Does America need more Asians? Yes, we do! Ronny Chieng, a Chinese comedian and actor (Crazy Rich Asians) with a law degree from Australia, explained why on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last month. “We are the only objective referees in your ongoing race war between white and black people. Because you don’t care about us and we don’t care about any of you. No. no. So you can trust us….There’s no agenda. There’s no reason to lie because we don’t care.”
He looks confident when he makes such sweeping statements. His blunt attitude makes people laugh.
Ronny continues: “We need an Asian president. Man or Woman. Get that Asian President in the White House. We will fix this place in a week!”
True! Asians can do that! (See the photo of me with Andrew Yang next.)
Watch his comedy. I enjoyed his jokes. I liked his Starbuck’s joke. The audience loved it. So did Jimmy Fallon. Thanks to his jokes, my exhausted and frustrated Asian brain was rebooted.
While 60% of the global population is Asian, Asians are only 5.6% of the US population. Despite the professional and academic achievement, Asian Americans are very underrepresented. Why so? I will explain more in the next blog.
Here is the photo of me with Andrew Yang, a 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate and the founder of Venture for America. Andrew stopped by Minneapolis on a very cold night in January. A handful of people of all ages gathered to listen to his innovative policy proposals.