earlier immersed this year a video clip
went viral on the internet when
Professor Robert Kelly was on a Skype
live interview with BBC News suddenly
his kids marched into the room I started
to play with their dad in front of the
camera soon mom rushed in and took the
kids away well mainly in South netizens
were having a great laugh on this funny
moment someone left comments like oh
please let us know where if the nanny
was terminated after this interview or
born nanny
she’s so going to be fired after this
and I can’t stop thinking why did people
just naturally consider the mom a nanny
was it because she looks a little bit
panicking or because of well what she
was worrying or just because of her
Asian look well as an asian myself I
have confronted many awkwardly funny
moments like this since I went abroad
I remember that help me look all my
classmates face when we were having a
very challenging mathematics course well
he didn’t really know me that well back
then but just somehow assumed that I
must be in the expert on mathematics
well or I mean getting an A in
mathematics is well exactly what I do
you know cuz we’re Asians
I also remember that guy I met for the
first time said to me e where are you
from
oh you’re from China Oh
can you cook for me okay well I later
realized it was supposed to be a pick-up
line right and that finally explains the
sticky handshake strange thing I didn’t
occur to him back then that I might know
cool fool as well and I certainly
remember that killing question people
just ask me hundreds of times ever since
they know my country of origin really do
you eat dogs in China as I was sick and
tired of such encounters I started to
wonder why and then I realized well this
is not only concerning Asian people
people from other places we have to face
the similar issues as well for instance
and Spanish people are often asked if
they can dance flamenco and I’m sure
Finnish people are frustrated by
explaining over and over again that well
not all the Finns are alcoholics you
don’t speak Russian actually and there
is no polar bears just walking on the
streets in Finland
so imagine why there are there only a
few labels available for people even
though there are billions of inhabitants
on planet earth well I thought about it
and the first reason I think is as a
product of identity we me and you the US
and Burma the self and the other
mutually construct see each other and
are often reduced and solidified
therefore when there is an encounter but
who in the south and the other it is
somehow natural for us to label each
other
a second reason is these labels are
simple vivid and easily recognized
something like this so instead of
individual personalities we tend to take
a snapshot of people for instance based
on their appearance or national
identities and then we label others by
using this snapshots which are also
known as stereotypes when you try to
google who are the things this is shown
on Wikipedia are you actually trying to
read the text how lovely of you because
just a very friendly reminder this is
only the very first paragraph of the
description so apparently it is quite
difficult to understand everything
within short time no mention to
memorizing them on the contrary when you
see these images hmm who else can do
possibly remind you of this is probably
why these images folk hide the Finnish
national emojis are launched as by this
is Finland among other problems of Serio
types one of them is the generalized
images are let’s say not always up to
date some years ago I was invited to
attend an event as to finish casino
where they wanted to celebrate Chinese
New Year just don’t take it wrong well I
don’t gamble at all I was just
merely curious of well casinos of course
and this very event
I mean why and how I finished casino is
going to celebrate our new year right
thanks what pretty ok at the beginning
of my very first trip to a casino I mean
they decorated part of the interior in
them was their traditional Chinese way
and prepared tasty Chinese foods
everything was ok but when to finish
waiter showed up everybody froze I see
that every single Chinese guest was
trying to stare at him but try not to do
that at the same time this is simply
something one cannot unsee without
exaggerating anything to wait her back
then near the casino looks just like
this he dressed like this wore strange
makeup I mean including the moustache
and the pixel and he had the similar
look just like this well I kind of
understand the look actually I mean
anybody who is asked you what dressed
like this cannot look happy what I
didn’t understand is why why would
anyone want to well we’re ridiculous
costume and makeup like this it took me
quite a while and then I think I can
only assume that the casino well maybe
they wanted to show some hospitality by
utilizing their limited knowledge about
China and a typical Chinese image to
them will happen to be fool Manchu in
case you don’t know yet he is a Chinese
version of Professor Moriarty
mr. evil
who was actually created almost a
hundred years ago by D westeners and
that night I guess every single Chinese
guest just had this question to the
casino do we Chinese people
look like this to you so just like this
little by little people start to realize
well maybe it is not appropriate to
label others by using negative
stereotypes especially after they have
experienced this themselves and then you
may ask well then how about the you know
the positive stereotypes the good ones
well here is one example one day I was
having a discussion with my friends on
how cultural differences may give an
impact on a relationships and then a
Nigerian guy complained that well people
here always see him as a sex machine and
then everybody in the room was laughing
and another guy just asked him dude
isn’t it a good thing you’re saying this
as if it is sweet burden to you or
something and then the Nigerian guy
answered disappointedly no not really
I would rather want people to know more
about me another example comes from the
2016 Academy Awards well the house was
complaining about no black people being
nominated for an Oscar or something he
introduced a three Asian kids who were
according to him the most dedicated
accurate and hard-working
representatives from an accounting
company and then he added
it’s okay well if anyone’s upset about
that joke just tweet about it on your
phone which was also made by these kids
many people were upset because Asian
people nearly became a stereotype of
smartness and a reference to child labor
these examples just show that it is not
always a pleasant feeling to be
generalized even sometimes it seems like
you’re given a positive image because
for safa this is not you the so-called
positive third type they still
generalize you and they’re still
characteristics people imagine about you
and usually when people look at you in a
stereotypical way they tend to lose the
interest on finding out who you really
are and once they realize you’re
different from their imagination people
would always say well you’re not like
your typical Chinese I’m finished and
they get really disappointed therefore
even though the Finnish national emojis
are really adorable just imagine what
kind of a message they might send to
people when you see while these the
images the Finnish love a finished
famous bus stop and my personal favorite
the Finnish way of happiness secondly
positive fear types are still a showcase
of condescending judgments such as one
of my European friends once told me from
the bottom of her heart oh you’re like
the coolest Asian I’ve ever known I
think she probably means that
I’m different from a typical Asian I
probably am more outgoing than she
expected and I make jokes I speak fluent
English I told her I have never eaten a
dog in my life and most importantly I
don’t take photos 24/7 everywhere as
they imagined in real life people are
all individuals and are all different
meanwhile we’re not that different from
one another who said only Asian Therese
hold the copyright of taking lots of
photos and it doesn’t matter if the
stereotypes are positive or negative
they still reduce people to a feel
simple and the essential characteristics
and symbolically fixed boundaries
between people so why don’t we just drop
the labels and be ourselves there is one
thing we should always remind ourselves
the label you put on others doesn’t even
show 1% of who they are but a hundred
percent of who you are thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
went viral on the internet when
Professor Robert Kelly was on a Skype
live interview with BBC News suddenly
his kids marched into the room I started
to play with their dad in front of the
camera soon mom rushed in and took the
kids away well mainly in South netizens
were having a great laugh on this funny
moment someone left comments like oh
please let us know where if the nanny
was terminated after this interview or
born nanny
she’s so going to be fired after this
and I can’t stop thinking why did people
just naturally consider the mom a nanny
was it because she looks a little bit
panicking or because of well what she
was worrying or just because of her
Asian look well as an asian myself I
have confronted many awkwardly funny
moments like this since I went abroad
I remember that help me look all my
classmates face when we were having a
very challenging mathematics course well
he didn’t really know me that well back
then but just somehow assumed that I
must be in the expert on mathematics
well or I mean getting an A in
mathematics is well exactly what I do
you know cuz we’re Asians
I also remember that guy I met for the
first time said to me e where are you
from
oh you’re from China Oh
can you cook for me okay well I later
realized it was supposed to be a pick-up
line right and that finally explains the
sticky handshake strange thing I didn’t
occur to him back then that I might know
cool fool as well and I certainly
remember that killing question people
just ask me hundreds of times ever since
they know my country of origin really do
you eat dogs in China as I was sick and
tired of such encounters I started to
wonder why and then I realized well this
is not only concerning Asian people
people from other places we have to face
the similar issues as well for instance
and Spanish people are often asked if
they can dance flamenco and I’m sure
Finnish people are frustrated by
explaining over and over again that well
not all the Finns are alcoholics you
don’t speak Russian actually and there
is no polar bears just walking on the
streets in Finland
so imagine why there are there only a
few labels available for people even
though there are billions of inhabitants
on planet earth well I thought about it
and the first reason I think is as a
product of identity we me and you the US
and Burma the self and the other
mutually construct see each other and
are often reduced and solidified
therefore when there is an encounter but
who in the south and the other it is
somehow natural for us to label each
other
a second reason is these labels are
simple vivid and easily recognized
something like this so instead of
individual personalities we tend to take
a snapshot of people for instance based
on their appearance or national
identities and then we label others by
using this snapshots which are also
known as stereotypes when you try to
google who are the things this is shown
on Wikipedia are you actually trying to
read the text how lovely of you because
just a very friendly reminder this is
only the very first paragraph of the
description so apparently it is quite
difficult to understand everything
within short time no mention to
memorizing them on the contrary when you
see these images hmm who else can do
possibly remind you of this is probably
why these images folk hide the Finnish
national emojis are launched as by this
is Finland among other problems of Serio
types one of them is the generalized
images are let’s say not always up to
date some years ago I was invited to
attend an event as to finish casino
where they wanted to celebrate Chinese
New Year just don’t take it wrong well I
don’t gamble at all I was just
merely curious of well casinos of course
and this very event
I mean why and how I finished casino is
going to celebrate our new year right
thanks what pretty ok at the beginning
of my very first trip to a casino I mean
they decorated part of the interior in
them was their traditional Chinese way
and prepared tasty Chinese foods
everything was ok but when to finish
waiter showed up everybody froze I see
that every single Chinese guest was
trying to stare at him but try not to do
that at the same time this is simply
something one cannot unsee without
exaggerating anything to wait her back
then near the casino looks just like
this he dressed like this wore strange
makeup I mean including the moustache
and the pixel and he had the similar
look just like this well I kind of
understand the look actually I mean
anybody who is asked you what dressed
like this cannot look happy what I
didn’t understand is why why would
anyone want to well we’re ridiculous
costume and makeup like this it took me
quite a while and then I think I can
only assume that the casino well maybe
they wanted to show some hospitality by
utilizing their limited knowledge about
China and a typical Chinese image to
them will happen to be fool Manchu in
case you don’t know yet he is a Chinese
version of Professor Moriarty
mr. evil
who was actually created almost a
hundred years ago by D westeners and
that night I guess every single Chinese
guest just had this question to the
casino do we Chinese people
look like this to you so just like this
little by little people start to realize
well maybe it is not appropriate to
label others by using negative
stereotypes especially after they have
experienced this themselves and then you
may ask well then how about the you know
the positive stereotypes the good ones
well here is one example one day I was
having a discussion with my friends on
how cultural differences may give an
impact on a relationships and then a
Nigerian guy complained that well people
here always see him as a sex machine and
then everybody in the room was laughing
and another guy just asked him dude
isn’t it a good thing you’re saying this
as if it is sweet burden to you or
something and then the Nigerian guy
answered disappointedly no not really
I would rather want people to know more
about me another example comes from the
2016 Academy Awards well the house was
complaining about no black people being
nominated for an Oscar or something he
introduced a three Asian kids who were
according to him the most dedicated
accurate and hard-working
representatives from an accounting
company and then he added
it’s okay well if anyone’s upset about
that joke just tweet about it on your
phone which was also made by these kids
many people were upset because Asian
people nearly became a stereotype of
smartness and a reference to child labor
these examples just show that it is not
always a pleasant feeling to be
generalized even sometimes it seems like
you’re given a positive image because
for safa this is not you the so-called
positive third type they still
generalize you and they’re still
characteristics people imagine about you
and usually when people look at you in a
stereotypical way they tend to lose the
interest on finding out who you really
are and once they realize you’re
different from their imagination people
would always say well you’re not like
your typical Chinese I’m finished and
they get really disappointed therefore
even though the Finnish national emojis
are really adorable just imagine what
kind of a message they might send to
people when you see while these the
images the Finnish love a finished
famous bus stop and my personal favorite
the Finnish way of happiness secondly
positive fear types are still a showcase
of condescending judgments such as one
of my European friends once told me from
the bottom of her heart oh you’re like
the coolest Asian I’ve ever known I
think she probably means that
I’m different from a typical Asian I
probably am more outgoing than she
expected and I make jokes I speak fluent
English I told her I have never eaten a
dog in my life and most importantly I
don’t take photos 24/7 everywhere as
they imagined in real life people are
all individuals and are all different
meanwhile we’re not that different from
one another who said only Asian Therese
hold the copyright of taking lots of
photos and it doesn’t matter if the
stereotypes are positive or negative
they still reduce people to a feel
simple and the essential characteristics
and symbolically fixed boundaries
between people so why don’t we just drop
the labels and be ourselves there is one
thing we should always remind ourselves
the label you put on others doesn’t even
show 1% of who they are but a hundred
percent of who you are thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
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