Differences Between Chinese & Indian People! w/ Kai Vetteth

what are the main differences between Chinese and Indian people we are here with comedian Kai how how do you say it Kai Kai vth yeah coming on and and you know the reason why you're on this is not just because you're Indian it's but but it's because you also have Chinese right yeah I I didn't think you'd bring me on to be Indian right uh you guys are Chinese right yeah yeah yeah well that's why we brought you on because because the Chinese half we would bring on an Indian too we would we would you don't have no but you being mixed makes you the perfect person to help discuss this from your own perspective because one of your parents is Indian one of your parents is Chinese although those are two of the biggest groups of singular countries in the entire world they don't mix as much as you'd think right yeah sure so let's talk about it man uh just quickly talk about your background which one of your parents is Chinese which one of your parents is Indian what was it like growing up you're from the Bay Area yeah my mom's Chinese my dad dad's Indian uh I'm from the bay area there's a ton of Asians though in the Bay Area so it's like I feel like it wasn't that weird to be Asians where are you guys from Seattle Seattle were there a lot of a lot of I feel like there's a lot of as there a lot there's a lot of Asians now but probably back then not really L there was still but not to the extent that it is Seattle essentially became like the Bay Area light right well we grew up around quite a few of Punjabi people but they didn't mix with the other Asians as much like we were cool with them though but it was like dating and marrying and stuff like that sure yeah so how tell us how your parents met did they meet in Asia in America what's the Quill's quick story because we have actually have a second cousin from Hong Kong who's actually also half Cantonese half Southern Chinese half Indian as well but that was like a result of British colonialism bringing people together in this you know in a colony and blah blah blah yeah yeah I I think it's great when British colonialism brings people together sometimes it sometimes it takes the that to bring people together that I mean we're all in New York right now thank you hey they save but they oh my God Jesus Christ you should mention that you're quoting a Dave Chappelle joke about Dave Chelle joke I am quoting should have people think you're saying that just randomly I'm by the way I'm referring to the British uh tell the story your talking about yeah it's from the ages man um how how' your parents meet they met at at work they were both uh they're both working and Consulting in San Francisco yeah my mom was born in the US she's not like she's never been to China actually how long like how many generations has your mom been in the US uh just one her parents uh her parents were born in ch right so you have grandparents from China on your mom's side but then your dad is from India himself he's actually from India yeah how was that do you know about their marriage and when uh your dad was marrying your mom did your mom's side say anything did your dad's side say anything I think there was like a little nervousness and stuff but uh I don't I didn't I haven't heard about like any huge U you know what I mean I I'm sure there was a lot of like talk behind closed doors I think that's inevitable but all right well well let's talk about it like what are some differences and I know your mom is Chinese American but at least from her side of the family comparing it to your Indian side I guess what are some like what foodwise let's just start super easy like growing up did you eat Chinese food and Indian food did you mix the two did you guys start eating goby Manon like dude so much GOI Manon really 100% And I was telling you earlier about the the Indian restaurant we used to go we used to go to unar Chad uh this Indian restaurant and GOI monu in every time so you're goby monu and by the way guys is a Indian Chinese dish it's considered it's considered Indo Chinese so is that one of your favorite dishes yeah yeah so your favorite dish is literally the Chinese Indian dish I feel like I should say no now I feel like I'm getting put in a box were you eating a lot of it's not my favorite a lot of chicken lollipops too dude those were the two appetizers that the chicken lollipop just like whatever you are what the uh why are you setting us bad why are you this is this is suppos to asan suppor Hot Pot come on let me pop up some photos of some Indian Chinese Haka food right now which is uh yeah a type of food that's popular in India so I guess did you eat like a mixture of Chinese and Indian well to be clear this this Chinese Indian food was at an Indian restaurant so we'd go like like uh once a week or once every couple weeks to this IND restaur this cetn restaurant in the Bay Area and that those are the appetizers we' get but like yeah we'd eat the Indian food did you did your mom ever get take you guys to get the RNG like the salt and pepper crab or something like that what's RNG I don't R Lounge I don't know it's a spot in Chinatown I said okay yeah I don't know or I guess did you guys ever go to like dim sum or anything like that yeah all the time of course yeah I mean Chinese new year is coming up we used to go like banquet I had I had shark fin souit before it was illegal hey man that's value Chinese New Year I should say that it tasted like nothing I don't know I don't even understand why people still it it's just a flex it literally has no it's like eating Fugu which is the uh puffer fish in Japan the the the poisonous puffer fish no flavor it was just in a it was like in a conji it didn't it didn't taste very good seven was it weird at all to be mixed between two Asian groups that don't typically mix or yes no or you're like dude the Bay Area everybody was super chill didn't even matter I think because everyone was so Asian I remember a friend of mine said this in high school at the end of high school she was like I feel really lucky that we grew up in a place that was so Asian that we could develop an identity outside of being Asian cuz I'm I lived in Chicago for a couple years when I was in college and some of the kids I'd meet out there the people I'd meet there comedians Etc like they were clearly the Indian kid in the cafeteria like of of white people and they had to adjust and you know that was really that became their identity and Bay Area didn't really have to in my experience I mean the Bay Area Andrew is famous for being hyper open-minded and just like a very different place yes for sure for sure I guess when you're saying those Indian comedians they had to like just be the Indian kid at the Indi people Indian people not comedians specifically oh like how do you think that impacts their personality is it because they're not able to have an identity outside of like just everybody goes to them for the Indian stuff yeah are they do you get this sense that there you know often times if you're the only kid who grows up in a usually around white people when you're trying to gain validation you end up just playing up your Asian like the thing you are like I'm the Indian kid I'm SES guys H and then it's like stuff like that sure I mean not anyone for doing that I like I totally understand how that happens and stuff but no I I remember meeting this girl who was like half Chinese half white and uh when I was in Chicago and I forget where she was from the south or something like that and uh we were just talking and she her mom was Chinese her dad was white and she was like yeah I'm half Chinese half white I know my mom's side really came through and I could just like CU she looked more Asian she didn't that was the thing she didn't look look more Asian she just she was just so used she said it with a tone of like a tinge of like negative connotation like yeah I ended up looking like the minority not the I don't I don't even know that it's like a tinge of negative but it's more just I could totally picture her having to say that kind of thing in the like cafeteria like a canned line like she probably said it a hundred times I think so yeah and again nothing nothing against that like I Pro if I was in that situation I probably have to I think a lot of uh mixed people that like you said not your situation especially being two different types of Asian South Asian East Asian but it's like I think a lot of people they nobody coaches them through like a difficult identity crisis so they just figure it out themselves I mean I had I had stuff I'd say in Middle School even so like I I would you had identity crisis I don't know it's crisis but I I definitely like I would definitely I definitely had like a I would say something about being Chinese Indian I mean I'd say I talk about it on stage no so what was the thing was it like you didn't know whether to be more Indian or more Chinese or use your hands or use chopsticks when you're eating what like what what are we talking about damn all right I I mean I yeah I would just go at the dunu with my raw right right no I no there hands with Indian food chopsticks with Chinese food I don't no I'm saying what was the identity of Crisis cuz I I'm trying to imagine what it would be in my mind and I'm like I don't think there was an identity crisis per se I don't think I I didn't really have that issue but did you play it up like would you go to the Asian kids and be like yo let's go get boba and then you go to the Indian kids let's go get chai like in the Bay Area the white kids got Bobo right right right know it's popular it's they got tea pumps and stuff like that yeah like no I I definitely I don't think I was playing anything up no no no no okay did did you mean uh was there what are the times that you felt weird from the other groups though felt weird being mixed like is there a point that it because I'm guessing given your age and the Bay Area you know there was there wasn't rampant racism I get that because that's two of the major Tech races but I guess like do you still did you still feel weird were you like just standing around these like Chinese people or like the Indian group oh and like feeling left out not really like no not really never never really felt like left out or if anything it's like I get both yeah you have more access to more worlds right more fish bowls but it's also you get this perspective and stuff like we used to go to India a lot as a kid and you know you see like some of the poverty there and other stuff like that and I think it gives you a perspective that you might not have otherwise so I'm I'm really grateful for that oh no for sure um anyway I pulled some questions off Kora okay um by the way I'm not saying this is your field of expertise this is probably more something that's I'm not saying I'm an expert either but more in my wheelhouse oh my God I just read the first question why how I pulled this off cor or Reddit I'm sorry how and why do Chinese and Indian folks look so different Andrew this is a white guy asking this question they're literally bordering how do they look so different there's nothing like that in any other country well can I can I just shed a little bit of light before this they're they don't border that much actually India and China itself it's not a is it a gigantic it's it's a governmentally they only share a very tiny sliver there's a lot of arguing but there's a Nepal area in between and all Himalayas separated Himalayas there's a mountain range I think the mountain range has a lot to do with it that prevented a lot of mixing you know but also there are literally Indian and Chinese looking mixture people from a long time ago in the Himalayas in the Himalayas yeah specifically that you might look Himalayan a little bit right I yeah I mean I'm basically like the same mix as like a nepes people but they just did it over like thousands of years right yeah they're like an ancient you yeah you are a new school them yeah I I did what they did but faster and better oh nepes people come for no I'm just kidding um some I think I can take him I hear they preach nonviolence that's funny he's a comedian guys while the two countries are geographically close they developed independently because there's a Giant Mountain rage between them of course that speaks to the himay the answer on Kora or on Reddit these are the Reddit answers somebody said to put this in perspective though India is close to Europe uh is to Africa India and China are as close as Europe is to Africa Europeans and Africans that's the answer it's like being like why like why do like white people in North America look different from like Chilean people in South America right they're close to each other right billion people in China and like a billion people in in uh India yeah well somebody said interestingly enough Punjabi Indians are genetically closer to Modern English people than they are to Han Chinese folks so yeah I do think that there is a different genetic route from South India to East Asia and the Himalayas is the separator um yeah but that's a good question though honestly I I used to wonder that but yeah shout out to just genetic development I mean they kind of look similar like in the in the area right you're talking about the northeast or I mean I just mean like in the area in between it does look like nepales people they look in between it's like the colors bleed together yeah that is true I think that people really just are not familiar with the and literally in the area by uh Northeastern India there is more like Chinese looking people yeah and India like talking about Assam right yeah Assam people but they don't but they're not known for being Indian like when you think of a typical Indian and a typical Chinese no they don't look very much alike sure yeah I agree yeah but I would say that it's almost like India is really interesting cuz to me maybe you guys correct me if I'm wrong you've been there a lot I feel like 80% of Indians look conventionally Indian and then there's maybe 20% that could be like you don't know they could look East Asian or Tibetan or they could look white like Nikki Haley or they could look like yeah they could look black yeah like if they got the lineup sure yeah I mean I I yeah I to be honest when I go to India IND except for one trip where we went to like Delhi and the Taj Mahal and and this place called ranmore where you can see Tigers uh all the other trips I just spent at my grandma's house and like my great aunts and stuff like that uh like 98% of the time in my grandma's house I'd say so I'm I don't have that much of a maybe if I took like a I got to take like a solo trip there dude and what if you did a comedic trip a comedic trip no like a comedic exploration trip like part Nat Gio part just straight hey I'm in India pretty funny huh yeah yeah like a like a hilarious informational tra travel vlogger have you been offered to do shows in India yet uh so when I was in India uh I was in India over the holidays and I thought about like hitting people up to do show some people offered me shows and I was like at like there's all this extended family in India and I was like if I take a show I'm there for seven days or whatever if I take a show that's like one fewer relative that I'm going to see like I'm not going to see like this aunt or whatever if I so I was like is doing 10 minutes in some basement there worth uh not seeing this ont that I see stand up like in India cuz I know that there's a I have no idea I've turned it down verons is there he's one of the ones that crossed over to the West somewhat right but he's a little controversial there's some there's some people getting Netflix specials like some Indian Comics who are not um they're not like crossed over per se like they they seem like Indian fan base uh KES K Edition she sha yes yeah she did our show before she she I think she does shows at India she has a Netflix special on Netflix India I believe that's what you know it's regional like you have to like oh interesting wow that's crazy it's not like American Netflix has like access to everything because they' have to pay more for the licensing I think but uh wow you've opened up for what Assam Minaj Russell Peters a lot of big Indian comedians specifically right yeah I mean I've opened for non-indian Comm like davel and Doug Stan hope and people like that but yeah I I opened for it was funny the um the day after I opened for when I posted that I opened for Russell Peters uh or I sent it to the like the family group chat or whatever I got a a text from one of my uncles in India that just said it it was at 5:00 a.m. I woke up at 7:00 and saw this text at 5:00 a.m. and it said uh call me immediately uh don't worry about the time difference and I thought something was wrong cuz I forgot I posted it so I called him I was like Uncle husher like is there a problem is is everything okay and he's like I'm so proud of you open it for Russell Peters it's such a big de cuz they just thought I was like messing around doing you know what I mean right they thought that you were not on that elite pro pathway or something like that sure they thought I was like a hobbyist or they just don't understand and why would they it's fine yeah but yeah definitely definitely validation from the India family yeah sure I mean they people know people really like Russell Peters he's super nice but you know hu he has a huge Chinese fan base too his fans when I opened for him it was like super diverse it was like uh there's definitely some Indians but there was a lot of like Asian like non Indian Asian people there were black people Hispanic people white people I think just cuz he you know makes fun of everyone he just attracts everyone people want to get joked about right um yeah we just got some quick cultural differences I'm going to go down the list sure here we go they say Indians eat with their hands Chinese eat with chopsticks yeah confirmed that's true confirmed okay Chinese are famous for eating everything Indians are famous for having many food restrictions due to religion uh I don't know I mean I did eat cumber as a child and that's that's a definitely a Chinese thing I don't know about chicken feet yeah sure I I ate chicken feet but that's not I wouldn't say it's eating everything and isn't the Indian thing because it was like they're like valuable right that's the theory like the sociological Theory what is that is that they didn't eat beef because the cows are more valuable as like milk and like yeah I thought they're also more considered like a like more holy in I heard it's a good animal to be reincarnated as I swear to go that's what I heard it's like higher in the list you know what I mean of like if you did good things I'm saying that the I think the theory is that they became holy like they became like associated with Holiness and stuff and that like that was to preserve it to stop people from killing them for their meat cuz they're more valuable alive you know you know what I'm saying I didn't know I don't know you got to tell me you guys let me know I'm sure the I'm the Indian here um are do you have any food restrictions for what you eat no you you'll eat you'll you'll eat it you you'll kill a steak I I'll eat a steak Yeah I it used to be uh like a goal of mine I wanted or a thing I wanted to do like a bucket list thing to go to like one of those bug markets in China and just try some of that stuff like I I was really into it cuz I I went and I ate a scorpion lollipop at the California Academy of Sciences oh yeah I had scorpion in Beijing yeah I mean it just tasted like a lollipop but yeah but I but I wanted to do that but then I kind of don't want Indian desserts are very sweet Chinese desserts are not very sweet really what what Chinese desserts are I guess Chinese barely have any desserts it might be that's true Chinese dessert game is not super strong but I would say it's all lightly sweet what are what are some chines mango pudding sure mango pudding that's right yeah no some Indian desserts it's like they took sugar and fried it the gal the yeah oh my gosh that is it's good but it's like you're it's fried sugar exactly it's like the orange one that kind of looks like gabin is pretty good I love gab that's literally in a sugar soup it's like a g but I'm can't say that I'm the biggest fan of the other little square cakes that are at the baker yeah I get that there's a lot of different flavors of I'm with the rice pudding too though that's good Chinese or Indian no the Indian is there see there's crossover Chinese rice pudding is there Chinese rice pudding I'm sure there's Chinese R adapted it from the British it might not be pudding in the same way I think the pudding I'm talking about is the milk is the you know you know what I mean it's more popular it's more of a staple of of Indian food you know what I mean no you know what I'm talking about no the rice ping no might be a Punjabi thing I don't know I guess maybe well Andrew had a we had a really good friend and shout out to AJ right yeah AJ's Hindu though so I don't know I forgot what part of is your dad oh okay oh what what what is they're Syrian Christian is there okay D is a Christian indiaan that's really yeah shout out to uh Andrew you knew Indian Christian soie shout out to soie yeah yeah um Indians are good at dancing or at least they're not afraid to burn up the Dance Floor Chinese cannot dance unless they are super practiced for a long time and are considered experts interesting agree or disagree Indians dance more a lot but yo I had this I always had this question we don't have to dive too deep into it but IID always ask Indian people I said who do you think is nerdier Indians or Chinese people nerdier at the peak nerdy who's the nerdiest people I just feel like a sellout for answering that that question no BR you have you say either one it's all good I'm going off what you say you like no I'm not I have my own op all right all right I'll answer I think Indians dance more but does that make them less nerdy so that would make them less ner who nerdier who's nerdier yeah dude white people are going to watch this we can't answer questions right all right this gen Z guy quit quit hedging quit hedging all right Indians are not afraid to complain about the slightest Injustice whether it is perceived or real Chinese tend to endure and suffer silently but then they will beat and whine about it at a later time I disagree I actually think that both are the way that you describe Chinese people I think maybe maybe it's just the kinds of people I'm around but I think the attitude for both is kind of like keep your head down blah blah blah and then in the family maybe you complain about it or take it out on whatever but it's it's a very keep your head down immigrant mentality I would say my experience Indians still practice arranged marriages however a lot only Chinese TI Coons and politicians that want to maintain power do arrange marriages I have no idea honestly cuz all my Chinese family is in the US that's the people we they're super Americanized right they're not really like with the old ways or they cut off all the yeah I mean yeah we like all meet would you would you get an arrange marriage no okay just throwing it out there uh religion is very what if they're David what if they offered what if they what if they what if your parents offered yeah like what they offer what if they got you a fine half Chinese half Indian girl set up and they were like I'd be concerned we were related what kind of coincidence is this is this a secret long lost sister no it wouldn't be she's from Hong Kong she's from Hong Kong yeah where the like like my cousin honestly I'm considering it I'm considering it yeah i' need to yes I'd need I'd meet the person but it would be you got to you know what actually no because I think I would regret it in 10 years and then be cuz it's just not your decision that's weird that's weird but I know I have Indian um like family friends and stuff who have like you know the thing is they do like semi arranged marriages now what's a semi- arranged marriage it's like it's not like it's not like an arranged arranged marriage it's not like okay here's the dowy and blah blah blah blah blah but it's like hey like this person's coming over for tea you want to come over for tea it's like that kind of thing it's like oh more subtle it's more subtle in 2020 is it like arrange dating or is there an expectation if you guys hit it off at te then maybe you guys not like get married next week but it's like setting it up well cuz it's I think it's more common when it's when people are from like a very specific um like ethnic group or religious group and so it's harder to find people who are like the exact same no like hey come meet this girl she's also from this and this her family does this and this yes exactly uh guati business owners guati yeah yeah um religion is very that was so Random what did you mean you didn't think I was going to know that uh religion is very important in Indian life Chinese generally worship no God except the god of wealth damn listen I'm pulling these off the internet guys crazy there's some Christian Chinese why are you pulling it off the internet you you're Chinese well I would say that this last statement as much as it was a generalization there's truth to ite my Y what about this statement this well my my grandparents were very religious very no I'm saying no I'm saying that religion is important to Indians I'm saying my Chinese grandparents oh your Chinese grandparents very like he was my Chinese grandfather was the most religious guy in knew he really he had a a Bible with highlights in it no you're right well we highlight in the Bible I know it's it's a it's a mixed bag but that way you know what's important Indians are blessed with facial hair and not afraid to wear it Chinese prefer clean shaven or cannot grow facial hair genetically yeah agreed which your facial hair is it from the Indian or the Chinese side uh I'd say a little of both can you get the beard no okay definitely not Chinese like more of like a Chinese beard yeah uh Chinese uh Indians really love politics and love to get involved in politics Chinese choose to be a political or hide their political views that's a good question I think because India is more of a democracy or at least yeah that's how you grow up being so people are more politically involved interesting I I buy that yeah I mean I think I mean you look at the like the candidates there's a bunch of Indians and there's just Andrew Yang Fading Into the background right uh he couldn't even win mayor come on man I was rooting for you I mean not really but a little bit yeah as an Asian no for sure for sure not politically but as are what do you think about VC ramaswami BR I have not followed the news at all like okay well okay he's like the conservative Indian guy yeah yeah we went to Harvard he's really smart no what do you feel about it you you sound like you're Pro I'm not no I'm just saying that why'd you look at the camera when you said no I think he's really smart I think he's really smart do I think he's also a grifter yes was it grifter a grifter is like basically just trying to win the game with no real like does he actually have a chance he's trying to beat Trump no he dropped out but he's like trying to get in the cabinet and navigate his way to power and like a lot of things in the search to become the part of the global Elite or being part of the global Elite uh rise the ranks of you're already in the global Elite it's about like just doing what you need to do not even necessarily having principles or a backbone it's very like flexible to like what will win you the game all right let's C to the chase man important questions which side do you like more the Indian or the Chinese side uh I I'd say neutral I I I like both I like both but that's genuine though Boba or chai I'm sorry Boba or chai all is it hard Boba or chai is boba boba is it hard I would say Boba to but that's not a metaphor right you're saying that's that's not I'm I actually just mean I prefer Boba Indian curry is better than Chinese Curry for sure what is Chinese C is it tough to go from using Chopsticks and switching to using your fingers as Chopsticks what you said like that yo thanks thanks so much for having me on the podcast guys I really appreciate the invite you took me up to your beautiful 20 story apartment no I want to run another video so I I don't know how we we got jokes all day this fun no this is this this is fun I no we don't need to end it I was I would just meant like uh I thought was that was fun who are your favorite Indian or Chinese Comics let's just end it off you're a pro you're a professional comedian I think a lot of people got uh you know they like your stuff a lot and they they see a lot of talent in you who do you like who' you look up to man I mean I definitely looked up to husten a lot I think like Aziz was one of the first Comics I ever ever liked like or that I ever he might have been the first comic I ever watched like a full special of I remember one time I uh I waited we had Netflix I waited until midnight to for his Netflix special to drop up to drop and and then I found out that had been released the previous year MH um what do you think about Russell Peters cuz Russell Peters was the first guy like what this is my last question what do you think about using the accent because you know how that's considered old school but it's gotten Joe Koy Russell Peters etc etc so far some new school comedians are like so against it other people are neutral I tend to like the accents but I understand that the modern Progressive Trend seems to be shifting away from it and I no you don't do it uh yeah I mean yeah I don't have like a Chinese can you do it uh I mean that's part of the reason why I don't do it it's not that great I think what happens though is kind of like a sweet thing though is when you know people well enough uh the the accent kind of Fades away I think that's why it's harder to do for me cuz I know so many Chinese people and grew up with so many Indian people that you just like forget they have an accent you know what I mean okay I'm not but what do you think about it as a a comedic tool kit yeah I uh I don't know it depends on the context like you're not against it no I think if the if the comedian's good enough I'd watch a white comedian do a Chinese accent I'm yeah I'm dead serious I would if you book a role if your first role that you book is you on a show doing a complete full-on Indian accent are you doing it are you taking it you're not taking it it's a network show Indian accent no un unless it was like like Nathan Fielder's show and or something like I really really believed in it or something like that but if it was just like a show is just to be on a show no I wouldn't I wouldn't do it man a principal well I just think I'm like a good enough actor and at comedy and stuff that I think I'll be able to get stuff regardless and uh I also think it's a slippery slope that if you do that one time and you're that becomes what you're known for or that's like how people see you I think then you'll only get that stuff like I think in 2024 you might get cancelled by your own tribe and your own Community for doing it for you know pieces and you know the writers and things like that yeah if you're on a network show you're making like thousands of dollars in episode so who cares that's a good point too anyway guys uh follow follow the social media man thank you for coming on the show we you know we're going to talk about some other stuff thanks so much for having me all right until next time we out [Music] 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