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Hello everybody! Today we're gonna be exploring stereotypes
Like, "hey, there's an Asian guy?" Yeah, what are some words you would just automatically associate?
Intelligent -Yeah!
They're good at math -He's probably really good at math
I think people think you're smart. -I'd say they're really smart
Smart
Really smart -They're very smart
That all ya'll can fight -Usually very nice
Yeah, nice -Too nice, or just nice enough?
No! Perfect nice. -Nice enough -Perfect nice? Ooh, ooh, ooh.
I really have no idea, I guess. I've never dated an Asian guy, actually.
Calm and smart. -Honestly, they're just always really smart! -Yeah, they are smart!
Ya'll all smart -We're all smart? You haven't seen some of my friends :)
hahaha
Smart -Smart
Nerds -Nerdy
You probably be smart. Probably break dance.
Break dance!! -Ya'll all know Karate.
Calm? Interesting. -A lot of Asian people are calm
IT; -Tech savvy -Hard working
Good at math; good at science, good at engineering
That kind of stuff, and, I mean, I guess...
I guess we are... That's what we're raised
Raised to do -Yeah
Bad drivers -The way they drive, I've heard of that.
You have expensive cars
We have an expensive car... -Owns like a...
Laundromat or a Chinese
Takeout restaurant?
They're always short and skinny -Skinny
Yeah, Asian guys usually ain't fat -All Asian people look alike
That you all look alike
You've ever seen a, like, an overweight Asian American? -Other than a Sumo wrestler.
They have the cutest babies. -That's true, that's true! Do they remain cute after they grow up?
Yeah! -Efficient
Efficient, hum, that's an interesting word -They've got the cutest babies :)
That's true Asian babies are cute.
But Jeremy Lin is not hot.
His personality is cute though -You don't think Jeremy Lin's hot?
Not physically.
What about the one that you really wanted to say that was on the tip of your mouth?
Nothing, ha!
Do you work with any Asian-Americans -No, but I have in the past
They... I mean there's a lot that I come into contact with
I think most people would disagree.
Most girls would be like, "OMG, Jeremy Lin." -No, his personality trumps his looks.
Come on, just say it, doesn't matter You have sunglasses, no one's going to see.
They're just stereotypes, they're not true. Some of it could be true, but that doesn't mean it is true
Do they hang out among themselves or do they try to branch out?
They branch out.
Oh, that's good! That's good.
And so your school's one in the schools that mixes a lot. -Yeah.
I think she was going to say "small ***," right? -Ah, hahaha, you got me.
Yeah? Yeah. That's what she was going to say, she just didn't want to say it on camera. -Yep, I can't lie! I can't lie.
I would say that Asian American males aren't as sexualized In the media
As they probably should be.
I'm not going to lie, I did date an Asian before And he was really nice, and...
I liked him; he was very attractive You guys are cool....
Did he have a small ***? -No, he did not, actually
There you go!! So that's not a stereotype, right? -So she's dated one and she knows...no small ***.
No small ***, -No, no no :)
Special thanks to everyone interviewed!
jerryliufilms
Thanks to Linson for filming.