so apparently ABC can't tell the
difference between abgs the show The
Bachelor just got two Asian contestants
mixed up and people are debating they
gave the credit honey to Leia for
kissing the hot white guy but they
should have went to gen there's no
justice we got to talk about this Andrew
uh The Bachelor Sparks controversy for
tagging wrong Asian American contestant
we're talking about the mixup between
Jen Tran and Leia cenan and and this is
such a trivial thing but you know
trivial things especially when they
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that it sparked a controversy or is that
hyperbole or is it just the internet
things or what is it you know of all the
news that we cover this is really not
that big of a news honestly personally I
don't care cuz I don't watch the show
but but I will say there happens to be
two Southeast Asian girls on the show
they share similar features and like a
similar like silhouette but they how
what percentage do they look similar uh
they look like they could be cousins I
think they definitely look like cousins
but they don't look like the same person
but anyways they got mixed up um
obviously in a time of like Asian
representation obviously uh there's a
history of other minorities like two
black girls who got mixed up on the show
as well by The Producers so you know
it's just a really white show so they're
getting the the the minority girls mixed
up literally isn't the show 28 girls
some of them are white some of them are
Latina some of them are Asian some of
them are black and they're all just
trying to make out with this hot Italian
guy right literally that's the premise
of this season right they want to kiss
Joey I don't watch the show I just know
his name is Joey
Jen you do you did it on the first
episode you Joy he he tied the record
for most first kisses you were one of
them all right so here's my reach take
on all this all right I'm not saying
this is serious I do not care about this
bachelor incident but I will say this I
think it kind of speaks to the larger
Dynamic of like not treating minorities
with care and especially Asians where
it's like they don't really care who
they tag and they're just like ah Asians
are whatever well like h is that her I
think it's her all right whatever forget
it you know so I just think that you
know but who are you talking about you
talking about uh potentially I'm
guessing like a white intern social for
social media yeah again this is not the
biggest crime in the world but it's also
just goes to show you that like when it
comes to different types of people and
minority people they don't people don't
really they don't want to they don't
care to be precise they don't put in
that extra effort because maybe also
there is no sense that there's going to
be a backlash or consequence and that's
why and this is my reach is that I think
it's also related to how people treat
like you know vulnerable Asians on the
street where it's like sometimes you
know crazy people will want to attack
them or lash out on them because deep
down they know there's no consequence
basically whether you offend an Asian
okay in this sense slightly offended him
or you offensively hurt an Asian like
physically you just don't feel like
there's a consequence period or you just
don't even feel like yeah you just feel
like it's not an issue that needs to be
treated with velvet gloves you kind of
are just
uh just treating it like something that
you have to do but you don't really care
about but but I I do think from the
comments I see in the conversations I've
had I think a lot of black people would
feel the same way about their position
too so I'm not saying everybody's the
same but I definitely think that uh yeah
minorities women have been mixed up on
The Bachelor before right right right no
it is true I mean clearly U whoever
their runs their social does not have
the most nuanced sensor for scanning
minority faces from what I can tell um
however it is true that sometimes
celebrities or these in this case
baddies or abgs whatever you want to
call them they're kind of like quasi
Glam abgs in my opinion almost have like
an Italian style of makeup uh there's
true that other celebrities do look like
each other though Zoe de Chanel and uh
Katie Perry these two girls right here
have they been mixed up though would
people get them mixed up on the red
carpet they
wouldn't Maybe not other people in
entertainment but fans do oh yeah fans
of course fan dude fans get us mixed up
with other people David well fans Asians
me and you mixed up for each other too
they get us mixed up for each other and
then they get us mixed up for Wong Fu
and I countless others I could name but
anyways regardless listen people so so
basically this cuts to the core of the
debate here is that yes they do look
similar cousins to Sisters depending on
who you are and how you're judging it
but it doesn't excuse exuse it because I
guess there's a lot of blonde women on
that show that often times look similar
do similar makeup similar contouring
similar eyelashes and they never get it
mixed up right because I guess the white
people who would run the Bachelor on the
backend social side would have a more uh
nuanced sensor for what they are which
is probably white sure anyway let's get
in the comment section somebody said
it's a white wash show no surprise here
consistent for this show they're talking
about all the other times that it
happened other people are saying even
the white girls look the same on that
show but they never get
you know confused for each other and of
course a bunch of guys came in and said
uh I'm Asian and I'm here to say who
gives a ish man it's what are we even
talking about all these of course I know
they don't want to say it Andrew but
they're probably thinking man what the
hell it's just either the H Filipino
girl the Jaa girl that's making out with
the white guy why do I care what am I
offended for them for yeah they're two
uh two girls that are just trying to get
with this one dude so really I think the
best way to not care about this in the
protest is to just not watch the show
which I don't don't care um Jen Tran the
girl who did the kissing and didn't get
the credit for it said we look nothing
alike I'm really shocked by these
comments of course other people are like
uh but you guys do look alike so is the
fact that you can't see her face when
she's kissing the dude and it's just the
arm does it completely excuse it because
other people were drawing this
conclusion of like oh I don't want to be
accusing everything of racism all the
time especially when two people look the
same yeah yeah no I don't think it was
like a racist act I just think that
people just uh are a little bit careless
when it comes to identifying minorities
that's that's really what I'm saying
that's saying oh man I will tell you
this Andrew the people when crazy Rich
Asians came out they were looking at
that sheet of who was who they were
trembling the people had Access
Hollywood oh my gosh which one was the
crazy one and which one was the rich one
I know Asians on the red carpet that are
still getting mixed up for each other I
mean David you just wore a Jeremy Lynn
Jersey during the height of Lin sanity
and some non-asian lady actually a white
woman just say who it is it was a white
woman questioned even you if you were
Jeremy Lyn for a second yes I have been
asked if I was actually Jeremy Lyn at
thought pea L sanity which was crazy
because I was like wouldn't I be way
taller and needing to be at an NBA game
right now why would I be at the
Chinatown parade
um just it just fit in her mind you know
people want to see who they want to see
so this leads to our next comment where
these girls were basically saying not
surprised I worked on a show with NBC
and everybody mixed me up with another
Asian girl who was like 4 Ines shorter
than me I get the idea that many people
only see us as our race not as
individual people with unique
characteristics and a bunch of people
had a bunch of anecdotes you know what
about this happened at my work I will
tell you this it happens more in places
where Asians are not common like in Tech
it's going to happen less would you
agree with me in stem less than in media
media typically is not a field that
Asians enter more Asians that you see
you're going to get a better radar for
them and you're going to scan their
faces more precisely right so you're
going to process oh this person kind of
has rounder eyes or this and they do
their makeup like this okay I I can make
them out but sometimes they're just like
Asian I used to work at a Verizon store
that was managed by uh a Korean guy yo
shout out to Kevin so my uh my in
college Andrew yo the people the
district manager used to come up to me H
how's the numbers for the store this
month Kevin all the time and I was like
yo I'm like the lowest ranked employee
here I'm just selling
blackberries um what if you were like oh
yeah man that David fun guy who works
for us though best employee ever yeah oh
give him a you know what we need to
promote mode him
immediately um somebody just said I'm
100% Vietnamese and I get asked if I'm
Filipino all the time so these were
people kind of chiming in saying uh do
viets and Filipinos often get confused
for each other yeah yeah especially just
depending on style I mean I think for
them it's maybe they didn't maybe as
children they didn't look exactly alike
but I will tell you this as far as like
VI stylistically stylistic makeup
obviously uh uh Leia's eyes are rounder
and the but their cheekbones are kind of
similar the contouring is very simar
smile similar in these photos at least
their skin tones are similar maybe
they're a similar height I mean you know
I don't know somebody said when are they
going to include an Asian men on this
show basically of course and or the
comments always turn to this being like
like what the f man I'm tired of like
just talking about two white was Asian
girls that love white guys wasn't there
a half asian Bachelor no was there never
uh it's possible I'm not going to lie I
got to look into it um there was three
other Asian girls on this season of The
Bachelor Andre they were all mixed I
believe there's a half Indian girl a
half Chinese half Mexican girl and a
half black half Filipino girl from
Hawaii so those were the other uh Asians
there was five Asians well you know the
rough thing is about having an Asian
male contestant is that less people
would watch the show unfortunately so
that's why they won't do it but I think
they should they do it with all this D
like all this diversity push why not
just
go Korean make him Korean it doesn't
matter how crazy the Dei diversity push
gets because that's still like that
they're just like they're like yeah the
diversity push doesn't apply to aliens
why can't you just find a five there's
511 Asian guys out there come on no like
a Tim Tim Jung there was Asian
contestant Bachelor contestants but not
the Asian Bachelor like I'm not going to
lie from I think the Asian guy
contestants Andrew they lost super early
you know round
one anyway guys um I think it's an easy
mistake to make and you you could argue
about like the macro takeaway versus the
micro and the micro I think it's a
pretty small deal but yes you could say
like to your point Andrew that it is
representative of a larger narrative
that uh impacts all Asians not and the
guys are not even in there to get
confused yet but even the baddy abgs
with the glamour makeup getting confused
yeah you I'm going to be honest I hope
like Southeast Asian women this is not
the only representation they get this
year you know on TV like I think they're
going to get more and they should but of
course this is kind of like right now I
guess I don't know in 2024 the the most
popular show that has them so yeah yeah
actually all the girls are Southeast
Asian yeah they'll get better
representation I don't think there's is
the best representation by the way but
anyways uh guys let us know in the
comments down below do you care about
this at all personally I don't but I do
think maybe it speaks to larger Dynamics
H whatever let me know in the comments
down below and until next time hey hey
let me tell you this Andrew ABC had the
pilot for ABB for Asian baby girl or
whatever so it goes to show you man ABC
is about some abgs ABC is open Asians
I'll tell you that all right everybody
thank you so much for watching and until
next time we out
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