YOU A GOOD ASIAN OR A BAD ASIAN? - Lunch Break! 

"When they're done, the talk in the parking lot" 😂😂😂 my childhood

bensonnn I almost spit out my drink when you said “no, SI!”😭

Phil... Alto sax is a woodwind. Thank you Chris!

Wes looks SUPER TANNED! Made a journey to someplace Wes? Or is it just colour saturation?

can wong fu talk about "bao" in an upcoming lunch break? the animated short before "incredibles 2", not the food item (though i guess that's okay too since phil likes them.) a lot of asian americans and non-asian americans really resonated with it, while there were a couple who didn't get it and didn't like it. what do you think?

6:18 Literally my parents. They spent so much money to make sure I knew how to play piano well, singing in choirs and solo etc. When I got to college, I was going to do nursing, but a week before college started, I decided to become a music major. My mom gave me such a hard time all throughout college, but I got through it. So HA, MOM. lol

Wesley dropping cha siu bao in canto mid sentence was a nice thing to hear 😊

The stereotype for Asians in high school these days are we always drink boba tea every day, we only listen to Kpop, and we can dance well like you guys said.

when chris says “precalc and calc are totally unrelated”, i say “bro...you’re so right.”

I'm a civil engineer driving a Nissan, and I'll be making ramen for dinner while I watch a Miyazaki movie. I'm Asian AF.

Chris: “I felt like playing the saxophone bc it made me look..pretty cool” First thing I thought of was saxy...get it? I feel like this would be a Taylor joke

I always felt like a "bad asian" as an adoptee with a white family. It was really interesting seeing the differences between me and my 4th generation friend. We both felt like "bad asians" but in very different ways. It was odd in college when people didn't know I was adopted. Before it had acted as almost a disclaimer so my "bad asian" habits were excused.

When Wes yelled out "OBOE!", literally lmao since I play oboe and explaining that to anyone is a pain haha.

I am so happy that the Lunch Breaks are focusing on the Yappie Episodes! We have Yappie, Lunch Breaks, *AND* Yappie Hour.

Whoa, ridiculous standards! Asian Americans are immediately assumed to be bilingual, music instrument players, academically excelling, and competitive parents. Asians are stereotyped as somehow more likely to be well-off. But, it only sterilize empathy for multicultural bonding and community building. The Yappie project is so important for many multiracial, multicultural communities. Thank you, Wong Fu, for creating the conversation around stereotypes with such care, kindness, and compassion for the multifaceted lives we all live in!

PHIL HOW COULD YOU NOT LIKE CANTO DIMSUM?!

fav lunch break!!

Love eating with you guys haha. Also, loving Yappie!

I didn't think of this until they did the squarespace thing at the end but if you think about it, Wongfu stereotypically would be the good asians compared to JK Films which would be considered the "bad" asians 😂

Loving Yappie so far!

I'm excited!!!

I have a confession... I think I am Wong Fu Trash, but it isn't a bad thing because Wong Fu is the best. I'm a Hmong descendant and I play a lot of instruments, but I play cello now.(2 years for now), but I chose to do musical things because my family was full of music(aka all my family has played a music instruments or does things with music). I love music. #Asianlife #Asianpride

aww playing string instruments by choice. high five!!!!!! (also grew up playing piano because i was forced to but i appreciate it now hahaha. -_-).

This episode was so interesting!! It was fascinating hearing about the American school system, lol in my country and our education system an A for us is the lowest grade 😂 I’m definitely on the less better side for sure as an Asian. I mean to be honest I was brought up more western like than the true Asian style, but now that I’m older I do have more interest in my ethnicity. I like having deliciously good food to eat, I’ve never had stuff like Mac and cheese or pasta ever hahaha

love Lunch Break!

Speaking of that scene where you proclaim that you hate dim sum... I HATE the chewing noise omg o.o

Growing up, I love dimsum. Most of the time, we went only as our immediate family so we mostly focus on eating the whole time. I eat most dishes b/c they taught me the value of not wasting food even if I pick out peppers here and there - also variety is fun. I also took it upon myself to practice and learn more Chinese (a lot of it is self-practice). My written Chinese isn't great, but I am the best at Chinese-English translations among my cousins/sister in the US. I felt obligated to do so to help out the older family members who do not speak English well. I was never really pressured by my parents to excel at anything, most of the time we just worked at the restaurant and everything else is self-motivation. They mostly gave me high-fives for achievements like straight-As which worked for me. If I get too stressed, they tell me to relax and not work so hard - as long as I try my best, that's all they ask for :)

Benson's response to Phil's "que" joke had me cracking up 😂

If I were to compare Asian stereotypes in the past to Asian stereotypes now, I would say they're mostly the same. The foundation of being a well rounded student in school still applies, but unlike the past, the Asian stereotypes now are more relaxed in a sense that Tiger parents are relaxing a bit more. With today's media, I feel like the stereotype of being nerdy and smart still is somewhat applied, but there are additional aspects to the stereotype like being "badass" like being able to rap, sing, dance or being artistic. its actually super cool to see the development of stereotypes go into a more modern sense !! hfuhuiewhgaw p.s. can't wait for more Yappie episodes! I'm trying to get my hands on Yappie merch as well! Keep doing well Wong Fu!

As a Filipino, we typically have a stereotype that we can sing or dance, or both lmao. But I can do neither 😂😅 I definitely did play the piano & violin when I was younger !!! But piano only lasted me like a year bc my mom forced me, but I did enjoy violin for a couple years but I stopped by high school bc I was more involved in like student government lol. Alsoo, most Filipinos end up being nurses, but here I am as a graphic design major in college lmao.

Omg the knuckle!🤣🤣🤣

Finally, WES!!

This is the first Lunch Break I've watched while eating lunch.... it's 6pm right now T_T

who else really enjoyed ripping the kumon pages apart from each other

this brings back memories of going clothing shopping with my mom and having to mentally calculate the discounts - otherwise she wouldn't buy me whatever it was LOL

Benson's "No C!" joke had me laughing so hard LOL

Lunch Break ! Let's talk about food!! have a extra cuts of how Phil love char shao bao! dun cut it away! haha! next time lunch break can be more than 15 mins!

I’ve always been a good Asian, but with an independent streak. It made for an interesting combination, haha. I excelled in school, did a bunch of music (piano), did art, danced, got into a top school and graduated top of my class. I speak, read, and write Mandarin fluently and all I really know how to cook is Chinese food. But I butt heads with my parents a lot and I’ve always liked to do my own thing. I really hate feeling boxed in. I’m getting a master’s in social work which definitely confuses my parents’ friends. I feel like on paper I’m a good Asian but inside I’m a “bad” Asian, or what I would say an Asian looking out for myself. Certainly I’m happy that it’s becoming more acceptable for Asian Americans to live more varied lives =)

Wes is definitely getting that summer dark tan😭😂❤️❤️❤️

I only got one C during my last semester of high school because calculus was so freaking hard. My brothers and I joined band and learned trombone, trumpet, and saxophone. We all learned guitar for fun. They went into art while I became a civil engineer. So in a way we still followed the Asian route, just not too stereotypical.

I mean the same would go for any culture. Just because I don't like tres leches cake or molé, doesn't mean I'm less Mexican! Lol

I'm Mexican and my boyfriend is an ABC but even though he's the first asian guy I dated I was still familiar with the 626 culture since I was a hostess in Din Tai Fung, and my friend who was taiwanese informed me about what ABG, ABC, meant and told me about the asian gangs. One thing though I noticed is that more asian guys (bf incl) used the word "homie" than my latino friends (since it's a chicano word) and I found that kind of cute since I was thinking "we have more in common" with the exception of the parents (who always comment about my dark skin and tell me their skin is beautiful and white, yet they already are thinking about how they want "the baby" to come out with my eyes (hazel) but I tell them dark brown eyes are nice (and much less sensitive to light) it's just really interesting. The recent thing I have noticed is more and more asians are getting into the arts now (music, dj's, modeling, acting, videos) which is pretty cool and breaking away from the "doctor" or "business" aspect and are starting to be more expressive in voicing out things, both to their families and politically (I'm in International Relations and Govt, my bf is in Real Estate) so I noticed more and more asian americans being more political than their parents. !

Phil is such an Asian dad “One or two?!” HAHAH

I relate to this on so many levels. If I ever visit LA, can I visit ya'll? 😂

Is Yappie Hour going to be ok after this? Or is there no set schedule?

Definitely having frozen dumplings in your fridge and also drinking bubble tea/boba!

one of the most Asian things I've done is bringing Mama Lu's soup dumplings for lunch and eating it with chopsticks lol and even my Asian friends told me that was such an Asian thing 😂😂😂

Hahaha, all Saxophones are Woodwinds! Chris is on the right train of thought!

I relate so hard with this video

I literally dropped piano lessons after high school ahaha, took Kumon, went to chinese school. THIS IS VIDEO IS JUST SO RELATABLE

I never took any other math classes after pre calc 😂 and I only got Cs in AP chem and AP bio lol

We need a live lunch break. WITH Q&A

i know its kinda late but how can i watch everything before us?? its not on netflix anymore :(

Asian parents are the greatest, they shape you guys into contributors to society. They would not misguide their kids to believe that sit back and things just handed to you.

Anyone know when we will get notified if we got the post production internship or not?

Fighting over the bill so true xD

Phil!! 😂 Saxophones and clarinets are woodwind because they have reeds (reeds are what makes them woodwind)... flutes are different but are classified woodwind because they were once made of wood.

Yo the dancing stereotype is actually pretty true now bahahaha

This totally relates tin,e i took piano lessons and i did kumon as well lol!!! So am I a good Asian?

"QUE???" "no, Si." hahahaha

SAXOPHONE IS A WIND, NOT A BRASS INSTRUMENT.

I remembered when I was a kid my dad forced me to say the multiplication table (from 1 to 10) everyday when he was driving me to school

Oh my god, I’m twenty and my parents still test me on math orally. I feel you, Wes.

I'm an Asian trumpet player, music producer and rapper and home boi is right - Saxophone is a woodwind. Can't speak for all Asian parents, but mine wanted me to study music initially to use on my College app, but that kind of backfired because I ended up pursuing it as a career

im digging the tan Wes!

lol i took AP Calc AB and BC in high school. then third level calc in college. never got a C in high school.

had my first semester of university and i have horrible grades omg 😭 but im in an engineering course so am i a good but bad asian or bad but good 🤔

My parents made me do Kumon until calculus and I played the piano, the flute and the cello, my parents put me in several sports (tennis being one) and when I was in high school I helped my friends start a badminton club 😭

Buzzing for a sax is completely different from brass.

4:54 I feel ya Phil.

I feel like such a bad Asian after watching this. I barely speak any Vietnamese, never played any instruments, I'm seriously bad at math, I never took the SAT because I just had to take the ACT to get into the college I wanted (I didn't even know you could study for those college admissions tests before I took it), I don't eat chicken feet, and I never heard of Kumon. I am a lawyer now, so I guess that one for the "good Asian" pile...although I became a lawyer because I was a liberal arts major and really got into the social science classes.

yo the gif with Maddox thoo!!

The feeling of not wanting to get the Asian salad while being an Asian person falls under what is called "stereotype threat". Claude Steele wrote a book called "Whistling Vivaldi" that explains it. Highly recommend it if any of you are interested.

Lol I thought it would be" you're a bad Asian if you were in a tong or were yakuza"!

Good grades, bad drivers, dancing, instruments (the entire band and orchestra crew is also the Cool Asian crew at my school), and long boarding or skate boarding. Bubble tea is HUGE at my school too (but I think that’s just a nation wide trend) That’s how to be a good Asian at my high school.

Why doesn’t Phil wear/need glasses?? #badasian

I dunno, but football and volleyball is a total Midwest Asian thing. Dancing for sure too. But anyways, I’m loving YAPPIE!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm shook. Can not believe Phill does not like Sushi, lol. And holy Wes is so tan (And shinyyyyyy).

I'm eating dumplings while watching this. Does that make me a good Asian? I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like chicken feet. Love tripe too.

omg, Wes gotten so tan!! =)

This might be because of the specific area I live in (SV so there’s a lot of Asian adults working at tech companies lol) but from what I’ve seen Asian kids now have that stereotype of being really rich/privileged ? Also another that Wong Fu didn’t say was that Asians are seen as anime nerds lol. But they definitely were spot on with the stereotype that Asians are expected to be really smart AND still be good at music/dancing bc of Kpop/dance crews, or if not have to excel at everything basically.

Phil noooooo saxophones are in the woodwind family!

Yo Benson's shirt is lit

Binging on Lunch Breaks after going through a breakup to make me feel better ;) Also i got C for Chemistry .-.

Please bring back recess!! I would totally buy merch for that!

Actually in terms of almost everything hahaha

I wish they'd branch out. They only use certain types of asians. Collab w/ third leg studios

I never had actual Korean barbecue nor Dim Sum... also at my high school, the Asian stereotype was you can either dance (I was one of them) or you have really good grades. We speak the “same” language was the assumption for me growing up. I grew up with a lot of Vietnamese people and I was the only Thai person... I had two different names: Buddhiphorn (my legal name) and Irene (my American name).

Isn't that bread with meat inside siapao? I always loved those.

I just noticed Phil is the only one in this lunch break without glasses

On topic, my career choice makes me a bad asian (I dived into arts headfirst). I was also a bad asian in school lol I definitely got more than a few C's and D's. I just didn't care back then, but I got much better marks in college so.. I made up for it haha! My personal goals make me a pretty good asian (picking up piano/violin again).

The napkin thing... McDonald's Singapore used to place their napkins at the self-service stations with the condiments and straws, then they removed it when they realised all the uncles and aunties are blatantly swiping them BY THE HANDFUL(S).

My favorite foods are fried rice and dumplings, I guess I'm a good Asian then?

Lol why can I relate to this even tho I’m not Chinese?😂😂😂 my dad would do the knuckle punishment too!! Ig all Asians experience that💀

I didn't play any instruments as a kid bc my parents thought classes would be too expensive (and I never got into it bc I was too narrowminded and hyperfocused in art). I did go to Chinese school but it would always be on Saturday mornings when all the best cartoons would be on! So out of spite I learned no Chinese. (Bad Asian point) And I got so many "smart Asian" stereotype remarks from my friends and classmates that I got fed up and started purposely getting Bs to break the stereotype. (Bad Asian point?) I had to be careful anyway though, bc getting even a C meant a big ol' whooping from my parents. xD

The term "woodwind instrument" refers to wind instruments whose sound production principle is not lip reed; lip reed is sound production system of brass instruments which make sound by vibrating your lips. ;)

I gave my kids daily Math worksheets and called it Mumon- im a Nigerian mum. 😀

Dim Sum is awesome!! Yummy chicken feet.

I could soooo relate to the dim sum scene. My family is mostly from the Southern US, and I get a lot of flack for not liking the things that are considered classically Southern food. Top offense - not really liking corn bread.

I went to Chinese school for 12 years and I am still there! (Now as a teacher)