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Ep. 56: Kim's Inconvenience (Asian Emotional Labor)

2018/12/3
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The term “emotional labor” may get thrown around too easily these days, but if you conceptualize Asians’ social role as providers of racial guilt-relief in the West, then what are all the things we do (or more importantly, don’t do) in service of playing that role? From having to assume leadership roles in families because of parents’ language barriers to having to shut up about constant racialized experiences, all these things take a toll if not spoken about. Oxford, Jess, Jong, and Diana open up about their experiences in order to remedy that silence.

Intro/Outro Song: "Prism" by Seventeen Years Old and Berlin Wall

Intro Voice Track: Bobby Lee on Asian Parents (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFb_vH9hY)

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Oxford (@oxford_kondo) Jess (@cogitatotomato) Jong (@calicoarse) Diana (@discoveryduck)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

The Concept Creep of 'Emotional Labor': https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/arlie-hochschild-housework-isnt-emotional-labor/576637/

Women Aren't Nags — We're Just Fed Up: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12063822/emotional-labor-gender-equality/