 Opening up the conversation we do a lot of American things, but it just optically looks different to people What's going on everybody David and Andrew from the fumbroes here? What I'm maintaining some social distance Andrew so much in the news is happening every day week three of quarantine But we got some good news bad news complicated news But first the good news the good news is we're setting up another hype to help online store and donating a total of $2,000 amongst four different charities round one We donated $3,500 to get more PPE for healthcare workers and meals for children of low-income families round two looks like this $500 is going to the NAACP legal defense fund America's top legal firm for fighting racial injustice $500 will be going to the Latino immigrant families together fund giving assistance to minors and children suffering the trauma of family separation $500 will be going to the children of fallen Patriots supporting children of military personnel that lost their life in the line of duty and $500 will be going to the Arab American Institute it encourages civic participation and fights Xenophobia against anti-Arab bigotry basically guys. Here's how the video structure first section We have our comments on your comment comments from our previous video We got 1500 of them these are not just any regular comments a lot of great racial Discussions popped up not just involving Asians, but actually involving other minorities number two We will be giving our opinions on the Andrew Yang Washington post op-ed that you know was very controversial Okay, so the number one comment that we got was hey guys I don't think Asians helped out my group when we were going through our racial struggle. So why should we help you now? We don't want to we don't we're not against you, but we're definitely not gonna defend you you're on your own Basically that was a comment. They got worded in multiple ways. Yeah I think this one I do understand what they're trying to say that Asians as a whole in the masses did not come out for other movements And there were definitely Asian individuals that did but no as far as like the overall Asian-American leadership They did not really back those moves What are some of the reasons why Asians kind of didn't step up for other minorities? We don't even have any Organization to say whether or not we should support somebody or not It was almost like not even a discussion you could argue that we don't even have a real community I'm just bringing up a structural Fact and also to be honest Asians are just not that political period So they don't even come out for even other Asian causes oftentimes Asians actually have the lowest voting rate out of any group in America and I get what people were saying, you know people say all you guys try to play both sides You guys try to stay neutral stay neutral. These are actually larger sort of like sociological questions A lot of Asian philosophy that's based in the east a lot of it is like hey the nail that sticks up will get hammer Okay, literally and that's a very different than the West where it's like the squeaky wheel gets the grease The next point was that Asians build small businesses in other minorities neighborhoods But make people feel unwelcome or don't give back I can't speak on the problem as much as what I believe would be a Solution and when I say solution Andrew, I'm not talking about arriving at complete alignment I'm just talking about getting to a point where there's mutual respect I I believe the first step though is empathy and understanding each other situation We should create more art together for example, it's crash do the right thing Justin Chan made this movie Gooke that was speaking about the LA riots in 92 trying to show both sides You know, I mean we just need more art that's collaborative. Nobody's ever necessarily gonna see things Exactly the way the other person is but they just have to reach some point of mutual respect and mutual understanding And you know what's an issue about the internet I was just thinking about is that a lot of people they build their feelings based off of the internet and I do think it's okay to let your feelings out on the internet I mean to be honest that's a safer place than letting your feelings out in person But it's when people from different communities are commenting on each other and they have no actual real interaction with each other So then they're just seeing what they see on the media and what's being shared all the negative stuff And you know negative stuff it gets shared easier people love share It always goes by or like scratches the immediate Sensations of human nature more than positive. It wants you to get riled up That's why I think John Krasinski started that good news only YouTube channel. I will say this I don't think that positively only that's why this videos is addressing I guess some of the more complicated or semi negative things third most common comment we got was hey guys I was wondering when you guys were gonna get it. Welcome to the club It was a little bit more of a matter of fact feeling Well, what's interesting about this comment is that it revealed that there are internal conversations in those communities About whether Asians are true minorities or not They've been through enough struggle or a similar struggle as them to be accepted into the club I don't even know if there really is a right answer But I definitely know that for some people the way they're defining being a person of color is like your relationship with the larger machine There is some discussion about whether or not Asians like do they just buy so much into the machine Whatever the machine is the systems that are the powers that be that we are like not really people of color in the struggle against the machine And by the way Asians that is a huge umbrella term by the way We understand that there are many many different types of Asians. I'll tell you this guys Obviously, like I said me and Andrew do not have the answers. These are complicated. These are super complicated. They're so multi-layered We're not gonna solve them in our car. Not only that we don't actually control anybody other than ourselves But I will say this based off these comments I do want to dedicate a portion of the channel moving forward to addressing these topics for sure The fourth comment that we received was from people saying hey man our group had to go through something similar like this So, you know, I have a lot of empathy for you guys I don't think it's as bad as what you guys are about to go through believe from more Arab or Indian Americans Muslims That were basically like yo, man our group had to go through a lot of discrimination and stereotypes after 9-11 This is theirs. Here's just some of my recommendations to you Every Asian is gonna be aware that there is discrimination happening against Asians But depending on where you're at in the country and you know, you're socioeconomic level Your lifestyle your lifestyle and who you come across and the people you keep around you You may not feel it yourself. The next popular comment was well, you know, I don't really see you guys, you know Be too ultra patriotic in my eyes So I just want to know where Asians stand on patriotism First of all, there is kind of this thought that Asians don't make up a significant amount of the military But if you look at it six percent of the military is Asian-American guess what the Asian population of America is Six percent so literally Asians it is proportional with the population in America So that means we're not really underrepresented in the military Right not to say that the military is the only way you could serve, you know 17% of doctors are Asian and Asians only make up 6% of the American population That means we're 300% like a lot of Asians Try to be doctors what percentage are nurses and what percentage are pharmacists all these people who are so crucial to the Infrastructure into fighting the virus right now, you know, they call them front-liners because they are on the front lines of this war against the virus We of course have people like Johnny Kim Navy CEO astronaut, but then those people that are almost just like Minglin He's the doctor who put his whole career on the line to make sure his whole team in Washington state have PPE and N95 masks Look Asians make up so much of the workforce and you know, law-abiding citizens and stuff It's just like man. We are serving the country Don't think that we need to prove ourselves any extra than anybody else a lot of Asians. We run Service-based industries. We provide a service. We cut your hair and do your nails. We are providing a service We code your website. Yeah, and guess what Asians are very much part of business We are very much entrepreneurs So I think that we do a lot of American things, but it just optically looks different to people, you know We open up businesses, but instead of selling like serving burgers. We sell noodles and then everybody is like, ah, that's weird That's not American. I'm like, what are you talking about? We're part of like American structure So yeah, here's an anecdote. You know that one movie Lone Survivor with Mark Wahlberg where all the Navy SEALs die except one That's based on a true story and actually of that Navy SEAL team. There's actually an Asian guy There was a Korean American on that squad, but he's not in the movie. Yeah, so it goes to show you there We were getting washed out. Yeah, because it probably wouldn't play well to like a certain crowd if they showed that here Let me make it easy. Just throw Daniel Day Kim in the movie for like 10 minutes Why not point number five under there was some people supporting us saying, you know what? I'm gonna break the cycle of hate with me. I don't want to be participating in anything I'm making sure I'm striking down any sort of Ignorance at any point that I can't there was a lot of support as well, you know people who is like yo I'm with you guys in the allyship and a stand-up for injustices everywhere to any people I can try to empathize and understand, you know the more critical comments about our community But it was good to hear the positive You're talking about from Cardi B Let's stop being xenophobic. Let's stop having crazy anger because I've been seeing a lot of Asians get beat up from the rock By the way, it doesn't matter to me where it came from. It's not a China virus. It's not a Chinese virus It's a human global virus that we're all dealing with Bernice King Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Opening up the conversation Now to go on to the second section of this video Andrew Yang former presidential candidate Yep, had a very very controversial opinion piece op-ed in the Washington Post First of all, I think Andrew Yang stepped out of his lane He didn't make his campaign about racial identity or or identity politics. That's not his lane He second of all, it was not fully inspiring. I thought the examples he used and the wording was poor And I don't think he put enough thought into this Third, I would say hopefully he learned from this and I personally I think he can come back and do something better and gain perspective and learn from this as well There was a feeling in Asian America That it's like, yo, we didn't do anything and all of a sudden on the internet in person You know everything from a tiny micro aggression all the way to something more intense It seems like there's just this whole wave of anti-Asian discrimination That obviously even the FBI predicted and what are you gonna tell us and obviously Andrew Yang being the biggest Asian American presidential candidate in history the most famous politician in history What are you gonna tell us and he told us essentially that Racism was human nature and to combat the human nature We needed to throw on more visual American elements, right such as Wear red white and blue be more involved civically go the extra mile just to show people that we're American The core of Asian America is incredibly American. We come to this country and we contribute However, I will say that anecdotally on the outside. We don't wear a lot of college gear You don't see us wear cowboy hats. You don't see us like at the rodeo. That's just not our culture By the way, I get what he's saying gimmick packaging Works but it's also crazy to suggest that people need to change their life to fit the gimmick packaging Dude, I think just because some people don't think that we passed the eye test for an American that we have to go the extra Mile and cater to them. All right So I think that there was a misalignment with who it felt like that piece was meant for and who it was Delivered to that's why so many people are upset at him right now I would say Andrew that as far as being American goes Asians range everywhere from being like a Chris Middleton to a Paul Pierce Now if you know about Paul Pierce Paul Pierce is one of the greatest NBA players of all time But Andrew anecdotally a lot of people don't put him up there. You know why? Cuz his game doesn't fully pass the eye test and Chris Middleton by all means is an incredibly Efficient contributing player He's gonna be one of the main reasons if the Bucks ever win the championship with Yanis But a lot of times Chris Middleton doesn't get the credit either because his game is not that flashy It's just incredibly efficient. He just delivers. He adds a lot of value to the team Nobody ever says Pierce the truth when they're like fading away, but his percentages are up there with like anybody Or he could have wrote two pieces He could have wrote one directly to the Asian-American community on a publication like Nexart sort of addressing the harsh reality of Like the gimmicks which is like wearing college sweatshirts and things like that and then number two We could have wrote something in the Washington Post that was more encouraging people to like reach out to their Asian neighbor and stop being Racist towards people who really have absolutely nothing to do coronavirus and if anything are just helping to fight it Overall we understand where Andrew Yang is coming from. He's a logical guy and it made some sense But the tone and timing was way off We should all do more do as much as we can to help but not because it'll make ignorant people feel comfortable around us But because it's the right thing to do So wrapping this up we said we're gonna explain why we're giving back to these particular charities Our first hype to help store that gave away $3,500 all that money was actually directed towards things that were fighting the Consequences of the coronavirus right that was the first hype to help Yeah, I just want to show people that I hear them out and I can't solve anything Listen guys nobody can control what they're born as or how they live or how their culture is or how like you know Whatever tribe we're born into every tribe has a different culture. First of all at the base of human nature Everybody just wants to live a good life. Everybody wants to make sure their family's happy Everybody wants to make sure their family's safe, but yes people do have different cultures layered on top of that They eat different things. They talk different. They express, you know, some are more expressive Some are less expressive, but I'm just saying that listen guys, I can't change any of that You know what I mean? The the positioning that people are born into but what I can show you is that I hear what you guys are saying I can acknowledge it and I can have respect for it If there was ever a time to go help other people out now is a great time to do it Okay, there's no question. There's people in need. Everybody's in need right now So help somebody out for sure and you know, I'm gonna take any discussions moving forward And I hope that people take our discussions in a consideration moving forward as well Aren't you guys number one make sure you let us know what you thought of our comments on your comments and number two guys Just make sure you let us know one thing that you are doing that's good in this moment They can have a positive impact on greater society until next time you guys with the fun blows we out peace