Tough Conversations

Conversations about difficult topics are never easy and easily avoidable. When you add in the hierarchical nature of many Asian cultures, this difficulty doubles. In this episode, we discuss our personal experience of talking to family members about topics ranging from racism and anti-blackness, to mental health and perspectives on Vietnamese colonialism. As you will hear, we are not great at doing it ourselves. However, our hope is that through this episode, you may hear similarities with discussions that you have avoided or tried to engage in, and then just maybe, learn something to kickstart those tough conversations again. TIMESTAMPS (1:13) "How open are you with your family?", January 26th (Invasion Day) (10:45) Cultural hierarchies and caring about our parents' opinions of us (18:17) Mental health in Asian cultures (18:46) Navigating politics, particularly Chinese politics with Jeff's parents, anti-CCP propaganda (22:36) Discussions of racism with our family, racism among minority groups (29:30) Coming to terms with our parents' views on French-Vietnamese colonialism (33:30) The biggest takeaway from this conversation and our take on how you can navigate these topics Have thoughts or concerns? Send us an email: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiam.podcast/ Visit our website: https://www.asiam.me/ Find us on: Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/as-i-am-podcast/id1506747439 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hw3zKWqz1eN2udaUvXDCX?si=0z2-K8j-TDmxBv_nfj2SnQ Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FzaWFtcG9kY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA As I Am