John's focus segment last night was on Asian Americans. He pretty much hit all the right spots, from the Model Minority 'issue' and how Asian Americans are not a monolith.
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Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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His videos are always good to touch on a lot of surface level ideas that hopefully get people digging for more. I liked the inclusion of "4 years before I was born".
John Oliver has been pretty good lately, way better than during the early trump era
If anything, I also find that the restrictions of COVID forcing him into a more podcast format has helped the show a lot. Not having to be as much a people pleaser to get the point across makes it flow a lot better
If anything, I also find that the restrictions of COVID forcing him into a more podcast format has helped the show a lot. Not having to be as much a people pleaser to get the point across makes it flow a lot better
Great segment especially for those who are not aware of the issues AAPIs face… So of course this barely gets any responses on ResetEra.
Amazing segment and on point as always. John Oliver never really gets super deep into these subjects, but he always open my eyes to things.
I wish he would keep the current format without a crowd. It's so much better.
Nah, LWT threads typically get only a trickle of responses at the outset.
Whew, that 'Can You get Coronavirus from Chinese Food' news segment gave me whiplash so hard I hurt my neck.
I hate when other nations downplay their own bigotry because of the US's history, but goddamn, even as a membery of a very marginalized group here I still get surprised to new and different ways on how it proves it's fucked-upness. It's like watching Steph Curry on fire, nailing racist three pointers like butter.
I hate when other nations downplay their own bigotry because of the US's history, but goddamn, even as a membery of a very marginalized group here I still get surprised to new and different ways on how it proves it's fucked-upness. It's like watching Steph Curry on fire, nailing racist three pointers like butter.
Agreed. The extended clowning he did with a live audience was pretty insufferable. I really like his current more focused style
My wife is Filipino/Pakistani. This segment had a lot of truths and gave me (a white dude) some more insight.
I think it's really admirable that someone with a platform as big as his is finally covering this.
It isn't the most up to date or topical news entertainment show, but the amount of work they put into each segment is admirable.
I remember that.
Reminded me that sales of Coronas plummeted during the beginning of the pandemic.
Yeah, they walked because the judge said they couldn't prove it was a hate crime.
More on that here: https://trumpconlaw.com/53-hate-crimes
As it has always been, unfortunately.
I just wish there was the same passion for AAPI issues, and more videos and chatter like this SHOULD be helping... yet when we raise the fact that there's still very little conversation about AAPI problems, we're dismissed, even on a more progressive board like Era; we're still on the lower end of the totem pole, and told to be grateful for whatever crumbs of activism we get.
I suppose the hurdles are higher for AAPI issues too given how we're not a monolith, and thus there are thousands of nuances that supporters need to dig through to even understand what they're supporting. Regardless, it's frustrating that even the likes of John Oliver can't muster that amount of interest - if he can't do it, there's a low chance anyone can.
But... like, even if he wouldn't label it a hate crime (and he obviously should have), it was still fucking murder god fucking dammit. Racist judges are a blight.
I never even heard of the Vincent Chin case previously, and that was super depressing. The sad part is, as noted in the episode, you can still feels echoes of that today with the uptick in attacks on Asian Americans after the corona virus. A sad reminder that history does repeat itself. Hopefully this video at least helps to raise awareness towards the issue.
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The fact that the judge released them essentially..because 'you don't put these kind of people in jail' is sickening.