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Kelly Marie Tran walking the Oscars red carpet in her Schiaparelli Couture dress, 02/09/20

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when you havin pho for christmas dinner

Fuck this is so positive and I love it

THIS IS SO CUTE

every year i see this and every year i love tommy a lot more than i already do which is crazy

My fave Christmas video

when you havin pho for christmas dinner

Fuck this is so positive and I love it

THIS IS SO CUTE

every year i see this and every year i love tommy a lot more than i already do which is crazy

You know what’s so annoying to me? That South East Asians are viewed as “the bad guys” when they’re self hating of their race because they wish to be East Asian. I understand that it’s an issue to want to be another race but it’s also an issue when someone grows up feeling like their own race is “less desirable” and “less worthy”.

 I grew up in a dominantly Vietnamese area and nearly the entire younger Vietnamese generation had some form of internalized racism for themselves. People would compliment each other and tell them they look Japanese or Korean but never Vietnamese. “Looking Vietnamese” was an insult. People would mock Vietnamese accents and speak in Vietnamese with an exaggerated accent as a joke as if it was just some sort of cheap party trick to get people to laugh at them. So much of the younger generation would mock and degrade their own culture by bashing on it all the time. People will post up V-pop videos and laugh at them and call them “wannabe K-pop” even though it’s just pop music in another language. 

I grew up with guys talking about how they don’t want a Vietnamese girl but they’d want a Korean or Japanese girl. I had a friend who would rank Asians by tier and he put Vietnamese in the lowest tier because we were ugly and boring wannabes. Don’t tell me that hearing these things wouldn’t form internalized hatred for your own culture. 

 I’m only using Vietnamese as an example because I am Vietnamese and I grew up in a dominantly Vietnamese area but I’m 100% sure that these things occur in other younger SE Asian generations as well. I hear and see all these younger SE Asians mock or put down their own cultures because they grew up feeling like their race isn’t valued or beautiful. So the next time you feel like attacking someone for being upset that they’re SE Asian maybe THINK a little and realize that SE Asians are placed so below E Asians that it really takes a toll on someone’s perspective and self esteem.

shout out to the vietnamese kids named phuc, dam, bich, son, dat, nga and so much more for enduring the namecalling and jokes about your name; you’re strong and beautiful.

& đông and dủng

lemme tell yall, my mom came to america when she was around 4 y/o and went to school in america and the white kids made jokes about her name becus her name was MyDung. when she was old enough she changed her legal name to a more “acceptable” one becus she was afraid it wouldnt b seen professional in america. she was too embarrassed to say her name out loud. when she did have to, she’d say it quietly. ever since i was a kid i would notice her behavior when ppl asked her name. so yeah fuckin SHOUTOUT to vietnamese kids w/ vietnamese names who get teased, yall amazing

Alright, this post has been going around and I think it’s high time for a lesson in Vietnamese. People who tease foreigners about their names, sit the fuck down and let me show you what those names mean.

_ “Phúc” (Phuc) means phúc đức, phúc hậu, hạnh phúc - kindness, merit and happiness.  _ “Đam”, “Đàm” (Dam) mean yên tĩnh, yên lòng, an tâm - tranquility, calmness, relief. _ “Bích” (Bich) means ngọc bích, ngọc lục bảo - emerald, jade (can be understood as both the color and the precious gemstones). _ “Sơn” (Son) means núi, mạnh mẽ và uy nghiêm như núi - mountains, as strong and majestic as the mountains. _ “Đạt” (Dat) means thành đạt, vẻ vang - success, honor, glory. _ “Nga” (Nga) means xinh đẹp, tốt đẹp - beauty, kindness. _ “Đông” (Dong) means mùa đông, hướng đông - winter, East. _ “Dũng” (Dung) means dũng mãnh, anh dũng - strength, power, bravery. _ “Dung” (Dung) means xinh đẹp, yêu kiều - beauty, elegance, grace.

Can you see it? Can you see how beautiful these names are? And you dare compare them to your vulgar profanities?

Names are extremely important in Vietnamese culture. They represent the virtues, qualities, characteristics that parents want their children to possess. They represent the hopes and dreams of Vietnamese parents. THEY REPRESENT A VERY HUMAN BEING.

WHEN YOU TEASE SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR NAME, YOU ARE NOT ONLY INSULTING THEM, YOU ARE MAKING THEM ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES, OF THEIR OWN NAME AND THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, EVEN THEIR OWN ORIGIN.

DO NOT MAKE FUN OF OUR PEOPLE, DO NOT MAKE FUN OF OUR LANGUAGE AND DO NOT MAKE FUN OF OUR CULTURE. 

“She’s [Lana Condor] so talented dramatically and comedically (…) My favorite part of the film is that she has these little isms, these little facial expressions throughout, and it’s just her reactions and like I could watch those all day. She’s so good.”   —Noah Centineo.

Dear non Asian (and non Vietnamese) people:

Bich is not pronounced bitch

Phuoc is not pronounced fuck

Nga is not pronounced like the anti-black slur 

Dung is not pronounced like dung as in poop

And so on. Please stop making fun of our names just because they look/sound similar to an inappropriate word in your language

Look how beautiful Miss Vietnam is omg. Fire bender Vietnamese queen. [x]