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What Do I Mean By Adjecent · Asian Adjacent

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  Speaker 1: So someone asked me about the name of the show
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  Speaker 1: Asian adjacent. They didn't. And it's not that they were like,
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  Speaker 1: it's not a dumb question or anything. There's just like
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  Speaker 1: they're not used to the word adjacent, or they kind
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  Speaker 1: of know it, but they're not really used to that.
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  Speaker 1: And then just if they do know the word of Jason,
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  Speaker 1: they're thinking, what does this mean in general for me,
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  Speaker 1: James Lott Junior, who is not Asian, And I said myself,
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  Speaker 1: which I actually do have Asian in me in my
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  Speaker 1: DNA I do have. I took a DNA test and
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  Speaker 1: have some, but no, like I explained on the show,
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  Speaker 1: for I was raised by Asian some Asian folks. I
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  Speaker 1: have an Asian mom, an Asian dad. They like my godparents.
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  Speaker 1: They raid co raised me. So I was fully embraced.
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  Speaker 1: I have cousins who are half Asian, grandchildren are a
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  Speaker 1: part Asian, so and living in Los Angeles are going
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  Speaker 1: you have just a lot of Asian people in my life.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's why I said, if I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: do a show, I call it Asian adjacent. And basically
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  Speaker 1: what that means is that I am talking very specifically
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  Speaker 1: about my religationship to Asian culture and Asian things. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm not claiming to be Asian myself. Basically, I'm saying
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  Speaker 1: I have a genuine, longstanding connection to Asian people, culture, entertainment, food, traditions,
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  Speaker 1: communities that have become a important part of my life. I
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  Speaker 1: talk about my Asian friends, Asian colleagues. I've spent significant
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  Speaker 1: times in Asian Throughout these these episodes, You're gonna find
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  Speaker 1: all this stuff out. I've spent spending time on the
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  Speaker 1: Asian communities. I enjoyed discussing Asian films, TV shows, movie, music, food,
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  Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. I appreciate respect Asian cultures.
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  Speaker 1: I'm interested, continually interested and learning, rather than claiming ownership.
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  Speaker 1: I have been influenced by Asian experiences in very meaningful
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  Speaker 1: ways that I've shared on here, an opportunity to share
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  Speaker 1: on here. I am not speaking on behalf of all
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  Speaker 1: Asian people. I'm not expert on everything in Asian culture.
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  Speaker 1: I literally coming from my perspective as a guy who
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  Speaker 1: was raised with it, giving my perspective, just adding to
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  Speaker 1: the conversation, and it's almost all positive stuff. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: just kind of showing that this I have appreciation. I
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  Speaker 1: am not trying to appropriate or I'm studies my appreciation
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  Speaker 1: for it and it's in my life. Now. Just give
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  Speaker 1: another perspective, you see it. There's there's there's Asian podcasts
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  Speaker 1: by Asians of different kinds. There's an a racial podcast,
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  Speaker 1: but it's one. It's just one. It's basically a black
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  Speaker 1: guy who grew up in Asian culture and it's just
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  Speaker 1: talking about it in the ways that he went through
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  Speaker 1: it from the seventies until now. I am coming from
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  Speaker 1: a place of curiosity. I'm coming from a place of conversation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not lecturing, and that's what I'm trying to do here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to just explore, you know, the culture as
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  Speaker 1: I'm as I'm here. So that's what this really means,
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  Speaker 1: and I hope it comes to me. I have people
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  Speaker 1: who are Asian on my shows. We talk about the different, past, present, future.
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  Speaker 1: I'm here to be a place, a safe space for
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  Speaker 1: Asians to come on and talk about experiences. It's I
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  Speaker 1: like to have more come on. I love that, and
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  Speaker 1: it's just it's some of them are authors, one of
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  Speaker 1: them were spoken word people. They they're sort of their music.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just I'm bringing it. I'm bringing it
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  Speaker 1: all to you through through I'm the conduit for it.
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  Speaker 1: So that's just what I'm doing. And I hope you
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  Speaker 1: guys It's been a fun podcast and I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I'm honoring my late godmother, which every every show is
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  Speaker 1: dedicated to Wendy Hayakawa. It's like that's just it's every
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  Speaker 1: show which she was still here. It's yeah, every show
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  Speaker 1: is dedicated to her. So to all, to everybody out there,
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  Speaker 1: I hope you enjoy the show, and there's any topics
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  Speaker 1: or questions you have for me, please continue out to me.
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  Speaker 1: I will answer him. I'm James, like Junior. Talk to
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  Speaker 1: you next time.