The Chang Triplets: Forced Asian Stereotypes 👲👲👲 

I wish there was more multiple birth representation in the media that wasn't just we are the exact same or opposite.

Dang for a show that was supposed to be geared towards breaking stereotypes and celebrating black culture, it sure did the exact opposite ALL THE TIME

As an Asian I think the Chang triplets are probably the biggest improvement of the reboot 👍👍. Especially when they called out Penny for reinforcing Asian stereotypes 😆

Ironically, in updating the Chang Triplets' design, they also updated the...questionable tropes. Asians in media (particularly women) are often given dyed hair, which can be used to express "look at THIS Asian person, they're not like all the other meek, nerdy Asians, they're exotic and individualistic!" It also carries the implication that straight black hair is boring and needs to be changed in order to look appealing/attractive to anyone. That said, it does make canonical sense in this situation since as triplets, they might have a desire to stand out from each other visually, even if only to get others to stop mixing them up. Plus, Debbie does have un-dyed hair, so I'll give the reboot a pass on this one.

A valid thought I had was that they are only referred to as “The Chang Triplets.” They were never addressed by their individual names.

Maybe there should be a video about negative vs positive stereotypes in the Proud Family and how damaging both are.

I am asian and have a learning disability. I had to find out about it with my own doctors and I hide it from my family and most people because the shame of not being a "perfect and smart asian" exists.

Here's my general ramblings as a Japanese American who likes history. For those who don't know about the model minority myth, in short it's the stereotype that all asians are super smart, hard working, very polite, etc. In theory this doesn't sound like a bad thing especially in comparison to stereotypes that are derogatory. However historically these stereotypes have been used against other minorities, including black people and other immigrant communities. If you want a better explanation you should look it up but it boils down to "well this person is a minority and a they had success, so their success stems from them being asian and you're failure is because of [insert race here] and not because you are a minority". I'm remembering this from that top of my head but early 20th century this rhetoric was used to pit asian americans against black americans against each other and further to maintain the status quo. Sorry if this was a bad explanation but I thought it was relevant to what you were talking about with stereotypes especially seeing as this was a predominantly black written show. Been binging your videos recently, like your work and your cat.

I think the reason why original the proud family had the chang triplets portrayed as common asian stereotype is becausee there is racism/sterotyping in the black community against asian people. Being in a black family from my experience I have a lot of family members that say alot of ignorant things sterotypes about asian people. Nothing outrageous but things that make me do an obvious sideeye (especially during a time when I bring my boyfriend over, who just so happens to be asian.) and i think the writers saw that as an opportunity (since theres a lot of of asian sterotyping within our community around that time ) to use asian stereotypes for a comedic effect since the show target demographic is the black community.

Theory: Is Dijonay AWARE that she’s a stereotype? Is she one of those people that think that all people expect from her is a stereotype or is she using stereotypes to cover up her genuinely bad personality? is this a case of internalized racism? Or is she a sociopath?

I think this can lead to a wider conversation about the ignorance we often see perpetuated by black people towards the Asian community. I’ve heard black people say things about Asians most white people wouldn’t dare say. 😅

I do think that the buck teeth was definitely one step to far and the designers should've know better even back then. I remember watching the show as a kid and I did recognize that they went really hard in the Asian stereotypes. But I was a kid and didn't think it was a problem or a bad thing back then. And yikes re-watching the triplets do that dance number made me cringe so hard!

6:28 The harm of the smart Asian stereotype was actually explored in the 80s-90s book series the Babysitters Club where a Japanese American girl Claudia Kishi was gifted in art rather than maths or science but also had an older sister Janine who was academically gifted, so felt pressure from her parents to be the same way rather than them just accepting her for the gifts she did have.

Pretty sure triplets would be extra rare w Asian ppl? My auntie who had twins once had her Chinese neighbor come over and give her a rice cooker bc he said in his country if someone has twins you give them a gift bc it's lucky. So if you have triplets dang what you get then! XD

The story from 13:05 in Korean "Niga" means "you". Also, there's likely a multitude of innocent words in lots of languages that coincidently sound like slurs.

3:06 “instead of hip hopping around the room you need to hop hop on these books” got it broooo 😭

I wonder if the Asian people you overheard were speaking in korean. The word 네가 means “you” and is written like “neh-gah” but the first syllable is usually pronounced like “ni-“ so it ends up sounding like…… well I’m not about to type that out lol Love you channel, been watching for a few months ❤

Great vid~ I love it that they call Penny racist for asking them to be on the school debate team when literally less than 2 months ago (before everyone hit puberty and changed overnight) their entire personality was "we want good grades, we'll do anything for good grades"😅 lol I was like excuse Penny for thinking yall might want to

big agree on everything! the rebooted designs are amazing but my only pet peeve with them in the rebooted version was seeing their only speaking lines mentioning the model minority myth which lead to penny saying black people can't be racist which just... never gets touched on again it felt so out of left field especially KNOWING the triplet's og designs and roles. it's minimal in the scope of things i guess but it felt like a step forward and a weird 2 steps back.

You are knocking it out of the park here lately. Yeah the chang triplets were definitely made to be very stereotypical, and I am glad they updated them in the reboot. I believe that stereotypes can have an impact on how others see a certain group of people for sure. Keep up the good work! 😊

As an Asian born and raised in ghetto parts of NYC, I knew a lot of Asian friends that regularly used "nigga", but it's never actually used to refer to a black person exclusively. It's always used to refer to literally anyone of any demographic, usually males. I say it's definitely a cultural influence from the black/hispanic communities that we grew up with.

Good input on how even "positive" stereotypes can be harmful. Ngl, I liked the original incarnation of the Chang triplets. They were stereotypes, but they had entertaining interactions with the rest of the cast. I also understand why they were problematic and had to be re-imagined. It's similar to how people view the Rush Hour films, funny but in poor taste. The original series is very much a product of its time. With that said, there was other less stereotypical asian representation in the og show with the character Kwok, who was written far more subtly, but he only appeared in one episode.

I’m Filipino, I would get top grades and whenever I got lower grades, my parents didn’t get mad at me. I did. I had that kind of, expectation for myself in the past so I think that the strict Asian parent trope is indeed harmful.

As a Triplet myself I find it really cool to see our representation in media~ Tho, my sisters and I aren't identical. We may be African American but I still think it's super super cool

I am black but spent a huge chunk of my pre-teen to adult life in Chinese community and in China. I speak Chinese fluently too. I also major in Asian Studies. So let me give some of my understandings. So first of all, Asian Americans(born in America) and Asians in Asia are completely different. Asian Americans often grow up with little understanding of their parents culture and their end up speaking their parents native tounge quite poorly. I am often complimented for having better Chinese than lots of parent's children , but that's because unlike these Chinese Americans I spent a lot of time in China. So that's my first point, Asians who are born in America lack most of the stereotypes that is expected of Asian Immigrants. I want to emphasize this is more so the case for modern Asian Americans. Asian Americans in the past still had strong ties to their culture even though born in America, that was probably because back then there was more extreme racism towards Asians so it was hard for these Asian Americans to assimilate in white America. Now, It is true however that for modern day Asian Americans their parents most of the time push them to achieve, but it's definitely no where near the amount of effort that is forced upon children in Asia. The often phrase you hear from parents in Asia is "I regret not letting my child have a good childhood". Which is extremely sad. Now as for the cultural stereotypes , like the Chang triplets learning karate and their uncle being the sensei. That is extremely unlikely if their last name is Chang which is Chinese, karate is a Japanese martial arts and their is still strong feud between China and Japan that only worsen the farther you go back into the past. So no, it would be impossible for their uncle to teach karate if he is Chinese. Now if he was Japanese that would mean the father married a Japanese woman. Which is possible. America unfortunately has an extremely poor understanding of the differences of Asian cultures, and to make it worse Asian Americans also tend to have a poor understanding of the same thing. I perform Chinese folk dance, and I promise you most Chinese Americans would have no idea what the dances I do are even called, heck they may not even know are from China... Overall through saying all these things, Asian America is all over the place. There are tons of misunderstanding and poor representation of an actual Asian American. It's quite unfortunate because most Asian Americans I have met are often assimilated either into white communities or black communities. However, the last thing I want to mention, ever since Asian media really became less of a niche in the west and more part of mainstream, the pride of being Asian has started to really resurface in the west. So these days you seeing more of a "return to the roots of origin" type of movements going on in Asian Communities in America. Where kids feel proud speaking their parents native tounge, having unique non-American lunches at school and just overall feeling proud to be who they are. I feel a lot of these things can relate to Black America in quite a few ways.

It would be nice to have the rebooted Chang triplets hang out with Penny, just so she would see what it’s like to have real friends.

As a Blasian I have mixed feelings lmao. I wish the proud family reboot had better writers I've been watching your other videos and there's so much potential

My younger siblings are Asian (adopted) and I really appreciate you talking about these misrepresentations in kids media. It really helps us remember what we were exposed to and what we need to strive to do better at with representations of other cultures in our stories. Thank you for your amazing thoughtfulness! ❤

the way their name is Chang (obv Chinese) and they gave them the teeth of a World War 2 anti Japanese cartoon 💀

Great work on this video. Keep up the good work. The whole "Asians look alike" is weird to me. You can tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, etc. Oh, I laugh at the Monique meme when she said "you're a dummy, b!tch!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There are FOUR sets of twins at my preschool. One set is identical and NOT ONE set of them are opposites or the same.

You could tell when the Chang triplets were coming on screen because of the racist Chinese melody

Kiwi comes in lookin at the camera all like "who u talking to bro?" 🤣

My husband is Asian. I showed him the design update, and he said, "Did they really give them bleached hair?" And "WHY are they drinking MILK?!" He was mostly upset about the gross negligence of showing them consuming dairy, more than anything else.

I'm kind of not a fan of the new design. They went from stereotypical Chinese to stereotypical Korean.

Old men writing for (mostly) young teen girls aspect probably influenced the Dijonay heel dig more than anything. Updating the triplets made sense to them, they're not a group of Asian writers, they can listen a little easier to optics. But Dijonay? They are sure they _knew_ that girl, they are sure they _know_ that girl, and they are sure it's _fine_ to boost _that_ girl and get a bit touchy if it's pointed out to be doing any amount of harm. After all, there's truth in the depiction, isn't there? They would know, right? They're neglecting the fact that this is not the same as _the audience_ knowing that girl and not the same as the _audience_ being on the same page about the gag being funny. Dijonay is representing something they're familiar with and feel comfortable being playful with at the expense of every person who might outwardly have any of the character's traits, they aren't nearly as comfortable with being playful with a culture they're not a part of. They have half the identity of Dijonay and live alongside any Dijonay-esque girl making them think they've got her down, but don't have the insight into girls they think are like her to write her properly nuanced since they're not a black teen girl. Damage done to multi-dimensional human beings who they have boiled Dijonay's "ratchet" behavior down from isn't being considered because they literally don't have the information and forget that.

NGL the Chang Triplets Hip Hop Helicopter Song for their dance was straight fire.

As a person who was raised in the hood, I have seen many Asian families push their children in a sense so they don’t “lose their values” or “become Americanized” so yes, the being hard on them and pressuring them is accurate. Even in Asian countries the percentage of “sue go hide” is very high. But the Chang triplets branching out and getting older is a result of environmental influence. The show is to be stereotyped because when it was first made no one looked too deeply into stereotypes. As for Dejonay? (Don’t remember the spelling) she is as you put (more ratchet) because she is in her own environment where she didn’t need to change she fit in (the triplets had to) A person changes and adapts to what they see and the triplets are in a predominantly black (or American) school so that can happen that they branch off and do their own thing (environmental influence or becoming Americanized) As kids ( the triplets) were always together because they understood each other and probably didn’t make many friends if you see the way they dressed, how they were always studying, always striving, how could they fit in, in reality as messed up as it sounds that was a very accurate depiction ESPECIALLY BACK THEN. Now I’m not saying that always happened but I’ve seen it multiple times 2001 was WAAAAY different than it is now with accepting people. And honestly the way the triplets changed that’s more likely the result of growing up where they did as well, (Which I have also seen) I LOVE YOUR OBSERVATIONS ON THIS THOUGH!!!! You keep analyzing ❤❤❤

I am glad that someone is even talking about this because positive stereotypes are real and they do hurt some of us. I am Asian, so I will speak to my own personal experience on this one; others may have different experiences and that is super valid, too. Positive stereotypes in general don't get called out often because we think we're portraying good qualities when we perpetuate them. In this case, the triplets are portrayed as smart, resourceful, talented in academics and extra-curricular activities, etc. These on paper sound positive and awesome, and they are! But, as you articulated so well in the video here: if these are the *only* traits the character has and these are their entire personality, the characters are watered down into a stereotype that is so often associated with their race. I relate in that people would assume that because I just so happened to be Asian, I would automatically succeed in everything I tried--academics specifically. This was not the case, so when I failed at something: I was seen as a failure "for a member of my own race" as if things I did were measured against the abilities of every other member of my race and I somehow had to excel the same way. I did do well in a lot of things, but I also sucked at a lot of things and that's a human thing. When positive stereotypes like the Asian one circulate: we might project positive qualities onto Asian people like being smart, but we might also, accidentally project higher expectations on them just because of their race. Another example of a positive stereotype is "you're Jewish, so you must be great with money." I have also been told this, and had to explain that I was "good with money" because I grew up under the line of poverty and my whole life was budgeting because I wouldn't have enough; it had nothing to do with being in a certain group of people, and everything to do with losing the birth lottery and being poor. Being good with finances is another awesome quality to have like being smart, but when we connect that quality with "being a member of a certain group," it feels weird (to me). I like that the writers changed the stereotypical things in the reboot, but I agree that it was wild they didn't consider toning down Dijoné.

Now that im looking back at it, that was messed up. A minority writer reinforcing sterotypes of other minorities. The music, the accents whoa.

Bruh the type of cartoonish exaggeration that the Proud Family has is so egregious. When it comes to the stereotypes of their characters, it's so obnoxious and over the top while other cartoons back had at least a tiny bit of restraint.

If there’s a season 3, it would cool to give the triplets their own episode.

Shout out to Debbie’s line in the reboot: “You can take your model minority myth somewhere else.” That is an underrated line worth talking about

As an Asian, this shit is funny ong bruh

The situation of two people sitting next to smart one for answers just to realize they are both fools is so funny😂

In the original series, they're so similar to the point of having the same voice actress (Lydia Look) In Louder and Prouder, Look reprises her role as Julie, whereas Debbie gets a separate actress (Haley Tju), and Billy gets a male actor (Miyachi), to help put emphasis on Billy's voice going through puberty, and to give Debbie more vocal distinction from Julie.

Im so glad you talked about this The reboot is still heavily racist By implying black on asian hate crimes dont reallh counc as racism

I’d also like to add that making the triplets look completely alike to the point where you couldn’t tell the boy from the girls could also be the stereotype of how Asian males look like girls, which is very much an terrible stereotype made to emasculate Asian men.

Alright tony you on a roll

Honestly, the Chang triplets were sort of cringe, but at the same time, they weren’t really prominent enough to be much other then a stereotype joke, and given characters like Dijonay who WAS prominent they kind of could be blown off as such.

off topic, your cat is ADORABLE and i love ur m&m's cups :D

And if one of the triplets is a male, that would confirm the triplets aren't identical, right? So the fact that they're identical could be implicit bias from the writers when making them all look exactly the same despite them being fraternal

kiwi got me done lmao, shaking up the cam come on kiwi!

I'll be frank, I forgot about these characters. Guess it's about time to rewatch the show. Glad to have found your channel.

First time listener cant wait to watch more! Great insight to the triples, especially with the comparison to the Gross sisters

Sub earned, love that you are spreading awareness about Asian stereotypes, it ain’t talked about enough.

They got a glow up fr fr

dijonay and the gross sisters did not get any changes but they knew that Asian people will get offended so this is why they changed it but when it's for black people that have darker skin it turns out they thought that black people would not analyze the stereotype Now The Proud Family reboot is getting so much controversy they have to do something about it to change the stereotypes about dijonay character and her personality including the gross sisters of course I think they were trying to be Multicultural so this is why they're trying to expose Asian culture and the same time to try to be diverse probably did not know how to represent Asian culture they should have done some research and they should have balance over the stereotypes that were not all true Now it's a good thing that us as black people we start to notice these stereotypes and was starting to be more aware and focusing how they are portrayed these characters of course by these black creators something tells me they want to please the public add these stereotypes but now I have a super mindset to know about the stereotypes so everyone is aware everyone can analyze the stereotypes how does it impact black people so now they should do some changes if they want to do season 3

These were very good observations, you pointed out some very interesting things that were involved within the topic!

More consistent we appreciate Tony ❤

I'm still catching up on your videos and I'm REALLY enjoying your Proud Family series! Your video essays and reflections/discussions are TOP TIER!

Bottom line is: If you want to avoid stereotypes at all (at least from what i've learned) use some nuance and respect in your character writing. not everyone is ALL good or bad (though people seem to lean at least more towards either one side, but even then it's to varying degrees). Asians are people too as they are multi-faceted and have their own eccentricities, short-comings, and blessings. Great work here, bud! :)

They were characters? I thought they were more like props.

I'm sorry I know your story about the math exam in college was about implicit bias because of stereotypes, but it just sounded so wholesome to me Student solidarity be like

Your videos are really well done, thought out, and its really nice watching your analysis on these things! Its nice seeing how you did your best to approach the topic, and even if there were things you knew but didnt know the name for it (pointing out the asian “music/flute” trope is called oriental music) and I really appreciate the effort put into conveying and discussing these things.

To be honest I love the new design for the triplets in the reboot because I completely forgotten they're old design in the original.

Good video, I appreciate your analysis! Also Kiwi is a cutie!

2001 was a different time! I watched this show all the time when I was 12-13, but I never noticed the stereotypes.

Remember folks, everyone is different. Society might teach you to expect people to behave a certain way but it's always up to the individual person how they want to act. I also don't get why they keep doubling down on making Dijonay the worst person and friend in both shows. It's like no one in the main crew is allowed to have lasting character development ever.

B is better work harder. I had strict Muslim step dad (school teacher) So there was bit high expectations for better grades on English writing, history

As an Asian person I wish the Triplets got more screen time in the reboot. Their new personalities could’ve been developed on.

Personally, I've always thought stereotyping was dumb, not everyone fits into them no matter their race or gender or sexual orientation or anything else really. I've seen some of my friends suffer because of them, believing they have to be something they're not just to be accepted. (I had a friend who thought he was supposed to be gay because "every other guy at my company is gay" but he learned that he was in fact Straight) When I was in high school, I suffered from stereotyping as well. "You are Italian but you're NOT loud and DON'T have relatives in the mob?" (apparently all italians are loud and have family in the mob... although lot of my relatives are loud haha) "You are a girl, but you DON'T LIKE make up, impressing boys, and shopping?" (apparently all girls are supposed to like make up, impressing boys, and shopping...) "You're a girl, but you LIKE and are GOOD AT video games?" (Apparently, girls don't like or play video games....) "You're a tomboy, but you're NOT a lesbian?" (apparently tomboys, are automatically lesbians..., joke's on them, I'm not attracted to anyone) "You're a girl, but you DON'T GET SCARED of horror movies?" (I was fearless even as a toddler according to my grandpa, in fact I LOVE spooky stuff and Halloween is my favorite Holiday...) "You 're white and you DO LIKE pumpkin spice?" (Yes I do like pumpkin spice, any flavors that celebrate the seasons and holidays I enjoy! This goes for every season and holiday and not just Autumn and Pumpkin Spice) When I got to college, that was when I learned that people are allowed to be different than what is expected of them. Even when I was teaching kids in Japan, English they were all different. Some kids were loud and rude, some kids were shy and quiet, some of them were better at art and music and not good at math and science, some enjoyed learning while others struggled at it. Although Japan (I'm not saying all Asian countries because I only have experiences in Japan), does spend more money on Education than anything else, good schools, good teachers, children get lunches at school, they even have classes for special needs kids (I taught a couple of them, those kids are honesty the sweetest kids I've taught

I don’t disagree… I think the creators could have used your insight, and perhaps they are naïve with a side of cap. Yeah they didn’t care to try. (If it wasn’t for TOOOONE- EEEE UUUUUHHHUH) thanks for the food for thought ❤

I really enjoy you're Proud Family videos, they're interesting.

I’m a new subscriber! But damn I really love how you call the stereotypes out! Every single video you made about the proud family reboot opened my eyes! Especially the ones about the gross sisters and Zoey!

lol ima go ahead and subscribe. i’ve been here all week

Great video bro! The Chang triplets are nice characters in the series. I agree on Asian stereotypes because their culture is versatile. The Chang triplets are intelligent, humor, open-minded and disciplined. I feel their overachiever in school mentality was a bit too much. It made them seemed snobby acting towards their peers. I love their new character design. They're more creatively diverse. Keep up the amazing work!!!

I’m Asian. When I was a kid, whenever the Chang triplets came up on screen, my big brother would turn off the tv. Didn’t know why until I got older. On one hand, I love Proud Family. On the other, now that I understand what was being said, it feels kinda bad?

They took the Ducktales 2017 approach with the triplets.

I rlly love this video, within the black community (at least in my experience when I went to ANYONE) it’s a huge HUGE problem with putting stereotypes on them when speaking, calling them the c word for no reason, making fun of their eyes ect ect. I’m happy I never grew UP seeing that up untill 3 years ago I started noticing them, maybe I ignored them and didn’t pick it up as a little kid but I never had this pre-conceived notion that they were this or that. It really broke my heart when hearing the c word being used on a random Asian guy by my dad. Even though both Asian and black people have damn near the same struggles, we seem kinda divided😭

Never heard of this, now that I do know now.... I can't tell if this being the same branch of a company that made 'American Dragon: Jake Long" makes this funnier or just very questionable... I would be curious how those two fandoms feel about the Asian representation between these two shows.

Crazy how this show and films we grew up on had so many stereotypes. Also as a new RU-vidr how do add subtitles? Do you use a website, type it or let the RU-vid studio do it for you?

The music that Chang triplets were dancing to, I sworn I heard that music before. I think they used it in a scene in a show called Food Paradise. Where they showing some Asian cuisine.😂😂😂

Love your videos!

They changed the triplets bc they aren't Asian so they knew they wouldn't get away with having racist Asian stereotypes. They kept the Black stereotypes bc theyre Black and they can therefore gey away with stereotyping their own people.

Hey Tony, love the shirt as always 🔥🔥❗️❗️

Tony back at it again with another banger! I showed this one to my partner who’s first gen Asian American Vietnamese specifically and I was like what do you think of this ? He thought it was funny asf and that it’s crazy these goofy ass stereotypes are still used cus they aren’t very accurate at all in his opinion.

I like their new designs they look really cool :)

I really liked Kwok from the series even though his first appearance also centered around a stereotypical conflict for Asian characters (parents controlling their kid's future). But besides that, it was nice to see an Asian character who was charismatic and had interests that weren't academics or... piano or violin lol. So it's upsetting the Chang triplets are really only ever the stereotype and didn't even have discernable identities or designs from each other. It's cool seeing their designs changed later in the reboot though!

Ok now i want to hear your thoughts on Trudy

Actually, that "n" word that the group of Asians were using is a Korean word that translates to the English word "you"😅 They were possibly Korean

aww what a cute kitty! x3 so curious what you were doing.

I think it would be great to have a spin off show based on the Chang Triplets and have Asian writers in charge of writing the stories.

The proud family is literally a universe where all streotypes are true

Having grown up with late 90’s and early 2000’s shows and in an uber white area (like, so white, my one friend would get so happy and excited when she saw non-white people walking around), I wonder if the bad stereotyping has to do with not knowing anything about other cultures outside of tv. The only non-white person I knew up until I was in like kindergarten or the first grade (and then they student was taken out of school and I didn’t meet another until high school) was the black Jamaican man my grandma married when I was a little girl. Like, this guy was the only black person I knew, to the point that when my mom went to the local hospital to pick up a deceased person (she worked for a funeral home at the time) and I saw a black man, I ran up to him and hugged him saying how much I loved “my Georgie” until I looked up and realized he wasn’t George. (That dude probably talked about “the little white girl who thought I was some other black guy” for a while lol) all I knew about other cultures back then was whatever I saw in tv. Which wasn’t always positive. In fact, there was so little representation of other cultures, I didn’t even know some of them existed until I grew up and realized how big the world is. I had no idea what Muslims were and I thought the Jewish people all died in WW2. If it weren’t for Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go, I probably wouldn’t have even known Latin-Americans and Hispanics were a separate people from white people and black people. But now, we have the ability to talk to people on the other side of the world in an instant. We have vast knowledge at our finger tips and in our pockets. And so many people get into animation from watching anime- a form of media originating in Japan, an Asian country, which often takes place in Japan and depicts Japanese life. And with all that knowledge we have access to, we can see other Asian media and see how they portray their own cultures. We’re able to see how different cultures see themselves and what they really mean/value. I like that 2 of the triplets seem to have dyed their hair. My mom has a friend she went to high school with who married and Asian woman and they live in Tokyo. He told me that the thing in Japan is, while many Americans admire Asian beauty, many Japanese people also admire wester beauty and try to change their look to match them, some even having plastic surgery on their eyes to make them rounder. It’s also seen as a form of silent rebellion in many Asian cultures for children to dye their hair, while the children themselves see it as separating themselves from something else- in this case, taking back their own identity from just being one of the Chang Triplets. As for Dijonay’s character, I wonder if she’s supposed to be Penny’s opposite and the both of them are to be what black parents can point to and say “be more like X, see how bad Y is? You don’t want to be like Y, right?” Like when someone points to the garbage man or janitor and says “study hard so you don’t end up like him.” Penny is kind and intelligent while Dijonay is more obsessed with status, boys, and material things. And she often helps get Penny into trouble. They also both have different shades of pigmentation, where Penny is like 1 step away from being a white girl with a darker complexion and Dijanay is very dark. Now, I know there are different shakes of skin tone with every race, but when you look at the other black characters, the darker their complexion the less likable they seem to be. Dijanay, Oscar, and Sugar Mama are all darker and they aren’t exactly the characters you want to turn to for comfort when you’re having a difficult day. Meanwhile, Penny and Trudy are lighter and are supposed to be the voices of reason and kindness- Penny hits the mark, Trudy… not so much, not with her parenting style. So I think they might be some internal biases the creators have about their own culture. Like how Christians, Catholics, and Protestants worship the same God just in different ways and some of them judge each other for it. The original creators made a strawman with Dijanay, making it seem like she chooses to be a “ghetto hood rat” by not really diving into WHY she’s like that. It’s often stated she has many siblings, so her family probably lives in a place many consider “ghetto” just to be able to afford it because they keep having kids, which is expensive as heck. Meanwhile, Penny lives in an upper class, multicultural neighborhood. They’ve had different upbringings, so of course they would act differently. Dijanay probably doesn’t get a lot of things that are only hers and probably has to share with her siblings a lot, which is why she’s so material about things. She wants things that are for only her that she doesn’t have to share with anyone. She also probably isn’t very academically gifted and thinks her only hope of getting out of the life she was raised in if by marrying a good man. And she probably feels like she’s a bottom priority to her parents being that she’s older and more capable of caring for herself, unlike many of her siblings, which is why she’s obsessed with status, she wants to feel important and get attention however she can get it. But rather than exploring that and giving kids in similar situations hope to be a better person, they just crap on her for some reason and turn her into such an unlikable character. I think she’s meant to be a warning of what not to be, but for some reason they don’t explain how you can get yourself out of a situation similar to hers- which is sad because regardless of race and status, kids should be taught how to pull themselves out of places of hardship and/or poverty. Dijanay COULD be a “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” kind of character arc, but for whatever reason, they choose not to do that.

That Monique Clip sent me. You funny asf

For Season 3 I hope we’ll see more appearances of them and maybe even know their mom.

Not you and that girl trying to cheat off each other in college 😆✋

In Season 3 they should give the Chang Triplets character focus episodes for each one to show their own personalities and individuality

Growing up I’ve always wondered why my school lack in diversity. Yeah basically my school was nothing but white kids. Heck I was kinda jealous of cartoon character like Rugrats and hey Arnold for having cool friends like Gerald, Phoebe, Susie and Kimi.