Are there benefits to having grown up in a protective Asian enclave? Or is it better to face racial difficulties from a young age to learn how to fight them? Is it better to be a 2nd-gen or 1.5-gen Asian American? With many of the Plan A team members having travelled recently to Asia or Asian-populated parts of America — Teen to China, Jong to Korea, and Oxford to Los Angeles — these 3, along with Jess, discuss the “battle of the generations” among young Asians. Also, they talk about how Thanksgiving might be improved.
Intro/Outro Song: "Whispers Wonder (Ruw's Underground Mashup)" by Shingo Nakamura ft. KaNa vs. A.M.R. ft. Ai Takekawa
Intro Voice Track: San Gabriel Valley - Chinese Ethnoburbs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JanYx8JiJvc&t=175s)
*Correction: Oxford credited Ben Franklin with a quote he should've attributed to John Adams.
TWITTER:
Jess (@cogitatotomato)
Teen (@mont_jiang)
Jong (@calicoarse)
Oxford (@oxford_kondo)
REFERENCED RESOURCES:
Karin Temerius's NYT article about racist uncles at Thanksgiving: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/opinion/thanksgiving-family-argue-chat-bot.html
Richard Schiffman's NYT article about difficult convos at Thanksgiving: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/well/family/thanksgiving-partisan-politics-conversations-families.html
Amy McCarthy's Eater article about racist relatives at Thanksgiving: https://www.eater.com/2018/11/20/18099157/thanksgiving-family-politics-argument
