012: Growing up Asian and American

Proxy

For the season one finale of Proxy, we go over our background as Asian-Americans and how it affected our adolescence and shaped the way we are today.

Ice Breaker

• Do people even know our background? (2:17)
  • Bernard talks about being Filipino-American (3:15)
  • Sidney talks about being Chinese-American (6:00)

Self-Awareness

• Ashamed of being Filipino (8:40)
  • Assimilating and subcultures (12:40)
• Ethnicity and Education (19:15)
• Being a minority in the startup world (22:10)
  • Do you have more of a responsibility as an Asian-American entrepreneur? (25:21)
• How does an Asian-American get away with going to art school? (27:00)
  • Deciding to study art changed Sidney's life (30:15)
• Knowing nothing about photography and art history (31:35)
• Ethnicity and the art of the self-portait (35:30)

Why Does This Even Matter?

• Is it weird to talk about this out loud? (41:37)
• This topic is too important to not talk about it (43:50)

Finally

• Asian-American or American? (45:28)
  • Bernard's answer (45:36)
  • Sidney's answer (48:03)
• What's your opinion? (56:56)

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