WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:02.850 - I like, wouldn't mess with me if I saw me on the street 00:00:02.850 --> 00:00:06.267 'cause it looks like I can kick some ass. 00:00:08.011 --> 00:00:11.471 - I'm what people call an ABC, an American Born Chinese. 00:00:11.471 --> 00:00:13.891 My mom is from Taiwan and my dad is from Hong Kong. 00:00:13.891 --> 00:00:15.492 - My family's China and Vietnam. 00:00:15.492 --> 00:00:16.936 - My parents were from Hong Kong. 00:00:16.936 --> 00:00:18.336 This is the first time I will be wearing 00:00:18.336 --> 00:00:19.796 Chinese traditional clothing. 00:00:19.796 --> 00:00:22.517 - I grew up seeing like Jet Li and Jackie Chan 00:00:22.517 --> 00:00:24.437 wearing these clothes in movies. 00:00:24.437 --> 00:00:25.997 - I don't like to admit it but I think there is 00:00:25.997 --> 00:00:28.937 this pressure on Asian-Americans to blend in. 00:00:28.937 --> 00:00:30.317 - I feel like I'm still trying to learn 00:00:30.317 --> 00:00:32.650 to accept myself in America. 00:00:34.098 --> 00:00:35.653 I feel like it's going to emphasize 00:00:35.653 --> 00:00:39.753 my Chinese-ness and Asian-ness even more. 00:00:39.753 --> 00:00:42.354 I look like I'm from the past. 00:00:42.354 --> 00:00:44.414 - Getting looks and getting questions 00:00:44.414 --> 00:00:47.554 is something that I'm not looking forward to. 00:00:47.554 --> 00:00:50.594 This is something my grandpa would go to sleep in. 00:00:50.594 --> 00:00:53.456 - I'm expecting to have a lot of fun, to be honest. 00:00:53.456 --> 00:00:55.276 If I do see people wearing this, it's definitely 00:00:55.276 --> 00:00:58.676 on some kind of holiday, like Chinese New Year. 00:00:58.676 --> 00:01:00.396 I can't stop looking at people, this is crazy. 00:01:00.396 --> 00:01:02.036 - My mom would be very happy 00:01:02.036 --> 00:01:04.076 to see me in these clothes right now. 00:01:04.076 --> 00:01:06.017 I'm about to go out into the outside world 00:01:06.017 --> 00:01:07.717 and we're about to get some Dim Sum. 00:01:07.717 --> 00:01:08.717 - You look so pretty! 00:01:08.717 --> 00:01:10.017 - [Voiceover] Oh, cutie! 00:01:10.017 --> 00:01:12.928 - So many people actually are complimenting me on this. 00:01:12.928 --> 00:01:14.590 I don't know if they're just trying to be nice. 00:01:14.590 --> 00:01:16.294 - It actually feels really nice though 00:01:16.294 --> 00:01:19.614 with the wind and the air and just walking down the street. 00:01:19.614 --> 00:01:21.295 - And there's also someone staring from a car 00:01:21.295 --> 00:01:23.756 like they're like, but smiling. 00:01:23.756 --> 00:01:25.236 - There was one guy, I noticed, 00:01:25.236 --> 00:01:26.696 who's taking a lot of pictures, 00:01:26.696 --> 00:01:28.696 right there, I don't know if you can see him. 00:01:28.696 --> 00:01:29.576 It was crazy. 00:01:29.576 --> 00:01:32.176 I'm about to pick up my girlfriend for lunch. 00:01:32.176 --> 00:01:34.216 She was pretty surprised. 00:01:34.216 --> 00:01:36.596 She thought it was a prank, I think. 00:01:36.596 --> 00:01:37.596 - What's up? 00:01:41.721 --> 00:01:43.388 - [Voiceover] Hello? 00:01:48.164 --> 00:01:49.424 - I have to hold this up 00:01:49.424 --> 00:01:51.344 and then I also have get this sleeve 00:01:51.344 --> 00:01:52.189 when I wipe. 00:01:52.189 --> 00:01:54.170 I don't get shit on my outfit. 00:01:54.170 --> 00:01:55.350 - These are my coworkers. 00:01:55.350 --> 00:01:57.030 Give me your first impressions. 00:01:57.030 --> 00:01:58.431 - All of a sudden, you were behind me, 00:01:58.431 --> 00:02:00.952 so I was like, "Oh my gosh, what are you, a ninja?" 00:02:00.952 --> 00:02:03.012 And I don't think it was because you were wearing the red 00:02:03.012 --> 00:02:06.460 but maybe that was part of why I made this absurd comment. 00:02:06.460 --> 00:02:07.753 - And then we just called her out on it. 00:02:07.753 --> 00:02:08.619 (laughs) 00:02:08.619 --> 00:02:10.490 - [Voiceover] Do I look more Asian? 00:02:10.490 --> 00:02:13.832 - You do, you look a lot more Asian but I think it's great. 00:02:13.832 --> 00:02:14.665 (laughs) 00:02:14.665 --> 00:02:16.275 - I'm super into it actually. 00:02:16.275 --> 00:02:19.009 Like you're going to an event vibe, like fancy event. 00:02:19.009 --> 00:02:21.890 - You might look like a man from the '60s going to bed. 00:02:21.890 --> 00:02:23.550 - A nice Hugh Hefner. 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:25.383 - So, I just did yoga. 00:02:29.071 --> 00:02:31.032 - I thought it was interesting because it started a dialogue 00:02:31.032 --> 00:02:33.371 about where you come from and your parents and, 00:02:33.371 --> 00:02:34.311 - That's true. 00:02:34.311 --> 00:02:35.271 - and your lineage and stuff. 00:02:35.271 --> 00:02:36.512 So I thought it was interesting. 00:02:36.512 --> 00:02:38.932 - I'm proud to be Asian but it's just exhausting 00:02:38.932 --> 00:02:43.132 having to wear my identity on my sleeve like this. 00:02:43.132 --> 00:02:45.652 - When I first put on the outfit and I was driving, 00:02:45.652 --> 00:02:47.992 I felt like a lot of people were staring at me. 00:02:47.992 --> 00:02:49.492 I just felt self conscious. 00:02:49.492 --> 00:02:51.412 - In a way it made me face 00:02:51.412 --> 00:02:52.768 and address my Asian-ness head on, 00:02:52.768 --> 00:02:54.588 like in a very physical way. 00:02:54.588 --> 00:02:55.868 - I think people's positive reactions 00:02:55.868 --> 00:02:57.748 really validated me wearing the outfit 00:02:57.748 --> 00:03:00.048 and it helped my confidence. 00:03:00.048 --> 00:03:02.448 - Someone asked me, "Oh, does everyone in China 00:03:02.448 --> 00:03:03.768 "wear stuff like this?" 00:03:03.768 --> 00:03:06.909 It made me realize that not everybody understands 00:03:06.909 --> 00:03:08.289 like, how Asia works. 00:03:08.289 --> 00:03:09.629 - The other Asian people that saw me 00:03:09.629 --> 00:03:11.169 really lit up and was like 00:03:11.169 --> 00:03:13.369 "Hey, there's an Asian person representing." 00:03:13.369 --> 00:03:15.869 - It's really important to think about 00:03:15.869 --> 00:03:18.629 your place as an Asian-American. 00:03:18.629 --> 00:03:20.169 - By the end of it, I felt kind of cool 00:03:20.169 --> 00:03:22.029 and I felt proud to be wearing it. 00:03:22.029 --> 00:03:23.370 - It was a really fun experience. 00:03:23.370 --> 00:03:24.850 I think I would definitely do it again. 00:03:24.850 --> 00:03:26.110 - Just wear whatever you want 00:03:26.110 --> 00:03:27.350 as long as you're like holding yourself 00:03:27.350 --> 00:03:29.151 and being confident in it, it's all good. 00:03:29.151 --> 00:03:30.851 - Remember when your mom dressed you 00:03:30.851 --> 00:03:32.871 and just said you looked like a China boss. 00:03:32.871 --> 00:03:34.412 - [Voiceover] Yeah, I just sent her a photo, 00:03:34.412 --> 00:03:35.513 she's going to love it.