0:00 [Music] Okay. Um, be be as honest as you can because I think it'd be really funny if if you uh throw your parents under the bus like this. But >> what is the >> You bought like five things right now. >> When you think of uh your parents, what was the what was the race that they wanted you to end up with the least? >> Oh my god. Why would you do that to us, bro? >> That's so Did they even give you parameters? Because >> No, but they I think you could tell. >> All right. So, my mom Okay. >> The funny thing is my mom actually >> had a forbidden love in high school. She loved the she loved the Korean boy. >> That's forbidden. That was big in Japan. That's big forbidden. But not only that, it was more so not so much the race, but
0:50 his class. >> So, he was also not only Korean, but he's also just a common like a Titanic Jack. >> He wasn't Yeah. He wasn't like like a like a latte air Korean, right? >> L air. >> He wasn't a Hyundai Korean, you know? >> So Korean. >> So my grandma wasn't cool with it. And then so my I think my mom was like, "Well, you know what? We're going to move to America and I'm not going to my sons can marry whoever the ████ they want. It's love first, you know." >> But then um I remember she was talking to me and she goes, "You know, I don't care. You know, I don't even care if they're black." And I'm like, "Why the ████ did you say that?" Like it's the worst ████ Like, yeah. She was like, "You could marry anyone." You know what? I love black people. I wouldn't even care. And I'm like, "Where did that come from?" >> Overcompensating. I know. >> And I And I was thinking, maybe it's
1:40 because I told her I like black and Mexican girls growing up. I didn't really like Asian girls until later. Cuz black and Mexican girls like they develop quicker. So, in junior high and all that, they're like, you know, >> they're busty. >> Yeah. They're like, >> "Yeah, >> they were curvy." I like white girls, too. It just I wasn't around I wasn't around white girls. >> They were busty. They were curvy. >> They got bodies. >> And then they did. And then I think Asian girls, they started to like bloom later in high school. And then their fashion and stuff like their their parents still like Asians their parents still dress them until they're >> they looked like kids compared to like black and white. >> Yeah. And then they they were like they had Jordans on and they had like cool clothes and ████ >> Funny that we're we who look like kids are being like I want a woman, right? I know. But we ████ look like children ourselves. >> Well, that's the that's the double standard thing, you know, with like the whole teacher and kid, you know, every
2:31 time there's like a hot like 21-year-old teacher that's with like a 13-year-old boy and then there's people like, "Well, just flip that around and you wouldn't feel that way." And then I I had an epiphany the other day. I was like, "Well, it's because when we're 13, we're already jacking it to ████ like 21, 25 year olds." >> Jacking it is so oppressive, >> but girls aren't doing that. a 13-year-old girl is not jacking it to a ████ like ████ Hugh Jackman or something. >> You never know. >> So, I'm like that's why I think for all guys it makes sense. You're like, "Oh man, why could it be me?" >> Yeah. I think there's like a hormonal like like weirdness about that. >> But go back to the original time. >> Yeah. But my mom, >> she was like she was like, you know, I don't even care. You know, I they could be anybody. He goes, "But what I do care about is pay attention to their family
3:21 cuz you could date whoever, but you're when it becomes marriage, you're marrying their family." And she goes, "Are they dysfunctional? Are they good people? Like are they messed up to each other?" And then I was thinking, "Yeah, but our family's ████ up." >> So it's like we I have to filter this family like no. Like >> wish I'd got that advice. >> Yeah. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. But uh that is funny though that she's like even black. >> Yeah. No, I don't even care if they're black. And I'm all like, well, I didn't even know that was like out of the boundary, you know? Like, what the ████ >> Interesting cuz I think I think like for my parents, they like black girl, white girl would have been cool cuz that's what they they kind of have assimilated enough. >> That's American. >> Yeah, that's American. Uh, but I think in in all honesty, like I think Chinese made them the most uncomfortable. >> Really? Why? >> Really? That's funny.
4:12 >> Chinese making people uncomfortable. That sounds wrong. Yeah, because like and it's it might have been the Chinese girls that I picked, but like it was uh it was the class thing, you know, like the hierarchy of Asian. >> Yeah. >> Uh I mean I Korean definitely was like the worst for that Keness of it. But then I dated a Chinese girl and I think I really felt it. Like I felt her family looking at me like I was a ████ servant or something like I was the help, you know, like I'm so low in the totem pole of like types of Asian >> that they I could feel their disappointment that I was >> Oh, and your family was like I don't know about >> feeling like that. I see. I see. Cuz like, you know, even if it's Filipino to Filipino, when when there's a class disparity, there's still like a coolness that can be achieved. But the fact that I think with that type of Chinese made it pretty difficult and I could feel
5:02 them like they were like >> that's crazy. >> Why would you date the help? >> Yo, you know what's funny is um >> like a romance novel though. >> When my friend >> Chinese guy was going to go have dinner with his Vietnamese girlfriend, his her parents were like, I ain't trying to ████ meet up with the CCP. And it's like he's Chinese American, but they ████ hated communists so much that they just associated Chinese. >> Yeah. >> They associated Chinese with just communists, >> right? It's like that's that that would sound as silly as a Cuban American. Like >> Yeah. And they're like, "No Chinese." And then we were just like, "Okay, I guess you're going to have to meet Chairman Mao tonight." You know, like >> they already had this judgment in their mind like, "No Chinese, no communist in our family. We ran away from communism." And it's like, well, he did, too. The
5:54 ████ are you talking about? >> You're on the same page. >> Yeah, you both you both do. Yeah. >> That's like not wanting to date someone that's in the same immigration camp. >> Yeah. And I thought most Vietnamese were like mixed with Chinese and like it was normal. But like there her parents were like, "No, we're not no Chinese. Like what are you doing?" >> Yeah. >> Everybody warned me like they were like, you know, his uh his mom might not like him dating a white girl. feel like the Japanese they they want to stay in Japan because you know >> I don't know where they came from that this I don't know where the stereotype came from because Japan is so like homogeneous right and they don't let people in you're not allowed dual citizenship all that everyone was like >> that it's what they do to milk to make it >> homogenized milk >> maybe maybe they were thinking about like Japanese from Japan >> your mom is Japanese from Japan >> no I mean like I know but like new new Japanese family like
6:45 >> style Japanese I don't even know if that was a thing. Korean and Japanese hating each other >> because of the history. >> I feel the hate right now. >> No, no, the I know the history now, but back in Hawaii, it was never an issue. >> Hawaii is Hawaii. >> They're all They're all friends. >> Moved to the States, it it was so eye open. I didn't even know what monks, Muslims, >> Hispanic. I was like, "What the ████ is all this?" >> Yeah. Hawaii. I feel like all the Asians got like they're they're together, but >> just one. No, but here there there's been some history >> or like you know you know what's really funny is that when when I had a Japanese girlfriend, I thought I never even thought of that. >> I was like, "Oh, yeah, whatever." And then randomly, I don't I don't know if this was meant to like make me feel a certain way. My mom decided to tell me this story about like her grandfather
7:36 that was the um he was a police chief of the island they lived on. >> Oh. >> He was executed in front of our family >> by Japanese. took it over >> with a bayonet. >> Oh, he >> he existed. He >> existed cuz then that's what the the uh Japanese like >> Oh my god. >> And then my mom just told me that story randomly. I was like >> Japanese, right? >> I was like, oh, have a good day. >> Japanese. Well, let me tell you our family encounter with a Japanese. >> Yeah. She just randomly told me that and then that was it. She then she's like it's cold. Put the jacket and like left. >> Have fun at Curry House. >> Yeah. I was like, "Huh?" But then I didn't even like think anything of it because I was like, "Oh, I don't think that would bleed into like modern life." And it she didn't really care. Well, the Japanese Wii brand is really good if you think about it. Right. >> They went from like straight up
8:26 murdering people to like >> I know that U-turn. >> I know, dude. My mom never uh tripped about race. My mom was always just about the culture. Like depending what kind of culture you hang out with, you know what I mean? like the gangsters, smart nerd. >> Well, that's good. She could tell the difference cuz some people can't. >> That's true. Yeah. >> Some people can't tell the difference. They'll see one group and be like, "They're all ghetto." >> Yeah. >> Or whatever. Yeah. >> My mom was only anything outside of if they can't speak Chinese is the same. >> So, she wanted me to make sure I marry someone that spoke Chinese. >> How would she How would she feel if you dated >> missed that one? >> Because she's ████ crazy. So, I wanted to make sure I married someone that doesn't speak Chinese. How would she react to if you brought home like a black woman that could speak Chinese? >> Oh, she would love it.
9:17 >> Yeah, if it's Chinese, then I like, "Okay, we can communicate and then I could talk ████ about my son with you and all that." So, I wanted to make sure you cut that out. >> You know what's funny though? >> I think Asian parents are the most racist, but their stereotypes is not what people think it is. >> Yeah. It's not like American stereotyp. >> It's not like it they have a different >> It is different. It's not like the same stereotypes of like what people typically think Mexicans or black or whatever is. So like they'll say like >> in Japan, right? They'll be like, "Oh, you want to marry a black man because they're going to really love you." >> It's like, "What the f███?" >> They're going to they're going to write you a R&B song. >> No, they're like, "Wait, what do you mean?" Yeah. So it's like, "Well, cuz Japanese men are cold, right?" So like So like, >> but black men >> black guys are Casey and Jojo, >> right? They're like warm and loving and
10:08 like they'll take care of you like like emotionally >> like genuine, >> right? Yeah. >> Yeah. Oh, that's >> But they don't have the same like jokes and stereotypes that we do about like oh, you know, black guys always running or like whatever, you know. >> That's true. That's not the same. Yeah. >> Yeah. No, over over there it's different. It's like, oh, if you want to be really like ro like romance, then you get with a black guy or like whatever cuz they're known as like Casanova, you know? >> That's a funny stereotype. >> Yeah. You want to be really romanced. >> Yeah, >> I believe it. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And then like my parents were always just like, you know, like um Mexicans are like Spanish Japanese people. And then we're like, what do you mean by that? And he goes, it's because they work just as hard as us. So like they they they you know, like we did a lot of the same jobs like like picking strawberries, landscaping, all that
10:59 ████ And then like they can pull the same hours without complaining. So then they're like Yeah. They're like us, but then like they eat different food. So they don't think of the same like, you know, the the funny stereotypes of like, oh, illegal immigrants that come here and then like they, you know, cuz they're like, well, we did the same ████ >> Yeah. >> We came we just came on a boat. They came on over the border. >> Yeah. >> So it's it's the fun I think they're like they have a lot of funny racist ████ >> but it's like the jokes are different and it's not what people think it is until you go into an Asian family and you hear their ████ >> Yeah. Yeah. >> You know what's funny too is that like I I don't think I ever had a relationship where if I was Filipino and they weren't, I always felt like the parents were like, "Man, like disappointed about it." >> You felt that always? >> Oh, yeah. All the time. But I have to reality check myself and remember that I also wasn't that great. Like
11:50 >> like it's not >> So they weren't wrong. >> I can't race bait and be like it's cuz I'm Filipino. I also was poor. So it's like it kind of doesn't matter really. But if you think about it, like most of us are literal trash, right? Like we're not the best boys that like >> Yeah. Absolutely. >> So it's like it's like how can our parents actually be judgmental and then and want like the best people to marry us cuz it's like uh if anybody marries you guys, you guys are ████ lucky. I think that's literally what >> my mom was probably thinking. >> Huh? >> When I met your mom and she was like you should go to the chapel tomorrow. >> Oh, she's like lock it in, dude. She Yeah. The the the day that she met my mom in Hawaii, an hour into it, she was trying to convince us to go have a ceremony at the chapel. Yeah. >> That's >> And I was like, I haven't even asked her parents yet. >> She's like, quick, quick, quick.
12:42 >> She loved her immediately. >> Yeah. >> A thought you had no other options. >> Yeah.
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