them, he looks at them in their crumpled piles and says we are not sick men. as a kid in the 80s, when i saw that, hoo, i felt it. i wasn t chinese. i had no idea of the history of japan and china, but as a black kid in america i understood the need to stand up to your oppressors. and just since the beginning i understand that all people s struggles are connected. it felt like me and bruce were the same. of course, he meant way more to asian americans than he meant to me. but bruce s fights onscreen were nothing compared to his fights offscreen, a fight for representation in media, a fight to end racism by teaching martial arts to everybody, a fight to stand up for his people. anti-asian attacks and hate crimes as we know have been rising sharply thinking episode is about how asian americans are still fighting those fights. no more hate! is it happening? it s happening. oh my god. that s mine. don t touch it. i think we re eating family-style. that s mine
it s a bio any parent would be proud of. bing chin lives in the future. when he was a bigwig at youtube, he saw it coming and made sure that influencers got paid for it. asian americans get all the representation they want and more. the best i got when i was a kid is walt disney makes dreams come true. how do you make that true? it starts with goal house, his nonprofit collective of asian american leaders that basically makes sure when asian media comes out, people are looking for it. we re looking at the asian diaspora for the majority of the world. we re the fastest growing population in this country. and yet we are the most objectified in media. so there is this clear disparity. i think the imperative for an institution like goal house goes to the age old adage, you can either take a house or you can build your own house. one of its first big successes was getting the word out about crazy rich asians .