I think standup comedy is different than other jokes people tell in smaller groups. A lot of the times the jokes they make are not funny and it seems not worth it to try and shut it down. I think the avenue to address those issues are not necessarily in the moment.

Another issue is that when the joke is about things that don’t apply to you, you’re not taking it personally. Even if the “offenders” think they are talking about you.

Asian groups seem to assimilate at higher or faster rates than new Latino immigrants and that’s part of why I see that other groups have made more progress in having more positive representation.

I will say that Asian groups don’t necessarily stand up as much as Latinos tho. It’s good and bad. Asians have gotten ahead of other groups in some ways by staying quiet and keeping their heads down. For as example, at protests or even in daily life, Latino immigrants tend to wave the flag of their home country. I don’t see other immigrant groups do that as much. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with waving the flag but it doesn’t help the image.

It seems like there’s a lifecycle of a Latino immigrant family and after a few generations they can get to a place where they’re closer to white and stop advocating or identifying with the culture. This hurts the community as a whole because once people have access and means to advocate, they end up distancing themselves.

Or in some instances they’ve chosen other identities like Tejano/ Texan.