Ep. 42: Guys, How To Not Get Stuck In Anger?

Well this is timely! In the year that has come and gone since the start of Plan A, we’ve broached topics that have either been ignored or suppressed by the mainstream Asian American community. But it’s one thing to discuss them; it’s another to take positive actions to fix problems. So the question for discontent Asian American guys is: what steps are necessary to finally find a way out of the bog of anger that exists online and start improving our future? Oxford, Mark, Q, and Filip take a shot at answering this all-important question. Intro Song: "Work (Instrumental)" by The Quiett Intro Voice Track: Jeremy Lin's press conference, answering question by Kevin Kreider (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paSH0Ip9pcU) TWITTER: Oxford (@oxford_kondo) Mark (@snbatman) Q (@allyouneedis_q) Filip (@filipgwriting) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Ivan Krastev on European Meritocracy: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/opinion/the-rise-and-fall-of-european-meritocracy.html Hanh Nguyen's article on lack of Asian male characters in "To All The Boys I've Loved Before": https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-netflix-jenny-han-no-asian-male-love-interest-1201995975/ Vulture calls out "Master of None" for lack of non-white female love interests: http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/master-of-none-and-interracial-dating-on-tv.html Why Are Brown Men So Infatuated With White Women Onscreen?: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/imransiddiquee/why-are-brown-men-so-infatuated-with-white-women-onscreen Brown Men Have Reduced Brown Women To A Punchline: https://qz.com/india/1016554/aziz-ansari-hasan-minhaj-kumail-nanjiani-brown-actors-have-reduced-brown-women-to-a-punchline/ "Private Citizens" by Tony Tulathimutte: https://www.amazon.com/Private-Citizens-Novel-Tony-Tulathimutte/dp/0062399101 "The Dead Do Not Improve" by Jay Caspian Kang: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Do-Not-Improve-Novel/dp/0307953890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535338166&sr=1-1&keywords=dead+do+not+improve "The Hundred-Year Flood" by Matthew Salesses: https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Year-Flood-Matthew-Salesses/dp/1477829547