I don't understand the oddity in it. Maybe you have to be American.
I'm not quite sure why this is prejudiced. Minority communities trend towards either a unique accent or more neutral national accents.
Moreover there are more things that go into picking up one's accent than just location. We just tend to associate them with places. The assumption that would make this racist probably comes from a misunderstanding of what accents are more than anything else.
Plenty of white and black people from the south do not possess what people think of as the "standard" southern accent.
The accent isn't odd. The fact that there is a Chinese community in this random part of Mississippi, and that they have there own style of Chinese cuisine, is. That's the interesting part to me.
Chinese Peepul? In Mississipeeeh? What in tarnation? Not my Murica...
I'm just giving you shit
I used to find it odd when Aussie Chinese would speak with perfect accents. Then I spending time with them it became normal to me and I don't have such prejudices anymore.
My ex is Thai with a British accent.
Why wouldnt white ppl sell to black ppl? Do they hate money?
I've been thinking this since the other thread and the thread I saw on reddit, but the way y'all talk about their accents make me uncomfortable.
Like, you're all doing exactly what the old lady at the end says her neighbors keep doing to her. I get that people already fetishize accents, but it's the weird combination with race that makes me feel some type of way...
"check out these CHINESE speaking like dem funny SOUTHERN FOLKS" is the vibe I keep getting, you feel me?
Don't you guys find it heartbreaking? They way this lady's families and others have been living in the same place for more than a century, 100+ god damn years, and people are still going, "check out these foreigners speaking like we do"?
I guess I'm just trying to say, it's a bummer to see the very things mentioned in the video repeatedly reinforced online by replies to said video.
Reminds me of that American country singer who a black guy that I always thought was a white dude until my mate showed me a pic of him.
Blew my mind when it happened
I find it really strange that people from a multi cultural nation find this strange. What other accent are people from an area they have lived their entire life suppose to have.
They're American and they sound American.
Oh come on, name me one time Asian Americans weren't treated like Americans.asian americans arent percieved as real americans. they will always be "different." stay woke
Oh come on, name me one time Asian Americans weren't treated like Americans.
Oh come on, name me one time Asian Americans weren't treated like Americans.
Sounds so good.They had me at "Southern-style Chinese food".
Jesus christ the lack of perspective some of you have. FFS accents are based on where you're from, there's nothing fascinating about a family in the South having southern accents. Remind me of those dudes online who go "Oh....well you don't sound black."
Oh come on, name me one time Asian Americans weren't treated like Americans.
Oh for fucks sake some of you need to go find a fucking hobby. So a few gaffers found it cool to see the accent from families that migrated there decades ago.
The fuck does this even mean?Don't break your fucking arm patting yourself on the back for being above it all
That's nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEm2HoswmgA
Chinese man speaking Patois.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YW3TmlslGo
Chinese Jamaicans.
My father's best friend is a Chinese Jamaican and my grandfather's father was a Chinese Jamaican.
The fuck does this even mean?
In short: Quit with the "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS DIDNT EXPECT THAT" shit. And especially the thinly veiled "Yeah because all chinese people sound the same right guys?" shit. Its unneeded, and annoying.
Just as annoying as it is to asian american gaffers who get the "but where are you really from?" and "you don't sound asian at all" "you speak english perfectly" which falls in line with "omg chinese americans from the south with a southern accent! whudda thunk it!?" which is in this thread and it is just as annoying. but how would you know about that?
theres no need to quit anything just because you dont agree with it. mutha fuckas arent your servants. its a discussion forum.
This is awesome
Just as annoying as it is to asian american gaffers who get the "but where are you really from?" and "you don't sound asian at all" "you speak english perfectly" and the "omg chinese americans from the south with a southern accent! whudda thunk it!?" is just as annoying. and unneeded. but how would you know about that?
theres no need to quit anything just because you dont agree with it. mutha fuckas arent your servants. its a discussion forum.
Quit with the "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS DIDNT EXPECT THAT" shit.
I know plenty about it every time some smug asshole, or in worse cases a superior at work hits me with the "You don't sound black" "You are so well spoken" bullshit. But that's not what's happening to anyone here is it? Its people watching a video, seeing something for the first time and commenting. While people like you bug out and try to make connections to some shit that's not even happening.
But whatever, I'll speak on it as much as I please, like you said, discussion forum. Go ahead and let's see how many people want to spin the conversation off into an unrelated hypothetical. Good luck with that.
Careful now...
lol
please, its the same shit. why would anyone be shocked that someone who lived their whole lives in the south would have a southern accent.'oh cause they're asian. its ridiculous.
Quit with the "OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS DIDNT EXPECT THAT" shit. And especially the thinly veiled "Yeah because all chinese people sound the same right guys?" crap. Its unneeded, and annoying.
People saw a thing for a first time and thought it was cool, no ulterior motive or any other shit at all. You guys are the douche canoes standing at the entrance of the themepark shouting at everyone that looks up at the roller coasters in astonishment solely because "they should have expected that if they were going to a theme park!".
Basically, stop being so pissy and let people enjoy the god damned melting pot.
My Asian American friends say you can tell when someone is a first generation Asian American by their accent. Parental influence, I guess? I would assume that if you grew up somewhere, that's it. It doesn't take any longer to completely have the accent of your area.Its crazy how much where your family grows up through the generations effect your accent over whats honestly not a long time. Like I know if your family has lived somewhere for a century they are bound to end up sounding like their neighbors but its pretty interesting in regards to just how similar we actually are as people. Their voices sound like any black or white man found in the same area. I feel like there are way to many people that think accents are based on race for whatever reason. More people need to see this or meet people like this for a better understanding.
Its crazy how much where your family grows up through the generations effect your accent over whats honestly not a long time. Like I know if your family has lived somewhere for a century they are bound to end up sounding like their neighbors but its pretty interesting in regards to just how similar we actually are as people. Their voices sound like any black or white man found in the same area. I feel like there are way to many people that think accents are based on race for whatever reason. More people need to see this or meet people like this for a better understanding.