The Myth of Asian Perfectionism
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I sat down with my friend, Alex Chung, to discuss what I thought I understood as perfectionism in the Asian community, and baby... it is so much deeper than that.
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Chapters
1. intro (00:00:00)
2. thesis (00:00:10)
3. alex chung (00:01:42)
4. why i wanna talk about this (00:02:28)
5. 1st/1.5 gen (00:03:32)
6. family roles (00:04:11)
7. jang son/existential duality (00:06:26)
8. did your family embrace america? (00:07:35)
9. appreciating culture later (00:08:48)
10. black sheep (00:09:13)
11. the immigrant experience (00:10:00)
12. north korea (00:11:05)
13. holding reverence for childhood (00:12:56)
14. growing up in socal (00:13:12)
15. when did you realize it was different for you? (00:14:33)
16. resenting/forgiving our parents (00:15:03)
17. our elders did the best they could (00:16:46)
18. it's time to sprout (00:17:02)
19. how did you respond to the duty? (00:17:40)
20. produce the results (00:18:35)
21. it's jang son time (00:19:53)
22. who are you proving yourself to? (00:20:31)
23. go to therapy yall (00:21:43)
24. the audacity to dream (00:23:00)
25. the pressure of the ancestors (00:24:20)
26. double edged sword (00:25:26)
27. asian artist shortage (00:25:54)
28. if i were an immigrant (00:26:56)
29. we love steven yeun (00:27:26)
30. i want more asian artists (00:28:38)
31. emasculation (00:29:57)
32. model minority myth (00:32:15)
33. underselling our majesty (00:33:29)
34. identity evolution (00:34:56)
35. what would you change? (00:35:53)
36. alex wants to live in the walking dead lol (00:38:31)
37. WE NEED MORE ASIAN ACTORS (00:39:28)
38. DO YOU WANT KIDS? (00:41:43)
39. healing generational trauma (00:43:29)
40. follow alex on ig (00:43:42)
41. alex made me cry (00:44:00)
15 episodes