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- Thank you to Skillshare
for sponsoring today's video.

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Hey everyone, it's Amanda.

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So I'm doing my April,
2021 bullet journal setup

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and plan with me today.

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The video that you're about to
see is a little bit different

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from my typical plan with me videos

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I'm actually going to be talking
almost like podcast style

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about my thoughts, about my experiences

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being an Asian creator,

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especially in the wake
of all of the anti-Asian

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violence and racism.

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So that's what you guys will be hearing.

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Obviously you'll still be
seeing my bullet journal setup

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and everything

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but it won't be like my typical video

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where I narrate every pencil
stroke in every box that I draw

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which honestly, at this
point, I think is fine

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because you guys have seen me
set up my bullet journal setup

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tons of times.

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So pretty sure most of you guys

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know what I'm doing at this point.

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I know most of you guys
will be very supportive

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and encouraging about this video.

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So thank you in advance.

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But with that being said,

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let's just get started with the setup.

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All right.

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So the bullet journal theme
I decided on for April

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is this black and white bamboo fossil

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which was inspired by traditional
Chinese ink paintings.

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And the reason why I chose this is because

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it actually relates to
what I wanted to talk about

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in my voiceover today,
which is my Asian identity

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and experience as well as the rise

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in anti-Asian hate crimes and violence.

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So of course, just as a trigger warning,

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before this video if you don't
wanna hear about any of this,

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then, you know, maybe mute it.

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Of course, with all of this,

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I'm gonna be getting into
some pretty serious topics.

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So if you haven't been
seeing what's been going on

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in the news recently,

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there's been a rise in anti-Asian
hate crimes and violence

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both in America and Canada.

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And just as some statistics for you,

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yes, I'm pulling out the statistics,

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from 2019 to 2020 while overall hate crime

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has declined by 7%,

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hate crimes targeting Asians specifically

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has increased by nearly 150% in America.

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And in Canada, it's
increased by six or 700 times

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in major cities.

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And these incidents involve
people being coughed on,

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spat on physically and verbally insulted

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and of course, as we've
seen in the news recently

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in Atlanta, actually being killed.

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So

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yes, a lot of this is a
result of the racist rhetoric

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in the news regarding the
pandemic over the past year,

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you know, a certain someone
calling it the Chinese flu.

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But I think it's really
important to point out

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that a lot of it is just
exposing a very deep history

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of anti-Asian racism and
xenophobia that is existed

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in the West for centuries.

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I mean, the way the West
has talked about China,

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even before the pandemic was often

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shrouded in hatred or fear.

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And you always hear about
this looming presence

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of communist China, as if
they're trying to invade,

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which has instilled a really
scary and mysterious picture

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of China in people's minds.

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And it affects the Asian community today.

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So throughout history, you can see this

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systematically in the
Chinese exclusion act,

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which happened in both Canada and America,

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the Japanese internment camps,

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the Chinese head tax in Canada,

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where every person immigrating from China

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had to pay a fee in order
to enter the country.

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And as a note, no other group in Canada

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has ever been forced to pay a fee

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based upon where they're from.

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I don't wanna take this entire voiceover

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to talk about statistics
and history and all of that,

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because of course you didn't
necessarily click this video

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to hear about that.

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However, you do come to my videos for me

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and what I create my art and my journaling

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and my Asian identity is a
big part of a lot of that.

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For those of you who don't
know about my background

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which is apparently a lot of people,

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because when I Google search
my name, the first thing,

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like one of the first things that pops up

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is Amanda racially ethnicity.

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But anyway, I am a third
generation Chinese Canadian.

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So my grandparents were born in China

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and then immigrated here to Canada.

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And growing up, my Asian
identity was kind of confusing

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because on one hand I was clearly Chinese.

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Both my parents are Chinese.

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I look Chinese.

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However, on the other hand,
I didn't feel Chinese at all.

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I was born in Canada.

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My parents speak fully fluent English,

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which meant I of course
spoke no Chinese at all.

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And I just grew up like
any Canadian child.

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So I really didn't connect
to my Chinese side at all.

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And I actually almost started
to resent that side of me,

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which is something I'm not very proud of

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and it breaks my heart thinking back

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to the way that I used to
think about my own culture

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and identity at the time,

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I think I definitely had a
lot of internalized racism.

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I just remember wishing I could
be white because in my head,

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I was pretty much already there.

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And I know that this is something

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that a lot of children
of immigrants go through,

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that feeling of being
in between two worlds,

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never fully by either.

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For me, this was extremely
evident in my life,

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even as recent as high school.

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I was lucky enough to go to schools

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that were pretty diverse.

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And I would say that my high school

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had actually quite a lot of Asians.

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So I was surrounded by Asians.

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But even then, there were
times that I felt left out

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of my Asian friends,

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because since I was a third
generation Chinese Canadian,

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and most of them were second generation.

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A lot of them spoke their
respective home languages

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and I only spoke English.

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Additionally, I chose a career path

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in the creative industries,
whereas typically,

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you know, Asians are
associated with being doctors

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or lawyers or engineers.

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And granted a lot of that
is pressure from parents

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and society and all of that.

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But a lot of people would joke
that I'm a whitewashed Asian.

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And I would even make that joke myself,

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I think mostly as a way to dismiss it

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and join in on the joke
and laugh with people.

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But guiltily, I think sometimes
I would even take pride

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in someone calling me
whitewashed or someone asking me

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whether I was mixed half
Chinese, half white.

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And it's really comes from
that idea of whiteness

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being the ultimate form

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or the something to aspire to be.

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And the fact that people saw that in me

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was almost like a badge of assimilation.

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Obviously now, I think that's so sad.

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I wish I spoke Chinese

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and I wish I had made more of an effort

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to connect to my culture growing up.

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And this is something that
I'm still working through

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and it's something that
I'll have to navigate

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for the rest of my life as an Asian woman.

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As I mentioned, I felt left
out for my Asian friends

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but of course I did not 100%
fit in with non-Asians either.

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I mean, clearly because
of the way I looked,

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I'm clearly Asian.

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But a lot of this was also
because of the microaggressions

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that I would face on a daily basis.

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If you don't know what
microaggressions are,

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they are subtle and indirect expressions

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of racism or white superiority,

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kind of casual and disguised.

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And they're really common,

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so common that they're often dismissed

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or played off as jokes.

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And even though the name has micro in it,

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these small statements
can actually build up

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to have a really large
effect on minority groups.

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And I have, of course dealt with all kinds

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of these microaggressions and jokes

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between people coming up to me

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and literally singing
Ching Chong to my face

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to people pulling back their eyes

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or to people asking me
where I'm really from.

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There are so many microaggressions

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that minorities deal
with on a daily basis.

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I actually found a couple

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of really great academic papers

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that go through the main themes
amongst microaggressions.

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I won't go through all of them

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but the first main one is the idea

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of being an alien in
your own land or country.

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And it comes from the idea that all Asians

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or people of color were
born in foreign countries

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and in everyday life, this
manifests in the question

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that I think pretty much
every person of color

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has been asked in their life.

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It's the, oh, you know,
where are you from?

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And then ultimately when
I say I'm from Canada,

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you get hit with the,

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no, but like where are you really from?

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And although, most of the times it's from

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someone who's really well-intentioned,

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taking interest in your background.

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The way it's expressed makes it sound like

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I'm not a real Canadian,

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despite the fact that I
was literally born here

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and I've never gone to China in my life.

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By the way, if you're wondering
how to ask that question,

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try asking someone what
their background is

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or what their ethnicity is

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instead of asking them where they're from.

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Another microaggression
theme is the denial

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of race in general,

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which is seen in the very
common statements like,

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oh, I don't see color,

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there's only one race, the human race.

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And this just denies a person of color's

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cultural culture and racial experiences.

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We're not asking people to be colorblind.

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It's more so like seeing
color but then accepting it

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and acknowledging it.

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Another example of this
is when people deny

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that race plays a role
in people's success.

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I've heard this in my own life

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through debates that I've had

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about diversity initiatives in companies.

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People will say things
like, well, you know,

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the most qualified person
should get the job.

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They shouldn't just get it

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because they're a person of color

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or everyone can succeed in this society

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if they just work hard enough.

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And the implication there is that,

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if a person of color does
get the job or gets chosen

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then perhaps they were
given unfair benefits

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and were only chosen
because of their race.

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But it also insinuates
that the white counterpart

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was probably a better fit or
a better quality qualified.

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And it just diminishes
the very real barriers

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that people of color face in
society in order to succeed.

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A lot of times when
microaggressions like this

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would happen to me, I would brush it off

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or even gaslight myself
saying that it wasn't

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that big of a deal, or it's
not worth it to make a fuss.

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And I think many Asians
are discouraged to speak up

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about any discrimination
or problems that they face.

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And it comes from this
idea, this instilled idea

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from families not to rock the boat.

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Over the years Asian immigrants
have tried their best

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to assimilate and to be
accepted in the West,

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even taking on jobs
that nobody else wanted

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and not causing a fuss.

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However, this passiveness
has eventually evolved.

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And now it's used against us as well

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as other minority groups.

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For example, putting the black community

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against the Asian community

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and using Asians as a scapegoat
to blame the black community

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for not being able to
succeed in today's society.

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You know, they say that
you're just not trying enough,

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look at the Asians they're
doing so well here.

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And this is called the
model minority myth.

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There's this assumption that
all Asians are high earners

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and have succeeded in the West,

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diminishing any racism or
barriers that they have faced.

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However, for example, in America,

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Asians actually have
the largest income gap

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between wealthy and poor
amongst minority groups.

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There is a 12.3% poverty
rate amongst Asians

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which appears that, you know,
Asians aren't a monolith,

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there's not one type of Asian experience.

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And the fact that that
one type of experience

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is used against us and
other minority groups.

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It's awful.

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One more thing that I wanted to talk about

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is the fetishization of Asian women.

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Due to the history of war
and hyper-sexualization

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of Asian woman.

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It has resulted in this
idea that Asian women

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are submissive and that
they make great wives

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because they don't talk back.

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At one point, Asian
women were even portrayed

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as the antithesis of a white feminist.

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In a 1990 GQ article, it
described the typical Asian woman

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as someone who "doesn't insist

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on being treated like a person,

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she's there when you need leave

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from those angry feminists."

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I don't think I need to
explain why that's messed up.

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But to this day, men are
extremely open and forthcoming

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about their Asian fetishes,
not even seeing them as humans.

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It's more so like an object of conquest

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and you can now see how
there's a definite link

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between this history and
the shootings that happened

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in Atlanta this week, or last week,

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where a man specifically
targeted an Asian spa

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after citing blame for
his sexual addiction.

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Okay.

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I know I've been spewing
a lot of information

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which I definitely wanted
this video to have a lot of

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useful information for
you guys to learn from.

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But I,

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back to my personal experience,

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I wanted to talk about my
experience as an Asian creator

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on YouTube in specific.

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I've never really talked
about this too much before

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and I contemplated whether
I wanted to bring it up

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because it is kind of
hard for me to talk about.

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But if you go back to my
old bullet journal videos,

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you'll see that I never showed my face

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in the beginning of them.

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I didn't even film an intro.

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And in the past, around
the 2017 to 2018 period,

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my face was never put on
the thumbnails of my videos.

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And that was actually
partially intentional.

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This was a real conversation that I had

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with my YouTube manager.

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We discussed that it might
be smarter to not put my face

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in thumbnails so that
people don't discriminate

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when they're clicking videos,

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if they had seen an Asian face.

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Obviously eventually,

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you know, I started incorporating
myself more into videos

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and now you guys see my vlogs.

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And sometimes I put myself
in thumbnails and stuff,

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but that was after a substantial
audience had been built.

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And, you know, I think to this day,

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it's still kind of sticks
in the back of my mind

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that my most viewed videos

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are some of the ones where
my face doesn't show at all

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in the thumbnail or in the video.

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And of course, race might not
have anything to do with it,

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but it really does suck
to have to wonder whether

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I could be more successful if I was white

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or if I wasn't chosen for specific jobs

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or sponsorships because of my race.

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And I think it's important
to acknowledge my privilege

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in this situation too,

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because even in the videos where

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I am drawing and only
my hands are showing,

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my skin tone, my hands are pale and fair

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and I wonder if my skin
tone had been darker,

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would the videos have done just as well?

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I don't know, but I just do know that

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in like stationary advertisements

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or on Instagram,

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the recommended on Pinterest or in media,

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the hands that you see,

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like the hand models for
everything are white hands.

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Anyway, so let's take it
back to the present day

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since we're coming up to
the end of my set up here.

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I think this is the last spread or two.

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I wanted to talk about something
that I had actually made

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in Instagram story about.

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If you didn't see it,

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I basically said, I wish more
of the stationary community

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would speak up about the recent rise in

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hate crimes against Asians,
just because so much

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of the stationary that
people use are Japanese

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or borrowed from traditional
Asian and calligraphy and art.

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I mean, I can't even list all of the

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Japanese stationary brands that exist

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because honestly it's
pretty much all of them.

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You have Moogy, Pilot,
Tombo, Kuretake, Zebra,

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Hobonichi and the travelers company

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and way more not to mention that wash tape

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is literally a Japanese word

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that we've borrowed and
have used as a term today.

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And then of course,
you have the brush pens

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that people love and use in calligraphy.

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And those are based on

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traditional Asian calligraphy
practice with a brush.

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I guess I'm going into
another history lesson,

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but this is a calligraphy
history lesson so it's fun.

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But basically historically
Western the calligraphy

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and typography was done
with a hammer chisel

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and stone or a broad nib pen.

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Whereas Chinese calligraphy
is where you will see

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the brush calligraphy.

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And that was the tool that was used

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in a lot of their pieces.

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Additionally, Chinese calligraphy

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placed a lot of value on
individual style and improvisation.

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Whereas in the Latin lettering,

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there was an ideal structure
and geometry was valued.

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In Chinese calligraphy,
it seen not so much

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as achieving perfection or an ideal form

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but almost like our record
of a specific moment

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as well as a practice that
encourages meditation,

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observation and calm energy.

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It was really seen as
a true art form in Asia

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which is why to this day,

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historians know the names of
a lot of famous calligraphers

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from China.

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And this was very different
from the Western calligrapher

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or topographer.

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Which was viewed as more of
a utilitarian trades person,

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since most of their work
involved copying manuscripts.

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And I think it's pretty fair

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to say that a lot of
modern hand lettering today

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between artists and hobbyists

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take on a lot of those ideals
from Chinese calligraphy,

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with it becoming more of
a self-care relaxing hobby

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versus something that is
done out of necessity,

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like it was in Western
calligraphy historically.

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Obviously, you know, a
lot of calligraphy today

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is also based on Western calligraphy

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with like the fountain pen
and Gothic forms of letters.

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But I think that individual expression

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and the more artistic aspect of it

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has really manifested itself today

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with all of the beautiful stylings

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of lettering and calligraphy
that you see on Instagram

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and Pinterest and people
really taking on that idea

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of it being an art form.

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As you can see in my bullet
journal set up this month,

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I used Japanese ink

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and an actual brush to
honor this beautiful history

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of calligraphy art in Asian culture.

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And as I was doing it,

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I almost found myself
in a meditative state

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while I was painting the bamboo leaves.

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So I can definitely connect
to that historical side

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of traditional calligraphy
painting and art.

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All that to say,

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you know, not that people
should need a reason

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to speak up about racism,

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but it's just this cherry
picking of Asian culture

00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:02.660
that bothers me.

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I forgot where I had read this

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:06.230
but it's almost like
people are out of buffet

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and they're choosing
what aspects they like

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:09.850
from Asian culture without

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even actually appreciating
the history or acknowledging

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the negative history
associated with Asian culture.

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People will gladly take
what Asian culture provides

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whether it be sushi, anime,
K-pop, yoga, bubble tea

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or stationary,

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but not ever fully accept
us or speak up for us

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when we are in need.

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And since you know, we're
at the last spread here

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in my bullet journal setup,

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this is the part where
I really wanna ask you

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to take notice of who's
speaking up at this time,

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you guys have currency

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in the form of who you give a platform.

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And I'm very grateful that you
guys have given me a platform

00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:54.060
and that I'm able to
speak up about this stuff

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:54.893
because

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I am very proud

00:20:57.550 --> 00:20:59.600
that I'm able to connect
with a lot of people.

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One of my favorite things

00:21:00.610 --> 00:21:04.480
is when I get comments
from other Asian girls,

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:08.240
saying that they were inspired
to join a creative field

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.880
because of me and stuff like that.

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So I really don't take this platform

00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:14.910
and privilege that I've been given lightly

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and I hope other creators don't as well.

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Well, okay.

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Thank you guys for listening
to me blog about all of this.

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I really worked hard on researching things

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:29.890
and making sure that I
gave you guys interesting

00:21:29.890 --> 00:21:31.730
and helpful information.

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You might be asking, okay,

00:21:33.950 --> 00:21:36.850
Amanda, after all of that,
what can I do to help?

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And honestly,

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I know you guys have seen all
those Instagram infographics

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of stuff.

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And of course I will be
linking resources like that

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.350
down below that you guys can share,

00:21:47.350 --> 00:21:49.390
but I'll also be linking all the sources

00:21:49.390 --> 00:21:51.740
that I used to research everything

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:54.500
and places to donate as well.

00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:58.170
But really right now, one of
the best things that you can do

00:21:58.170 --> 00:22:02.170
is listen to Asian Voices
as well as look inwards.

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Many times people get defensive

00:22:04.050 --> 00:22:07.000
or shut down when confronted
with their own action.

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.910
But one of the greatest ways to learn

00:22:08.910 --> 00:22:11.960
is acknowledging whether
you or someone in your life

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.460
has done something that could
negatively affect minorities.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.560
Even if it's unknowingly,

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:20.500
like the microaggressions that
I mentioned in this video.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:23.110
So speak up if you see someone else

00:22:23.110 --> 00:22:25.340
making those uncomfortable jokes,

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:27.530
if it's in your workplace or your family,

00:22:27.530 --> 00:22:30.280
don't just chalk it up to
someone not meaning any harm.

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What else?

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Oh, you can support your
local Asian businesses.

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I've been so worried about all of the

00:22:37.930 --> 00:22:40.290
Asian owned restaurants
who have been taking a hit

00:22:40.290 --> 00:22:43.810
during this pandemic because
of that misconception

00:22:43.810 --> 00:22:46.270
that Asian food,

00:22:46.270 --> 00:22:47.670
you know, Asians eat bats

00:22:47.670 --> 00:22:50.470
and if you eat Asian food,
you'll get the virus.

00:22:50.470 --> 00:22:54.220
It's a very real thing that
people have been spreading.

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:57.710
And not only do the Asian owners

00:22:57.710 --> 00:22:59.300
of these businesses and restaurants

00:22:59.300 --> 00:23:02.720
have to fear for their safety
now with everything going on,

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:04.940
but that on top of the

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:07.010
financial hit

00:23:07.010 --> 00:23:10.270
that the pandemic has given
them, it's been really worrying.

00:23:10.270 --> 00:23:15.140
And I hope that a lot of my
favorite Asian businesses

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:18.420
and restaurants will
survive after the pandemic.

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:21.330
And of course, please spread awareness

00:23:21.330 --> 00:23:24.180
especially if you think
your circle reaches

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:26.320
a lot of non-Asian people.

00:23:26.320 --> 00:23:29.490
I always worry about things
becoming a bit echo chambery

00:23:29.490 --> 00:23:32.680
especially in my community

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:35.760
and that all of this
awareness and information

00:23:35.760 --> 00:23:37.270
is not reaching the people

00:23:37.270 --> 00:23:40.500
that probably need to hear it the most.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:45.500
This is why we need non-Asian
allies so much at this time.

00:23:45.530 --> 00:23:46.370
So, wow.

00:23:46.370 --> 00:23:47.740
That was a lot.

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:50.860
I know this voiceover was heavy.

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:53.300
There was a lot of information.

00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:56.810
And for myself, I knew that
this was a video that I wanted

00:23:56.810 --> 00:23:58.120
and needed to make.

00:23:58.120 --> 00:24:01.840
So it was really fulfilling
to research a lot

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:06.280
and even thinking about
what I wanted to talk about

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:08.870
in this voiceover, it was
a little bit emotional

00:24:08.870 --> 00:24:10.450
because I really had to unlock

00:24:10.450 --> 00:24:13.660
a lot of my childhood past growing up,

00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:17.470
my experiences as an Asian woman.

00:24:17.470 --> 00:24:20.650
So it was a very interesting video to make

00:24:20.650 --> 00:24:22.750
and I hope you guys
took something from it.

00:24:22.750 --> 00:24:24.160
Thank you if anything,

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:27.060
just for listening to me talk about it.

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:29.860
I really, really do appreciate that.

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:32.210
Oh, and hopefully you
also enjoyed watching

00:24:32.210 --> 00:24:33.570
the setup as well.

00:24:33.570 --> 00:24:35.330
I know I didn't talk about
it too much in the video

00:24:35.330 --> 00:24:39.490
but I really did like how the
setup and theme turned out.

00:24:39.490 --> 00:24:43.390
I love the gray scale inky look to it.

00:24:43.390 --> 00:24:45.380
And I think it just looks very elegant

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.793
and it was calming to make as well.

00:24:48.810 --> 00:24:50.440
Before I show you guys
the final flip through

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.410
of my bullet journal setup,

00:24:51.410 --> 00:24:52.800
I wanted to talk a little bit

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:54.850
about today's sponsor, Skillshare.

00:24:54.850 --> 00:24:57.370
If you guys don't already
know about Skillshare,

00:24:57.370 --> 00:24:59.790
they are an awesome
online learning community

00:24:59.790 --> 00:25:02.140
with thousands of really
inspiring classes.

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:05.790
And they're all geared towards
creative and curious people

00:25:05.790 --> 00:25:07.560
which I know all of you guys are.

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:11.360
They have tons of classes
about design, illustration,

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:13.420
business, technology, you name it,

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.820
they probably have a class for it.

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:17.040
I try to take new
Skillshare classes regularly

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:20.330
so that I can keep learning
and expanding my skills

00:25:20.330 --> 00:25:22.730
and that way I can apply it into anything,

00:25:22.730 --> 00:25:24.870
creative that I do, whether it be my art

00:25:24.870 --> 00:25:27.160
or my videos or my bullet journal setups.

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:29.770
You guys always ask me
how I get inspiration

00:25:29.770 --> 00:25:32.300
and how I stay motivated to be creative.

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:34.240
And I think learning new things

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.410
is a really big part of that.

00:25:35.410 --> 00:25:37.230
Of course, a lot of you
guys already know this

00:25:37.230 --> 00:25:39.140
but I do actually have a bunch of classes

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:41.930
on Skillshare that are
exclusive to their platform.

00:25:41.930 --> 00:25:44.530
I have classes on creative journaling,

00:25:44.530 --> 00:25:46.740
art journaling for mental wellness.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:49.800
I have class on journaling
your affirmations

00:25:49.800 --> 00:25:52.100
with a little bit of a lettering workshops

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.220
thrown in there as well.

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:56.350
So if you guys want to
see more content for me

00:25:56.350 --> 00:25:58.920
then Skillshare is the
perfect platform for that.

00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:00.750
I definitely go a little bit more in depth

00:26:00.750 --> 00:26:01.950
than I do on my channel here

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just because that platform allows for it.

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And that's one of the
things that I do love

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about the platform itself is,

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just through all the
diverse classes and teachers

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and projects and discussion boards,

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it really encourages a community

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and encourages supporting fellow creative.

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Also, they're always
launching new premium content.

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So you'll always have
something to check out

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if it peaks your curiosity

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and it is curated for learning,

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meaning there's no ads,

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you're really focused in on
the class that you're taking

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and the projects that you're doing.

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So if you guys are interested

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in trying out Skillshare for yourself,

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premium membership is
less than $10 a month,

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but Skillshare was kind enough to offer

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my viewers the little
doodles, a special deal.

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So the first thousand subscribers of mine

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who clicked the link in my
description box down below

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will get 30% off in
annual premium membership.

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And something to note,

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if you've already done
the free trial offer,

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you can still take advantage
of this deal which is awesome.

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As always, a huge thank you to Skillshare.

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They've always been very supportive

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of me and my channel and
big friend to the channel.

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So check them out in the
description box down below

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if you guys wanted to
learn some new things.

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And finally, here's the full flip through

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of my April, 2021 bullet journal setup,

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which was my homage to
traditional Asian ink paintings

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and calligraphy.

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I think it turned out so beautiful

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and it was just so
relaxing and fun to make.

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All right, guys.

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So that's it for my bullet journal setup.

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I know it was a little
bit of a different format

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than what I usually do,

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but hopefully you enjoyed
hearing my thoughts

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and maybe it made you think
about some stuff on your own.

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Of course, I will be
leaving a bunch of links

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and resources and places
to donate down below.

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I really, really encourage you
to check some of those out.

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And if you are able to donate,

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it would really mean a lot to me.

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And just all in all, let's
be nice to each other,

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let's be understanding, keep
listening to people's stories.

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I do want to showcase some
of your guys' recreation's

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from last month as I always do.

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If you do want to be
featured in my future video,

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then make sure you tag me
on Instagram @amandarachlee.

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Just tag me in the photo
of your recreation's

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whether it be from this month
or previous months set up.

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And then of course, as always,

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if you do want to see the rest
of my weekly spread setups,

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then come hang out on
Twitch every Saturday

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at 11:00 AM Eastern time,

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I set up my weekly spreads live

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and it's a nice chill little community.

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Anyway, I hope you're all
taking care of yourself.

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Keep doodling.

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And I will talk to you in the next one.

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Bye everyone.

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(calm music)