 This Asian pianist has been picked on multiple times while street performing in Georgia and it has a lot of Asian guys on the internet wondering, why do you keep doing that? Oh man, we gotta talk about it. So many people sent this to me. I think this went pretty viral. Anyway, let's run the clip from Andrew Shu on TikTok. This is one of the worst things somebody's probably ever done to me while street performing. Long story short, guys. You see what happens. Andrew Shu is a student pianist. He likes to just play Billy Joel covers from the 70s and 80s. Add to people's nights in Athens, Georgia in the university district. Tamisha Shante heard. She comes over, messes with him once, comes over again, messes with him. The piano drops. I don't know if it's on purpose or not. It breaks. And then she sort of steals from the tip jar. Wow. So there's a lot of people who did help in this situation. So we don't want to just say it's like a black on Asian thing because black people helped. And then also on a different occasion, a white, I believe frat boy kicked down his tip jar, possibly also took from it. I'm not sure what happened. But basically all types of people are coming through and disrespecting this Asian pianist and he is reacting rather passively. And this is what gets a lot of Asian dudes on the internet very mad because a lot of other guys, and they are often Southeast Asian or non-Chinese are being like, yo, what's up with these Chinese guys always getting picked on. They're not active, right? They're not bucking up. They're not being aggressive. They're not being strong. And we want to talk about why. Yeah. Yeah. So make sure you like, subscribe, turn on your notification guys. You know, this is kind of like, it's a difficult topic to talk about because it involves so many different factors, but real quick, just a word from our sponsor. Get Smala, you know, SmalaSauce.com. This is a mixture of a Calabrian chili oil and Sichuan peppercorns. It is very delicious from Sichuan to Sicily. I mean, I think that they're not necessarily 100% mad at Andrew Shu himself. This is a upper middle class Taiwanese guy who I believe is from also from Georgia. He's probably just trying to like fit in and add to everybody's night. That's like a way for an Asian pianist to get gravity and to get, you know what I mean? Like do something fun for everybody. And I'm sure he makes a little bit of money and he gets to perform. However, it does seem like a lot of Asian guys that are more possibly masculine or something like that or conventionally masculine or like, dude, why would you put yourself in this situation where everybody who's like drunk and living out there like grand theft auto fantasy is treating you like one of those NPCs that you punch and like take their car or bicycle in the game. Right. Right. So I guess like, why is it just that Asian guys are raised differently? Or I guess I think a lot of these guys are mad because it's still overall, even there, even though they're a different type of Asian, it's still reflecting over on overall on Asians period. Right. And it might make they might feel like it makes their image worse. Right. Right. And I specifically, I want to address this comment where there's one Filipino guy was like, yo, why is it always like the nerdy Chinese types of guys? Like for example, Southeast Asians, we were raised in the hood. We don't have anybody mess with us. And the Koreans, there's the BTS ones, but there's also the rooftop ones. How come it seems like all Chinese guys want to play the more like soft boy plan? Right. Yeah. I mean, not all Chinese people are the same either. We also know that there's hood Chinese, but it seems like the ones getting picked on who kind of like are the easiest targets are oftentimes like the nerdy ones. Yeah. I would say the Chinese have the highest distribution proportion of this archetype, but I want to do explain it today because I just think that there's a lot of like people on the internet wondering this, wondering that, but obviously they're not going to do the deep research into like Confucianism and Buddhism and stuff like that. Right. So anyway, guys, I think the truth is this different Asian guys get raised very differently. It has to do with the parents, the social class, the education, the proximity to wartime. That's the modern situation, but it also has to do with a lot of ancient things Andrew. In particular, the Chinese have a very high volume of Confucianism. Confucius was Chinese, but every country in Asia has some of the Confucianism to be honest. I mean, different volumes of it, but it also has to do with the application of it. Like if you look at the three most Confucian countries Andrew, China, Japan, Korea, they all have Confucianism, but they all apply it differently to different aspects of their society. Okay. So it's like it's consumed and processed differently in their motherboard. And I do think that Chinese have a particular style of consuming it that doesn't mesh very well with the West. Now, when you mean Chinese, are you talking about his parents and his parents culture because you he's raised by his parents. So, right, I think he's half time when he's half Chinese. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's hard to blame it on Confucius himself who has been gone for thousands of years. Right. But I guess who that who are you pointing? I guess to be honest, the fingers at. Yeah. I mean, I guess I'm pointing at the way that Chinese culture always stresses the filial piety aspects of Confucianism to the point where they like, I feel like people overstressed it to gain control of the kids and for certain governments or governing bodies to gain control of the citizens. So that was just whatever happened in the East, right? But when you overly apply that you get a extremely, extremely almost to a fault, I guess, like docile population in terms of and that's not very good when you're a guy in the West. So filial piety makes you docile. Yes. Filial piety makes you listen to your parents and your parents give you the docile docile values. Right. But if your parents, is it possible or does it ever happen that Chinese parents are not docile and don't and will tell you to stand up for yourself and then you go and do it? I would say possibly like the children of professional fighters or like, you know what I mean, like soldiers or something like that. Right. I think it really has to do with the when and the who to. So long story short, guys, like, I think all Asians have some people in their population that like want to be like this. You know what I mean? That's like an ultra Confucian, I guess, Pomeranian and a land full of much scarier dogs. But Chinese have the greatest proportion of it. Right. And also Chinese have the greatest population. Right. So if they have the greatest proportion distribution ratio and the greatest volume of numbers in America, that's why you see most of the Asian guys who get like, punked in a way where the other Asians are like, yo, why would you let yourself get punked like that? I guess that is what I'm saying like leads to most of these incidents. And I'm not just limiting it to Andrew. Shoot. This is the one I feel comfortable, you know, talking about it within most of them are Chinese. Right. Right. Does it also matter that he, you know, even though he's skinny and he's a young Asian guy, sure, he doesn't look intimidating to people? Like what if he had like full sleeve tattoos or earrings or things like that? Obviously, if you had a bunch of friends with them, people are less likely to mess with them just because it looks like a more intimidating group. There's more power behind that. But he's by himself. He's, he's looking kind of like a target. Yeah, especially for drunk people, by the way. Yeah. And especially, let's be honest, too. Everything plays into everything. If you're playing Billy Joel covers from the 1970s and 1980s, that's like probably some of the least intimidating music you can play. Right. Like what even contributes into it? I'm not saying it's a big thing. So what if he was playing like a cover of like, like a Jay-Z song like Empire State of Mind? Do you think that subconsciously is going to make people mess with them less? Yeah, yeah. No, it's going to be for sure like a pie slice that plays into the overall pie of perception. So the big biggest part is his confusion upbringing. Yeah, you'd say. Yeah. What's the second main part is him himself, right? He wants to rise up whatever ladder he's in. So he's sort of like basically what I'm saying is a lot of people who want to rise up a hostile ladder in life. You know, I believe he's one of the few Asian guys like growing up in a very white Georgia area. It's almost like if you're trying to make it in a world that is foreign to you that is not. I don't want to say it's hostile, but it's not fully embracing your identity. You have to eat a lot more ish or deal with a lot more BS than a native member of that ladder to rise up. And I'm saying that sometimes it's like crazy, but it can work. And obviously, let's say, for example, you're an Asian, so that's like the last thing you're trying to do. Right. Well, you know, the last thing you're trying to do is play a bunch of like white music for white people in Georgia and have them like, well, you know, there's a range of outcomes. Some respect you some kind of respect you disrespect you and obviously some people disrespect you. What he's doing is something that a lot of those guys commenting like the tattooed, I guess, other AZN Southeast Asian dudes, they would never do this. They would never put themselves in this position. And I think that's why a lot of guys are like, well, dude, if you look like an easy target, why are you dangling yourself out there like that for disrespect? Now he might and you would you agree that he might just be thinking, well, it's just fun to do and I haven't got really hurt yet. And even though these people have disrespected me, I'm going to come back next weekend and I'm still going to play the piano. Yeah, I don't think he's not that he should, but I don't think he has that macro sensor for like, yes, people are potentially picking on me because I'm Asian and I present a certain way. Or maybe he is to your point, Andrew, and he doesn't care because he's deriving so much dopamine and serotonin from it all that it doesn't matter. So as long as unintimidating Asian guys have these desires and put themselves out there in these risky situations and expose themselves, then things like this are going to keep happening. Yeah, I mean, I even see it in a non street level way with like Asians in Hollywood. Sometimes like, and it does change the calculus a little bit if you're like a tall buff, strong Asian guy, you know what I mean? It does change it. But if you're smaller and you're meeker and you're trying to enter a very difficult to rise a system that you're foreign to, you are going to have to do a lot of unsightly or conventionally unappealing things to move forward. And here's the thing, a lot of like guys that are more masculine or they didn't grow up in that environment or they're this way or that way or they perceive themselves or they when they look in the mirror, they see somebody else. They're like, I just can't believe you would like keep moving forward and just get perpetually like slapped left and right. But that person who's getting slapped left and right, Andrew, they're just concerned with the forward motion. And so they're like, as long as I'm getting a few steps ahead towards my goal, I'll take the slaps. So do you think, let's be honest, like Andrew, this kid, he seems to come from a pretty good family. Probably his family has like his parents probably have decent jobs. It's probably upper middle class Taiwanese family growing up in the South is the easiest way to put it. He's educated. He seems clean cut. He seems like he lives a nice life. I guess like, how is he supposed to even live life the same way as like, a Vietnamese dude who grew up from a refugee family, whose cousins and uncles were, you know, small business owners, they all have tattoos, they're like kind of, you know, they've all been fighting and they don't let people mess with their system. Yeah, like, it's almost like if you fire one shot at us, we're going to fire 10 right It's almost like this Andrew kid, he's Asian, but he comes from a completely different world as them. Yeah, I'm sure he grew up in a very protected, I'm just wondering, I mean, he's still quite young. So it's almost like blue pill, Disney goggles, whatever you want to call it. And some people can actually get away with living their entire life in those like fish bowls that are protected from the larger potentially hostile environment of America. Right. So I guess, overall, what can this Andrew kid do? Like, what should he do? If he's trying to gain more respect, if he doesn't care, then just keep doing what he's doing, right? And then just deal with it. And then he'll get a little bit of internet clout and sympathy points from it on the internet. But overall, if he just goes out there again, he'll probably get harassed again. Yeah, I mean, obviously he'll get a lot of love, he'll get a lot of mixed reactions, and he'll get harassed again for sure. I mean, I would say this, he's still quite young, and he fully hasn't developed. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up like moving back to Taiwan and becoming a pianist, like mini star or something like that. Oh, you know what I mean? I think that that's more likely an arc, because at some point, you do kind of like get a little bit older and you kind of go, is this really worth it? Yeah, I am bringing smiles to everybody. But does everybody like fully respect me on the street? Yes or no? I really highly doubt he continues doing that for the rest of his adult life. I feel like a lot of those dudes, those masculine Asian dudes are really mad at the fact, and they just cannot believe and cannot fathom how little some Asian dudes care about that type of respect. They do not care about getting disrespected. It does not bother them very much while they're like, I could not live my life getting disrespected like that. Yeah, and it is the Chinese dudes mostly that are generally not I would say upward mobile high achieving Asian usually college kids for sure kids who imagine themselves working in a corporate environment down the road. They're like they're willing to take the outrageous slings and arrows of life to move ahead in that system. But then obviously a lot of the other guys who said I'll never take that maybe they run their own business or maybe they you know do other jobs and so they get to more live like that. I feel like they would view the other way of living as very impotent, castrated, unmaned, gelded or molly coddled. But who's right and who's wrong because if like that's the bait like every culture has a different baseline threshold for conventional masculinity, you know what I mean? So it's like I feel like for the Chinese guys and I'm not saying it's right or it's wrong, I'm just trying to explain how it is. There's always a when and there's a who and right now like Chinese culture is very much in this sort of imperialistic when like period where basically his like imperial court way of rising the society is completely accepted in the Chinese world. But it's kind of like look down upon in the Pan-Asian world. Right. So yeah, that's like kind of a it's difficult to understand. Well, clearly this Andrew kid like kids like this, you know, taking the focus off him, particularly kids like this, their whole focus is not to portray Asians to be more tough. That's not his goal in life. And I think that if you do want Asians to get stopped getting picked on in the macro, you do have to step up, right? All Asian guys have to do something. Everybody, even the hood Asian guys, they'd have to be out there and patrolling more. Step outside of their comfortable fishbone, which is I mean, fishbowl, which is typically a very narrow radius. Yeah, if they are the warriors, and this is my met if any of them are watching, I would say they're not wrong in thinking about this kid this way. I can see what they're saying. I agree that I think this kid maybe should prepare himself differently. But I'll step in out of that fishbowl later in life. But also, if you're an Asian warrior, you got to be out in the world being a warrior and an ambassador and showing them that Asians are that way a certain way. But if you just keep it within your own tiny macro, micro world, you know what I mean? Then that's not really doing is not really helping, right? Because kids like this want to be out and expose themselves to non Asians. Right. And they're getting disrespected. So then the more masculine dudes, they have to be out there too. Yeah, they have to put themselves out there just as much as Andrew Sue kid is doing. Yeah, to be honest, to change things. Yeah, I think ultimately, it's very difficult because a lot of Asians, Andrew, would you say they want to keep living life in the garden like fish bowls? Like, for example, here is a video of a streamer who's streaming out in the streets, a gunfight ensues like a block over. And she's completely almost like quasi oblivious to what's going on. Right. I think that over the next couple decades, Andrew, Asians got a real that I think the West is getting increasingly contentious in terms of its spilling over into public spaces. I actually think there's less organized crime due to the advent of like technology and cameras. But I think that as that organized crime goes down in a way because the, you know, that whatever FBI or whatever is able to break it up quicker, it's going to spill over into regular public society more. And that's going to shatter some of the more blue pill Disney goggles that people want to more live in. And maybe that's how society was more in the late 70s in the early 80s, you know, hands across America. I just don't think in the future that that's a, I think that's a suboptimal game plan. And I think that everybody runs different game plans. We're born into different game plans, our community, our parents, our lineages, our cultures give us these game plans. But we all got to firmly understand the pros and the cons of each way of living. So, you know, like I said, guys, let me know what you guys think in the video down below the discussion of like, what should Andrew shoe have done? Should he have done nothing? Or I actually am of the mind that he pretty much handled it the right way given the context and given his abilities. Like think about it. He's a guy who's skinny and small playing Billy Joel covers on the street. And it's not like he's getting like jumped physically on his body, even though whatever happened to his keyboard. But he's got to accept that that's going to be his life moving forward. Oh, so accept your life and you got to know where you're at. Yeah. So I mean, I got him a message from Charlie Puth. And I don't know guys, like I said, man, sometimes people run certain game plans, they can go upside or they can go downside, but you got to live with the overall pros and cons of how you live your life. Until next time, guys, with a hot pot boys discuss in the comment section below. We encourage the debate. We out. Peace.