Reclaiming ‘Jungle Asian’

<p>&ldquo;I think my husband and I have a huge unspoken understanding between each other,&rdquo; Ali Wong starts in her Baby Cobra Netflix comedy special, &ldquo;because he&rsquo;s half Filipino and half Japanese and I&rsquo;m half Chinese and half Vietnamese.&rdquo;</p> <p>My ears perk up at the mention of &lsquo;Filipino.&rsquo; Wait&hellip;that&rsquo;s me!</p> <p>Ali Wong continues and delivers the punchline. &ldquo;So, we&rsquo;re both half fancy Asian &hellip; and half jungle Asian. &hellip; The fancy Asians are the Chinese, the Japanese. They get to do fancy things like host Olympics. Jungle Asians host diseases.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@jcarastotomas/reclaiming-jungle-asian-4d18fa3ff1cf"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>