Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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let's talk about the assimil-asians

(correction: ajumma means 'aunt', halmeoni means 'grandma')

edited by Danae O.

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TikToks used:

Madeline (first TikTok): tiktok.com/t/ZTMofGcfS

Madeline's second TikTok: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPN6vG

Ed's response to Madeline: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPY1xG

Soogia's response to Madeline: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPRv1D

Korean Vegan's response to Madeline: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPFEra

Eunnuri Lee on 'sushi face': tiktok.com/@eunnuri_lee/video/7569445982597893389?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7529225681584178743

Eunnuri on mixed Asians being excluded: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPd3GU

yaparoni critiques Soogia: tiktok.com/t/ZTMo5vpGd

The Korean Vegan's take: tiktok.com/t/ZTMoPFEra

princess.paul's breakdown: tiktok.com/t/ZTMo54Pxt

ajummadumpling on generation gaps: tiktok.com/t/ZTMouL7J6

articles linked:

My Asian Voice, "The Asian American Vote in the 2024 Presidential Election" myasianvoice.com/the-asian-american-vote-in-the-2024-presidential-election

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, "Asian Americans Got Played on Affirmative Action" advancingjustice-aajc.org/news/asian-americans-got-played-affirmative-action

Rodriguez, Dylan. (2024). "How the Stop Asian Hate Movement Became Entwined with Zionism, Policing, and Counterinsurgency." Critical Ethnic Studies Journal. criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2024/4/10/how-the-stop-asian-hate-movement-became-entwined-with-zionism-policing-and-counterinsurgency

00:00 introduction
06:56 it gets infuriating
12:14 the boba liberals chime in
21:19 aligning with white supremacy
25:12 boba liberalism
29:46 embarrassing
34:33 how white people treat Asian food
38:26 lingering is way worse than side eye
41:03 the korean vegan chimes in
46:04 normalizing racism
51:48 the colonial politics of Asian America
57:00 the generation gap
1:02:05 wasians vs. asians
1:05:06 madeline addresses the controversy
1:07:55 the model minority myth won't save you
1:13:48 conclusion: you all lied