COUNTRY. 617 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:42,333 AND YOU CAN BREAK DOWN THOSE 618 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,433 EXPERIENCES INTO A FEW BROAD 619 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:47,500 CATEGORIES, STARTING WITH THOSE 620 00:15:47,566 --> 00:15:48,566 WHO ARRIVED EARLIER, IN THE 621 00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:49,533 19TH CENTURY AND THE FIRST HALF 622 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,000 OF THE 20TH. 623 00:15:51,066 --> 00:15:52,300 ASIAN IMMIGRATION IN THAT TIME 624 00:15:52,366 --> 00:15:55,633 WAS ESSENTIALLY A CYCLE OF 625 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:56,433 ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION FOLLOWED 626 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:57,333 BY A VIOLENT AND RESTRICTIVE 627 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:58,066 BACKLASH. 628 00:15:58,133 --> 00:15:59,766 THIS BEGAN WITH CHINESE 629 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:00,966 IMMIGRANTS, WHO WERE RECRUITED 630 00:16:01,033 --> 00:16:01,766 TO WORK ON THE RAILROADS IN THE 631 00:16:01,833 --> 00:16:03,033 1860s. 632 00:16:03,100 --> 00:16:05,033 THEY FACED VIRULENT RACISM FROM 633 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:06,500 THE BEGINNING, BOTH FROM THEIR 634 00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,233 BOSSES, WHO SAW THEIR LIVES AS 635 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:09,733 DISPOSABLE, AND FROM WHITES, 636 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,133 MANY OF WHOM SAW THEM AS UNFAIR 637 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,133 COMPETITION FOR JOBS. 638 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,166 AT THE TIME, A SENATOR FROM 639 00:16:15,233 --> 00:16:16,800 CALIFORNIA DESCRIBED CHINESE 640 00:16:16,866 --> 00:16:18,866 IMMIGRANTS AS "AUTOMATIC ENGINES 641 00:16:18,933 --> 00:16:20,766 OF FLESH AND BLOOD" -- MAKING 642 00:16:20,833 --> 00:16:22,466 THEM SOUND LIKE RAILROAD-LAYING 643 00:16:22,533 --> 00:16:24,366 TERMINATORS -- AND DEMANDED THAT 644 00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:25,466 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 645 00:16:25,533 --> 00:16:26,933 "SECURE THE AMERICAN ANGLO-SAXON 646 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,933 CIVILIZATION WITHOUT 647 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,166 CONTAMINATION OR ADULTERATION." 648 00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:33,033 AND IN 1882, WITH THE CHINESE 649 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:35,433 EXCLUSION ACT, HE GOT HIS WISH. 650 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:36,900 >> THE CHINESE EXCLUSION LAW IS 651 00:16:36,966 --> 00:16:38,033 ONE OF THE FIRST REALLY 652 00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:38,666 COMPREHENSIVELY RESTRICTIVE 653 00:16:38,733 --> 00:16:41,666 LAWS. 654 00:16:41,733 --> 00:16:43,733 AND IT'S ALSO THE FIRST AND ONLY 655 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,033 TIME IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF 656 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:48,100 THE UNITED STATES THAT A GROUP 657 00:16:48,166 --> 00:16:50,800 IS SINGLED OUT BY NAME, CHINESE 658 00:16:50,866 --> 00:16:54,300 BY NAME AS BEING UNDESIRABLE. 659 00:16:54,366 --> 00:16:55,600 SO THIS IS TRULY A REMARKABLE 660 00:16:55,666 --> 00:16:56,233 MOMENT. 661 00:16:56,300 --> 00:16:58,700 >> John: YEP, THE POSTER SAYS 662 00:16:58,766 --> 00:17:00,966 "HIP HURRAH" TO THE CHINESE 663 00:17:01,033 --> 00:17:02,100 EXCLUSION ACT, AND IF YOU LOOK 664 00:17:02,166 --> 00:17:03,466 AT THE WHOLE THING, IT SAYS IN 665 00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:04,366 THE MIDDLE, "HIP HURRAH, THE 666 00:17:04,433 --> 00:17:05,600 WHITE MAN IS ON TOP." 667 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:07,366 WHICH IS A BIT REDUNDANT. 668 00:17:07,433 --> 00:17:10,633 IF YOU'VE SAID "HIP HURRAH" 669 00:17:10,700 --> 00:17:11,566 TWICE, YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY 670 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:12,300 "THE WHITE MAN IS ON TOP." 671 00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:13,700 IT'S LIKE SAYING 672 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,500 "BLUE LIVES MATTER" OR "WELCOME 673 00:17:15,566 --> 00:17:17,200 TO CARRIE BRADSHAW'S BEDROOM." 674 00:17:17,266 --> 00:17:18,300 "THE WHITE MAN ON TOP" PART IS 675 00:17:18,366 --> 00:17:20,533 VERY MUCH IMPLIED. 676 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,033 AND AMERICA COMMITTED TO THAT 677 00:17:22,100 --> 00:17:23,400 EXCLUSION POLICY. 678 00:17:23,466 --> 00:17:24,766 HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT 679 00:17:24,833 --> 00:17:26,733 KNOW: THERE WERE ACTUALLY SIX 680 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,833 CHINESE MEN WHO SURVIVED THE 681 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:29,733 SINKING OF THE TITANIC, BUT UPON 682 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,400 REACHING U.S. SHORES, 683 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:32,933 WERE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER 684 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,200 THE UNITED STATES TO RECOVER. 685 00:17:35,266 --> 00:17:36,300 INSTEAD, THEY WERE FORCED ONTO 686 00:17:36,366 --> 00:17:37,500 ANOTHER BOAT AND SENT AWAY THE 687 00:17:37,566 --> 00:17:38,333 VERY NEXT DAY. 688 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,533 WHICH ISN'T JUST RACIST, 689 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,800 IT'S INSENSITIVE. 690 00:17:42,866 --> 00:17:43,733 DID IT REALLY HAVE TO BE ANOTHER 691 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,633 BOAT? 692 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:49,266 THEY HAD JUST BEEN ON THE BEST 693 00:17:49,333 --> 00:17:50,700 BOAT AND IT FUCKING SUCKED. 694 00:17:50,766 --> 00:17:51,533 COULD YOU NOT PUT THEM ON 695 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:52,966 A ZEPPELIN OR SOMETHING? 696 00:17:53,033 --> 00:17:53,733 AT THE VERY LEAST, LET'S MIX UP 697 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:54,866 THE DOOMED TURN OF THE CENTURY 698 00:17:54,933 --> 00:17:56,200 TRANSPORTATION METHODS HERE. 699 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:57,266 AND THE EXPERIENCE OF CHINESE 700 00:17:57,333 --> 00:17:58,400 IMMIGRANTS UNFORTUNATELY SET 701 00:17:58,466 --> 00:17:59,466 THE TEMPLATE FOR THE DIFFERENT 702 00:17:59,533 --> 00:18:00,600 GROUPS THAT FOLLOWED. 703 00:18:00,666 --> 00:18:01,966 BECAUSE WAVES OF JAPANESE, 704 00:18:02,033 --> 00:18:03,633 KOREAN, SOUTH ASIAN, AND 705 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:05,800 FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS LATER CAME 706 00:18:05,866 --> 00:18:07,500 OVER AS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, 707 00:18:07,566 --> 00:18:08,533 WITH THOSE IN CHARGE OFTEN 708 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,766 PITTING THE GROUPS AGAINST 709 00:18:09,833 --> 00:18:11,100 EACH OTHER WITH UNEQUAL WAGES 710 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:13,100 AND TREATMENT. 711 00:18:13,166 --> 00:18:14,533 EACH GROUP THAT CAME FACED 712 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,733 THE COMMON EXPERIENCE OF RACIAL 713 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,800 HOSTILITY, VIOLENCE, AND LAWS 714 00:18:17,866 --> 00:18:19,133 DENYING THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF 715 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:19,966 BECOMING CITIZENS OR OWNING 716 00:18:20,033 --> 00:18:22,966 LAND. 717 00:18:23,033 --> 00:18:24,066 HERE IS A POSTER TARGETING 718 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:25,300 CHINESE PEOPLE, HERE'S A SIGN 719 00:18:25,366 --> 00:18:27,900 TARGETING JAPANESE PEOPLE, AND 720 00:18:27,966 --> 00:18:28,833 HERE IS ONE TARGETING FILIPINOS. 721 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,400 IT'S JUST LIKE THE STATUE OF 722 00:18:30,466 --> 00:18:31,866 LIBERTY SAYS: "GIVE ME YOUR 723 00:18:31,933 --> 00:18:33,133 TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED 724 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:33,400 MASSES... 725 00:18:33,466 --> 00:18:34,000 BUT NOT OVER THERE. 726 00:18:34,066 --> 00:18:35,100 NOT THERE EITHER. 727 00:18:35,166 --> 00:18:36,533 DEFINITELY NOT IN MAINE. 728 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:37,333 YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS JUST 729 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:37,933 FIGURE IT OUT. 730 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:38,633 DON'T WORRY, THE SIGNS WILL MAKE 731 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:40,933 IT REALLY OBVIOUS." 732 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,200 AND NO MATTER HOW LONG 733 00:18:42,266 --> 00:18:44,366 ASIAN-AMERICANS OR THEIR 734 00:18:44,433 --> 00:18:45,400 FAMILIES HAD BEEN IN THIS 735 00:18:45,466 --> 00:18:46,966 COUNTRY, THEY WERE, AS NOW, 736 00:18:47,033 --> 00:18:48,966 TREATED AS PERPETUAL FOREIGNERS 737 00:18:49,033 --> 00:18:50,033 WHOSE LOYALTIES WERE IN 738 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:51,766 QUESTION, WITH THE MOST FAMOUS 739 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:53,600 EXAMPLE OF THIS BEING 740 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:54,466 THE WORLD WAR II 741 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:56,433 INTERNMENT CAMPS, WHERE 742 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,466 120,000 JAPANESE-AMERICANS 743 00:18:58,533 --> 00:18:59,300 WHO'D BEEN ROUNDED UP EN MASSE 744 00:18:59,366 --> 00:19:00,366 WERE IMPRISONED. 745 00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:02,400 AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, 746 00:19:02,466 --> 00:19:03,566 WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY ALLOWED 747 00:19:03,633 --> 00:19:05,133 TO LEAVE, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 748 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:06,433 HAD THE GALL TO TRY AND GIVE IT 749 00:19:06,500 --> 00:19:08,133 A POSITIVE SPIN. 750 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,533 >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY 751 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:10,500 ENOUGH TO GET TO YOUR NEW 752 00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:13,700 LOCATION, THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH 753 00:19:13,766 --> 00:19:15,566 W.R.A. WILL MAKE A GRANT OF 754 00:19:15,633 --> 00:19:16,466 ENOUGH MONEY TO GET YOU THERE 755 00:19:16,533 --> 00:19:17,800 AND A LITTLE EXTRA UNTIL 756 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:18,966 THE PAYCHECKS START COMING IN. 757 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:20,300 THIS MONEY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 758 00:19:20,366 --> 00:19:21,166 REPAID. 759 00:19:21,233 --> 00:19:22,400 IT'S A HELPING HAND FROM 760 00:19:22,466 --> 00:19:25,133 UNCLE SAM. 761 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:26,333 IT'S A BIG MOMENT WHEN YOU START 762 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,600 TO PACK FOR YOUR TRIP OUTSIDE. 763 00:19:28,666 --> 00:19:29,300 IT'S AN EVEN BIGGER MOMENT 764 00:19:29,366 --> 00:19:30,366 WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE GATES, 765 00:19:30,433 --> 00:19:33,000 FOR THE LAST TIME. 766 00:19:33,066 --> 00:19:34,866 AND PRESENT YOUR PASS TO THE 767 00:19:34,933 --> 00:19:37,200 GUARD FOR THE LAST TIME. 768 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:39,066 AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE BARBED 769 00:19:39,133 --> 00:19:40,466 WIRE FENCE FOR THE LAST TIME. 770 00:19:40,533 --> 00:19:41,666 >> John: "AND AS YOU LOOK AT 771 00:19:41,733 --> 00:19:42,833 THAT BARBED WIRE, YOU CAN THINK 772 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:44,466 "FUCK YOU, AMERICA" FOR THE LAST 773 00:19:44,533 --> 00:19:44,666 TIME. 774 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:44,933 GO AHEAD. 775 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,200 WE'RE COOL WITH IT. 776 00:19:46,266 --> 00:19:47,000 YOU CAN EVEN SAY IT OUT LOUD IF 777 00:19:47,066 --> 00:19:47,566 YOU WANT TO. 778 00:19:47,633 --> 00:19:48,600 WE'LL PRETEND WE DIDN'T HEAR 779 00:19:48,666 --> 00:19:50,833 YOU, AND THEN WE'LL BE EVEN. 780 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:52,500 IN FACT, LET'S SHAKE ON THAT. 781 00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:53,433 YOU CAN SAY "FUCK YOU, AMERICA" 782 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:55,900 ONE TIME, AND THEN WE'LL BE 783 00:19:55,966 --> 00:19:56,100 COOL." 784 00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:57,900 BUT AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 785 00:19:57,966 --> 00:19:59,266 LAST CENTURY, ATTITUDES BEGAN TO 786 00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:00,466 SHIFT AS THE U.S. - LOCKED 787 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,233 IN A COLD WAR -- CAME TO SEE 788 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:03,833 EXCLUSION LAWS AND RACIAL QUOTAS 789 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:05,333 AS BAD FOR ITS GLOBAL IMAGE. 790 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,933 SO LAWS LIKE THE CHINESE 791 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,566 EXCLUSION ACT WENT AWAY, 792 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:10,466 TO EVENTUALLY BE REPLACED BY 793 00:20:10,533 --> 00:20:12,533 THE 1965 IMMIGRATION ACT. 794 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,866 AND THIS IS THE NEXT BROAD 795 00:20:14,933 --> 00:20:16,166 CATEGORY OF ASIAN-AMERICAN 796 00:20:16,233 --> 00:20:17,600 IMMIGRANTS: THOSE WHO CAME 797 00:20:17,666 --> 00:20:18,766 POST-1965 AS A RESULT OF THAT 798 00:20:18,833 --> 00:20:20,500 ACT. 799 00:20:20,566 --> 00:20:22,200 BECAUSE IN CONTRAST TO THE 800 00:20:22,266 --> 00:20:24,133 PREVIOUS MIGRANTS, WHO WERE 801 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,566 GENERALLY RELEGATED TO LOW-WAGE 802 00:20:25,633 --> 00:20:27,866 MANUAL LABOR, A KEY THING THIS 803 00:20:27,933 --> 00:20:29,033 LAW DID WAS PRIORITIZE EDUCATED 804 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,266 AND HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS LIKE 805 00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:34,033 DOCTORS AND ENGINEERS. 806 00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:35,200 AND IT ALSO TRIED TO ADDRESS 807 00:20:35,266 --> 00:20:36,466 SPECIFIC LABOR NEEDS, LIKE WHEN 808 00:20:36,533 --> 00:20:38,233 A NURSING SHORTAGE RESULTED IN 809 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:40,600 OVERSEAS ADS LIKE THESE. 810 00:20:40,666 --> 00:20:42,200 >> LABOR RECRUITERS AND TRAVEL 811 00:20:42,266 --> 00:20:43,366 AGENCIES STARTED TARGETING 812 00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:44,966 FILIPINO NURSES WITH ADS THAT 813 00:20:45,033 --> 00:20:45,700 PROMISED THEM BRIGHT FUTURES IN 814 00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:48,800 AMERICA. 815 00:20:48,866 --> 00:20:51,366 >> ONE PARTICULAR AD FEATURED A 816 00:20:51,433 --> 00:20:53,300 BASKET THAT WAS DECORATED WITH 817 00:20:53,366 --> 00:20:55,066 THE PHILIPPINE FLAG. 818 00:20:55,133 --> 00:20:58,333 IT'S ADDRESSING THE FILIPINO 819 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,800 NURSE SAYING, "DEAR NURSE, IF 820 00:20:59,866 --> 00:21:01,500 YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WHERE YOU ARE 821 00:21:01,566 --> 00:21:03,833 RIGHT NOW, CONTACT US." 822 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:06,033 AND, "WE CAN'T PROMISE YOU 823 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:06,666 HAPPINESS, BUT WE CAN HELP YOU 824 00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:10,500 CHASE IT ALL OVER THE PLACE." 825 00:21:10,566 --> 00:21:11,933 >> John: I'VE GOTTA SAY, THAT'S 826 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,533 A REFRESHINGLY HONEST SLOGAN. 827 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,266 "YOU MIGHT NOT CATCH HAPPINESS 828 00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:17,266 -- BUT YOU CAN CHASE IT!" 829 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:18,733 AND IT SEEMED TO WORK, AS NURSES 830 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:19,666 ARE ONE OF THIS COUNTRIES' TOP 831 00:21:19,733 --> 00:21:20,800 IMPORTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES -- 832 00:21:20,866 --> 00:21:22,066 FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY, OF COURSE, 833 00:21:22,133 --> 00:21:23,533 JOLLIBEE. 834 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,400 THE WORLD'S GREATEST FAST FOOD 835 00:21:24,466 --> 00:21:25,600 MASCOT. 836 00:21:25,666 --> 00:21:27,066 BECAUSE BELIEVE ME, UNLIKE 837 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:28,400 AMERICAN LABOR RECRUITERS IN 838 00:21:28,466 --> 00:21:30,166 THE '60s, JOLLIBEE CAN PROMISE 839 00:21:30,233 --> 00:21:31,900 YOU HAPPINESS, AND DELIVER IT TO 840 00:21:31,966 --> 00:21:34,633 YOU, IN VIDEOS LIKE THIS. 841 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:46,033 ♪ ♪ 842 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:47,600 >> John: YES, PLEASE. 843 00:21:47,666 --> 00:21:51,666 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I LOVE MORE, 844 00:21:51,733 --> 00:21:52,866 JOLLIBEE TASTEFULLY SHAKING THAT 845 00:21:52,933 --> 00:21:53,766 STINGER LIKE IT'S A BOTTLE OF 846 00:21:53,833 --> 00:21:54,600 HIS SIGNATURE KETCHUP OR 847 00:21:54,666 --> 00:21:55,533 THE COY FLUTTER OF THOSE 848 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,633 NAUGHTY HUMANOID EYES. 849 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:00,633 JOLLIBEE CAN GET IT! 850 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:01,866 SO VERY BROADLY, ASIAN-AMERICANS 851 00:22:01,933 --> 00:22:03,533 BEFORE 1965 WERE LARGELY 852 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,466 EXPLOITED FOR THEIR LABOR AND 853 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:06,100 LEGALLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, 854 00:22:06,166 --> 00:22:07,200 WHILE AFTER 1965, THERE WERE 855 00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:08,600 MANY MORE WHO CAME AS SKILLED 856 00:22:08,666 --> 00:22:09,766 WORKERS AND WHO FACED FEWER 857 00:22:09,833 --> 00:22:12,500 "FORMAL" LEGAL BARRIERS. 858 00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:13,566 AND THEN THERE'S A FINAL GROUP 859 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:14,600 HERE, THAT HAD LESS TO DO WITH 860 00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:17,133 AMERICA'S LABOR NEEDS, AND MORE 861 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:17,700 TO DO WITH ITS GEOPOLITICAL 862 00:22:17,766 --> 00:22:18,266 INTERESTS: THOSE WHO ARRIVED 863 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:20,533 AS REFUGEES. 864 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,200 BECAUSE BETWEEN 1975 AND 2010, 865 00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:24,033 WE TOOK IN OVER A MILLION 866 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:25,166 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, LAOS, 867 00:22:25,233 --> 00:22:27,466 AND CAMBODIA. 868 00:22:27,533 --> 00:22:29,433 WHICH WASN'T SO MUCH "GENEROUS" 869 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:30,533 AS IT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF 870 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,833 PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE FROM WARS 871 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:32,566 THAT AMERICA WAGED IN THE 872 00:22:32,633 --> 00:22:33,866 REGION. 873 00:22:33,933 --> 00:22:35,966 BASICALLY, WE BOMBED THE SHIT 874 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:37,066 OUT OF THEIR COUNTRIES TO THWART 875 00:22:37,133 --> 00:22:38,300 THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM -- 876 00:22:38,366 --> 00:22:39,800 SOMETIMES IN SECRET WARS TO 877 00:22:39,866 --> 00:22:41,600 FULFILL HENRY KISSINGER'S NAPALM 878 00:22:41,666 --> 00:22:42,800 KINK -- AND THEN, ONCE WE TOOK 879 00:22:42,866 --> 00:22:44,766 THOSE REFUGEES IN, WE DIDN'T 880 00:22:44,833 --> 00:22:46,100 REALLY DO MUCH TO SET THEM UP 881 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:52,266 FOR SUCCESS. 882 00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:55,066 >> WHEN IT COMES TO REFUGEES, WE 883 00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:57,066 HOLD A LOT OF TRAUMA, PTSD, 884 00:22:57,133 --> 00:22:58,233 MENTAL ILLNESS FROM THE WAR AND 885 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:02,133 THE GENOCIDE. 886 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:03,133 >> WE HAVE IN THE U.S., WITH 887 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,233 RESPECT TO OUR REFUGEE POLICY, 888 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:05,200 THIS DOCTRINE OF WORK FIRST OR 889 00:23:05,266 --> 00:23:05,933 WORK IMMEDIATELY. 890 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:06,966 DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU JUST CAME 891 00:23:07,033 --> 00:23:07,866 FROM A WAR ZONE AND HAVEN'T 892 00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:08,533 HEALED FROM THE MENTAL AND 893 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,600 PHYSICAL TRAUMAS OF WAR, 894 00:23:09,666 --> 00:23:10,500 WE WANT YOU TO GET A LOW WAGE 895 00:23:10,566 --> 00:23:14,300 JOB IMMEDIATELY. 896 00:23:14,366 --> 00:23:15,233 >> John: AND THAT IS REALLY THE 897 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:16,233 FULL SPECTRUM OF THE AMERICAN 898 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:17,033 EXPERIENCE, ISN'T IT? 899 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:17,800 TO GO FROM THE U.S. NOT GIVING 900 00:23:17,866 --> 00:23:18,733 A SHIT ABOUT YOUR LIFE ABROAD, 901 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:19,833 TO NOT GIVING A SHIT ABOUT YOUR 902 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:20,100 LIFE HERE. 903 00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:21,266 GOOD LUCK! 904 00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:22,800 BY THE WAY, IF YOU THINK YOU 905 00:23:22,866 --> 00:23:24,033 HEAR BOMBS AGAIN, TRY NOT TO 906 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:25,300 FREAK OUT -- IT'S EITHER A 907 00:23:25,366 --> 00:23:26,533 HOLIDAY HALF THE COUNTRY KIND OF 908 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:27,166 HATES OR SOME COUPLE TELLING 909 00:23:27,233 --> 00:23:27,800 THEIR FRIENDS WHAT GENDER THEIR 910 00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:28,700 BABY IS. 911 00:23:28,766 --> 00:23:31,566 WELCOME TO AMERICA! 912 00:23:31,633 --> 00:23:34,200 THE POINT IS, DIFFERENT GROUPS 913 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,000 OF ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE HAD 914 00:23:35,066 --> 00:23:36,233 VASTLY DIVERGENT MIGRATION 915 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:37,433 EXPERIENCES. 916 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,733 AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THEM 917 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,600 MORE, THE VARIATION THAT YOU SEE 918 00:23:40,666 --> 00:23:41,633 -- IN EVERYTHING FROM INCOME TO 919 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,166 EDUCATION TO HEALTH OUTCOMES -- 920 00:23:43,233 --> 00:23:45,800 BEGINS TO MAKE SENSE. 921 00:23:45,866 --> 00:23:47,566 AND YET, GROUPS THAT HAVE, IN 922 00:23:47,633 --> 00:23:49,866 SOME WAYS, SO LITTLE IN COMMON, 923 00:23:49,933 --> 00:23:51,200 OFTEN HAVE BEEN UNIFIED, 924 00:23:51,266 --> 00:23:53,433 UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGH THE 925 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,100 COMMON EXPERIENCE OF BIGOTRY, AS 926 00:23:55,166 --> 00:23:56,866 WAS THE CASE IN THE EARLY 1980s, 927 00:23:56,933 --> 00:23:57,700 WHEN AMERICA'S FEAR OF AN 928 00:23:57,766 --> 00:23:59,566 ECONOMICALLY ASCENDANT JAPAN LED 929 00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:01,800 TO A RACIST FERVOR AT HOME. 930 00:24:01,866 --> 00:24:03,633 >> PRETTY SOON, THE FINGER OF 931 00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:08,633 BLAME ENDED UP ON JAPAN. 932 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:12,466 ALL OF THIS HATRED, YOU COULD 933 00:24:12,533 --> 00:24:14,566 FEEL IT, IT WAS PALPABLE. 934 00:24:14,633 --> 00:24:15,700 >> DETROITERS WERE INVITED FOR 935 00:24:15,766 --> 00:24:17,033 50 CENTS A SMASH TO TAKE OUT 936 00:24:17,100 --> 00:24:20,066 THEIR ANGER ON JAPANESE CARS. 937 00:24:20,133 --> 00:24:21,700 >> John: WOW, THAT'S STUPID. 938 00:24:21,766 --> 00:24:22,900 I HONESTLY CAN'T THINK OF A 939 00:24:22,966 --> 00:24:24,666 SINGLE GOOD REASON TO BEAT UP 940 00:24:24,733 --> 00:24:26,466 A CAR, EXCEPT MAYBE IF 941 00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:27,433 LIGHTNING McQUEEN OWES YOU 942 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:28,700 MONEY. 943 00:24:28,766 --> 00:24:30,033 AND TO BE HONEST, IF YOU REALLY 944 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:31,300 WANT TO HURT HIM, YOU DON'T BEAT 945 00:24:31,366 --> 00:24:32,966 HIM WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. 946 00:24:33,033 --> 00:24:33,900 YOU LIGHT MATER ON FIRE, 947 00:24:33,966 --> 00:24:34,900 AND YOU MAKE HIM WATCH. 948 00:24:34,966 --> 00:24:38,533 THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. 949 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,600 EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. 950 00:24:39,666 --> 00:24:40,566 WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY, 951 00:24:40,633 --> 00:24:41,833 McQUEEN? 952 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:42,800 BUT TRAGICALLY, AND 953 00:24:42,866 --> 00:24:44,166 UNSURPRISINGLY, THAT TYPE OF 954 00:24:44,233 --> 00:24:45,466 RESENTMENT AND BLAME TURNED TO 955 00:24:45,533 --> 00:24:46,566 VIOLENCE, AND EVENTUALLY 956 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:48,700 CULMINATED IN THE MURDER OF 957 00:24:48,766 --> 00:24:50,333 VINCENT CHIN, A CHINESE-AMERICAN 958 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:51,966 MAN WHO WAS BEATEN TO DEATH BY 959 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:52,900 TWO WHITE MEN WHO BLAMED HIM FOR 960 00:24:52,966 --> 00:24:53,700 WHAT JAPAN WAS DOING TO 961 00:24:53,766 --> 00:24:55,366 THE U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY. 962 00:24:55,433 --> 00:24:57,566 CHIN'S KILLERS WERE ARRESTED AND 963 00:24:57,633 --> 00:24:59,266 CONVICTED, BUT THE JUDGE 964 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,433 SENTENCED THEM TO EXACTLY NO 965 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,433 PRISON TIME, INSTEAD GIVING EACH 966 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:05,066 OF THEM THREE YEARS' PROBATION 967 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:06,600 AND LESS THAN $4,000 IN FINES. 968 00:25:06,666 --> 00:25:07,966 AND HE INSISTED AT THE TIME HE'D 969 00:25:08,033 --> 00:25:10,733 MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. 970 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,166 >> JUDGE CHARLES KAUFMAN SAYS 971 00:25:12,233 --> 00:25:13,133 JUSTICE WAS DONE. 972 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,100 HE WOULD NOT TALK TO CBS NEWS, 973 00:25:15,166 --> 00:25:16,766 BUT HE DID TELL A DETROIT 974 00:25:16,833 --> 00:25:17,733 NEWSPAPER THAT THE TWO 975 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,866 DEFENDANTS WERE LONGTIME, 976 00:25:19,933 --> 00:25:20,833 HARDWORKING MEMBERS OF THE 977 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:21,900 COMMUNITY, ADDING, "THESE MEN 978 00:25:21,966 --> 00:25:23,266 ARE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND HARM 979 00:25:23,333 --> 00:25:24,466 SOMEBODY ELSE. 980 00:25:24,533 --> 00:25:25,333 I JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT PUTTING 981 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:26,666 THEM IN PRISON WOULD DO ANY GOOD 982 00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:28,100 FOR THEM OR FOR SOCIETY." 983 00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:30,133 >> John: OH, IT GETS WORSE! 984 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,633 THAT JUDGE ALSO SAID, "THESE 985 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:32,633 WEREN'T THE KIND OF MEN YOU SEND 986 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:33,866 TO JAIL." 987 00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,500 AND IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT 988 00:25:35,566 --> 00:25:37,100 CRITERIA THAT JUDGE USED TO 989 00:25:37,166 --> 00:25:38,266 DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MEN THESE 990 00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:40,100 TWO MURDERERS WERE. 991 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:40,866 WAS IT THE COLOR OF THE SKIN 992 00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:41,933 ON THEIR FACES? 993 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:42,533 THE COLOR OF THE SKIN 994 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,666 ON THEIR HANDS? 995 00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:46,300 OR JUST JUDICIAL INSTINCT -- A 996 00:25:46,366 --> 00:25:47,666 GUT FEELING THAT THESE TWO MEN 997 00:25:47,733 --> 00:25:48,966 WERE, IN FACT, WHITE? 998 00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:50,033 THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE 999 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:50,966 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: 1000 00:25:51,033 --> 00:25:51,900 AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S MORE 1001 00:25:51,966 --> 00:25:54,800 RACE ART THAN RACE SCIENCE. 1002 00:25:54,866 --> 00:25:56,500 BUT THE ENDURING LEGACY OF 1003 00:25:56,566 --> 00:25:57,733 THE VINCENT CHIN CASE WAS THAT 1004 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,500 IT MANAGED TO BRING 1005 00:25:59,566 --> 00:26:00,566 ASIAN-AMERICANS OF ALL 1006 00:26:00,633 --> 00:26:01,566 ETHNICITIES TOGETHER 1007 00:26:01,633 --> 00:26:03,533 TO CALL FOR JUSTICE. 1008 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,633 AND OUT OF THAT SPRANG 1009 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:06,400 A NEW CHAPTER OF ASIAN-AMERICAN 1010 00:26:06,466 --> 00:26:10,000 ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL IDENTITY. 1011 00:26:10,066 --> 00:26:10,933 AND THAT'S JUST THE MOST FAMOUS 1012 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,266 EXAMPLE OF A RICH HISTORY OF 1013 00:26:12,333 --> 00:26:13,833 ASIAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISM. 1014 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:15,266 WHICH HAS OFTEN WORKED ACROSS 1015 00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:17,100 RACIAL LINES, FROM THE STUDENT 1016 00:26:17,166 --> 00:26:18,466 STRIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, TO 1017 00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:20,333 FILIPINO LABOR LEADERS WORKING 1018 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,733 WITH CESAR CHAVEZ TO ORGANIZE 1019 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,433 A GRAPE BOYCOTT, 1020 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:24,300 TO YURI KOCHIYAMA'S FRIENDSHIP 1021 00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:25,633 WITH MALCOLM X AND HER ADVOCACY 1022 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:26,700 FOR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE OF ALL 1023 00:26:26,766 --> 00:26:28,633 BACKGROUNDS. 1024 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:30,966 AND YET A PREVAILING NARRATIVE 1025 00:26:31,033 --> 00:26:32,800 MOST PEOPLE HEAR REGARDING 1026 00:26:32,866 --> 00:26:36,100 ASIAN-AMERICANS IS ONE OF 1027 00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:37,366 CONFLICT BETWEEN THEM AND OTHER 1028 00:26:37,433 --> 00:26:38,900 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR -- LIKE 1029 00:26:38,966 --> 00:26:41,366 DURING THE 1992 L.A. UPRISING. 1030 00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,433 AND LOOK, IT'S NOT THAT THOSE 1031 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:44,433 TENSIONS AREN'T VERY REAL. 1032 00:26:44,500 --> 00:26:46,366 BUT IT'S NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE. 1033 00:26:46,433 --> 00:26:47,933 AND IT'S ALSO A NARRATIVE THAT 1034 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,300 FITS INTO A MUCH LARGER PATTERN, 1035 00:26:49,366 --> 00:26:51,300 IN WHICH WHITE AMERICA HAS 1036 00:26:51,366 --> 00:26:52,666 ACTIVELY PITTED ASIAN-AMERICANS 1037 00:26:52,733 --> 00:26:54,900 AGAINST OTHER COMMUNITIES. 1038 00:26:54,966 --> 00:26:57,366 AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND 1039 00:26:57,433 --> 00:26:58,266 HALF OF THIS SENTENCE, AND THE 1040 00:26:58,333 --> 00:27:01,100 "MODEL MINORITY" MYTH. 1041 00:27:01,166 --> 00:27:03,066 THE IDEA OF THE MODEL MINORITY 1042 00:27:03,133 --> 00:27:04,533 EMERGED OVER HALF A CENTURY AGO, 1043 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:05,600 IN PART BECAUSE SOME 1044 00:27:05,666 --> 00:27:07,366 ASIAN-AMERICANS WERE 1045 00:27:07,433 --> 00:27:08,666 STRATEGICALLY TYPECASTING 1046 00:27:08,733 --> 00:27:09,433 THEMSELVES IN A BID TO ENHANCE 1047 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:10,833 THEIR DEMANDS FOR 1048 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:11,733 RACIAL EQUALITY. 1049 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,366 AND THEY DID SO BY PROMOTING 1050 00:27:13,433 --> 00:27:14,266 THEIR COMMUNITIES AS UPSTANDING 1051 00:27:14,333 --> 00:27:16,600 AND HARDWORKING. 1052 00:27:16,666 --> 00:27:18,700 AND AS IMMIGRATION LAW BEGAN 1053 00:27:18,766 --> 00:27:19,933 SELECTING FOR SKILLED AND 1054 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,900 EDUCATED ASIAN IMMIGRANTS, 1055 00:27:21,966 --> 00:27:23,600 THE CREDENTIALS OF THOSE NEW 1056 00:27:23,666 --> 00:27:25,566 ARRIVALS SEEMED TO CONFORM TO 1057 00:27:25,633 --> 00:27:28,833 THE STEREOTYPE, WHICH THEN TOOK 1058 00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:29,933 ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, ESPECIALLY 1059 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,900 IN THE CIVIL-RIGHTS ERA, 1060 00:27:32,966 --> 00:27:34,266 AS WHITES, UNNERVED BY BLACK 1061 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:35,633 AMERICANS' RADICAL CHALLENGES TO 1062 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:36,566 THE SYSTEM, HELD UP JAPANESE AND 1063 00:27:36,633 --> 00:27:39,100 CHINESE-AMERICANS AND THEIR 1064 00:27:39,166 --> 00:27:40,200 SUCCESS AS EVIDENCE THAT THEY 1065 00:27:40,266 --> 00:27:41,266 CLAIMED DISPROVED SYSTEMIC 1066 00:27:41,333 --> 00:27:44,466 RACISM. 1067 00:27:44,533 --> 00:27:46,100 VERY BASICALLY, AMERICA 1068 00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:51,733 PRIORITIZED WEALTHY, MORE 1069 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:52,533 EDUCATED ASIAN IMMIGRANTS, 1070 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:53,233 THEN TURNED TO BLACK PEOPLE -- 1071 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:53,900 WHO'D BEEN SUBJUGATED 1072 00:27:53,966 --> 00:27:55,033 FOR CENTURIES -- AND SAID, "SEE? 1073 00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:56,233 THEY'RE EDUCATED AND SUCCESSFUL, 1074 00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:57,233 WHY AREN'T YOU?" 1075 00:27:57,300 --> 00:27:58,266 AND USING ASIAN-AMERICAN SUCCESS 1076 00:27:58,333 --> 00:27:59,400 TO DOWNPLAY AMERICAN RACISM IS 1077 00:27:59,466 --> 00:28:00,400 A TREND THAT VERY MUCH CONTINUES 1078 00:28:00,466 --> 00:28:02,700 TO THIS DAY. 1079 00:28:02,766 --> 00:28:04,133 >> IF AMERICA WAS SUCH A 1080 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,733 HATE-FILLED, DISCRIMINATORY, 1081 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:14,600 RACIST SOCIETY FILLED WITH 1082 00:28:14,666 --> 00:28:15,566 ANIMUS AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS, 1083 00:28:15,633 --> 00:28:16,300 HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE 1084 00:28:16,366 --> 00:28:17,466 REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF 1085 00:28:17,533 --> 00:28:19,000 ASIAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY? 1086 00:28:19,066 --> 00:28:20,200 >> THEIR MINDSET IS TO JUST WORK 1087 00:28:20,266 --> 00:28:20,833 REALLY HARD. 1088 00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:21,866 IT'S NOT TO PROTEST THINGS AND 1089 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:22,633 NOT TO SHUT THINGS DOWN. 1090 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,966 IT'S JUST TO WORK REALLY HARD. 1091 00:28:25,033 --> 00:28:26,400 ASIANS, THE WHOLE REASON 1092 00:28:26,466 --> 00:28:27,100 WHY THEY KICK ASS IS BECAUSE 1093 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:28,033 THEY DON'T SPEND ANY TIME ON 1094 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,166 PETTY BULLSHIT. 1095 00:28:29,233 --> 00:28:29,933 >> ASIANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 1096 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,200 HATE CRIMES, BUT THEY'RE 1097 00:28:31,266 --> 00:28:32,000 VERY UPWARDLY MOBILE, 1098 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:32,866 VERY SUCCESS-ORIENTED, 1099 00:28:32,933 --> 00:28:34,166 VERY BUSINESS-ORIENTED. 1100 00:28:34,233 --> 00:28:37,333 THEY'RE MODEL CITIZENS 1101 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,466 IN MANY CASES IN MY VIEW. 1102 00:28:38,533 --> 00:28:39,733 PROBABLY THE MOST ADMIRABLE 1103 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,000 ETHNIC GROUP WE HAVE. 1104 00:28:41,066 --> 00:28:42,166 >> John: WOW, CONGRATULATIONS, 1105 00:28:42,233 --> 00:28:44,000 ASIAN-AMERICANS! 1106 00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:45,000 DICK MORRIS THINKS YOU'RE THE 1107 00:28:45,066 --> 00:28:46,266 MOST ADMIRABLE ETHNIC GROUP WE 1108 00:28:46,333 --> 00:28:47,233 HAVE. 1109 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:48,800 THAT'S SO SWEET OF HIM TO SAY. 1110 00:28:48,866 --> 00:28:50,533 IF YOU WANT TO WRITE DICK A 1111 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:52,100 THANK YOU NOTE, JUST ADDRESS THE 1112 00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:54,433 ENVELOPE TO "SHOVE THIS RIGHT UP 1113 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,266 DICK MORRIS'S ASS, NEW YORK, NY, 1114 00:28:56,333 --> 00:28:57,200 WHATEVER ZIP CODE DICK MORRIS'S 1115 00:28:57,266 --> 00:28:58,700 ASSHOLE IS IN." 1116 00:28:58,766 --> 00:29:00,566 A CENTRAL PREMISE OF 1117 00:29:00,633 --> 00:29:01,633 THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH IS THAT 1118 00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:03,266 THE KEY TO OVERCOMING AMERICAN 1119 00:29:03,333 --> 00:29:05,666 RACISM IS SIMPLY STRONG VALUES 1120 00:29:05,733 --> 00:29:09,233 AND HARD WORK -- WITH THE 1121 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:10,600 IMPLICATION BEING THAT GROUPS 1122 00:29:10,666 --> 00:29:12,300 THAT HAVEN'T SUCCEEDED SIMPLY 1123 00:29:12,366 --> 00:29:13,000 HAVEN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH. 1124 00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:13,733 AND PUTTING ASIDE HOW OFFENSIVE 1125 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,866 THAT IS, THE TRUTH IS, WHETHER 1126 00:29:15,933 --> 00:29:16,966 OR NOT YOU'RE "SUCCESSFUL," 1127 00:29:17,033 --> 00:29:19,133 LIVING A LIFE DEFINED BY A 1128 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,333 RACIST FANTASY JUST ISN'T 1129 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:21,666 GOOD FOR YOU. 1130 00:29:21,733 --> 00:29:23,233 >> STRIVING TO MAINTAIN THE IDEA 1131 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:24,866 OF A "MODEL MINORITY" HAS REALLY 1132 00:29:24,933 --> 00:29:28,900 SEVERED MY SELF-ESTEEM. 1133 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,300 IT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL THAT I'M 1134 00:29:30,366 --> 00:29:32,800 NOTHING MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO 1135 00:29:32,866 --> 00:29:33,900 COULD GET GOOD GRADES, SOMEONE 1136 00:29:33,966 --> 00:29:35,500 WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PERFECT, 1137 00:29:35,566 --> 00:29:37,200 AND BE MUM ABOUT EVERYTHING. 1138 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:38,133 >> John: RIGHT. 1139 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,166 TRYING TO BE PERFECT YOUR WHOLE 1140 00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:41,533 LIFE IS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH TO 1141 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,933 BEAR. 1142 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,000 THAT'S WHY I MADE A PROMISE WHEN 1143 00:29:45,066 --> 00:29:45,566 I STARTED THIS SHOW THAT I'D 1144 00:29:45,633 --> 00:29:46,500 ALWAYS GET ONE FACT IN EVERY 1145 00:29:46,566 --> 00:29:48,033 STORY COMPLETELY WRONG. 1146 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:48,633 IS THAT RESPONSIBLE? 1147 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,166 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 1148 00:29:50,233 --> 00:29:51,100 BUT IT IS WHAT KEEPS ME LOOKING 1149 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:53,500 YOUNG. 1150 00:29:53,566 --> 00:29:54,933 AND THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH IS 1151 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,833 ESPECIALLY GALLING FOR SOME 1152 00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:57,900 MEMBERS OF GROUPS -- LIKE THOSE 1153 00:29:57,966 --> 00:29:59,366 WHOSE FAMILIES CAME AS REFUGEES 1154 00:29:59,433 --> 00:30:00,766 -- WHOSE LIVED EXPERIENCE 1155 00:30:00,833 --> 00:30:01,900 DOESN'T REMOTELY MATCH THE 1156 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,366 STEREOTYPE. 1157 00:30:03,433 --> 00:30:05,566 THE TRUTH IS, THAT KIND OF 1158 00:30:05,633 --> 00:30:08,266 PRESSURE CAN DO REAL DAMAGE. 1159 00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:09,966 SUICIDE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF 1160 00:30:10,033 --> 00:30:11,733 DEATH FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS 1161 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,366 BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 24. 1162 00:30:13,433 --> 00:30:15,433 AND YET, APPARENTLY, ONLY 8% OF 1163 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,400 ASIAN-AMERICANS SOUGHT HELP FOR 1164 00:30:18,466 --> 00:30:20,000 THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS 1165 00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:21,366 LESS THAN HALF THE RATE OF THE 1166 00:30:21,433 --> 00:30:24,866 GENERAL POPULATION. 1167 00:30:24,933 --> 00:30:25,833 AND THAT IS NOT JUST A RESULT OF 1168 00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:26,900 CULTURAL STIGMAS AROUND 1169 00:30:26,966 --> 00:30:27,400 MENTAL HEALTH. 1170 00:30:27,466 --> 00:30:28,666 IT'S ALSO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 1171 00:30:28,733 --> 00:30:30,433 YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY TOLD TO 1172 00:30:30,500 --> 00:30:31,900 QUIETLY AND HAPPILY ACCEPT 1173 00:30:31,966 --> 00:30:33,200 DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE YOUR 1174 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:37,366 VERSION IS THE "NICE RACISM." 1175 00:30:37,433 --> 00:30:38,833 BUT THERE IS NO NICE RACISM. 1176 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:42,033 THERE IS NO SILVER LINING TO IT, 1177 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:42,666 AND THERE IS NO WORKING YOUR WAY 1178 00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:43,700 OUT OF IT. 1179 00:30:43,766 --> 00:30:45,300 YOU'RE STILL PERPETUALLY TREATED 1180 00:30:45,366 --> 00:30:46,066 AS A FOREIGNER, STILL ASKED 1181 00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:47,566 WHERE YOU'RE "REALLY FROM," AND 1182 00:30:47,633 --> 00:30:49,600 ASIAN-AMERICANS ALWAYS SEEM TO 1183 00:30:49,666 --> 00:30:51,100 BE ONE GEOPOLITICAL CRISIS AWAY 1184 00:30:51,166 --> 00:30:53,733 FROM BECOMING THE TARGETS OF 1185 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,433 VIOLENCE YET AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S 1186 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,266 THOSE INTERNMENT CAMPS FOR 1187 00:30:57,333 --> 00:30:58,433 JAPANESE-AMERICANS, OR THE SPATE 1188 00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,366 OF ATTACKS ON SOUTH ASIANS AFTER 1189 00:31:01,433 --> 00:31:02,166 9/11, OR ALL THE RECENT RACIAL 1190 00:31:02,233 --> 00:31:04,766 VIOLENCE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 1191 00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:05,866 SO THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH IS 1192 00:31:05,933 --> 00:31:07,400 BOTH A TOOL OF WHITE SUPREMACY 1193 00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:09,133 AND A TRAP. 1194 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,400 AND AS WITH SO MANY THINGS IN 1195 00:31:10,466 --> 00:31:12,966 THIS STORY, WITH A COMMUNITY 1196 00:31:13,033 --> 00:31:14,666 THIS DIVERSE, THERE ARE GOING TO 1197 00:31:14,733 --> 00:31:15,466 BE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW 1198 00:31:15,533 --> 00:31:16,633 TO HANDLE IT. 1199 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:17,666 ANDREW YANG HAS ANNOYED SOME 1200 00:31:17,733 --> 00:31:19,300 BY LEANING INTO IT, WITH 1201 00:31:19,366 --> 00:31:20,400 SELF-DEPRECATING JOKES AND HIS 1202 00:31:20,466 --> 00:31:22,066 FUCKING MATH HAT. 1203 00:31:22,133 --> 00:31:23,400 AND HE ALSO ANGERED MANY WHEN 1204 00:31:23,466 --> 00:31:24,633 HE RESPONDED TO THE TRUMP 1205 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:25,566 ADMINISTRATION'S "CHINA VIRUS" 1206 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:28,266 RHETORIC BY WRITING AN OP-ED IN 1207 00:31:28,333 --> 00:31:29,600 WHICH HE CLAIMED, "WE ASIAN 1208 00:31:29,666 --> 00:31:31,133 AMERICANS NEED TO EMBRACE AND 1209 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,266 SHOW OUR AMERICAN-NESS IN WAYS 1210 00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:34,900 WE NEVER HAVE BEFORE" BY, AMONG 1211 00:31:34,966 --> 00:31:35,966 OTHER THINGS, "WEARING RED, 1212 00:31:36,033 --> 00:31:37,066 WHITE, AND BLUE." 1213 00:31:37,133 --> 00:31:39,333 THAT ARGUMENT PROMPTED A 1214 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,433 BACKLASH, WITH EDDIE HUANG 1215 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:44,000 TWEETING, "FUCK OUT OF HERE WITH 1216 00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:46,133 THIS AMERICA DRAG...YOU BUMBLING 1217 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:46,933 PINEAPPLE BUN," AND I DO GET 1218 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,166 THAT. 1219 00:31:48,233 --> 00:31:49,266 BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY INSULTING 1220 00:31:49,333 --> 00:31:50,566 TO SUGGEST TWO CENTURIES OF 1221 00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:51,800 RACISM COULD BE DEFEATED BY 1222 00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:55,533 SERVING UNCLE SAM REALNESS. 1223 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,266 SO ALL OF THAT IS, VERY 1224 00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:59,033 SIMPLISTICALLY, TOO BROADLY 1225 00:31:59,100 --> 00:32:00,200 AND PROBABLY TOO QUICKLY, AN 1226 00:32:00,266 --> 00:32:01,500 ABRIDGED VERSION OF HOW WE ALL 1227 00:32:01,566 --> 00:32:03,700 GOT TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 1228 00:32:03,766 --> 00:32:08,833 SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 1229 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:09,866 WELL, WHAT IS CLEAR IS, WE HAVE 1230 00:32:09,933 --> 00:32:10,900 TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE SMARTER, 1231 00:32:10,966 --> 00:32:12,166 MORE NUANCED CONVERSATIONS 1232 00:32:12,233 --> 00:32:13,300 ABOUT THE REALITY OF 1233 00:32:13,366 --> 00:32:16,400 THE ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. 1234 00:32:16,466 --> 00:32:17,166 AND WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT 1235 00:32:17,233 --> 00:32:18,200 ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, 1236 00:32:18,266 --> 00:32:21,300 DISAGGREGATED DATA THAT CAN HELP 1237 00:32:21,366 --> 00:32:23,166 BETTER FIT PUBLIC POLICY TO THE 1238 00:32:23,233 --> 00:32:23,933 ACTUAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL 1239 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,733 COMMUNITIES. 1240 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,233 BUT THAT IS NOT ALL. 1241 00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:28,133 BECAUSE ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE 1242 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,333 BEEN WARNING FOR DECADES ABOUT 1243 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:29,766 ALL OF THIS. 1244 00:32:29,833 --> 00:32:30,900 JUST WATCH A MAN TELL A 1245 00:32:30,966 --> 00:32:33,266 REPORTER, FIVE YEARS BEFORE I 1246 00:32:33,333 --> 00:32:40,666 WAS EVEN BORN, WHAT I'VE BEEN 1247 00:32:40,733 --> 00:32:42,400 TRYING TO TELL YOU, DURING YET 1248 00:32:42,466 --> 00:32:44,600 ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE OLD "MODEL 1249 00:32:44,666 --> 00:32:45,033 MINORITY" PROFILES. 1250 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:45,666 >> BUT I SUGGESTED THAT COMPARED 1251 00:32:45,733 --> 00:32:47,166 TO THE BLACK AND CHICANO, THE 1252 00:32:47,233 --> 00:32:48,033 JAPANESE-AMERICAN HAS IT MADE. 1253 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:49,266 HE CAN GET A JOB, A PLACE TO 1254 00:32:49,333 --> 00:32:50,333 LIVE. 1255 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,733 >> IT'S A SITUATION WHERE I 1256 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,133 THINK THE QUESTION IS NOT 1257 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:54,200 MATERIAL, MAKING IT IN TERMS OF 1258 00:32:54,266 --> 00:32:55,400 ECONOMICS, BUT A QUESTION 1259 00:32:55,466 --> 00:32:56,266 BASICALLY OF HUMAN DIGNITY. 1260 00:32:56,333 --> 00:32:57,200 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN IN TERMS OF 1261 00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:58,133 HUMAN DIGNITY? 1262 00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:58,900 LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE BEEN 1263 00:32:58,966 --> 00:32:59,600 SET IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY AND 1264 00:32:59,666 --> 00:33:00,600 MANY PEOPLE ARGUE, 1265 00:33:00,666 --> 00:33:01,733 "MAN, YOU GOT A GOOD STEREOTYPE! 1266 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:02,900 YOU GOT A STEREOTYPE THAT GETS 1267 00:33:02,966 --> 00:33:05,200 YOU APARTMENTS WHERE YOU DON'T 1268 00:33:05,266 --> 00:33:06,400 HAVE TO PAY A CLEANING DEPOSIT 1269 00:33:06,466 --> 00:33:07,500 BECAUSE YOU'RE SO GODDAMN 1270 00:33:07,566 --> 00:33:08,166 CLEAN!" 1271 00:33:08,233 --> 00:33:09,133 THAT'S OUR STEREOTYPE, BUT IT'S 1272 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,233 AN INFRINGEMENT, IT'S A 1273 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:11,633 VIOLATION OF OUR HUMAN DIGNITY, 1274 00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:13,066 'CAUSE THEY DON'T VIEW US AS 1275 00:33:13,133 --> 00:33:14,300 INDIVIDUALS, AS HUMAN BEINGS. 1276 00:33:14,366 --> 00:33:15,566 WE FIT INTO A CERTAIN CATEGORY, 1277 00:33:15,633 --> 00:33:17,600 WE FIT INTO A CERTAIN BOX. 1278 00:33:17,666 --> 00:33:18,100 THAT'S HOW THEY VIEW US. 1279 00:33:18,166 --> 00:33:19,200 >> John: HE'S RIGHT. 1280 00:33:19,266 --> 00:33:21,200 IT'S A CATEGORY, IT'S A BOX, 1281 00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:22,266 BUT THE THING IS, YOU DON'T 1282 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:23,600 LEARN ANYTHING FROM IT UNLESS 1283 00:33:23,666 --> 00:33:25,133 YOU BOTHER TO LOOK INSIDE. 1284 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,966 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, NO GROUP, 1285 00:33:28,033 --> 00:33:30,000 COMMUNITY, OR INDEED, 1286 00:33:30,066 --> 00:33:30,633 INDIVIDUAL, IS JUST ONE THING. 1287 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:32,166 AND WHEN YOU REDUCE 1288 00:33:32,233 --> 00:33:33,600 THE ASIAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TO 1289 00:33:33,666 --> 00:33:34,766 THAT OF A "MODEL MINORITY," 1290 00:33:34,833 --> 00:33:35,733 YOU'RE OMITTING A HISTORY THAT 1291 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,666 INCLUDES EXPLOITATION AND 1292 00:33:37,733 --> 00:33:38,933 EXCLUSION, BUT ALSO INCLUDES 1293 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,533 ACTIVISM, SOME INFIGHTING, 1294 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,400 CHALLENGES WITH ISSUES LIKE 1295 00:33:41,466 --> 00:33:42,733 IMMIGRATION, EDUCATION, AND 1296 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:43,900 ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES THAT 1297 00:33:43,966 --> 00:33:45,333 CONTINUE TO THIS DAY, 1298 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,800 AND AN ARRAY OF INTERESTS AND 1299 00:33:46,866 --> 00:33:48,966 ACHIEVEMENTS THAT GO FAR BEYOND 1300 00:33:49,033 --> 00:33:50,466 THESE TWO GUYS, TO BE AS VAST 1301 00:33:50,533 --> 00:34:00,366 AND DIVERSE AS AMERICA ITSELF. 1302 00:34:00,433 --> 00:34:01,500 AND BY THE WAY, CAN YOU SEE WHO 1303 00:34:01,566 --> 00:34:02,366 IS IN THERE? 1304 00:34:02,433 --> 00:34:03,166 I TOLD YOU, KAREEM! 1305 00:34:03,233 --> 00:34:04,466 I TOLD YOU I GOT YOUR BACK! 1306 00:34:04,533 --> 00:34:05,533 I SEE YOU, KAREEM! 1307 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:06,433 AND I KNOW THIS STORY HAS BARELY 1308 00:34:06,500 --> 00:34:07,700 SKIMMED THE SURFACE OF THIS 1309 00:34:07,766 --> 00:34:08,466 SUBJECT, BUT I HOPE IT'S AT 1310 00:34:08,533 --> 00:34:09,166 LEAST INTRODUCED SOME OF YOU TO 1311 00:34:09,233 --> 00:34:10,266 A BIT OF THE HISTORY INVOLVED 1312 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:11,300 HERE, AS WELL AS WHAT I THINK 1313 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,533 WE CAN ALL AGREE IS THE WORLD'S 1314 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:13,833 MOST FUCKABLE BEE. 1315 00:34:13,900 --> 00:34:14,633 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1316 00:34:14,700 --> 00:34:18,466 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1317 00:34:18,533 --> 00:34:20,400 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, 1318 00:34:20,466 --> 00:34:21,466 GOOD NIGHT!