I'm Korean, and I spent 10 years in Texas from grade 9 to master's. Did I have some unpleasant experiences attributable to my being Asian? Sure. Did I ever feel that these posed a barrier to me doing what I wanted with my life? Not once.
Exactly. A lot of Asians can't seem to look past the first part. Everyone faces some less than nice experiences but we do not let it stop us doing what we want do.
Amen. As a mixed Black and Asian, it's one thing to say America has racism (which is true). It's another thing to say American has systematic racism (which is a lie).
I grew up in South Africa coming from the UK and I was bullied for my accent and excluded for not being South African enough and I am white. These things happen when you go to different regions and look different. I didn't demand that the entire country accommodates me, I changed the way I spoke and respected their culture.
I truly respect your comment. I do think you could have omitted naming Texas. As you have pinned Texas. Again. Upside, maybe it keeps people away from Texas.
@@StrykerBuilt I named my place of residence to show I am not making things up. Did not mean to imply Texans are any more racist than others. They are lovely people.
My parents are from Iraq, which is in Asia. My brother applied to college as Asian, to be funny and literal, 20 years ago, and was rejected from a certain college known for its admission practices. He reapplied as a Caucasian which is also accurate and got in. The worst teacher I ever had was a social justice teacher in college. A black fella who was obsessed with affirmative action. He hated me. I was the only person in the class that called it out, asked him why I'm not dark enough for privilege but I'm not white enough for privilege. Shortly thereafter America invaded my parents Homeland. For the second time. I wish I knew who Thomas Sowell was back then.
+Miss the Hiss Sadly, you won't find the Truth you're looking for on this channel. I audit YT channels to determine which ones push the New World Order agenda in a covert way and this one fits exactly. Melissa Chen is a secret society member - probably an Eastern Star (female mason), so she is pushing the masonic agenda. Kind regards. PS: ALL my cousins are Masons and Eastern Stars is how I know what the secret societies are doing in our world.
@@OsamaBinKevo I don't know. YOU tell me, Kev. Ezekiel 33:7-11, "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. v8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. v9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. v10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? v11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
@@tommyanomaly6193 - Finding libertarianism, specifically "liberaltarianism" or capital-L Libertarianism, to be messed up is a very natural thing to find and does not necessarily involve anyone getting "triggered." Conservative libertarianism is generally fine for conservatives, even non-conservative-libertarians. The problem is that Reason has taken far too many positions on the wrong side of the libertarian spectrum which makes them not live up to its name.
@@TuhljinTampergauge I disagree. You say that because you lean conservative. I'd prefer Libertarianism not to have anything to do with conservatism because you water down the strong civil rights components of libertarianism that way. You already have a lot of dumb people on both sides that confuse libertarianism with conservatism. Maybe I'm more of a left leaning libertarian but I find myself rarely disagreeing with Reason.
Melissa is always a delight to listen to, so articulate. I know she's busy but she needs her own channel, I know a lot of us would love to see more of her content in this form.
Yelp is actually flagging ‘racists’ restaurants meanwhile there are so many companies & government bodies that exploit others globally. The spectrum of what really matters in the world today is a literal joke. Thank you for having this conversation & for turning me on to Melissa Chen 👌🏼
I really do love America, the ideals and the people. I still think about gg there even now, I am held back by the media nightmare being fed to me, the chinese propaganda my dad watch everyday doesn't help Thank you Melissa, for showing me there is a space for me as a Singaporean in the USA. One day
@The Shadow I think what you saying can be summed up well by the quote of a mixed race (black/white) Brit named Calvin something, sorry I can’t remember his last name but he is very intelligent. He says you cannot have multiculturalism because it does not work, you absolutely can have a multiethnic country, but all the ethnicities must be second under a national identity. If you loose this, your country will be torn apart because you can’t serve too many competing interests, which is what multiculturalism tries to do. In the US, we have wanted to celebrate all cultures in the name of diversity that we have failed to serve our common interests, and therefore many regions have large constituents with no interest in America whatsoever, other than what they can use it for.
This is how news anchors should interview their guests. The proof of truth is no longer held in the people we trust. It has been relocated within the lessons during the journey of those that dare to be inspired by an unknown future. Central Planners never reach global success simultaneously. It's only reached for brief periods of time during each generation.
@@bencekeomley-horvath385How convenient! Yeah suuure... Nice try Susan Wojcicki ! Your sock puppet accounts are so transparent! If you like something just own it with your real identity, that and simply stop manipulating YouT008z Al Gore Rhythm!
Because libertarianism markets poorly, the left is much better at marketing, they have people in the proper positions to make the brand of racism and hatred aceptible.
I have been to SE Asia. The Asians love Americans. China has an incentive to foment this kind of publicity. The US is defending Taiwan and the Phillipines from Chinese expansionism
I am so glad that she mentioned the fact that the "hate crimes" and how they have been calculated and that the media is completely twisting these statistics.
I like your comment about “what is Asian?” I find it hard to see what Mongolians, Filipinos, and Sikhs have in common. Lumping in Pacific Islanders under the AAPI banner is even stranger. Native Hawaiians and Bangladeshis ... what’s their common culture? This is coming from a half-white, half-Japanese guy. Latin American is of course problematic too as a category because there are many differences between countries and even regions, but at least you could say they have the Spanish language (except for Brazil) and Catholicism in common, as well as the history of Spanish and Portuguese colonization. But even then, there’s a ton of differences ...
I think a much bigger issue is that people quantify things with all Asians and attribute the wrong cultures towards certain success. The Asian- American per capita GDP is spiked by Indian, Taiwanese, and Filipino Americans who tend to go into high grossing fields like Business, Healthcare, and Tech. What people typically think of as Asian are Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans who are closer to the US per capita GDP. For instance, people come to the conclusion that cram schools and over studying are the keys to success. They ignore the Indian and Filipino culture where children are raised with multiple other families of similarly aged children. Or they come to the conclusion that the tech field is where the money is, but ignore that Filipinos have a lot of success in nursing and Indians in small businesses.
Problematic? You could always simply choose a different lens and make such statements about any group. It's not at all morally obvious why it is preferable or even necessary to highlight differences over commonalities. In the case of Latin Americans, they call themselves that, so clearly have a shared cultural consciousness to some degree. I agree with what you say about "Asians", though, despite the label, almost no one seems to actually confuse some of those wildly differing civilizations.
When you said e pluribus unum it sounded like hearing your favorite song from your youth playing on the radio driving down the road with the windows open.
The people hurt most by affirmative action aren't the black kids who get in but have to dropout because it's too hard or the Asian kids who can't get in due to tougher requirements, it's the black kids who had the merit but are seen as quota hires/admissions.
I disagree, while such students shouldn't have to repeatedly prove to everyone they made it on their own steam, that added trial can be overcome. Yes it's unfair to them, but life is like that in the big bad world. The minority student who is mismatched into attending a college where they then suffer the anguish of failure or finishing at the bottom of their class seems far more damaging. Worse some colleges water down their standards to keep failure rates in check by providing a lower quality of education to all students. Equality by reduction to the lowest denominator.😱
A crime is a crime. How do the motives of the perp matter to the victim? If someone beats me, the damage is the same regardless of the attacker's reasons for beating me.
The public wouldn't be wrong for wanting to know the motives behind why you were beaten... Like was your beating random or personal? You could've sustained a random beating by a maniac in which case, the general public would need to take caution because it's anyone's guess who's next... Or you could've been beaten because you slept with a dude's wife or stole tools from a neighbor's garage, in which case, the general public wouldn't have anything to worry about. Lol
Excellent interview. Too bad I can't send this to anyone it would do any good. They'd probably just quit watching after 3 minutes, and then start trashing this young lady on Twitter.
@ CryptoSkywalker= Perhaps you need to be more careful about who you choose as friends? Granted that's not so easy as 90% of our species are dysfunctional as they get screwed up by their parents/relatives/teachers/corrupt politicians/etc If you want to know more starting reading THE child psychologist ALICE MILLER - She certainly opened my eyes to the dark side of our species. This can also be tied in with Pt. 1 of the sci fi film trilogy "Matrix" e.g. Red/Blue pills & the sub plot is a modern reworking of Plato's "The Cave" where dystopia often is created by power elites obtaining CONTROL BY ILLUSION !
@@jimlyon7276 Yeah, you didn't read what I wrote carefully enough. I wrote, "Too bad I can't send this to anyone it would do any good." I did not write, "Too bad I can't send this to my friends." It's a rather important distinction. The people that could benefit the most from an interview like this, are the people most likely to be triggered by it.
It was Socrates over a thousand years who made the first observation that Ignorance was the worst enemy of DEMOCRACY.. How spot on the man was .. We should all have listened to him.. and take his teachings to heart.. it would greatly help mankind in making the same stupid mistakes it keeps making repeatedly..Ignorance is distructive.. reason will always win out.. Thank Socrates..
"....the best ways to counter radicalization are speech and information, not repression." Let's all make sure we follower her on Twitter, to help support that platform...her sardonic tweets will really show them.
I married a Vietnamese woman 👩💕 cause I fell madly in love with her and more than 30ish years later still Love her and her values are not always my views but me as a white guy was always the one who learn to not speak up about race but found to speak sofly and dream of all are good times.
There are many reporters that should lose their job for insighting non factual information and spreading it nationwide.They are in the wrong occupation.And need to be charged .
Asian immigrants are not considered a minority when applied for graduate schools. This is first generation immigrants. For black, white and Hispanic, acceptance GPA, let’s say 80, Asians GPA has to be 85 or higher to get accepted. And this is my home, United States of America.
I'm Polish / Slavic, yet in America, I would be considered 'white' just like the Germans, English, Irish, Italians, Nordic, Swedes, Greek, Spanish, etc... it's a very poor method of categorization.
I'd like to see this bright young lady on national media platforms. She's ten times more self aware and introspective than Juju Chang, who clumsily runs with accusatory journalism for ratings & shock value.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT ETHNICITY VS ANCESTRY! I was about to comment about it because I am tired of my ancestry being trampled on just because of my apparent race/ethnicity.
I'm 41 years old. Lived and worked in multiple cities. The Asian Americans ive been in contact with didnt feel any hate or never expressed it to me. Asian Americans are a beautiful and easy going poeple. If I seen a hate crime happening against a Asian id get involved. You guys are more than welcome here and most Americans will speak up for you.
around 32 minutes, interviewer asks (paraphrasing) [you self-describe as being rebellious ... is that something in your nature? or were there experiences that led you to that?] and Melissa goes into her Methodist upbringing... What I see as a tendency of free-thinkers and the liberty minded is that they have a very strong distaste for hypocrisy of authority. Respect for authority is not something given simply for the sake of an authority figure or system. In fact, there is often an underlying distrust of it ... because "people" are the ones in positions of authority ... and people are still self-motivated. "Altruism of authority" is exceedingly rare (if not an outright myth) ... individual liberty and respect for exchange of ideas from bottom up not rules and structures sent from top down is a much better way to go.
Ms. Chen just reminded me why I would be a Conservative, even if I did not think logically, analytically and objectively as I do... these Conservative women are gorgeous and extremely intelligent! The only one from the dark side that could play for the right-minded team, if she made some philosophical changes, is Tulsi Gabbard.
I spoke my mind in a history class as a fifteen year old kid in nineteen eighty six, and a predominantly protestant white school , In particular I questioned whether or not the constitution had ever actually been enacted Directly spoke about slavery and The desecration of the indigenous populations , Practically lived on the reservations as a small child , I talked about how originally a slave cost about a hundred thousand dollars , And that they would probably take him care of like you with a Tractor , When they started breeding slaves the price got cheap . I also mentioned how the living conditions for many slaves in the beginning was probably better than many children in great britain at the same time , That the real evils likely began When there was a surplus of slaves , And that the greatest crime That they committed as when they began selling their children , They decided that I was getting permission And then I needed to be Taught a lesson , Showing my place , I was drugged with a Cardio Toxin My heart stopped no breathing hypoxia ,brain damage Then I was given an injunction of a crystalline Anphetamine , It Hit my central nervous system Traumatizing it Producing the same results that happened when young men are hung from trees And their necks are broken , About seventy five percent of the mood ejaculate involuntarily , This is how my child was sold to a prominent african american woman and the entertainment industry , Operatives in the central intelligence agency of course were involved , This was done to create potential contention and strive racially and use me As the center Peace And there game of Geodesic Chess , Prior to that they had had me homosexually contractually assaulted , Using my half brother on my Mother's side To Luer me out in the middle of the night To a convenience market he was working at , He was on the phone with him He was just dying to become a man after serving in the marines And getting dumped by his wife and alienated from his daughter , He must have felt less than zero , How powerful this must have made him feel , I knew that they killed the children afterwards When the fear of what they've done where's off , My father worked in special education on the reservations part of his training was severely emotionally disturbed , I did what I had 2 to survive as a fourteen year old child , I needed to make the assailant believe that I was compliant If I wanted to live , Shortly after making this history teacher look like the baffoon that he was It wasn't hard to do , There was an attempt on my life by the things police department , The other kid was murdered ride in front of me with thirty eight long barrel , When I came back to school unaware of what had happened He said to me it was not god you got lucky . It's kind of hard to have respect for your others When they're all a bunch of bumpling the funds and idiots , Not to mention child raping Child murderers Who have completely corrupted any system of justice , Apparently this was all in relation to my despotism Maybe my narcissism too , Our maybe it just had to do with the fact that they forced me to take showers with the other boys . This would only be the beginning of the violence , The other kid's body had been wrapped in plastic His head beaten with a hammer Stabbed thirty two times in satanic leaves carved in the body , The body had also been sodomized , They dompted in the dumpster behind the library , The one that I had suggested they rent one of the office spaces , It was a good idea , Apparently slaves are not allowed to read books , I was known to always have a book in my hand , God knew that I was never going to get an education in one of their institutions , The third kid had been shot through the head with a thirty magnum , I was out on the trails behind nasmaramare airbase Top gun school , I caught through the form exchange college together They must have been the ones who radioed in my position , There would be a fourth homicide on their territory later , I was standing right there when it happened , Could not see my hand in front of my face Because I was hallucinating so hard From the drug that had been slipped to me , I could hear it , The other kid was from a prominent family In italy , It was the winter time, so my skin was very fair because it can get very dark , The last time they had seen me and my skin was very dark I had been training for the Iron man , They grabbed on to the wrong kid Police department was Corrupt Hardly a new one , The one who was shot through the head on the tank trails I heard a voice in my head tell me to cross with the underbrush I had learned how to listen to the voice now , I got to the bottom of the dip in the hill where I was out of sight with the individual who called out my name I realized now With a thirty eight longborough strap to the side , I disappeared and the other kid came over the other side of the hill , I can tell over thirty of these stories . Many of them involve promption in police department in the Federal government . You're a born rubble because you have a sun moon opposition amongst Other placements , My yes is your problems are mostly with certain kinds of men . Pretty typical of these marks . I don't really like.them either ,
Teach your kids how to lose with Grace and win Respect. Then when they hit the real world they can stand back up after a fall improve but instead you have told them how great they are at everything then they fall and decide something it wrong with the world because they are perfect.
What is the most useful skill in 2021? Welding? Electrical engineering? Business management? Coding? Nope. It's social media management and search engine optimization. God help us all.
Melissa Chen *seems* to be really smart. I'm not quite sure though, because I have a hard time concentrating on what she's saying because her stunning looks distract me.
With respect, she is not a violence or behavioral expert and thus has no expertise on speaking on this issue. There are many experts who can speak on this and have data and to explain the nuances. Dr Bandy X Lee is one such example, but there are plenty of social psychologists who can explain this too. The term "wokeness" was created by social media hashtags and trendy culture and then used by online influencers as an explanation for the divide in socio-political spheres. Again, these thinkers often do not have the expertise to even critique culture. Dr Ipek Burnett is an example of an actual expert on socio-cultural issues through the lens of depth psychology, not Joe Rogan etc.
I think few children believe it when told you can be anything they want to be. You tell your friends "I'm going to be an astronaut " then try play it off when they laugh.
A personal acquaintance, who is a retired, successful businesswoman, of Chinese descent, bemoaned the violence and crime of BLM protestors during the past summer, but didn't care when it happened to Trump supporters, INCLUDING elderly persons. But, now? Suddenly she is deeply worried and angry over "violence against Asians". She tried to goad me into selective moral outrage, but I brought up how horrible it is when the elderly, period, are attacked and battered. She didn't care. It's only about Asians, and actually, "Chinese", who are THE true Asians in her ethnic hierarchy. FWIW: She's an American, with her ancestry having been here for four generations, doesn't know much about Chinese culture at all.
ReasonTV needs a presence on GAB, Parler, Rumble, BItChute, Odysee, etc...truth and freedom are dead here on TH-cam for the average user..we dont have the ability to pay for high priced lawyers. So please provide your content on other platforms.
Whenever I hear "claimed without evidence" it just reminds me of social justice media... that's a phrase I would try to avoid. And in the case of the massage parlor shootings, there was quite literally iron-clad evidence to the contrary, the shooter was very clear about his motives.
LMAO to call yourself educated and walk with undeserved self worth like this man does, insults me. He eventually will be shown how unspectacular he truly is. Michelle you and your partner are amazing,inspiring individuals that are truly spectacular. Thank you from my heart & soul.
Melissa you're tally right and I saw a few of your interviews like with Joe Rogan..I''ve been to Singapore and know the laws rules and especially when I came there with the US Navy years and years ago..Its extremely clean there but you don't want to break the rules/laws there..Keep up the fight and enjoy seeing you on TV and seeing your perspective on issues here..
@25:50 I had an armed guard in front of my room for my 2 week period... someone on staff all day and night watching the 10 or so doors in my building...
If merit is not to be used as a basis for admittance into a group (school, sports team, music group, religious group, job, country, or heaven). what else is there? You want to join Yale, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sumela Monastery, become a German citizen, a French citizen, a Swiss citizen, an Irish citizen, a new Zealander, become a plumber, a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, a welder, an accountant, an actor, a journalist,....??? On what basis will you be admitted? Your skin color?
Yes, I think that’s exactly what they want, easy way to identify the oppressors and get revenge by denying them something because it feels good, and this society has moved to all about the “feels”.
@@Ghostmanriding Exactly. It's a complete fabrication, a part of a wider strategy to inflame ethnic tensions in the wake of 2020, where Democrats panicked at the sight of increased voting margins by "non-whites" for Trump.
I’m an American of German extraction. Hit Asia at 17 during the Vietnam War, US Navy. This Woman is beautiful as are most Asian Women. Asian culture being different than Western Culture, these people are hard working, loyal, and extremely smart. Perhaps Americans should leave their home towns and go out in the World and get an education. You really don’t need to go to College to be educated. Travel and an open mind can do more. You can read History in school or make some in the real world.The choice is yours.....if you judge people, they get to judge you too. Vietnam Vet USN
and are you surprised that no one in the media tried to walk their earlier statements back. "Oh, I'm sorry. I spoke too soon. I got my facts wrong." Really? Surprised? 🤣🤣🤣
Im pretty close to a libretarian but I left the party because they dont have the guts to fight and bring real change. The party is nothing but cowards.
You very stupid if you believe that George Floyd or BLM are destroying America. You fools never worry about Bankers, military industrial complex,Oil companies,Bankers and more
@@josephjohn907 BLM and the movements are destroying it externally ( you can see it ), Bankers and everything else you mentioned, are destroying it internally. So both are right.
@@josephjohn907 well the bankers and everything you mentioned all support BLM and wokecapital. Corporations are now siding with the left (see MLB leaving Georgia).
"Asian" or "Asian-American" makes absolutely no sense as a racial category. West Asians, South Asians, and East Asians are clearly _not_ one race. "Asian/Pacific Islander" is even more absurd.
I'm Korean, and I spent 10 years in Texas from grade 9 to master's. Did I have some unpleasant experiences attributable to my being Asian? Sure. Did I ever feel that these posed a barrier to me doing what I wanted with my life? Not once.
Exactly. A lot of Asians can't seem to look past the first part. Everyone faces some less than nice experiences but we do not let it stop us doing what we want do.
Amen. As a mixed Black and Asian, it's one thing to say America has racism (which is true). It's another thing to say American has systematic racism (which is a lie).
I grew up in South Africa coming from the UK and I was bullied for my accent and excluded for not being South African enough and I am white. These things happen when you go to different regions and look different. I didn't demand that the entire country accommodates me, I changed the way I spoke and respected their culture.
I truly respect your comment. I do think you could have omitted naming Texas. As you have pinned Texas. Again. Upside, maybe it keeps people away from Texas.
@@StrykerBuilt I named my place of residence to show I am not making things up. Did not mean to imply Texans are any more racist than others. They are lovely people.
My parents are from Iraq, which is in Asia. My brother applied to college as Asian, to be funny and literal, 20 years ago, and was rejected from a certain college known for its admission practices. He reapplied as a Caucasian which is also accurate and got in.
The worst teacher I ever had was a social justice teacher in college. A black fella who was obsessed with affirmative action. He hated me. I was the only person in the class that called it out, asked him why I'm not dark enough for privilege but I'm not white enough for privilege. Shortly thereafter America invaded my parents Homeland. For the second time. I wish I knew who Thomas Sowell was back then.
+Miss the Hiss Sadly, you won't find the Truth you're looking for on this channel. I audit YT channels to determine which ones push the New World Order agenda in a covert way and this one fits exactly. Melissa Chen is a secret society member - probably an Eastern Star (female mason), so she is pushing the masonic agenda. Kind regards.
PS: ALL my cousins are Masons and Eastern Stars is how I know what the secret societies are doing in our world.
@@RonSwansonIsMyGod lol, it was in Chicago so that made the tan part tough
@@AshkenaziChristian how do I join a secret society?
@@OsamaBinKevo I don't know. YOU tell me, Kev.
Ezekiel 33:7-11, "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. v8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. v9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. v10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? v11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Thats fucked up man. Literally racism you faced.
This is the kind of content we want Reason.
Sorry but conservatives are going to be triggered by Libertarian content whether you like it or not.
@@tommyanomaly6193 Both are be played so they don't see what is really happening. th-cam.com/video/G4mDx2XitJw/w-d-xo.html
@@alanmorrison1058 my I recommend corbettreport?
@@tommyanomaly6193 - Finding libertarianism, specifically "liberaltarianism" or capital-L Libertarianism, to be messed up is a very natural thing to find and does not necessarily involve anyone getting "triggered." Conservative libertarianism is generally fine for conservatives, even non-conservative-libertarians. The problem is that Reason has taken far too many positions on the wrong side of the libertarian spectrum which makes them not live up to its name.
@@TuhljinTampergauge I disagree. You say that because you lean conservative. I'd prefer Libertarianism not to have anything to do with conservatism because you water down the strong civil rights components of libertarianism that way. You already have a lot of dumb people on both sides that confuse libertarianism with conservatism. Maybe I'm more of a left leaning libertarian but I find myself rarely disagreeing with Reason.
Melissa is always a delight to listen to, so articulate. I know she's busy but she needs her own channel, I know a lot of us would love to see more of her content in this form.
Yelp is actually flagging ‘racists’ restaurants meanwhile there are so many companies & government bodies that exploit others globally. The spectrum of what really matters in the world today is a literal joke.
Thank you for having this conversation & for turning me on to Melissa Chen 👌🏼
Glad to see a beautiful young woman who is not only smart but has a voice.
I really do love America, the ideals and the people. I still think about gg there even now, I am held back by the media nightmare being fed to me, the chinese propaganda my dad watch everyday doesn't help
Thank you Melissa, for showing me there is a space for me as a Singaporean in the USA. One day
Come on over man
@The Shadow I think what you saying can be summed up well by the quote of a mixed race (black/white) Brit named Calvin something, sorry I can’t remember his last name but he is very intelligent. He says you cannot have multiculturalism because it does not work, you absolutely can have a multiethnic country, but all the ethnicities must be second under a national identity. If you loose this, your country will be torn apart because you can’t serve too many competing interests, which is what multiculturalism tries to do. In the US, we have wanted to celebrate all cultures in the name of diversity that we have failed to serve our common interests, and therefore many regions have large constituents with no interest in America whatsoever, other than what they can use it for.
There is no issue with Asians, I hate Chicoms only.
@The Shadow I think generally regardless of race, culture and class is what knits different "races" together.
@@maxheadroom9465 so Chinese, say Chinese then or whatever slur you prefer
This was an amazing interview this gal is brilliant well educated articulate inspirational and easy on the eyes and ears
Brave woman. Thank you for your work.
Wow this was a great interview
This is how news anchors should interview their guests. The proof of truth is no longer held in the people we trust. It has been relocated within the lessons during the journey of those that dare to be inspired by an unknown future.
Central Planners never reach global success simultaneously. It's only reached for brief periods of time during each generation.
Big fan of Melissa Chen...she is sharp and insightful. Good interview.
Underrated why doesn't this have 100000 views already?
Because it's like 1 hour old?
@@bencekeomley-horvath385How convenient! Yeah suuure... Nice try Susan Wojcicki !
Your sock puppet accounts are so transparent! If you like something just own it with your real identity, that and simply stop manipulating YouT008z Al Gore Rhythm!
@@transkryption dude lol chill, his profile is 9 years old and he’s subscribed to channels that Susan hates lol
Because libertarianism markets poorly, the left is much better at marketing, they have people in the proper positions to make the brand of racism and hatred aceptible.
@@woodchuck003 Most people just don't want freedom.
Excellent interview as always, Nick. Melissa, your work publishing western classics in Arabic is very admirable.
I have been to SE Asia. The Asians love Americans. China has an incentive to foment this kind of publicity. The US is defending Taiwan and the Phillipines from Chinese expansionism
Taiwan has been a part of China for 400 years, and what the Philippines needs, is someone to defend it against the US.
China belongs to Taiwan, and not the other way around
@@henryjohnson280 China divided its self after the Boxer Rebellion.
@@dr.j.latourhighpriestdod5192 Taiwan is the real China and the mainland is occupied by commie scum.
Well... who's stopping US expansionism?
This was good. Thank you for posting it.
I am so glad that she mentioned the fact that the "hate crimes" and how they have been calculated and that the media is completely twisting these statistics.
Smart, beautiful and fearless... What a woman!!
To be honest she's a bit uninformed when it comes to China and our policy to China. But otherwise she's great.
@@Gongolongo He is simping.
@@f__kyoudegenerates yezzir. Never met a fearless women EVER lol
She was especially smart when she said Asian isn't a good term, then used it for the rest of the interview😒
@@f__kyoudegenerates - The irony here is that anyone who uses that term fits the definition lol stay woke
I like your comment about “what is Asian?” I find it hard to see what Mongolians, Filipinos, and Sikhs have in common. Lumping in Pacific Islanders under the AAPI banner is even stranger. Native Hawaiians and Bangladeshis ... what’s their common culture? This is coming from a half-white, half-Japanese guy. Latin American is of course problematic too as a category because there are many differences between countries and even regions, but at least you could say they have the Spanish language (except for Brazil) and Catholicism in common, as well as the history of Spanish and Portuguese colonization. But even then, there’s a ton of differences ...
I think a much bigger issue is that people quantify things with all Asians and attribute the wrong cultures towards certain success. The Asian- American per capita GDP is spiked by Indian, Taiwanese, and Filipino Americans who tend to go into high grossing fields like Business, Healthcare, and Tech. What people typically think of as Asian are Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans who are closer to the US per capita GDP.
For instance, people come to the conclusion that cram schools and over studying are the keys to success. They ignore the Indian and Filipino culture where children are raised with multiple other families of similarly aged children. Or they come to the conclusion that the tech field is where the money is, but ignore that Filipinos have a lot of success in nursing and Indians in small businesses.
Don’t forget French Guyana and Guyana - both neither Spanish nor Portuguese.
@@kappazo2268 Oh yeah! Thank you. I guess there's Belize too (English?) and Suriname (Dutch?). And Carribbean countries are not included ... are they?
Problematic? You could always simply choose a different lens and make such statements about any group. It's not at all morally obvious why it is preferable or even necessary to highlight differences over commonalities. In the case of Latin Americans, they call themselves that, so clearly have a shared cultural consciousness to some degree. I agree with what you say about "Asians", though, despite the label, almost no one seems to actually confuse some of those wildly differing civilizations.
@@baigandinel7956 fair points.
'In Times of Deceit, Telling the Truth IS a Revolutionary Act.'
George Orwell.
Yes. And I wish more people would take pride in doing it.
This is the kind of interview that gets you views and subscriptions. Amazing interview.
Yep. New subscriber here, thanks to this interview.
Never get tired of hearing her point of view
A breadth of fresh air! ..
She is one of the few remaining ethical journalists and an absolutely gorgeous goddess.
When you said e pluribus unum it sounded like hearing your favorite song from your youth playing on the radio driving down the road with the windows open.
The people hurt most by affirmative action aren't the black kids who get in but have to dropout because it's too hard or the Asian kids who can't get in due to tougher requirements, it's the black kids who had the merit but are seen as quota hires/admissions.
I disagree, while such students shouldn't have to repeatedly prove to everyone they made it on their own steam, that added trial can be overcome. Yes it's unfair to them, but life is like that in the big bad world. The minority student who is mismatched into attending a college where they then suffer the anguish of failure or finishing at the bottom of their class seems far more damaging. Worse some colleges water down their standards to keep failure rates in check by providing a lower quality of education to all students. Equality by reduction to the lowest denominator.😱
I agree, somewhat. Your peers will recognize your ability regardless. In a perfect world...
Great interview. Thank you both for the conversation.
Amazing interview and Melissa is great!
A crime is a crime. How do the motives of the perp matter to the victim? If someone beats me, the damage is the same regardless of the attacker's reasons for beating me.
The public wouldn't be wrong for wanting to know the motives behind why you were beaten... Like was your beating random or personal?
You could've sustained a random beating by a maniac in which case, the general public would need to take caution because it's anyone's guess who's next...
Or you could've been beaten because you slept with a dude's wife or stole tools from a neighbor's garage, in which case, the general public wouldn't have anything to worry about. Lol
@@corlenajames1381 This is why I make sure to never get caught when I sleep with other men's wives.
Such a great conversation! Much appreciated!
Great video gotta comment for the algorithm
Great interview, especially Mellisa Chen explained certain issues regarding Asian Hate Crime's rise.
Excellent interview. Too bad I can't send this to anyone it would do any good. They'd probably just quit watching after 3 minutes, and then start trashing this young lady on Twitter.
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@@jimlyon7276 Yeah, you didn't read what I wrote carefully enough. I wrote, "Too bad I can't send this to anyone it would do any good." I did not write, "Too bad I can't send this to my friends." It's a rather important distinction. The people that could benefit the most from an interview like this, are the people most likely to be triggered by it.
It was Socrates over a thousand years who made the first observation that Ignorance was the worst enemy of DEMOCRACY.. How spot on the man was .. We should all have listened to him.. and take his teachings to heart.. it would greatly help mankind in making the same stupid mistakes it keeps making repeatedly..Ignorance is distructive.. reason will always win out.. Thank Socrates..
Is it really that profound an observation? I remember when i was early teens learning about democracy thinking “what if everybody’s stupid though?”
Democracy is institutionalized oppression.
Over two-thousand years ago.
Rene Girard’s Scapegoating becomes more relevant every day.
"....the best ways to counter radicalization are speech and information, not repression."
Let's all make sure we follower her on Twitter, to help support that platform...her sardonic tweets will really show them.
Sounds good in theory, but too much censorship on that platform. If ya don't please Jack, you'll be tooted off!
But the radicals increasingly control all the means of distribution of speech and info...
Starting from the inside and continuing to the exterior, that is one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever encountered. Wow.
I married a Vietnamese woman 👩💕 cause I fell madly in love with her and more than 30ish years later still Love her and her values are not always my views but me as a white guy was always the one who learn to not speak up about race but found to speak sofly and dream of all are good times.
Vietnamese here. Where do you live?
There are many reporters that should lose their job for insighting non factual information and spreading it nationwide.They are in the wrong occupation.And need to be charged .
Asian immigrants are not considered a minority when applied for graduate schools. This is first generation immigrants. For black, white and Hispanic, acceptance GPA, let’s say 80, Asians GPA has to be 85 or higher to get accepted. And this is my home, United States of America.
I'm Polish / Slavic, yet in America, I would be considered 'white' just like the Germans, English, Irish, Italians, Nordic, Swedes, Greek, Spanish, etc... it's a very poor method of categorization.
I'd like to see this bright young lady on national media platforms. She's ten times more self aware and introspective than Juju Chang, who clumsily runs with accusatory journalism for ratings & shock value.
Really enjoyed this, thanks.
Thank you Melissa!!!
THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT ETHNICITY VS ANCESTRY! I was about to comment about it because I am tired of my ancestry being trampled on just because of my apparent race/ethnicity.
I have to admit it, she got me simpin
she bad
Well I know who to never let be my boss 😂✌️🤦♂️
Bend down, let her spank u
Simpin ain’t easy!
I'm 41 years old. Lived and worked in multiple cities. The Asian Americans ive been in contact with didnt feel any hate or never expressed it to me. Asian Americans are a beautiful and easy going poeple. If I seen a hate crime happening against a Asian id get involved. You guys are more than welcome here and most Americans will speak up for you.
We are all part of the Human Race! Kudos Melissa Chen for standing up for the little folks. Kudos for your service.
wow great interview, thank you.
Great interview 😊
around 32 minutes, interviewer asks (paraphrasing) [you self-describe as being rebellious ... is that something in your nature? or were there experiences that led you to that?] and Melissa goes into her Methodist upbringing...
What I see as a tendency of free-thinkers and the liberty minded is that they have a very strong distaste for hypocrisy of authority. Respect for authority is not something given simply for the sake of an authority figure or system. In fact, there is often an underlying distrust of it ... because "people" are the ones in positions of authority ... and people are still self-motivated. "Altruism of authority" is exceedingly rare (if not an outright myth) ... individual liberty and respect for exchange of ideas from bottom up not rules and structures sent from top down is a much better way to go.
I love miss Chen, very intelligent open and down to earth.
Simp.
Great interview, thank you!
Thank God there are people like you out there making content like this.
Really like Melissa Chen even if we don't agree on everything. Cool program. I enjoyed the discussion.
Thank you for this.
Ms. Chen just reminded me why I would be a Conservative, even if I did not think logically, analytically and objectively as I do... these Conservative women are gorgeous and extremely intelligent! The only one from the dark side that could play for the right-minded team, if she made some philosophical changes, is Tulsi Gabbard.
Exllnt !
Great show of the subject
I love Melissa's interview with John Stossel!
Great in depth logical reason. Love it.
I spoke my mind in a history class as a fifteen year old kid in nineteen eighty six, and a predominantly protestant white school , In particular I questioned whether or not the constitution had ever actually been enacted Directly spoke about slavery and The desecration of the indigenous populations , Practically lived on the reservations as a small child , I talked about how originally a slave cost about a hundred thousand dollars , And that they would probably take him care of like you with a Tractor , When they started breeding slaves the price got cheap . I also mentioned how the living conditions for many slaves in the beginning was probably better than many children in great britain at the same time , That the real evils likely began When there was a surplus of slaves , And that the greatest crime That they committed as when they began selling their children , They decided that I was getting permission And then I needed to be Taught a lesson , Showing my place , I was drugged with a Cardio Toxin My heart stopped no breathing hypoxia ,brain damage Then I was given an injunction of a crystalline Anphetamine , It Hit my central nervous system Traumatizing it Producing the same results that happened when young men are hung from trees And their necks are broken , About seventy five percent of the mood ejaculate involuntarily , This is how my child was sold to a prominent african american woman and the entertainment industry , Operatives in the central intelligence agency of course were involved , This was done to create potential contention and strive racially and use me As the center Peace And there game of Geodesic Chess , Prior to that they had had me homosexually contractually assaulted , Using my half brother on my Mother's side To Luer me out in the middle of the night To a convenience market he was working at , He was on the phone with him He was just dying to become a man after serving in the marines And getting dumped by his wife and alienated from his daughter , He must have felt less than zero , How powerful this must have made him feel , I knew that they killed the children afterwards When the fear of what they've done where's off , My father worked in special education on the reservations part of his training was severely emotionally disturbed , I did what I had 2 to survive as a fourteen year old child , I needed to make the assailant believe that I was compliant If I wanted to live , Shortly after making this history teacher look like the baffoon that he was It wasn't hard to do , There was an attempt on my life by the things police department , The other kid was murdered ride in front of me with thirty eight long barrel , When I came back to school unaware of what had happened He said to me it was not god you got lucky . It's kind of hard to have respect for your others When they're all a bunch of bumpling the funds and idiots , Not to mention child raping Child murderers Who have completely corrupted any system of justice , Apparently this was all in relation to my despotism Maybe my narcissism too , Our maybe it just had to do with the fact that they forced me to take showers with the other boys . This would only be the beginning of the violence , The other kid's body had been wrapped in plastic His head beaten with a hammer Stabbed thirty two times in satanic leaves carved in the body , The body had also been sodomized , They dompted in the dumpster behind the library , The one that I had suggested they rent one of the office spaces , It was a good idea , Apparently slaves are not allowed to read books , I was known to always have a book in my hand , God knew that I was never going to get an education in one of their institutions , The third kid had been shot through the head with a thirty magnum , I was out on the trails behind nasmaramare airbase Top gun school , I caught through the form exchange college together They must have been the ones who radioed in my position , There would be a fourth homicide on their territory later , I was standing right there when it happened , Could not see my hand in front of my face Because I was hallucinating so hard From the drug that had been slipped to me , I could hear it , The other kid was from a prominent family In italy , It was the winter time, so my skin was very fair because it can get very dark , The last time they had seen me and my skin was very dark I had been training for the Iron man , They grabbed on to the wrong kid Police department was Corrupt Hardly a new one , The one who was shot through the head on the tank trails I heard a voice in my head tell me to cross with the underbrush I had learned how to listen to the voice now , I got to the bottom of the dip in the hill where I was out of sight with the individual who called out my name I realized now With a thirty eight longborough strap to the side , I disappeared and the other kid came over the other side of the hill , I can tell over thirty of these stories . Many of them involve promption in police department in the Federal government . You're a born rubble because you have a sun moon opposition amongst Other placements , My yes is your problems are mostly with certain kinds of men . Pretty typical of these marks . I don't really like.them either ,
Teach your kids how to lose with Grace and win Respect. Then when they hit the real world they can stand back up after a fall improve but instead you have told them how great they are at everything then they fall and decide something it wrong with the world because they are perfect.
There is so much Truth to your statement.
Melissa Chen is a national treasure. I hope she is a US citizen, but I wouldn't be surprised if she declined at this point.
Beautiful woman with rational and intelligent conversation. All the best to her 👌👍
What is the most useful skill in 2021? Welding? Electrical engineering? Business management? Coding? Nope.
It's social media management and search engine optimization. God help us all.
Depressing but true.
But if nobody can do those industry jobs, the software will fall apart because hardware is what supports it.
Melissa Chen *seems* to be really smart. I'm not quite sure though, because I have a hard time concentrating on what she's saying because her stunning looks distract me.
Yep. I had to close my eyes. And yes...I'd say she is one of the smartest women on the planet.
You like Dragonladies huh
Uau. I am really positively surprised. She is a great and inteligent person. A true star.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing
Excellent interviewer and great guest!
With respect, she is not a violence or behavioral expert and thus has no expertise on speaking on this issue. There are many experts who can speak on this and have data and to explain the nuances. Dr Bandy X Lee is one such example, but there are plenty of social psychologists who can explain this too. The term "wokeness" was created by social media hashtags and trendy culture and then used by online influencers as an explanation for the divide in socio-political spheres. Again, these thinkers often do not have the expertise to even critique culture. Dr Ipek Burnett is an example of an actual expert on socio-cultural issues through the lens of depth psychology, not Joe Rogan etc.
Melissa Chen is fine and smart as hell.
I think few children believe it when told you can be anything they want to be. You tell your friends "I'm going to be an astronaut " then try play it off when they laugh.
A personal acquaintance, who is a retired, successful businesswoman, of Chinese descent, bemoaned the violence and crime of BLM protestors during the past summer, but didn't care when it happened to Trump supporters, INCLUDING elderly persons. But, now? Suddenly she is deeply worried and angry over "violence against Asians". She tried to goad me into selective moral outrage, but I brought up how horrible it is when the elderly, period, are attacked and battered. She didn't care. It's only about Asians, and actually, "Chinese", who are THE true Asians in her ethnic hierarchy. FWIW: She's an American, with her ancestry having been here for four generations, doesn't know much about Chinese culture at all.
The mental gymnastics of the "woke" is kinda impressive. Ridiculous, but still impressive.
I remember the clip of an SJW prof from Berkeley sparring with Sen Hawley and tho I am anti woke, I thought she got the better of him.
Highly intelligent and very articulate. Nyt’s description of this “white supremacist” leaves me very confused
ReasonTV needs a presence on GAB, Parler, Rumble, BItChute, Odysee, etc...truth and freedom are dead here on TH-cam for the average user..we dont have the ability to pay for high priced lawyers. So please provide your content on other platforms.
Conservative Asians and Central/South Americans are Americas only hope.
This lady is awesome
Whenever I hear "claimed without evidence" it just reminds me of social justice media... that's a phrase I would try to avoid.
And in the case of the massage parlor shootings, there was quite literally iron-clad evidence to the contrary, the shooter was very clear about his motives.
And of course there almost always IS evidence cited.
So if his Crime was A hate crime why did he shoot 2 white Women ?
LMAO to call yourself educated and walk with undeserved self worth like this man does, insults me. He eventually will be shown how unspectacular he truly is. Michelle you and your partner are amazing,inspiring individuals that are truly spectacular. Thank you from my heart & soul.
Melissa you're tally right and I saw a few of your interviews like with Joe Rogan..I''ve been to Singapore and know the laws rules and especially when I came there with the US Navy years and years ago..Its extremely clean there but you don't want to break the rules/laws there..Keep up the fight and enjoy seeing you on TV and seeing your perspective on issues here..
Ms Chen makes me love the USA more. I hope that religious extremists and woke cult will not ruin the beauty of my new home.
@25:50
I had an armed guard in front of my room for my 2 week period... someone on staff all day and night watching the 10 or so doors in my building...
Im glad I found this vid. !!
If merit is not to be used as a basis for admittance into a group (school, sports team, music group, religious group, job, country, or heaven). what else is there? You want to join Yale, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sumela Monastery, become a German citizen, a French citizen, a Swiss citizen, an Irish citizen, a new Zealander, become a plumber, a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, a welder, an accountant, an actor, a journalist,....??? On what basis will you be admitted? Your skin color?
Yes, I think that’s exactly what they want, easy way to identify the oppressors and get revenge by denying them something because it feels good, and this society has moved to all about the “feels”.
amazing interview
There is literally no one "flashing white power signs" or anything else like that. Total. Bullshit.
I have never seen it, nobody I know of any color has ever seen it.
@@Ghostmanriding Exactly. It's a complete fabrication, a part of a wider strategy to inflame ethnic tensions in the wake of 2020, where Democrats panicked at the sight of increased voting margins by "non-whites" for Trump.
Crossing the Rubicon is a metaphor that means to pass a point of no return. It doesn’t wholly means crossing a line that defines a boundary.
I was thinking the same. Caesar crossing on his way back from Briton, meaning willing to fight Pompeii, if memory serves.
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged would be good to translate also.
Interesting discussion 👍
This video has consolidated Melissa Chen as my all time hero.
Every corporation now has a political officer.
I’m an American of German extraction. Hit Asia at 17 during the Vietnam War, US Navy. This Woman is beautiful as are most Asian Women. Asian culture being different than Western Culture, these people are hard working, loyal, and extremely smart. Perhaps Americans should leave their home towns and go out in the World and get an education. You really don’t need to go to College to be educated. Travel and an open mind can do more. You can read History in school or make some in the real world.The choice is yours.....if you judge people, they get to judge you too. Vietnam Vet USN
and are you surprised that no one in the media tried to walk their earlier statements back. "Oh, I'm sorry. I spoke too soon. I got my facts wrong." Really? Surprised? 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for confirming that authoritarian regimes will always fare better against Covid than freedom-loving nations.
Dare to know! And, as you may agree, dare to tell.
Where have you been, Reason?! 😂 Wokeness has been destroying America since George Floyd!
Im pretty close to a libretarian but I left the party because they dont have the guts to fight and bring real change. The party is nothing but cowards.
You very stupid if you believe that George Floyd or BLM are destroying America.
You fools never worry about Bankers, military industrial complex,Oil companies,Bankers and more
@@josephjohn907 as if both sides cant do that
@@josephjohn907 BLM and the movements are destroying it externally ( you can see it ), Bankers and everything else you mentioned, are destroying it internally. So both are right.
@@josephjohn907 well the bankers and everything you mentioned all support BLM and wokecapital. Corporations are now siding with the left (see MLB leaving Georgia).
I found out as a Democrat I only had a monolithic way of thinking, So I'm a free thinker now I'm independent...
Brillant and beautiful.
Yeah, it almost doesn't matter what she says.
"Asian" or "Asian-American" makes absolutely no sense as a racial category. West Asians, South Asians, and East Asians are clearly _not_ one race.
"Asian/Pacific Islander" is even more absurd.