I dont know Ed Park fully, but I understand his struggles. I like him so far. Being the targeted for being Asian sucks. I used to live in an Asian bubble by the way, so I know both side of the coin. I agree with Ed Park "I dont want to hate White People". Although a group of people cause me a lot of pain and reminded me how they think Asian people are inferior in their opinion almost everyday to me when I was outside the Asian bubble, I really try not to hate them because I know there are good people in the group. What I found out was Asians in the Asian bubble has no idea. People who hang with Asians usually like Asians. Asians in the Asian bubble can't handle the truth about how Asians are treated and seen outside their bubbles. I found out it is best to leave them blind. Ignorant is bless for them. I understand it's hard to accept people out there hate you for your race and only for your race. I also glad people are finally talking about it.
@@alexlilano1931 The thing about hating another race because of the actions of some doesn’t end well because there are good people that don’t do those actions. So to generalize and say all white people do what the shooter did doesn’t help our country in the long run nor race relations.
I'm glad you talked about this. Your guy's conversation is always insightful. As a gay black male whose husband is Chinese I love learning more about your perspective. And educate those who don't know.
This reminds me of a guy I knew who said he had a place in the poc space (which included the black community) because his wife is Asian 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. Your wife is not a ticket or a hall pass.
@@justjo510 It was basically "I'm married to a PoC so I'm entitled to all PoC spaces" like Christ you must be dumb. And he went on to quote Morgan Freeman from that one time (just Google Morgan Freeman racism if you don't know. Not sure if it was huge at the time) as if quoting a black man made his argument solid. Basically, he was one of those "I'm an ally to the PoC community but I'm only listening to PoC voices that agree with me." This was quite a few years ago so hopefully he learned and if not hopefully his wife left him lol.
Yeah man, we should lift up the victims and their families to show support in a time of need if that is what their family would like. If they caught they man or woman who did it, their face should get no air time.
Thank you so much for speaking what we have all been thinking, David. I, along with probably most Asian Americans, have had these types of thoughts for years, but have never really been able to put them into words well. Keep it up, dude. Love from a fellow Asian American. 🇹🇼
I always see tons of comments saying, "Why weren't you here for this or that?" "Tell your people to stop being racist this and that." "Oh so now it's woe is me." It really pushes my buttons. It disappoints me and saddens me. When you guys talked about that, all I could do was nod my head in agreement. Thank you for sharing your guys' thoughts and explaining how things are done in Asian culture and why it affects the way we approach things. Of course, each Asian culture has their differences, but there are similarities across them. Thank you for keeping the conversation still light-hearted but never negating the actual issue and root of the problem and calling it out.
I would also like to see the people responsible for these acts actually get arrested. like what are their names? not trying to compare blm but this is just an example, when george floyd was killed I knew derek chauvin's name, number and home address, we need the same energy for the people involved in the attacks on these elderly people.
Thank you for talking about this, David, we need to keep the victim's tragedies not in vain by respectfully talking about them, and fighting for our Asian community even more than ever, finally, this day was coming and now we need to fight for our justice as we should've done centuries ago. And yes exactly, people keep invalidating our hurt. I damn agree though, I'm so tired of people in our community doing backseat social activism. Protests are good though. Talking about it and spreading awareness more than once is also good. I'd like to express that the " something " you guys are asking about, I'd say it's the protests going on and being planned to be done right now. Just like the BLM protests. I think it makes our voice more powerful and stronger and heard. And because reporters are so hungry for media and money, they're gonna report about it, therefore creating more traction about it.
Thank you from the home ?continent? Asia? not sure if you still relate to us that much anymore. But we standby you all in America. P.S the least they could do is not deflect away every time we bring up the fact the victims were asian, yes he might have done it because of his sex addiction/misogyny thing but the victims were all asian.
Great pod guys. While we will have difference of opinions time to time I do really advocate the process of thought and to allow information to surface. Great job guys
Thank you thank you thank you for talking about this. This is such an important dialogue that needs to be had and yet it’s such an invisible thing. As an Asian American brought up in Burbank I was brought up to bottle these things up and it just felt toxic as well. So hearing all these things on a platform is so relieving in many ways. Love from Tokyo.
i like how they unpack a lot of perspectives within this conversation. they both bring up realistic observations and share their own experiences that i'm sure many can relate to. i'd love to see davidso also bringing in an asian woman to discuss with, especially with all the hate crimes being directed towards women as well. i know we feel lost and helpless in the worst of ways, but i'm so glad there are creators who have a platform to share their experiences and start the conversation so many are scared to, or don't even bother to bring up. thank you david and ed
The ladies were all older. They were the cooks and laundry help. My mom was friends with one of the victims so this shooting, although relatable, was much more personal. Its the targeting of the elderly and women that is so insane. Im thankful to the naacp and other black organizations that are supporting asians during this cause. I bring this up because it didnt seem many asian groups did the same during BLM. Thats a conversation in and of itself. What kills me is that it took a massacre to finally get national attention and STILL attempts to deprioritize it as something other than what it is. Virtue signaling is something that ruins all movements and I hope that isn't the case.
David was spot on with what he said about the cop. A pastor once said in a sermon, “saying something helpful and being right aren’t the same thing. God calls us to be helpful but saying things because “well it’s true” often causes more harm than good.”
@@user-pd9ju5dk5s the important part is do they need the truth. A lot of the time people just say it to prove a point but chances are the times that are the worst to say the truth are when they prob sky already know. Then it’s the patronizing. Or the truth has no purpose because it’s just going to have a destructive outcome. That’s the lesson. It’s not saying to lie. It’s just saying think before you speak. If what you’re saying causes problems and not solutions then thats just irresponsible.
I have seen so many toxic comments on social media from black people who say things like..”well I don’t care about Asians because they don’t like us.” “Asians have it good, now they have problems this year..welcome to the club” “who cares, not my fight”....it’s really so sad because it’s not just a few people saying these things..it’s a pretty significant amount of black people who feel this way. It’s so discouraging because I have seen so many Asians such as yourself David who speak out for BLM and support them. There are many many black people who of course support asians and do support us, and for them I am so grateful because many Asians also stand with BLM. Anyways I wish we could work together for a better future.
This is sad... personally I'm seeing a lot more support than animosity so I'm choosing to focus on that. The same ways a lot of asian people didn't care about blm, I saw a lot more asian people being in support. Let's focus on that. Even where I am (Europe) my circle and people on social media are in full support. I guess it just depends on what on your feed and what you focus your attention on. The people who wanna keep being resentful are useless anyways in the causes we're fighting for. Please don't be discouraged! I know first hand it's hard but you're not alone in this, me and many others are right by your side.
Its really disturbing the comments I've seen from black people on Asians. You're right on all that. And now many of them want to talk about it since its a white guy who carried out an attack so they take the opportunity to criticize white people now.
@@salmaabdullahgb I think much of the problem is "black community" "Asian community" People act like those groups just agree on everything and get along with eachother but just other races hate them or something. I grew up where my community wasn't made up of one race. There's definitely cities that are mostly black or mostly hispanic but if you're living in any suburb a lot of them are mixed. I agree with what you're saying though of course.
Thank you for talking about this David and Ed and being so raw, real, and honest 🙏💗🙏💗😭🙏💗😭🙏😭 I felt this podcast on a spiritual level and we as asian americans need to finally start being seriously vocal about the injustice to our people 🙌
"Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood." Love this episode! Love Ed! I watched him when he was on OTR. His (life) experiences resonates. As a black male (in my 50's), I've seen some things and went through some stuff as well, listening to his stories really felt like he would be a good friend, Thank you for sharing your experiences, Ed. This country seems dead set on going off the rails. The voice getting the most and loudest mic are those set on burning down society. In my younger years I would live for this kaos, but with the advancement of time (aka my old ass) I'm worried about everything, I find my circle getting smaller and smaller and I'm finding it hard to trust...even people I've known most of my life. Be safe everyone, Love one another!
That’s the thing: people are starting to feel that there’s no middle ground, that we wont be able to come together anymore. That’s my concern as well. I’m not Asian myself but I am concerned that this country is so divided that people from all sides can’t come together at all or agree on anything whether we’re liberal, conservative, moderate, Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. It’s very depressing.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department still hasn't named the victims or sent condolences. Just came out that the last Sheriff wore a KKK costume to a party. Shit show of a county up there. I live 10 miles from that spa and I just passed by it last Monday. Scary to think I could have crossed paths with the killer hundreds of times.
It's very sad that this happen and I was like this was the last place that I thought this was going to happen and i live in Georgia and I pass by it almost every weekend. it felt different when I was driving up to where it happened when I was going to the store this past Saturday. I also have an Asian brother and I never been scared before about his safety till all these attacks happened
22:50 😭🤣 bro that hit close to home, my moms death anniversary was the 21st, she died from her lupus but she was also obese so it didn't help ( her favorite chocolate was kitkat🤣💀 )
Me and my Uncle where assaulted and or they tried too jump us, calling us derogatory words , however we ignored all of those insults. They approached me and my elder Uncle, and sucker punched me, we are Asian and Mexican decent, we fought back feriously, and are victorious, Riverside CA
I’ve been telling people to get a gun and learn to use it. Or at least like a knife or something. The sad reality is that we live in a war zone right now and walking around unarmed won’t do you any good. I’d rather be the one holding the weapon than the one beat up or dead. At this point I’m not sure what words and protests will do, we need to take the fight to them.
David should invite different types of Asians onto his podcast and learn about their culture. Educate people that there’s more than just Chinese, Korean and Japanese Asians. Asian history arent being taught in American schools. We as Asians need to do that job since no one wants to do it. Give love to those Asian groups that aren’t being validated in American society. It’s crazy to know how much Asians don’t even know that Hmong people exist. Yet they don’t even know that Hmong people were part of the Vietnam war. These little things are what Asians with big platforms can do for us Asians and Americans. We need to give our Asian communities more love and stop trying to just move up in life with the cold shoulder. At the end of the day, your skin color will always define who you are regardless how successful, poor, ghetto and famous you are. For example, look at African Americans who started from poor communities and now their million/billionaires. They will still educate the world about the forgotten people of their color and understand that they know where they came from. That’s what Asians need to do because I believe that’s what Asians are missing in their communities.
Yeah I remember that, players pushed him, never called fouls, and the announcers disregard all his success. They were super critical on everything he did. I felt the hate. It also made me realize it was about race. I went through the same thing and thought it was me. A smart, talented, humble guy like Lin went through the same hate and their was no reason for the hate except his color.
@@alexlilano1931 seems the black players, were being tribal and racist to protect their Domain. Blacks have been fairly dominant in Sports and Entertainment in USA
It’s really saddens me that I knew something really tragic was going to have to happen for people to pay attention to these crimes against the Asian community . Unfortunately when minorities have to go through injustice , something literally catastrophic with undeniable evidence has to happen (like George Floyd for black people), a mass shooting , or we have to literally destroy cities to be heard BUT with the support of the majority . I hope more people continue to speak up for the Asian community . Sending so much love to my Asian brothers and sisters .
This conversation is very important. How juvenile delinquent young people are not incarcerated/boot camps/cut firebreaks in drought plague areas is beyond me. I'm told the liability exposure of housing a juvenile delinquent is the reason the courts release them back into the streets. Peace.
It’s just sad that we were protesting and some of you guys are with us and the same people asking for equality are attacking another race it makes me disappointed and I’m ashamed of them but I’m African so it might be different
@Jay Aleem you got the wrong country my country is good and I grew up here so I know the shit that’s happening and why do you think those stuff are happening the continent of Africa I speak from a person that grew up since 5
Can really feel on the on the whole family business thing. Dad had a convenience store in a black/mexican neighborhood. Most people are cool but it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the trust and make you wary. When the trust is gone you essentially living with a constant fear.
Juvenile delinquents need to be gotten off the streets and placed in boot camps/ Forest firebreak workers, etc. They are ruining life for everyone else. Peace.
One thing that pops out of mind from my childhood is that my grandma always said be careful around black people specifically but never hispanic. I don't know why maybe because I'm half mexican or that she worked with them or spoke Spanish. but specifically targeted black people saying that they will steal from you.
Ed would make a good pastor. He sounds like he’s giving a sermon because he always brings his story back on topic with a lesson. And I’m actually not snoozing, I’m listening to what he’s saying.
See the difference between how Mayor Bottoms and that Sheriff responded to this. This is why we need more people of color in law enforcement and positions of power.
If you think "people of color" are more sensitive to attacks on Asians you're very confused. Couple in the fact that the majority of the attacks have been carried out by "people of color"
YC Takahashi - Atlanta has been having a tragic increase in homicides these past few years esp. 2020! What has either the Mayor or the sheriff done to improve the situation?!
To anyone who needs to hear this, you do not need anyone to validate you (you’re important, you matter, you’re beautiful, you’re kind hearted). You deserve love and so love yourself. Don’t let ignorance stop you from living your life.
David and Ed are to smart for their own good. I agree with what they said, BUT we need to change our approach and do something similar to what China Mac is doing. Love the show watching two dudes sit korean style on the couch, LOL
About donating to causes like Stop AAPI Hate, you'd be paying for people who can focus on these problems full-time (Same as donating to activists). It'd include translators, advocates for policies that'd affect us, etc.
In regards to Ed's shooting experience, if he only shot ONCE before, generally speaking, the first experience isn't the best experience for people. It's only after getting used to the noise, the feel and recoil that you get used to it and can shoot more comfortably and accurately. More importantly, it's not about killing, it's about self defense and defending your family, home and property as a LAST RESORT. It's about target shooting, competition, collecting..
I’m a first-generation Japanese-Korean (or just Korean because the Japanese don’t see us as one of them) living in Australia who’s experienced racism on a mild level, so the hate crimes over in the U.S really shocked me. However, I didn’t know how to respond rightly. I‘m bombarded with constant news coverage on TH-cam from U.S news stations, but it was mainly radio silence in Australia. There is a jarring disparity between the level of reporting on Asian-American hate crimes and other critical news, like the January 6th. Which makes sense. I get it. Everyone all around the world are concerned with January 6th. Asian-American hate crimes were unimportant, comparatively. But then I struggled to process it, largely because there is this radio silence that provided no platform for discussion. Praying for love and community. From Sydney.
Honest q: Would you want more coverage of Asian-American hate crimes in Australia? Would crime reports on Asians in Oceana be more relevant? I'd imagine that it might be annoying to an Australian to be bombarded with so much America-centric coverage.
@@laughter95 I never said that being bombarded with Asian hate crimes was a good thing. Too much coverage is questionable. But the fact that there’s essentially no coverage at all here, and hence the radio silence, is frustrating. Particularly as Australian news stations and daily conversations were invaded by the January 6th incident. Particularly as the immigrant experience and cultural diversity were meant to be an integral part of the social fabric here. When I see their outrage being poured out sporadically and inconsistently, and there’s this utter silence here in light of Asian hate crimes in the U.S, I can’t help, but to wonder why Australians bother following U.S news at all. Only news that interest them. Nothing about xenophobia and racism towards Asian communities. They don’t give a damn about it. Because they don’t give a damn about our stories here, either.
@@KP-zd3hc Interesting. I'm not sure about broadcast TV but I can see that ABC published a bunch of articles on this when you search "Asian American". But I don't watch enough Australian news media to know as well as you. Is there also little coverage of issues affecting Indigenous and Australian Asians? Surprises me because my impression has been that Aussies are among the better traveled, more culturally aware of Westerners... maybe I'm really just extrapolating from having met so many on my visits to Vietnam. But it makes me think that Australian mass media would reflect this. -- I mainly tune in to ABC for their China coverage and really loved their Planet America show during our election season. Every so often I look at Sky to see how conservatives in the US/UK/OZ all seem to have the same grievances.
@@laughter95 yeah. ABC has always been quite good. But that’s it. That’s only one news station. I’m not asking for a competitive edge. But it’s quite suss when ALL Australian news stations were bombarded with American issues, but Asian-American hate crimes are ‘t reported on much. I don’t want bombardment. That’s when we see news stations over-politicizing an issue. But other than one news station, there’s not much else. And I don’t see people paying attention to ABC coverage on Asian-American hate crimes, anyway. Radio silence.
@@KP-zd3hc Better than American news that barely covers things outside their borders unless there is a huge natural disaster (like the Aus wildfires, NSW flooding) or a war (that America usually has a hand in) and almost never covers social issues of other countries. For Asian social issues, including American Asian, I usually rely on social media, Asian Boss, and media from the respective country of interest. Maybe you can do the same. I don't expect any American outlet to cover happenings in Singapore, HK, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc.
Do your research and why it happened than rather read news reports. It’s not a hate crime because he had mental issues with sex addiction with Asians. What he did to try to end his end was wrong yes but it’s not a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc why would you go to an Asian massage parlor to fulfill your sexual desires??? It’s a MASSAGE PARLOR. There’s a stereotype, especially in the entertainment industry, that makes Asian women look like we give in easily to sex. They prey on us as submissive and weak in the industry, so he thought to make his bad day better, an Asian parlor will help him because we always have? All of these spas were far away from each other too, and chose to target all of them. It’s a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc first of all, how could you not look at the news and think this is not a hate crime. that terrorist actively sought asian owned establishments and killed asian people, knowing that asian hate crimes have been excelerating after the pandemic. i mean, even the news have reported that there has been "alarming spike in brazen anti-Asian violence in recent weeks." i don't understand how you can listen to this podcast by an asian man talking about the violent issues towards asian people that has been rampant over the few weeks, and think its not a hate crime.
As someone who studies sociology I think a lot of people misunderstand conversations around race when they're trying to be "woke" and what not, or just misunderstanding context and get irrate over things that aren't being said. like when it comes to conversations of privilege and racism there's a lot of pointing fingers when in reality the only fingers to the point is to history. When people blame white supremacy I think that it's important that they understand and that those reading it understand that that doesn't mean white people in general we know you're not to blame we know that you have no control over who your ancestors were, but it is important to understand that this nation was built and our culture was influenced by a white supremacist mindset. You don't have to feel guilty for being white but understand how people of color are affected differently than you because of this. Then when we talk about POC solidarity so many people want to play the oppression Olympics or blame others for things that don't have anything to do with them as a community that it just creates more unnecessary fissures. I think like Ed said we need to remember that we're all neighbors and we can't correct these things unless we look at the culture and the system and stop trying to find a particular person or a particular community to blame.
You guys should watch the try guys video where Eugene and others tell the history of Asians and how they came into America and the racism they faced. Along with even being in the Black Panthers. Black people and Asian people were together as one at one point but then a certain someone came in between us because they were intimidated by the power we had together.
This all really makes me wonder about how much the average American thinks about Asians in general, like they said. I'm a white guy, but ever since I was young and first saw ancient Asian architecture I was captivated. I'm not as knowledgeable as many other people. But, I've just consumed anime, and information about Japan (more specifically). So, it's all felt really close to me (well, as close as a white guy can feel). And the increase in Asian hate over the past year just feels out of the sort of out of the blue. I genuinely thought people could distinguish the actions of the CCP/a government (I have no clue if they are hiding anything) and the people. And it freaking hurts me to see them attacked and hated when I feel like so many people my age (25) have grown to love them through all the media we have consumed. There's no real point to my comment... I just wanted to say all that stuff to the ether. I honestly nervous to say I love Asians because I don't want them to feel tokenized or fetishizied for who they are. I just want them all to know I respect and love all of you as individuals, not just as some hivemind or a bunch of stereotypes. So yeah, that's my a few of my thoughts thrown out there, not very organized or well thought out, honestly. But, if you made it this far, I hope you have an amazing day!
I definitely feel like I've been desensitized to death in a disassociative way especially due to my time in journalism, they really hammer in how "if it bleeds it leads" and that is what they will always prioritize for the sales and views. That being said, I still cried for the first time in I don't know how long when I read about this massacre. Being Chinese Canadian we're sold an image of multiculturalism, but this exists because of the fundamental view of othering. It would be great if colors didn't matter but we're a few million massacres past that.
For me growing up hunting and shooting guns since i was a kid. Don't be afraid have respect for it. Its good that you have that coincidences. Side track rant: I always feel i relate to other asians differently since I'm hmong and we're kind of the asian hillbilly lol
Exactly. I hate that Ed had said guns are made to kill people. Clearly they weren’t since you can use guns for hunting and survival. Guns weren’t just made for killing. Smh.
Asian American is more to East and South East. Indian and Pakistani are usually called South Asian. Arabs, Iranian, Afghan usually are called middle east/ broader middle east.
I like how that girl said in the same breath "No race is more superior than the other" and "It makes me want to stoop down to their level". THEN to say black people are basically whining and trying to make a point that Asians aren't complaining. What the fuck? We should be complaining! You okay with being treated like trash?
The discussion of the power of firearms and the not wanting that responsibility hit home a bit for me... I have firearms, but I never want to use them against another person. That thought upsets me and has upset me for a long time. I plan on continuing to have firearms, I enjoy going to the range, and I want the right to have firearms for protection... but, it would still wreck me if I had to use them in that context
8:29 some "youtuber" did this to China Mac with xxnPlay too. He wanted Mac to be angry like what Mac did with Pump. But Mac didn't play his game. Mac was calm and wanted to have a conversation with xxnPlay. I hope he get it.
I feel like having to validate to America that a race is very educated or successful is not a reason to validate that a particular race is worthy of respect, we should respect every racial group's basic human rights regardless of their accomplishments. There is no need to bow down and present your advanced degree to have basic human rights in America.
A really important conversation to have David. And I definitely have seen the almost not so much disregard but less of an urgency or seriousness in this problem when it comes to even my own immediate community. This isn't a problem that just popped up. This is just a highlight that America now wants to pay a sliver of attention to. My best friend going on 14 years now, who's more like my sister now, is Asian and no matter how long I've known her, I still won't fully understand what she goes through, but the closer I can, the better. Keep doing what you are doing. Keep the conversation going. Very insightful for those who just don't know, even me.
Just have Ed park on the channel forever...I like his personality and stories lol
I dont know Ed Park fully, but I understand his struggles. I like him so far. Being the targeted for being Asian sucks. I used to live in an Asian bubble by the way, so I know both side of the coin. I agree with Ed Park "I dont want to hate White People". Although a group of people cause me a lot of pain and reminded me how they think Asian people are inferior in their opinion almost everyday to me when I was outside the Asian bubble, I really try not to hate them because I know there are good people in the group. What I found out was Asians in the Asian bubble has no idea. People who hang with Asians usually like Asians. Asians in the Asian bubble can't handle the truth about how Asians are treated and seen outside their bubbles. I found out it is best to leave them blind. Ignorant is bless for them. I understand it's hard to accept people out there hate you for your race and only for your race. I also glad people are finally talking about it.
I agree 🤚🏾💯💯 hes fantastic💗
I yelled oooh outloud when I Ed was back lol
@@alexlilano1931 The thing about hating another race because of the actions of some doesn’t end well because there are good people that don’t do those actions. So to generalize and say all white people do what the shooter did doesn’t help our country in the long run nor race relations.
Keep speaking David. What you already do for the community is enough. People need to just listen and pay attention.
I'm glad you talked about this. Your guy's conversation is always insightful. As a gay black male whose husband is Chinese I love learning more about your perspective. And educate those who don't know.
Can someone please make a playlist that features all of Ed Park I can't get enough of this guy.
This reminds me of a guy I knew who said he had a place in the poc space (which included the black community) because his wife is Asian 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. Your wife is not a ticket or a hall pass.
poc by proxy? Gzus 🤦🏽🙄
@@justjo510 It was basically "I'm married to a PoC so I'm entitled to all PoC spaces" like Christ you must be dumb. And he went on to quote Morgan Freeman from that one time (just Google Morgan Freeman racism if you don't know. Not sure if it was huge at the time) as if quoting a black man made his argument solid. Basically, he was one of those "I'm an ally to the PoC community but I'm only listening to PoC voices that agree with me."
This was quite a few years ago so hopefully he learned and if not hopefully his wife left him lol.
@@Vincisomething i said basically that christ youre rude
so are you cool with whites only spaces or only POC only places? I am just seeing if you are a racist
@@Vincisomething i feel bad for the wife or she probably agrees with him which is an issue.
Yeah man, we should lift up the victims and their families to show support in a time of need if that is what their family would like. If they caught they man or woman who did it, their face should get no air time.
They are not even talking about the victims
Thank you so much for speaking what we have all been thinking, David. I, along with probably most Asian Americans, have had these types of thoughts for years, but have never really been able to put them into words well. Keep it up, dude. Love from a fellow Asian American. 🇹🇼
Happy Sunday David! appreciate your podcasts and conversations every week :-)
I always see tons of comments saying, "Why weren't you here for this or that?" "Tell your people to stop being racist this and that." "Oh so now it's woe is me." It really pushes my buttons. It disappoints me and saddens me. When you guys talked about that, all I could do was nod my head in agreement. Thank you for sharing your guys' thoughts and explaining how things are done in Asian culture and why it affects the way we approach things. Of course, each Asian culture has their differences, but there are similarities across them. Thank you for keeping the conversation still light-hearted but never negating the actual issue and root of the problem and calling it out.
I'm glad you didn't put any ad breaks in this serious topic, they would've killed the mood.
Most of my videos don’t monetize it’s rare to see any ad breaks in general this channel stopped making money a while ago :(
@@DavidSoComedy how are you holding up if I may ask? Do you have a patreon??
@@SG-cv4pf I have a patron that people donate to but as long as y’all watch and share the videos I’ll get ads !! Appreciate it!
Really appreciate the nuanced perspectives that you and Ed brought to the conversation, as well as righteous passion. Keep speaking our truth
I would also like to see the people responsible for these acts actually get arrested. like what are their names? not trying to compare blm but this is just an example, when george floyd was killed I knew derek chauvin's name, number and home address, we need the same energy for the people involved in the attacks on these elderly people.
Thank you for talking about this, David, we need to keep the victim's tragedies not in vain by respectfully talking about them, and fighting for our Asian community even more than ever, finally, this day was coming and now we need to fight for our justice as we should've done centuries ago.
And yes exactly, people keep invalidating our hurt. I damn agree though, I'm so tired of people in our community doing backseat social activism. Protests are good though. Talking about it and spreading awareness more than once is also good.
I'd like to express that the " something " you guys are asking about, I'd say it's the protests going on and being planned to be done right now. Just like the BLM protests. I think it makes our voice more powerful and stronger and heard. And because reporters are so hungry for media and money, they're gonna report about it, therefore creating more traction about it.
Thank you from the home ?continent? Asia? not sure if you still relate to us that much anymore. But we standby you all in America.
P.S the least they could do is not deflect away every time we bring up the fact the victims were asian, yes he might have done it because of his sex addiction/misogyny thing but the victims were all asian.
Great pod guys. While we will have difference of opinions time to time I do really advocate the process of thought and to allow information to surface. Great job guys
Yeah! Just because you like someone doesn't mean you agree or endorse everything they say!
Thank you thank you thank you for talking about this. This is such an important dialogue that needs to be had and yet it’s such an invisible thing. As an Asian American brought up in Burbank I was brought up to bottle these things up and it just felt toxic as well. So hearing all these things on a platform is so relieving in many ways. Love from Tokyo.
i like how they unpack a lot of perspectives within this conversation. they both bring up realistic observations and share their own experiences that i'm sure many can relate to. i'd love to see davidso also bringing in an asian woman to discuss with, especially with all the hate crimes being directed towards women as well.
i know we feel lost and helpless in the worst of ways, but i'm so glad there are creators who have a platform to share their experiences and start the conversation so many are scared to, or don't even bother to bring up.
thank you david and ed
such a good episode, you and ed really just click so well !!
Your conversations are well thought out and insightful, I respect y’all for having the conversation and sharing it with us
The ladies were all older. They were the cooks and laundry help. My mom was friends with one of the victims so this shooting, although relatable, was much more personal.
Its the targeting of the elderly and women that is so insane.
Im thankful to the naacp and other black organizations that are supporting asians during this cause. I bring this up because it didnt seem many asian groups did the same during BLM. Thats a conversation in and of itself.
What kills me is that it took a massacre to finally get national attention and STILL attempts to deprioritize it as something other than what it is.
Virtue signaling is something that ruins all movements and I hope that isn't the case.
Actually, there were a lot of asian groups out there for the BLM but as usual, none of this gets any media attention (because its just asians).
Preach it, seoul_glo
Love your work man, thank you for speaking out
David was spot on with what he said about the cop. A pastor once said in a sermon, “saying something helpful and being right aren’t the same thing. God calls us to be helpful but saying things because “well it’s true” often causes more harm than good.”
Well you should probably console them first and then give then the truth
@@user-pd9ju5dk5s the important part is do they need the truth. A lot of the time people just say it to prove a point but chances are the times that are the worst to say the truth are when they prob sky already know. Then it’s the patronizing. Or the truth has no purpose because it’s just going to have a destructive outcome. That’s the lesson. It’s not saying to lie. It’s just saying think before you speak. If what you’re saying causes problems and not solutions then thats just irresponsible.
I have seen so many toxic comments on social media from black people who say things like..”well I don’t care about Asians because they don’t like us.” “Asians have it good, now they have problems this year..welcome to the club” “who cares, not my fight”....it’s really so sad because it’s not just a few people saying these things..it’s a pretty significant amount of black people who feel this way. It’s so discouraging because I have seen so many Asians such as yourself David who speak out for BLM and support them. There are many many black people who of course support asians and do support us, and for them I am so grateful because many Asians also stand with BLM. Anyways I wish we could work together for a better future.
This is sad... personally I'm seeing a lot more support than animosity so I'm choosing to focus on that. The same ways a lot of asian people didn't care about blm, I saw a lot more asian people being in support. Let's focus on that. Even where I am (Europe) my circle and people on social media are in full support. I guess it just depends on what on your feed and what you focus your attention on. The people who wanna keep being resentful are useless anyways in the causes we're fighting for. Please don't be discouraged! I know first hand it's hard but you're not alone in this, me and many others are right by your side.
Its really disturbing the comments I've seen from black people on Asians. You're right on all that. And now many of them want to talk about it since its a white guy who carried out an attack so they take the opportunity to criticize white people now.
I mean there's garbage people everywhere they only represent themselves and not the black community
@@stonetangerine5164 don't take a small group of peoples opinion on social media as representation for any group dude
@@salmaabdullahgb I think much of the problem is "black community" "Asian community" People act like those groups just agree on everything and get along with eachother but just other races hate them or something. I grew up where my community wasn't made up of one race. There's definitely cities that are mostly black or mostly hispanic but if you're living in any suburb a lot of them are mixed. I agree with what you're saying though of course.
Thank you for talking about this David and Ed and being so raw, real, and honest 🙏💗🙏💗😭🙏💗😭🙏😭 I felt this podcast on a spiritual level and we as asian americans need to finally start being seriously vocal about the injustice to our people 🙌
Let’s Gooo Ed and David 🔥🔥🔥
Really happy to find this podcast. Seem like the personality many will gravitate towards.
"Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood."
Love this episode! Love Ed! I watched him when he was on OTR. His (life) experiences resonates. As a black male (in my 50's), I've seen some things and went through some stuff as well, listening to his stories really felt like he would be a good friend,
Thank you for sharing your experiences, Ed.
This country seems dead set on going off the rails. The voice getting the most and loudest mic are those set on burning down society.
In my younger years I would live for this kaos, but with the advancement of time (aka my old ass) I'm worried about everything, I find my circle getting smaller and smaller and I'm finding it hard to trust...even people I've known most of my life.
Be safe everyone,
Love one another!
That’s the thing: people are starting to feel that there’s no middle ground, that we wont be able to come together anymore. That’s my concern as well. I’m not Asian myself but I am concerned that this country is so divided that people from all sides can’t come together at all or agree on anything whether we’re liberal, conservative, moderate, Black, White, Asian, Hispanic. It’s very depressing.
Well said David and Ed. We need to stand up for ourselves and others.
Thank you for speaking on this.
Yeah because no one else is talking about. Total media blackout. 😂😂😂
Cherokee County Sheriff's Department still hasn't named the victims or sent condolences. Just came out that the last Sheriff wore a KKK costume to a party. Shit show of a county up there. I live 10 miles from that spa and I just passed by it last Monday. Scary to think I could have crossed paths with the killer hundreds of times.
Thank you for this David, this gives me prospective. And keep speaking! The black community supports this unity
Was waiting for your take on this
Thank you both for sharing your experience. Respect ✊
as a fellow AsAm, thank you for being so loud about this
It's very sad that this happen and I was like this was the last place that I thought this was going to happen and i live in Georgia and I pass by it almost every weekend. it felt different when I was driving up to where it happened when I was going to the store this past Saturday. I also have an Asian brother and I never been scared before about his safety till all these attacks happened
I love when you have Ed on the podcast! Great episode!
22:50 😭🤣 bro that hit close to home, my moms death anniversary was the 21st, she died from her lupus but she was also obese so it didn't help ( her favorite chocolate was kitkat🤣💀 )
I'm just worried that by the time there's an actual gameplan the media will have moved on.
Me and my Uncle where assaulted and or they tried too jump us, calling us derogatory words , however we ignored all of those insults.
They approached me and my elder Uncle, and sucker punched me, we are Asian and Mexican decent, we fought back feriously, and are victorious,
Riverside CA
Great podcast. Deep but so chill as well.
Love the podcasts David, but please have Ed Park on more if possible. Both of you together is 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve been telling people to get a gun and learn to use it. Or at least like a knife or something. The sad reality is that we live in a war zone right now and walking around unarmed won’t do you any good. I’d rather be the one holding the weapon than the one beat up or dead. At this point I’m not sure what words and protests will do, we need to take the fight to them.
Its not smart for everyone to get a gun and "knowing how to use it" isn't all there is to it.
David should invite different types of Asians onto his podcast and learn about their culture. Educate people that there’s more than just Chinese, Korean and Japanese Asians. Asian history arent being taught in American schools. We as Asians need to do that job since no one wants to do it. Give love to those Asian groups that aren’t being validated in American society. It’s crazy to know how much Asians don’t even know that Hmong people exist. Yet they don’t even know that Hmong people were part of the Vietnam war. These little things are what Asians with big platforms can do for us Asians and Americans. We need to give our Asian communities more love and stop trying to just move up in life with the cold shoulder. At the end of the day, your skin color will always define who you are regardless how successful, poor, ghetto and famous you are. For example, look at African Americans who started from poor communities and now their million/billionaires. They will still educate the world about the forgotten people of their color and understand that they know where they came from. That’s what Asians need to do because I believe that’s what Asians are missing in their communities.
I love this perspective. Spotlight the spectrum of people. Filipinos, Thai, Tibetan, Mongolian, the list goes on
I wish you happiness and joy I hope you're okay in these times David so
Great pod again! Love you guys!
Jeremy Lin's true talent is Linsanity and I truly believe that but his career didn't took off because of the deep rooted racism from AMERICANS period.
Yeah I remember that, players pushed him, never called fouls, and the announcers disregard all his success. They were super critical on everything he did. I felt the hate. It also made me realize it was about race. I went through the same thing and thought it was me. A smart, talented, humble guy like Lin went through the same hate and their was no reason for the hate except his color.
@@alexlilano1931 seems the black players, were being tribal and racist to protect their Domain. Blacks have been fairly dominant in Sports and Entertainment in USA
Alex Lilano 😢😢
Awesome podcast!
It’s really saddens me that I knew something really tragic was going to have to happen for people to pay attention to these crimes against the Asian community . Unfortunately when minorities have to go through injustice , something literally catastrophic with undeniable evidence has to happen (like George Floyd for black people), a mass shooting , or we have to literally destroy cities to be heard BUT with the support of the majority . I hope more people continue to speak up for the Asian community . Sending so much love to my Asian brothers and sisters .
This conversation is very important. How juvenile delinquent young people are not incarcerated/boot camps/cut firebreaks in drought plague areas is beyond me. I'm told the liability exposure of housing a juvenile delinquent is the reason the courts release them back into the streets. Peace.
I loved this video we just think your good your the guy who the voice for your Asian just cuz you speak the truth and the way you say it with meaning
I think Ed Park is the uncle we we all need to ground us 😂😂💕💕💕 keep him coming back
It was such a tragic! I live 10 mins away from Gold Spa.....
Please speak y'all truth my brothers. I'm from Fairfield CA, I really mess with y'all
Asians in my neighborhood have started buying guns to defend themselves. They are scared for themselves and their families.
Well good thing i am part of a family that likes to go hunting my dad is already prepared lol. He owns 2 hunting rifles.
I hope they are not afraid to use those guns.
It’s just sad that we were protesting and some of you guys are with us and the same people asking for equality are attacking another race it makes me disappointed and I’m ashamed of them but I’m African so it might be different
@Jay Aleem you got the wrong country my country is good and I grew up here so I know the shit that’s happening and why do you think those stuff are happening the continent of Africa I speak from a person that grew up since 5
everything they're saying is so god damn true that it hurts
Great episode!!!!
Great podcast!
Side note: anyone else notice David pronounces the word “else” as “AL’s” ? Lmao 😂 Love ya David
Can really feel on the on the whole family business thing. Dad had a convenience store in a black/mexican neighborhood. Most people are cool but it only takes a few bad apples to ruin the trust and make you wary. When the trust is gone you essentially living with a constant fear.
And if you’re constantly living in fear then that’s where America becomes divided and balkanized.
Juvenile delinquents need to be gotten off the streets and placed in boot camps/ Forest firebreak workers, etc. They are ruining life for everyone else. Peace.
One thing that pops out of mind from my childhood is that my grandma always said be careful around black people specifically but never hispanic. I don't know why maybe because I'm half mexican or that she worked with them or spoke Spanish. but specifically targeted black people saying that they will steal from you.
Ed would make a good pastor. He sounds like he’s giving a sermon because he always brings his story back on topic with a lesson. And I’m actually not snoozing, I’m listening to what he’s saying.
See the difference between how Mayor Bottoms and that Sheriff responded to this. This is why we need more people of color in law enforcement and positions of power.
If you think "people of color" are more sensitive to attacks on Asians you're very confused. Couple in the fact that the majority of the attacks have been carried out by "people of color"
@@jimduggan8962 nuances... Is it more likely a white person will consider it a hate crime or they'll sweep it under the rug
YC Takahashi - Atlanta has been having a tragic increase in homicides these past few years esp. 2020! What has either the Mayor or the sheriff done to improve the situation?!
To anyone who needs to hear this, you do not need anyone to validate you (you’re important, you matter, you’re beautiful, you’re kind hearted). You deserve love and so love yourself. Don’t let ignorance stop you from living your life.
12:47 Sounds like my Nigerian mum as well 🤣
David and Ed are to smart for their own good. I agree with what they said, BUT we need to change our approach and do something similar to what China Mac is doing. Love the show watching two dudes sit korean style on the couch, LOL
About donating to causes like Stop AAPI Hate, you'd be paying for people who can focus on these problems full-time (Same as donating to activists). It'd include translators, advocates for policies that'd affect us, etc.
So much damn truth in this episode. I had to comment twice lol
R.i.p to those people 🙏🏽
Loving the pod, but would aslo like timestamps please!
Look in the description
In regards to Ed's shooting experience, if he only shot ONCE before, generally speaking, the first experience isn't the best experience for people. It's only after getting used to the noise, the feel and recoil that you get used to it and can shoot more comfortably and accurately.
More importantly, it's not about killing, it's about self defense and defending your family, home and property as a LAST RESORT. It's about target shooting, competition, collecting..
I’m a first-generation Japanese-Korean (or just Korean because the Japanese don’t see us as one of them) living in Australia who’s experienced racism on a mild level, so the hate crimes over in the U.S really shocked me. However, I didn’t know how to respond rightly. I‘m bombarded with constant news coverage on TH-cam from U.S news stations, but it was mainly radio silence in Australia. There is a jarring disparity between the level of reporting on Asian-American hate crimes and other critical news, like the January 6th. Which makes sense. I get it. Everyone all around the world are concerned with January 6th. Asian-American hate crimes were unimportant, comparatively. But then I struggled to process it, largely because there is this radio silence that provided no platform for discussion.
Praying for love and community.
From Sydney.
Honest q: Would you want more coverage of Asian-American hate crimes in Australia? Would crime reports on Asians in Oceana be more relevant? I'd imagine that it might be annoying to an Australian to be bombarded with so much America-centric coverage.
@@laughter95 I never said that being bombarded with Asian hate crimes was a good thing. Too much coverage is questionable. But the fact that there’s essentially no coverage at all here, and hence the radio silence, is frustrating. Particularly as Australian news stations and daily conversations were invaded by the January 6th incident. Particularly as the immigrant experience and cultural diversity were meant to be an integral part of the social fabric here. When I see their outrage being poured out sporadically and inconsistently, and there’s this utter silence here in light of Asian hate crimes in the U.S, I can’t help, but to wonder why Australians bother following U.S news at all. Only news that interest them. Nothing about xenophobia and racism towards Asian communities. They don’t give a damn about it. Because they don’t give a damn about our stories here, either.
@@KP-zd3hc Interesting. I'm not sure about broadcast TV but I can see that ABC published a bunch of articles on this when you search "Asian American". But I don't watch enough Australian news media to know as well as you. Is there also little coverage of issues affecting Indigenous and Australian Asians?
Surprises me because my impression has been that Aussies are among the better traveled, more culturally aware of Westerners... maybe I'm really just extrapolating from having met so many on my visits to Vietnam. But it makes me think that Australian mass media would reflect this.
-- I mainly tune in to ABC for their China coverage and really loved their Planet America show during our election season. Every so often I look at Sky to see how conservatives in the US/UK/OZ all seem to have the same grievances.
@@laughter95 yeah. ABC has always been quite good. But that’s it. That’s only one news station. I’m not asking for a competitive edge. But it’s quite suss when ALL Australian news stations were bombarded with American issues, but Asian-American hate crimes are ‘t reported on much. I don’t want bombardment. That’s when we see news stations over-politicizing an issue. But other than one news station, there’s not much else. And I don’t see people paying attention to ABC coverage on Asian-American hate crimes, anyway. Radio silence.
@@KP-zd3hc Better than American news that barely covers things outside their borders unless there is a huge natural disaster (like the Aus wildfires, NSW flooding) or a war (that America usually has a hand in) and almost never covers social issues of other countries.
For Asian social issues, including American Asian, I usually rely on social media, Asian Boss, and media from the respective country of interest. Maybe you can do the same. I don't expect any American outlet to cover happenings in Singapore, HK, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc.
idk about the k-town riots thing thanks for educating me, a fellow asian american
#stop_the_asian_hate
Do your research and why it happened than rather read news reports. It’s not a hate crime because he had mental issues with sex addiction with Asians. What he did to try to end his end was wrong yes but it’s not a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc suuuuuuuure any excuse to not make it look like a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc why would you go to an Asian massage parlor to fulfill your sexual desires??? It’s a MASSAGE PARLOR. There’s a stereotype, especially in the entertainment industry, that makes Asian women look like we give in easily to sex. They prey on us as submissive and weak in the industry, so he thought to make his bad day better, an Asian parlor will help him because we always have? All of these spas were far away from each other too, and chose to target all of them. It’s a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc first of all, how could you not look at the news and think this is not a hate crime. that terrorist actively sought asian owned establishments and killed asian people, knowing that asian hate crimes have been excelerating after the pandemic. i mean, even the news have reported that there has been "alarming spike in brazen anti-Asian violence in recent weeks." i don't understand how you can listen to this podcast by an asian man talking about the violent issues towards asian people that has been rampant over the few weeks, and think its not a hate crime.
@@chriscawleycc i get what you're tying to say but nonetheless he committed a crime against asian people specifically so....
I always watch if I see Ed is on. I think everyone agrees he’s a great guest/cohost.
As someone who studies sociology I think a lot of people misunderstand conversations around race when they're trying to be "woke" and what not, or just misunderstanding context and get irrate over things that aren't being said. like when it comes to conversations of privilege and racism there's a lot of pointing fingers when in reality the only fingers to the point is to history. When people blame white supremacy I think that it's important that they understand and that those reading it understand that that doesn't mean white people in general we know you're not to blame we know that you have no control over who your ancestors were, but it is important to understand that this nation was built and our culture was influenced by a white supremacist mindset. You don't have to feel guilty for being white but understand how people of color are affected differently than you because of this. Then when we talk about POC solidarity so many people want to play the oppression Olympics or blame others for things that don't have anything to do with them as a community that it just creates more unnecessary fissures. I think like Ed said we need to remember that we're all neighbors and we can't correct these things unless we look at the culture and the system and stop trying to find a particular person or a particular community to blame.
You guys should watch the try guys video where Eugene and others tell the history of Asians and how they came into America and the racism they faced. Along with even being in the Black Panthers. Black people and Asian people were together as one at one point but then a certain someone came in between us because they were intimidated by the power we had together.
I'm addicted 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This all really makes me wonder about how much the average American thinks about Asians in general, like they said. I'm a white guy, but ever since I was young and first saw ancient Asian architecture I was captivated. I'm not as knowledgeable as many other people. But, I've just consumed anime, and information about Japan (more specifically). So, it's all felt really close to me (well, as close as a white guy can feel). And the increase in Asian hate over the past year just feels out of the sort of out of the blue. I genuinely thought people could distinguish the actions of the CCP/a government (I have no clue if they are hiding anything) and the people. And it freaking hurts me to see them attacked and hated when I feel like so many people my age (25) have grown to love them through all the media we have consumed. There's no real point to my comment... I just wanted to say all that stuff to the ether. I honestly nervous to say I love Asians because I don't want them to feel tokenized or fetishizied for who they are. I just want them all to know I respect and love all of you as individuals, not just as some hivemind or a bunch of stereotypes. So yeah, that's my a few of my thoughts thrown out there, not very organized or well thought out, honestly. But, if you made it this far, I hope you have an amazing day!
I definitely feel like I've been desensitized to death in a disassociative way especially due to my time in journalism, they really hammer in how "if it bleeds it leads" and that is what they will always prioritize for the sales and views. That being said, I still cried for the first time in I don't know how long when I read about this massacre. Being Chinese Canadian we're sold an image of multiculturalism, but this exists because of the fundamental view of othering. It would be great if colors didn't matter but we're a few million massacres past that.
For me growing up hunting and shooting guns since i was a kid. Don't be afraid have respect for it. Its good that you have that coincidences.
Side track rant: I always feel i relate to other asians differently since I'm hmong and we're kind of the asian hillbilly lol
Exactly. I hate that Ed had said guns are made to kill people. Clearly they weren’t since you can use guns for hunting and survival. Guns weren’t just made for killing. Smh.
#stoptheasianhate
If everybody just had at least the slightest respect for others, that could probably make a world of a difference.
How can they right this off as a bad day the f#@k
Wait when did TH-cam start that chapter thingy? 😭
Does #stopAsianhate go for Afghans , Indians, Pakistani and other south Asians or just East Asians ????
It's just east and southeast Asians since it's anybody who looks chinese
All Asians!
Asian American is more to East and South East. Indian and Pakistani are usually called South Asian. Arabs, Iranian, Afghan usually are called middle east/ broader middle east.
@@sruthi671 you think the world only hates people who have almond eyes? Lol
All Asians
I read the title and it's already making me sad. What is going on =(
what was ed’s podcast? i didn’t quite catch what he said sorry
David and gun is me and PC build 😂 I just want a nice looking PC to watch TH-cam lol
This is my first ep ever and being Chinese Mexican American I can relate to everything 🤣 truuth
This episode is funny and at the same time informative
I wish I could be so wise, but I fucked it up every time at the end of the day :d
I like how that girl said in the same breath "No race is more superior than the other" and "It makes me want to stoop down to their level". THEN to say black people are basically whining and trying to make a point that Asians aren't complaining. What the fuck? We should be complaining! You okay with being treated like trash?
I first saw this when Steebee was on. Now I really dig this guy.
The discussion of the power of firearms and the not wanting that responsibility hit home a bit for me... I have firearms, but I never want to use them against another person. That thought upsets me and has upset me for a long time. I plan on continuing to have firearms, I enjoy going to the range, and I want the right to have firearms for protection... but, it would still wreck me if I had to use them in that context
8:29 some "youtuber" did this to China Mac with xxnPlay too. He wanted Mac to be angry like what Mac did with Pump. But Mac didn't play his game. Mac was calm and wanted to have a conversation with xxnPlay. I hope he get it.
Asian Dawn on Instagram called you a hypocrite. The centrist-right fellow can't get off your back. lol
Unfortunate, but I wonder what stores your neighbors ran. I can't imagine being robbed at gunpoint hearing "PUT ALL YOUR WEAVES IN THE BAG!" 😆
Or the cash register?
@@DavidSoComedy everyone knows you gotta buy something for that to open
hi david
I feel like having to validate to America that a race is very educated or successful is not a reason to validate that a particular race is worthy of respect, we should respect every racial group's basic human rights regardless of their accomplishments. There is no need to bow down and present your advanced degree to have basic human rights in America.
A really important conversation to have David. And I definitely have seen the almost not so much disregard but less of an urgency or seriousness in this problem when it comes to even my own immediate community. This isn't a problem that just popped up. This is just a highlight that America now wants to pay a sliver of attention to. My best friend going on 14 years now, who's more like my sister now, is Asian and no matter how long I've known her, I still won't fully understand what she goes through, but the closer I can, the better. Keep doing what you are doing. Keep the conversation going. Very insightful for those who just don't know, even me.
Hey David check out the new Justice League it's really good I think
Ed park the mfing legend