 Can billboards help stop anti-Asian racism? Or is this just a big government waste of money? Oh, you guys just wait and see. We're gonna show you about stopping racism looks like a boot here in Canada Uh, this is a viral news article on reddit. It comes from Canada. It says anti-East Asian hate remains a problem in Toronto A new campaign aims to shut it down councilwoman lily chang who represents willow dale She started this campaign andrew and it says tuning into kpop But tuning out the hate learning to speak Mandarin, but not to speak out against hate Are you down in a bubble tea, but won't shut down the hate? Think about it. Don't you know clever little copywriting here in these ads guys But we're gonna talk about whether Something like this being posted around the city or at schools can actually help Stop anti-Asia racism or at least reduce it I have my own opinion, but everybody else has their own opinion Oh, there were some debates in the comment section andrew so make sure you like subscribe and turn on your notifications But you know what is something that people cannot hate that is asian There is no debate Smala sauce tastes very good It is a mixture of truffle a little bit of truffle flavor and szechuan peppercorns guys It's got a nice mala check out all the chefs and the foodies who enjoy it on our instagram page Yes, legit michelin star chefs have said it's good. So anyways real quick real quick andrew because people might be like Oh, no, there's no racism here in the land of drake look at drake and beaver and simul and they're so multicultural i'm gonna play a clip from uh Sheldon ho who's part of canto mando and a racist incident andrew he just went through like two weeks ago at a haunted house Play the clip just a quick psa today. I learned that for some businesses being racist is totally okay as long as it's asian The other day I was at canada's wondering with my girlfriend for one of those halloween festivals And the staff supposed to scare you right walking through one of their hawn amazes And one of the staff jumps out and cost him to scare us But instead of saying boo the guy says Konnichiwa i'm a little sorry because i'm like what what was that and then i look behind him and he has friends The staff are laughing first. I'm kind of like, okay, like okay. I guess it's just a joke But then I thought but i'm like wait a minute like that was pretty rude message canna's wonderland trying to get some kind of like Sorry and they're just like If you don't have your admission ticket Which I threw out by the way because who the hell keeps their admission ticket We can't really look into this for you can't really like confirm you're actually in the park I'm like, yo, I bought a four hundred dollar fast pass. I give you a seat for I have all my receipts from the food aid in the park. Just want my admission ticket And I don't want to be that guy playing the race car But I feel like a lot of times in western society people overlook racism and discrimination towards asians And they just feel like nothing and I feel like if I was a different race They would treat a lot more seriously than we can't do anything even though I have Real quick we got to acknowledge was this a microaggression when the guy is supposed to be professional He's a paid halloween house scarer and he pops out at shelled and he says konichiwa And everybody starts busting out laughing and breaking character. Yeah, I mean, I would definitely consider that uh a microaggression because it's not a violent or blatantly Disrespecting him because he's asian, but he's not gonna say He's is that haunted first of all that's super unprofessional. They got to do that And second of all he's not going to talk that way to any other race Like to an indian person, is he gonna try to say the indian greeting or to the spanish person? Is he gonna say hola como estas when he's trying to scare the person or is he gonna be like, you know Say to the black person like what's up bro? I'm scaring you homey like that's like first of all that would just be ridiculous Right. I think the truth is andra and let's just say the gorilla in the room I think everybody thinks it's obvious people feel like it's okay to have microaggressions against specifically east asians Arguably even southeast asians a little bit less because they may be more intimidated of them. They think that east asians are so soft It's almost like Picking on uh something inconsequential, right? Yeah. Yeah, and here's the thing. I think My overall takeaway is that for this campaign, obviously I think initially people are like billboards to stop anti asian racism Yeah, that's really stupid because what is a crazy person gonna be like, oh, I want to hurt some asians today And then read this. Oh, I gotta shut down the hate. You know what I won't hurt this asian That is not how it works. I think this billboard campaign is actually for all everybody else That can help and speak up about it because I think ultimately when you set up a bunch of reminders around the city It's not actually gonna stop a violent act, but it can start A conversation so I can almost begin to not change that single violent perpetrator or that violator Who's uh verbally harassing somebody but how people treat that person? Yeah, and also just like it's for the friends and the allies and friends of asians to be reminded that they can speak up About it and maybe it also makes asians feel more empowered Yeah, I think for them to be like, you know what the government's got my back society's got my back This guy he is not asian, but he's got my back because you've seen the campaign. Listen billboards pictures I know they don't sound like much But if you remind people to say thank you or open the door for people or on the subway david They always have these little ads sometimes like oh move for an old person You know move for a pregnant lady like a new york. You see something. Yeah. Those are just those are just reminders Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying it changes my mind a hundred percent, but it does remind me of things You know so reminders are important. Oh man in china and in asia japan and general andre They love like collectivist public slogans. Yeah, like乾淨城市好的生活 Which just means like clean city good life. Right. Right. Um, but david, I gotta say even though I Obviously if they could allocate this money towards like I don't know self-defense classes for asians and stuff like that. I think that would be a better use of money But since they cannot or will not I think this is Is worth something but a lot of people you're saying that's more the job of a private campaign Make asian strong or something like that. Yeah, I don't I don't think the government's gonna do that So i'm just realistic about things but david a lot of people in the comment section Would disagree with me. Yeah, somebody said if you got a racist team who bullies this asian classmate What impact will this billboard have nothing? Listen a lot of people are anti-racist will support it But it's just preaching to the choir and will completely fly over the head of the actual racist themselves Here's my thing imagine this man. Let's say you're playing pick a basketball at the gym, right? And there is a dispute over the rules of the game over because you know pick a basketball Plastic basketball situation has different like oh, are we playing 11? Are we playing one continuation, right? Exactly. Are we playing this? What's a foul blah blah blah? But guess what then there's a little board on the wall that says pick up basketball rules of this gym Guess what that puts that argument to rest So while it doesn't stop anybody from fouling another person or fighting another person or violating that At the end of the day, there are some rules in place. So now everybody knows hey guys, by the way I was just reminded that what this person is doing is wrong and not only that I think that literally change she looks like a millennial that she it was quite like Tune for the younger generation like oh you like k-pop But you're not saying anything when your friend's saying something racist And let's say there's a bunch of not white people hanging out together Say something because you listen to k-pop don't let it slide. You know what I mean You drink bubble tea you took a mandarin 101 class obviously the internal messaging to Other asians I would say is practice self-defense or practice verbal self-defense And uh, by the way, we have to say that this stems from an incident from when lili chang was five years old And she was chased through her neighborhood by three non asian guys that were swearing at her Calling her every single derogatory term in the book. Honestly, man I went through that a lot as a kid too. And I know that not every asian did I know even asians who grew up in a nicer part of our city or the city right next to us And remember some people at church. They had none of those experiences that we had. Listen, it's pretty sad But let's be honest. The reality is that people need to be reminded how Anti asian racism is wrong And it's just wrong and you got to point it out just like any racism against any other group You got to be able to just say you know what that's that's wrong You don't have to I mean do you have to lay your life down and save that You know what I mean to whatever extent you want that's up to you But I'm just saying we all got to just sit there and say that's wrong. That's wrong Somebody said why are asians always relying on the system and the billboards to do everything for them? They should be the ones bullying racism to submission by having unity and training and getting into the gym and being tough themselves And then somebody also said but when asians do fight back People also think it's bad because we're stepping out of character and the boxes that people put us in causing cognitive dissonance Which also makes people feel uncomfortable because we are breaking character in society I mean, I see what they're saying, but ultimately listen, man If you can't find in yourself to think about this on a personal level because the government is not going to get personal with you That's just what I'm saying like you mean the government just it provides generalized advice It's not gonna address your specific neighborhood your specific fishbowl. Maybe your kid plays hockey. Maybe he plays basketball Contact sports. He's gonna come across a lot more comments than if he stays in the STEM world Like you don't have coding competitions It's already kind of weird for the government and taxpayers to like spend money On giving all asians like pepper spray or something like I don't even know like that's usually a private thing to do But anyways, keep going. Um, somebody was just saying I can't believe there's some asians in here saying that they've never experienced it themselves Experiences can vary greatly even in a small local area Even a brother and a sister might have different experiences growing up The truth is there's a lot of stuff out there And just because some asians didn't go through it and they want to feel comfortable in their own mind A lot of asians have a tendency to deny other asians Experiences. Oh, yeah, see how do you would you agree that that happens sometimes? Or do you think I think that used to be true But after covet if you asian and you say you didn't hear anything I'm not saying necessarily directly to you individually, but somebody you know or somebody you know Who know, you know two rings out. I'd be shocked. Yeah. No, and uh Yeah, I mean, I think all asians have stories, but different stories Uh, are like less extreme and more extreme. So that's why I'm saying like you're saying some people might have went through A three out of ten comment and other people went through like a ten Yeah, I talked to somebody and they say yo, I experienced racism growing up. I sometimes I'm just like, oh, okay Like what happened like just so I know your story and I know what extent you went through, you know Um, there was a huge debate and we're getting into the you know hyper nuances here You got to understand both sides about they were saying is canada more racist or less racist than america Here's my general take guys canada is way less violent It's way less violent So even if you hear more likely to hear ignorant common in 2023 because I do not think somebody in an expensive $300 haunted house premium haunted house is yelling konichiwa in america And that's true. That's like something to happen in like the 90s in america But in asian is also way more likely to get physically Super attacked in america. So that's what I try to explain to people like canada to me It's almost like I don't want to say it's like america light, but it's almost like Let's say for example I'm a vet in the mba and I don't rotate on defense and I give up a bucket because I'm lazy Or I'm a rookie and I miss my rotation because I just don't know the defensive scheme We both gave up a three in the corner, but one is viewed way more Hanously the veteran who is too lazy giving up on the play, right? I'm saying the rookie could still miss the rotation, but it's up for a completely different reason And I think that that's the best way to explain like things Can happen in canada, but I think it's like driven by almost like Boyish silliness or something overall canada is not as racist as america guys Just if you made me say yes or no, it's not but it is true that I have heard one time I'll tell the family story dad was driving in Vancouver, canada and an asian american threw candy at his window and said F and go back to where you're from you don't even know how to drive and I remember it was an asian american I mean uh asian canadian i'm sorry that's some self-hate man It was self-hate and the crazy thing was the police were right behind him and he got pulled over I remember that I remember that yeah And I always thought that that was really weird because I just don't think that would happen in america either So long story short It's just difficult to describe because a lot of things are different over there. Um ultimately andre what is Your major takeaway here. They got the millennial. This is more modern than any anti asian hate campaign in america Anti asian hate campaigns in america. They center around more like attacks. These are centering around It seems like youthful microaggressions. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I think people need reminders man I don't I don't see anything wrong with reminders if uh This is where the government wants to spend their money Obviously on a personal level I will stand by the fact that you know, you got to teach you and your family verbal self-defense And like how to come back like maybe use words to clap back at people also, you know, learn self-defense physically as well So obviously I agree with all those things. I think that that's what asians need to do but I think on a softer side not everybody's gonna fight back like I don't expect like little You know the 12 year old girl to fight back. She needs to feel like the city's on her side. That's what a young Helpless kid needs to feel like they need to feel like hey like at least Like the government knows that that's wrong and everybody else you can read this sign too. Everybody knows that's wrong And I feel like people in canada, they listen to the government more Yeah, I think that's that's true too. So yeah, if the government's on your side, like you said, hey man, um I'll say this ultimately guys Shout out to lily chang But I think the debate is encouraged and there's other aspects and guess what like you said, and the government is never going to address those aspects That's the personal aspect. How empowered are you? How are you teaching your kids how to live in this world where? Encountering potential hostilities for looking like an alien or being perceived by some people to be honest as nemoidians Do you remember nemoidians andrew they were viewed as like not fully evil but light evil but greedy But more towards the dark side versus the good side in the star wars, but they were also viewed as very weak I feel like that is sometimes on the downside how Asians are perceived Is it interesting that on these posters it said specifically let's end anti east asian racism because in canada they have so many south asians But this campaign is specifically for east asian looking people Yeah, I think it all comes back to a lot of things too. Like I said, you know, I got a lot of southeast asian friends um I feel like sometimes they're in the way they carry themselves or what they've been through or how they look or the The clothing that they wear is it's a whole different situation too when it comes to like this type of uh, I don't know. I guess very street interaction Anyway guys, let us know what you guys think in the comment section below. Um, we encourage the debate keep it civil What do you think of this campaign? How different is canada canadian racism from american racism until next time? We'd hop up boys. We out. Peace