Are there benefits to having grown up in a protective Asian enclave? Or is it better to face racial difficulties from a young age to learn how to fight them? Is it better to be a 2nd-gen or 1.5-gen Asian American? With many of the Plan A team members having travelled recently to Asia or Asian-populated parts of America — Teen to China, Jong to Korea, and Oxford to Los Angeles — these 3, along with Jess, discuss the “battle of the generations” among young Asians. Also, they talk about how Thanksgiving might be improved.

Intro/Outro Song: "Whispers Wonder (Ruw's Underground Mashup)" by Shingo Nakamura ft. KaNa vs. A.M.R. ft. Ai Takekawa

Intro Voice Track: San Gabriel Valley - Chinese Ethnoburbs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JanYx8JiJvc&t=175s)

*Correction: Oxford credited Ben Franklin with a quote he should've attributed to John Adams.

TWITTER:

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Jong (@calicoarse)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Karin Temerius's NYT article about racist uncles at Thanksgiving: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/opinion/thanksgiving-family-argue-chat-bot.html

Richard Schiffman's NYT article about difficult convos at Thanksgiving: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/well/family/thanksgiving-partisan-politics-conversations-families.html

Amy McCarthy's Eater article about racist relatives at Thanksgiving: https://www.eater.com/2018/11/20/18099157/thanksgiving-family-politics-argument