I had a Filipino friend who referred to Filipinos as Mexicans of the sea😂😂

I have to comment on this… In America, there are two predominant cultures: white and black. Being raised in the US, you will adapt to either. People need to chill. And yes, I am from the Bay Area. 😂

Right on, Fung Bros. I especially like how y’all picked a good cover photo for me. 😂 God bless ya’ll and STAY UP!

Mad love to that Asian brother ✊🏾and thank you for serving our country✌🏾

I'm half Japanese & half Chinese born the the Philippines, New Jersey raised. When approached by Filipinos they talk to me in Tagalog immediately. Japanese talk to me in Japanese. Chinese that approach me either talk to me in Mandarin (here in Japan) or Cantonese (when in the USA). One time I was mistaken for Laotian. In my army days people would get off saying I'm such a Jersey boy.

Bay Area Filipinos have been like this for decades.

I’m an old white boy and have always loved your channel. Great positive energy and lively banter.

2:00 Props to this filipino guy. He is a peaceful person. It's his character really he has respect for people everybody likes that

As a Black who grew up in Florida and now lives near D.C., I've never encountered an Asian that talks like that so, tbh, it would catch my attention (😍). But I definitely understand that it comes just as natural for them, just as it comes natural to some Blacks to "talk white".

Bay Area DJs are Filipino, E40 making lumpia, lol.... This isn't a surprise to a lot of us and it's long before social media.

I’m black and I get really pissed when people say I try to talk white - hell I’m from NJ!!

Not all Filipinos have the aeta bloodline , they were apparently the first known inhabitants of the Philippines but then the Malays and Indonesians came after , so now it's more a mixture of aetas , Malays and Indos then Spain and the last two that's more dominant . Don't forget we also traded with Chinese for a very long time before the Spaniards came , then lastly the Americans. Goodluck.

3:40 " he kinda looks like a really buff jeff staple " that had me weak ngl

I grew up going to elementary and middle school in the semi-hood with mostly blacks and Mexicans, so all the Asian and Filipino kids mostly talked like this as well. However, my parents sent me to Catholic school for HS, and there were STILL Filipino kids from wealthy families talking like this. That’s how I knew they were posers. Haha

Theo Mizuhara was the voice of the radio show "Love Lines" in San Francisco back in the day. His voice was mesmerizing.

If you grew up in a Black neighborhood you gonna just tend to talk like them.

Well the brotha's voice sounds like Tone Loc. So I'm thrown off too.

Im Filipino from The Bay. When I game on Xbox people immediately think I’m black cause of my deep voice and are surprised when I tell them I’m Filipino. I grew up in a Hood since I was 8 when My family moved out here. Many of us that immigrated in The United States in the 80’s started out in the hoods cause there were no other cheap places to live but in the hood. Many of my peers were bullied, beat up and robbed for being immigrant children in The Hood. So we had to adapt and get stronger and the only example of Strength in The streets that we were exposed to were the very people who bullied and Robbed us. Black people.

It just depends on where you grow up at and who you grew up around. My girl is Viet and grew up at a predominantly black school with mostly black friends. When she isn't in work mode, some people point out that she "sounds black"

You know it wasn't that long ago when people say to asian americans with no heavy accent... "Why are you talking like you're white?" because they expected you to have that FOB asian accent

This is America, gotta talk like Americans. Lol. Just learned how to adjust your tone and langauge when communicating with whomever to fit in.

I learned English growing up in Baltimore where my accent was not a problem until I moved to a neighborhood telling me I shouldn’t as an Asian use a “ghetto Baltimore accent.”

From Tampa area Florida. Black dude myself, "hood" asian is the norm here. It's like 3 categories. "Hood" asian, techno scene/break dance Asian, FOB; At least w/ the men that's about the only 3 cateogires you're getting here.

If you were born and/or raised in an urban environment (i.e. an environment with a high black population), then you have every justification for talking in a cadence representative of where you were brought up.

I can vouch for Adonis 100pct since I raised him.(I’m his mama😂)and even his mama talks like that. I agree with the comment that it’s not necessary just a bay area thing. I think he said that because it was the easiest way to explain without having to goi into logistics. I believe it’s your environment+the culture you grew up and immersed in. Adonis’s history is a little bit more complex. He identifies as Filipino but he also has a mix of Chinese and Caucasian as well. He grew up in SF with a melting pot influence. He’s always been surrounded not only by Filipinos but also by Afro -Americans as well since his mama’s best friends are blacks. We consider them his aunties and their children, his cousins. I’m sure it’s not even something he thinks about because it’s a natural development.. again of his history and environment😊

18:20 "Can the owners of Jollibee talk like this..?" Seriously funny shit 😂😂😂

Can vouch for that dude at the start. I'm one of em asians who grew up in a predominantly black area in the caribbean, nature vs nurture is one way to think about it but its a bit more than that, sometimes you kinda just have to adapt but it doesnt really "become part of you" out of habit, but because you take a shine to it. Its like going to a different country and speaking their language and being told "you speak good ____" and because it sounds cool to you, and it sounds impressive to everyone else, you adopt it and THEN it becomes habitual. So sometimes for some of us its a mix of nature and/or nurture as well as just social climate and the bits and pieces of it you take with you not because of nurture but simply because its appealing and its works. and thats one version of how you end up with someone such as myself who despite being asian, unless you met me you'd think im just some black dude, even bustin out the classic "whats good ma nigga" and everything, only of course to meet the people being like either "why you talk like that" or "you're appropriating" or "you cant use that word" and in reality, if they're worried about some ridiculous "pass" to say any of those things, i have like a million passes just from being raised in an environment where we all say it no matter what you look like. Its only strange when you live in a bubble, by choice or not. For people such as myself, you learn it, you adapt, you use it and if it feels natural for you, you either welcome it as part of you or you ditch it entirely if it aint your thing. Here no1 cares much "who's accent" it is, you just talk like it or you dont.

Im a Vietnamese dude from Houston. Outside of Cali and NY, we are probably the biggest melting pot in America. I grew up in the hood with, mostly, blacks and Hispanics. I don't sound like one of these Asians on TV because we are misrepresented on American media. There are all types of Asians from all walks of life. To me, i don't sound "black". I like to tell people im a lil Good & a lil Hood. I can sit down and have an intelligent conversation with a businessman/entrepreneur. And i can also sit down with a bunch of dudes from the hood and wouldnt nothin seem outta place.

How bout this.. yall can understand this like the black people who like anime

people dont get we all grew up with asian bruhs like this...especially Pinoy and Korean cats who grew up with us. And Be warned, these are also the asian bruhs who end up with black or latin wives too. Btw, you cant successfully talk like you a bruh or from the hood unless you grew up around those people ....you cant fake it, and if you do, we can tell. Same goes down in ATL where you got Viet women who talk like sistas who straight from around the way. It goes down like that.

It’s all about the environment you’re raised in. I grew up around more Black and White people than Asians and came around to hanging with them later on in life. Raise a Black person in an Asian country and they’ll adapt to that culture as well.

Theo was for sure one my idols! Growing up from Long Beach, California was definitely a challenge... I grew up in the hood and tried to grow out of it... from my experience majority of the people understand where i'm coming from but, occasionally you'll get those people who judges others... There is no pleasing those judges, there are a lot of close minded, uncultured, and or sheltered people out there! Some will say, "You ain't hood," and some will try to test you... Then there's the opposite who will say, "Why you trying to act Black?"... I really do believe it is environment related and not everyone has the same views and opinions... some people lack empathy, compassion, and understanding! People out here really acting like that movie "Malibu's Most Wanted"...

Funny how that Black dude is from the south which probably has a southern accent and yet doesnt stop and think how come a black dude from like LA talks differently than him.

Aetas were the first to populate the Philippine Islands and are closer to the people of New Guinea and aboriginal Australians. After the invention of outrigger boats Austronesians came later from Southern China down to Taiwan and then spread to Southeast Asia and as far as Madagscar and New Zealand. In a society that glorifies fair skin, most Filipinos do not want to inter-marry with Aetas because they are black and their children could be bullied at school for being dark skinned so those Filipinos living in the US who claim to be part black are ignorant. In fact, most Filipinos who were born and raised in the US are ignorant with some claiming to be pacific islanders or Spanish when they could just say southeast asian.

Very accurate talk

It's the love that we have for one another whether you're Asian, Indian, Black, Latino, White, Arab, Polynesian, Native American etc and not like what the Western mainstream media is trying to portray to the world 😊

In the Bay Area, Asians have always been involved in the hip-hop scene, which gives them more street cred, I suppose. I won’t even bring up any rappers or DJs, but just from radio/TV personalities alone, I can think of Rick Lee, Theo Mizuhara, Andy Kawanami, Franzen Wong, and many more.

Southeast Asians can "talk black". They grow up with us. East Asians? ehhh. They function more with white people most times. A lot of the time, you can tell Ebonics is something they're just trying out, they don't really talk like that. Shoutout to Southeast Asians🇱🇦🇰🇭🇵🇭🇻🇳🇹🇭

So, i grew up in East L.A. (City of East L.A., Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, & El Sereno) and i can say that this isn't just a "Bay Area" thing. And at first, when some hear asians talking like this i can see where it is a little off. Having grown up in ELA, you have a large mix of Chicanos & Asians, and until the end of the 1980s, African Americans (they collectively moved out of the area to form a stronger community on the west side). Historically speaking, going back to the 40s & 50s, Asians, Chicanos and African Americans intermixed. Especially in the 60s & 70s. Culturally, they amalgamated to each other's differences. But, from my experience, it was opposition by first generation immigrants that wanted to keep their culture intact that had opposition to this. While second generations would embrace the "cultural melting pot" and adopt the mannerisms of those around them to create the uniqueness that was/is ELA. This included talking like Homies, etc., because everyone was. This usually occurred after elementary school.

A lot of out of town people that come to California and are surprised to see Asian people talking like they are from the neighborhoods they are from. I'm currently living in Japan but I grew up in South Central L.A. and there are so many Asians there that have the street accents and yeah also in the Bay Area. Back in the days there was a famous Japanese American DJ on L.A. hip hop radio named Theo and he even appeared in some westcoast artists' music videos such as Dj Quik, Suga Free, 2pac etc.

Burlingame...you know Bay Area very well. 👍😆

This shit is so corny. People wanna put you in a box. Just be who you are 100% unapologetically. Who cares what people say.

In the Bay we talk, dance and function together a lil different. And we are proud AF of it!

you never know where someone grow up and people talk like their surroundings especially if the neighborhood culture is a stand in for home culture and can protect you from the wider world

I live in Louisiana and we identify Asians as 'Black-Asians', 'White-Asians', and then of course the 'Asian-Asians'.

There are 7 billion people, you can't control everybody. Hip-hop and black culture is global and too popular. As long as it's genuine and or you respect where you're getting your adopted culture from, it's cool. Get it how you live

You better not be talking back to ur Asian par… wait

Bruh.....ain't nobody heard of Tomoki "El Mexicanito" Kameda? A japanese boxer that literally speaks spanish so perfect you'd think he was Mexican.

Im Filipino people always ask if Im half black

WE WUZ KANGZ N SHIEET!

9:23 wow...that comment was deep...same factory. My mind just went blank

I remember watching Theo on MTV back in the day. He was a Vjay at the time when it was rare seeing Asian people on TV.

I'm so glad that I'm from California. It's such a melting pot that this is so normal where I'm from. We're all products of our environments, right? When I travelled to Louisiana for my friend's wedding, I met Asians with a southern accent or speaking "Cajun English". However, I don't agree with people adopting "black speak" or ebonics just to seem cool or marketable i.g. K-pop idols.

South Philly wassup! We just got quaked

5:40 Theo Mizuhara! Everyone knew he was Japanese. Just look at the surname. The same thing goes for Andy Kawanami. I remember listening to Theo on 106 KMEL here in the Bay. Crazy Hype 7 at 7!

It's a very interesting debate.

same thing happened in Australia.When the asian claim he is Australian, the white will doubt their nationality. but Australia's land by history is own by abo, not by white. And their kid without proper edu, they always think of Australia is theirs. Not Asian. what are provincial mindset. thanks you fung to address this thing.

I feel like a lot of south east Asians are the ones who talk black. One reason for that is that they tend to be poorer. For example, one of my former coworkers is Cambodian and he talks super ghetto. I feel like a lot of it is because he was born and raised in a bad part of Oakland to a lower class family.

It's really just code-switching. Being mature means you're able to pick and choose which face you show to others. When I'm with my friends in my hometown, you can bet some of that vocabulary and grammar comes out when I loosen up, but when I'm in front of co-workers or my boss, I'm tight lipped. I've seen the opposite, growing up in school I've seen kids of all colors *not* talk like that because they grew up very privileged and sheltered. The issue with those capitalizing on the blaccent is that they're saying "well that's how I grew up talking," when confronted, but in saying so, they admit they know better. People aren't asking you to change your entire dialect -- they just think it's really weird you're going out of your way to say slang and other words that clearly the audience wouldn't understand. The same can be said the other direction -- people gatekeeping this type of speech are being insecure about their own ability to code-switch, or that they're annoyed that other people are getting around *without* having to code-switch when they've been having to do it their entire lives. I think the point about giving credit where credit is due is completely valid, of course -- you may not have grown up in a neighborhood with a lot of black people, but you certainly grew up (at least in America) with black-led media, so it leaves an impression. Though, no matter where you stand on the issue, your thinking is completely fine -- just know and understand that other people are approaching it in different directions. Just don't act like you don't know any better.

Funny, if other race talk or act like an Asian…they get all the glory of bravery and acceptance. If an Asian does it…all racist hell breaks loose. Asians aren’t getting any slack.

Have you guys met or talked to Jaeki from Alumni NY/Righteous Eats?

A HUGE amount of Asians DON'T speak like such & even frown upon it. So yeah, of course I'm going to find it awkward.

Here my opinion from this topic: People fail to realize that not every race is monolithic, plus you can't help how you raised or how you talk, you are the product of your environment, don't matter what race you are.

Ben Baller prime example of being around the black Hiphop culture. But it’s definitely a black vernacular

It may be true that some slang can be attributed to Black American Hop-Hop culture, though NOT all slang words and phrases are. The word "Hella", which is synonymous to the Bay Area is not Black vernacular - it is Nor Cal slang. Hyphee for example is another word that started before the famous songs that grew the words reach beyond might be seen as "Black" vernacular but isnt. It as just made famous through Hip-Hop.

It happened to me all the time when i was in the navy. Nothing new to me. Until i told them i'm from long beach, ca then all would say, "ayy, oh oh ok ok, i see it now." LOL

People's cluelessness and readiness to jump to conclusions is so frustrating. People's voice, accent, drawl, vernacular are influenced by the people they grow up around and the region where they live. There are plenty of non black people who sound "black". They're not putting on they just grew up in the same places as us black folks. No matter what race you are if you from the south you're going to sound like it, if you born and raised in NYC you're gonna sound like it. It's that simple.

Nah bro flip flop is crazy 💀

so like wat do they expect asians to sound like? that whole idea in itself is pretty racist too

I ain't go lie I know some Asian women more black than black people even telling our history to us

Asians from the Bay area should not apologize for their accent because Asians and black people have been mixing forever and founded California. And also at one point Asian men were not allowed to bring Asian women and were marrying black women. Lately I've been looking at content where African women who are from villages marrying Chinese men who aren't villages. What I've learned is how much alike we really are in ways that are important. It's a good mix. A big problem is that nobody really teaches about the history of Asia or Asian Americans.

There's a hip hop radio station in Miami called 99 Jamz and every Saturday night they'd play Dancehall music. I was shocked when I found out the DJ was Asian, he sounded Jamaican af. King Waggy Tee was his name.

Guys you should check out the Asian in Trinidad!

I just want people to be consistent. Don't talk like you grew up in East ATL and then turn into a completely different person who you're around certain friends or family members.

That’s how most ABCs talk in the lower east side especially Smith pjs China Mac is not special over here that’s normal

I grew up up in the same area (Daly City/SF)and actually went to school with Adonis. For the most part everyone talks like that. We have a very diverse culture here everyone interacts with everyone. I've been asked the same question before when I was younger. And of coarse its always out of towners that ask that.

Most accents are based on your environment. There are so many regional accents in America. I think the issue comes in when other cultures are viewed as cool and black ppl are called ignorant. That makes me sad

Black people: there's no such thing as black talk Also black people : wtf you trying to sound black 😩

As an Asian growing up in the West, and my wife is Jewish, I have an interesting take. We "overseas" Asian are trying our best to blend in with the Western world, and since the Asian Male consider the beta male, we can't just talk normal English, we have to adapt to one or another (white or black). And young Asian naturally draw towards to the Hip Hop style of talking and its culture. And Asian female draw towards the South Cal style. It's sad, for me, after all the years, we still not really being accept in the Western world, esp for us Asian males, we struggle, we are stuck, and just our best to being and talking like somone that we are not...

Hood dialect exists everywhere among all races. I lived in an immigrant community in NJ and used it too when I was young, but outgrew it in older age. Many black people I knew from the burbs don't talk like that.

drake is from toronto we are the most diverse city in the world and hes went to many different schools and has many types of friends from many cultures

I’m Filipino American and my father grew up in the low income part of the city in the 60-70’s. His best friend Keith was African American creole. Whenever the 2 of them got together as adults, my dad’s accent changed.

I think I'm most disappointed by the defense of Awkwafina's for profit blaccent. She's a friend... cool. Friends can hold friends accountable. There are Asians who use AAVE. It's fine if that's part of your upbringing. California and NY aren't the only mixing pots in this country. Chicago... we have all kinds of Asian. Within those Asians are diverse intersections of accents and cultures. AAVE isn't a trend. No one cares if you use it that's really you. It's the posers that we have issue with. That person in the South is probably not ignorant to Asians. The Asians they've experienced probably were new to the country, accented Asians; or Asians that grew up in predominately white neighborhoods.

Khmer people from Long Beach talk "hood venacular" a lot too ngl. I'm Chinese / Khmer but talk locally to Vegas. Definitely adaptive of your local community rather than your roots imo.

China Mac sounds hella black. He's a rapper. I think he's from New York.

East coast flips talked like this back in the 90s. Next video. Blacks who talk asian.

I grew up in Athens ga and my Korean homeboy Zane talk like that, but he grew up in the hood.

Trust me, when i first met Adonnis, his voice scared me and still does... Lol. But yes, he's always sounded and talked like that. He didn't just pick it up out of nowhere and ain't talkin' like that for social media.

Before moving to the Bay I was raised in Chicago, When I went to H.S. in O-town, kids asked me why I talked like that. As a teen high schooler, I never thought of it and just tell them I just moved here from Chicago. Guess I didn't talk like the valley, 🤭🤭

I'm chinese, and I grew up with filipinos folks. So, its common in the yay area.

Cambodians do this, I slip into it sometimes. It’s just a thing. Growing up in RVA that was how people talked.

Filipinos are technically Malay which share DNA with Malaysian & Indonesian. Aeta or Negrito are a minority but they predominately are from a certain region in the Philippines. Filipinos from the north / Luzon have their cuisine, language and culture represented outside the Philippines the most. Going south of the country transforms the culture to somewhat of a mixture of what is known to be Filipino and Malaysian / Indonesian due the proximity as well Muslim is the predominant religion in the South …

I know they dont talk like in a job interview ☕️

Nyc fella be like that

For me as a black person, this is a very interesting conversation. I talk like a total valley girl and It’s a product of my environment and I have caught shit for it but I don’t care since I love my natural voice and accent. I personally don’t care at all if other races NATURALLY have a certain accent. Many people perform a blaccent and shit on black people at the same time so that is where the defensiveness against it comes from. But if a Filipino grew up in a certain neighborhood and genuinely has that manner of speak I say more power to him

I was born in 81 in Wisconsin. We moved to Minneapolis in 1984 to the north side projects. I’ve lived in north Minneapolis from 84 till 2023. Yes, my vernacular is hood and I speak Hmong. It’s where I grew up. I don’t think twice about how I talk. The notion that I’m faking it to look cool? I’m a proud Hmong son, husband, brother, and father that has to carry on the clan name. It is my duty to practice my culture and burn joss paper and sticks for my ancestors when my family is sick or going through bad luck. My beliefs are so ingrained in my culture, I don’t have time to fake the funk so another community will be impressed with me. My self esteem is at a very secure level as a proud Hmong American man. And I’m sure there are more Asians outside of Minneapolis that share a similar experience. To suggest that we just wanna act “black,” is preposterous. Carry on.

Asian born in Australia and UK speak English with an accents.

He has a regular American accent to me.

I’ll say this, it’s fine to speak however you want, just don’t make assumptions that everyone from a certain group speaks a certain way. In example, I didn’t grow up speaking AAVE, often times I’ll meet non Blacks who will attempt to speak to me in AAVE as a way to “connect” with me or something and it’s like … 1. “What are you doing?” 2. “If you can learn / pick up AAVE, you can also pick up how to code switch”. People can do what they like, just don’t expect everyone to accept it or even like it.

I feel like everything with Asians comes down to if Asians and black people are down to stand by and ride with each other when it’s not cool. Helping each other out and seeing each other in a positive light. Just like when it comes to dating 2 people might like each other but we all know some might have parents/family that say certain races are bad to date ect… If it weren’t like this I’d go as far as to say even pure East Asians might even have an N word pass. We gotta stand together publicly