let's talk about growing up asian american

just a long chat about being asian american: growing up, representation, and more! sit down, get comfy, and let's pretend this is a podcast / you're chilling with a friend as they rant to you for 26 mins lol life has been pretty okay! i recently started trying to practice romanticizing my own life and it's definitely been helping my mind set. let's just say it's consisted of lots of dancing around in my room at night pretending i'm a main character. granted i've only been doing it for a few days so let's see how long it actually lasts. i've also been really productive and i'm trying to get my life together. i've been working out every other day (also tanning outside in the process so ayeee multitasking), better sleep schedule (i say as i stayed up till 3 AM working on this video), and just have been really on that grind. still need to get on my youtube game again and start posting consistently tho. as for my senior year of high school: i dropped two classes, found out my school is doing a virtual graduation, and i pick up my cap and gown on thursday. been vlogging this whole experience here and there, capturing the more important moments and will be posting a month / collective vlog maybe! i'm going to go now and get some more work done and then i can finally spend the rest of the day relaxing aka writing music and scrolling through tik tok for hours. lots of love, Dustin = * = - C H A P T E R S 0:45 growing up asian american, my ethnicity, and stories 9:03 asian representation in hollywood and media 9:40 wasian privilege (aka white privilege) in hollywood and media 13:37 self-hate on being asian / wanting to be white, surgery, and eurocentric beauty standard pressure 16:25 lack of asian representation in the music industry 18:40 poc have to work harder / white privilege cont. 19:43 getting compared to other asians 21:05 racism towards asians and how it's normalized, stereotypes, fox eye trend, and racist lyrics 24:21 "pick me" asians = * = - I N S T A | @vuongdustin T W I T T E R | @vuongdustin T I K T O K | @vuongdustin S P O T I F Y | @vuongdustin B I Z | [email protected]