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Asian Enough: Jenny Yang

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Los Angeles Times

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4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A conversation with comedian and writer Jenny Yang about giving ourselves permission to create, her past life as a labor organizer and how growing up among other Asian Americans taught her she could do it all.

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0:00.0

From the Los Angeles Times, this is Asian Enough.

0:07.9

Each week on this podcast, we talk to one Asian American guest about the joys, the complications,

0:13.8

and everything else that comes along with being an Asian American.

0:17.5

I'm one of your hosts, Tracy Brown.

0:20.0

And I'm your other host, Jenny Amato.

0:23.0

Today we are joined by my friend Jenny Yang, the actor, writer, comedian, and roused

0:28.7

about, according to a delightful internet video in which she interviews the quote-unquote

0:34.0

Asian Magic Mike.

0:35.9

Jenny is currently a writer for HBO Max's Gurdita Chronicles, about a Dominican family

0:41.1

that moves to Miami in the 80s.

0:43.9

Last year, Jenny launched Comedy Crossing, a hit stand-up comedy show held inside the

0:48.6

adorable world of the Animal Crossing video game.

0:51.8

Since June of 2020, the show has raised nearly $40,000 for Black Lives Matter and other

0:56.9

mutual-lade causes.

0:58.5

You can find Jenny on the internet, talking about important issues like representation, voting

1:03.0

rights, allyship, anti-Asian hate, and Asian American excellence.

1:08.0

Excellence!

1:10.2

I really hope that we continue to not give a fuck and just demand our space.

1:16.0

You know what I mean?

1:17.3

We need to stop self-sensoring, stop asking for permission, give ourselves the permission

1:24.6

to pitch the stories we want to see, make the things we want to make, and to accept

1:31.0

nothing less.

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