Series: Hemi & Pona discuss Asian Americans on PBS.
This series is a recorded conversation between two friends learning the history that we were never taught.
Check me out lying about not liking family sitcoms when I actually love Malcolm in the Middle. I also grew up watching Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I even like family cartoons like The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Bob’s Burgers. I think when I said that, what I really meant was that it’s not my top favorite type of TV now as an adult, even though I still enjoy watching the ones that I grew up with. Now as an adult, I don’t really get excited when I see that a new family sitcom is coming out!
We’ve enjoyed every episode so far, and this one was no exception! We joked about how it’s only the super impressive people who get featured, rather than average everyday humans like us, so recording this was almost like an opportunity to share our average everyday family stories. And we were very excited to remark that the series seemed to be progressing in time, since that means we can look forward to events that happened during our lifetime.
We also loved that the documentary acknowledged Asian American victory in Hawaii coming to the detriment of the Indigenous people there. We live for these kinds of nuances!
The book that we both have on our radar: The Making of Asian America – ERIKA LEE
This episode was recorded in December 2022.
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