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Hello Juicy Lemoners!

We wanted to drop an old Get-To-Know-Us episode because we had a bunch of new listeners these last few weeks and we thought you might be interested getting to know the people you catch up with every week!

Phillip is recovering from tonsilitis this week so we won't be recording a new episode but we'll see you again next week!

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Segment 1 - Thai Fruits

- The New York Times published an article over the weekend about Thailand’s Fruit Export industry in crisis

- In the piece, which was written by their SEA correspondent Hannah Beech, she compared the resemblance of rambutan to coronavirus and durian to looking like a medieval torture device. 

Article: https://nyti.ms/3g9rKhb

Question: There were so many things problematic with this article. What things stood out for you Tom?

Segment 2 - Love In The Shape Of Cut Fruit

- I wanted to talk about this article, not only is it a contrast to what we spoke in the last segment but it’s also something we can relate to

- In a piece titled ‘Love In The Shape Of Cut Fruit’, Connie Wang wrote beautifully about she realised after growing up, cutting up fruit was her parent’s love language. 

- She explained that her parents were never the words of affirmation type but they put in the time and effort it peel and cut fruits like grapes, apple, mangoes and dragonfruit for her when she was growing up

- She explained that cutting fruit was like love, it doesn’t take much to serve but it was patience and practice and its the willingness to swallow some bitterness so someone else enjoys only sweetness. 

- Article: https://r29.co/38dfTf3

Question: What fruits do you remember eating growing up?

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Segment 1: Westernising Your Name

Article: https://nextshark.com/laney-college-professor-anglicize-name/

A university professor in America has been placed on administrative leave after he asked a Vietnamese American student to change her Vietnamese name to English because it was ‘offensive’

In an email, he said “Phuc Bui” sounds like an insult in english, and asked her to anglicise her name. 

The student, who’s name is Phuc Bui responded to the professor and told him that she felt it was discriminatory and she was going to file a complaint with the school board. 

He then responded with:

“Your name in English sounds like F**k Boy. If I lived in Vietnam and my name in your language sounded like Eat a D**k, I would change it to avoid embarrassment both on my part and on the part of the people who have to say it.

“I understand you are offended, but you need to understand your name is an offensive sound in my language,” he added. “I repeat my request.”

Segment 2: K-pop fans trolls

- If you know anything about Trump, it is that he loves bragging about his crowd numbers

- At his presidential inauguration, he kept saying he had a bigger crowd turnout than Obama but it was later found that he exaggerated his numbers and asked a Whitehouse photographer to photoshop the official photos

- Trump rally for election -> bragged 1m turnout for his first rally in months

- He said no stadium will be empty this rally

- A campaign from Kpop stans saw them rsvping to reserve up all the seats at the rally 

- Similarly, police asked people to submit photos of rioters and they all flooded it with fan cams 

Segment 3: Josh Thomas and coon cheese (10 mins)

- So, Josh Thomas has apologised for his comments about diversity in the arts last week

- It all started after the Australian actor and comedian tweeted a photo of Australian cheese brand Coon implying that the brand should re-name its cheese because of the racial slur 

- Twitter was quick to re-share a video of Josh Thomas talking about diversity on an all white panel at a writer’s festival.

- Michelle Law: The reason that Josh Thomas video is so disturbing is that people we think are on our side are not. White moderates are more dangerous than outright racists.

- "This is about the broken, racist society in which we live, the way that racist society dictates who gets to tell stories, and how that panel is a part of and reflects these issues,"

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 The Ni Hao Ma Debate

- Early last week MasterChef contestant Sarah Tiong was doing a round of media interviews after being eliminated from the show

- She then posted on her Instagram calling out Triple M after the host Matt Jonsen started the interview by greeting Sarah with ‘Ni Hao Ma’, which is of course is how you say ‘hello’ in Mandarin 

- Sarah said that the greeting didn’t go to air but Jonsen proceeded to ask ‘Oh wait, would it be ‘Lei Ho Ma?’, which is cantonese 

- Sarah said she was uncomfortable and shocked and ended the call and said it was racist, insensitive and tone deaf and asked the station to ‘do better’ 

- This debate has the Asian community divided with some saying Sarah was being too sensitive and others agreeing saying it is racist

What are your thoughts on this? Should we view someone greeting us Ni Hao Ma as language appreciation? 

What makes you Pufferfish?

- Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby who released critically acclaimed Nanette has returned with a new Netflix special called Douglas 

- In the show, she talks about what makes her instantly outraged, even at the mention of it. Some things that makes her blow up like a puffer fish are: paleo diets and people Americanised their language

- What makes you pufferfish?

Making a show for white Australia

- Big Brother returned for the first time in 6 years and the first 3 contestants eliminated from the show were people of colour

- Fijian-Australian Laura was first to go, followed by ‘confident and loud’ Chinese Australian housemate Allan Liang and then Korean-Australian SooBong Hwang.

- People of Colour contestants are chosen to be loud and have strong personalities whilst cauasian contestants are ‘everyday joes’ 

- Caucasian Examples: Zoe is a caring teacher and mum of 2, Ian loves nature and science, Chad is a hot tradie

- PoC examples: Allan is the loud Asian guy who’s in it to win it. 

- Laura is pro-black, vegan and doesn’t care what people think

- Angela (who is Kenyan) is unapologetic with strong opinions

- Do you think that producers are casting PoC for entertainment value or for relability? Who’s the last Asian contestant in reality tv (excluding MasterChef) that you liked?

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HELLO - Phil here.

We're throwing it back to an interview we did last year today as this week's episode is going to be posted a bit later this week - sorry! I had lasik surgery and spent the weekend off recovering but we will have this week's episode up soon!

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She was our first guest on the show and we got so much great feedback on Jenny’s energy

We interviewed Jenny a while back, right after she had just come back home to Melbourne after a stint in LA auditioning for TV pilots and movies

When it comes to breaking the Asian mould, Jenny’s the girl.

Right after graduating high school, Jenny did one semester of law school before deciding that she wanted to go to a Shanghai acting school.

She made the most of her time there and broke into China’s entertainment industry.

She was a host of a popular kids music show, had her own daily morning radio breakfast show AND even had roles in several Netflix series.

In this chat, we discuss about her reason behind moving to China to pursue a career and how much the entertainment industry in Australia has changed for aspiring Asian performers.

We hope you enjoy this chat with Jenny, here’s Jenny.

 

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Black Lives Matter

- We can’t start the show this week without discussing what’s happening in the US and around the world

- The murder of George Flloyd by police has ignited the BLM movement with thousands of people taking it to the streets to protest against police brutality and the centuries of oppression against black people

- For the most part, the protest has been largely peaceful but

- In some cases, the protest had become violent and looters who were not apart of the protest, were breaking into shops and businesses to loot 

- People saying #alllivesmatter - is it problematic? 

Malaysia's Miss Universe says black people should 'relax'

- Last week Malaysia’s Former Miss Universe Samantha Kayty posted an Instagram story about George Flloyd saying that ‘black people should relax’

- https://twitter.com/lilasianthiccie/status/1267347193582612480/photo/1

- To Black People, relax. Take it as a challenge, makes you stronger. You chose to be born as a ‘coloured’ person in America for a reason. To learn a certain lesson. Accept it as it is, till now hunger and poverty still exist. It is what it is.It’s evitable . Best you can do is remain calm , protect your heart and don’t allow it to crumble. That’s your responsibility. Of course this is to the ones who understand this level and state of mind. Not for everyone. Everyone grows at a different rate. 

The Asian Black Problem

- We need to talk about how what’s happening right now isn’t a white vs black thing, we need to take a hard look at ourselves as well and realise that we have a black problem in Asia and Asian culture

- A lot of us who are children of immigrants have a trouble communicating with our parents because of our broken mother tongue but there’s been a movement to start a conversation with Asian parents by sending them translated open letters why BLM is important to talk about 

- We’ve talked a lot about the racism Asians around the world were facing during this pandemic. If we thought that was bad, imagine what it’d be like to be a black person fearing for your life every time you leave your house because you’re scared of being pulled over by the police and getting shot 

- A McDonald’s in China bans black people during coronavirus

- So many examples of blackfacing in mainstream media in China e.g. impersonating an African woman on national TV 

- KPOP - Yoon-mirae who is a respected rapper andis bi-racial has spoken about the racism discrimination she’s faced in Korea

- Kiya interview with Asian Boss: backhanded compliments: “You’re pretty for a black person “ “You’re different to other black people because you’re skinny” 

- Beauty standards -> TONYA TKO

- https://www.facebook.com/melanie.glico/posts/10156779441516534

- Cambodia: Chinese or fair skin people are seen as more important, if you’re darker, they call you ‘ah kmao’ which literally means black person in a degrading way

- What do you think needs to happen for the world as a society to change?

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Last Night’s ‘MasterChef’ Was Proof Of Why Such Real And Raw Representation Is So Important - Junkee

Last night’s Mystery Box was an emotional challenge for the MasterChef contestants and for viewers watching at home.

When the cooks entered the kitchen, they were greeted with a Mystery Box unlike anything they had been presented with before. Instead of being given set ingredients, each contestant was presented with a photo from their childhood.

While clearly an emotional trip for everyone cooking, the photos hit a lot harder for the people of colour in the room. Namely, for Khanh and Reynold who broke down in tears while talking about their photos, which reminded them of their struggles growing up.

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MasterChef’s Reynold ‘truly sorry’ for past homophobic comments - QNews

MasterChef Australia favourite Reynold Poernomo has “sincerely and deeply” apologised after homophobic comments from six years ago resurfaced.

The contestant in the Network 10 cooking show said he was ashamed of the comments, posted online back in 2014, and they don’t reflect his views now.

Reynold’s posts on an online bodybuilding forum, under the username ReyReyy, suggested gay people were “freaks” in response to news a Disney TV series featured gay characters.

“I wish the world made a united decision where they will capture all gay people and put them on a remote island full of gays,” the then-20-year-old wrote.

“That way straight ppl (people) will be happy and the freaks can go on and f*** themselves.”

Reynold also commented on a separate thread titled: “Is homosexuality a mental illness?”

“Yes, end of thread,” he replied.

Reynold posted the homophobic rant just months before he first appeared on the Network 10 show’s seventh season in 2014.

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YOUTUBER MYKA STAUFFER REVEALS ADOPTED SON WITH AUTISM HAS BEEN PLACED IN A NEW HOME: 'HE NEEDED MORE - Independent UK

YouTuber Myka Stauffer and her husband James have announced their adopted son Huxley has been placed in a new home nearly three years after he was adopted from China.

In a new YouTube video titled: “An update on our family” the couple, from Columbus, Ohio, explained that Huxley, who has autism, had a “lot more special needs that we weren't aware of”.

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With everything that's going on around the world and many Asians are experiencing heighten racism because of COVID-19, there's never been a more important time to practice some self love and reflect on ourselves. Many of us may not realise but we may have internalised a lot of racism ourselves - which has negative long term effects.

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List Me Tender is a new addition to the Lipp Media podcast network. Join two Sydney-sider, long-time friends, and thirty-somethings, June and Daph, as they delve into “bucket list” items to do before you turn 30.

In this episode, join Daph and June as they chat to one of the most fashionable/fabulous/iconic person they know - Daniel To. From wearing skin-tight Nudie Jeans in University, through to pioneering the Preppy look (before Preppy was cool), Dan shares with us his experience, learning and his journey in discovering style.

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This week, we're revisiting one of our favourite chats!

Dami Im first came onto our screens in 2013 where she went on to win the entire X FACTOR competition.

Despite her CRAZY talented vocal chords, people felt the need to voice their opinion that she did not deserve to win because she looks Chinese (even though she was actually born in South Korea)

When you think of Asian representation in media, how many can you actually think of? Not many right?

So like most Asians in Western countries, we look to Dami because she’s on the forefront of creation representation in mainstream media.

She has even gone on to having a number ONE single and album as well as earning us our highest placement as runner up on Eurovision, where she was watched by more than 200 million people.

In this week’s IN CONVERSATION, Dami opens up about her childhood and how she was one of four Asian kids in her school. She also talks about the racism she faced and her newfound control over her music career.

We hope you enjoy this chat with Dami!

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