Off The Record: What Do You Know About the Hmong Community?
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• Hosted by Ryanimay
• Commentary by: Steve Greene, Anthony Lee, Joe Jitsukawa, Bart Kwan, Nick Dunn
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It's so embarrassing that the first thing Bart knew about our hmong people is that we fight at new years. can't run away from it at this point. 😂
Lol that part got me laughing. But Unfortunately it is true tho😢
At least he didn't mention the flying soda cans and sugarcane as weapons 😆 🤣 😂 😜 that's Hella OG new year
Lmao💀
Appreciate the acknowledgement and love for the Hmong community ❤️ WE LOVE YOU GUYS! 🥺
Loved learning briefly about your culture. Can't wait to study more. Much love from Finland to the Hmong people! ❤️
I absolutely loved learning and would love to learn more about your community and the sweet souls that live there.
@@GYSMelanie5 Like Joe said, the very traditional Hmong's are mentally tied to drugs and alcohol. Outside that, most of them are plenty nice and giving.
I'm Hmong!! Cool video guys 😎
I'm a Hmong Shaman and it's not witchcraft. But it's not Joe's fault. I'm very appreciative that JKNews actually did a segment on Hmong people. Yes, alot of Hmong people are fans of JKFilms. Keep killing it and we love what you guys do. Come to Fresno and I'll show you around and I can share more about Hmong people and our culture. All love.
I'm Hmong (Don't mind my picture, its an AI generated picture that goes well with my username) and I think that Joe is sort of right about our religion being witchcraft. It's all superstition. If you ever read up on B.F. Skinner, a psychologist, experiment called, "Superstition in the pigeon" you'll realize that all religion, even our Hmong community, is based on rituals, wuwu magic, and desire outcomes. Humans are fundamentally flawed. We all want explanations about the world around us.
Say if you were in a Hmong village, and someone found a body in the forest covered in bite marks. You probably thought that it was a monster or a ghost. Maybe that person slipped and fell, died, and an animal happened on snack on them. There's always a scientific explanation for everything.
I know that this is going to sound harsh, but I think Hmong shamans are scam artists. There's a popular series on youtube that you can look up by a man called, "James Randi" he exposes fake psychics, tricksters with science. He even wager $1 million dollar to anyone till this day, and after his death if anyone can prove that magic, supernatural, the unknown arts exist.
Hmong shamanism is fake.
Leviticus 19:31
“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Yes, it's not witchcraft
@@vena936 put ur bible quotes away lmao please it's embarrassing and I identify as a Hmong Christian.
Living in the Central Valley when I would go to camp as a kid I met so much Hmong people there. Some of the nicest people very friendly I was a loner and they became friends with me. Made my experience at camp better and I was happy to learn more about their culture. Sending love to the Hmong community ❤❤❤❤
Holy shit, Hmong made it for a whole episode. Ryan and Joe covered majority, this would’ve been a fire episode with David on since he grew up around so many in Sac. Thanks for the representation JK. Much love from Fresno! 💙
Edit: Y’all should try to get Sunisa Lee(1st Hmong Olympian) or the Twinjaz to come on!
Up!
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Up!!
They covered about hmongs in a different episode
Yes! I wish David was here talking about the Hmong people too!
HOLY CRAP I CAN’T BELIEVE YALL DID A VIDEO DEDICATED TO US😭 I’ve been watching y’all since I was 7 and I’m turning 23. I’m always so happy when Joe brings up Hmong people
Hmong's traditional religion is NOT practicing "witch craft" like you said. We don't use magic, spells, curses, or whatnot to call on evil and harm others. It is actually the complete opposite. It is called shamanism which is communicating/connecting with our ancestors for blessings, healing, protection, and etc. Part of our practice is to remove evil and curses.
this needs to be pinned
That is still considered witchcraft by abrahamic religions, he didn't mean it personal pretty sure he was raised Christian so yeah by they're definition that is considered witchcraft even if it isn't "evil"
I am half Hmong half Burmese. Living in Fresno. Been supporting y’all since “Uncle Sam” era. Most millennials/gen z know who JKFilms is. We all grew up watching your content. Me and my bestfriend still watch your videos/vlogs till this day. Thank you for recognizing us. Hopefully one day y’all will bring on a Hmong guest and they can shed light on our culture and community
How did I know you cwalk as well?
@@letsgetit90 Hahahha that was in middle school nearly 15 years ago
Props to Joe for knowing so much about us Hmong people! Respect.
We Hmong ppl love y’all! Been a fan from the beginning of ‘07 when Bart was playing unco Sam and singing rnb songs with tissue up his nose because his nose is always bleeding and Joe telling a baby to not be like that guy lol humble beginnings!!! I was 14 when I first watched you guys. Now I’m 30 lol time flies! Also, the 3 main states that Hmong people reside in are CA, MN, and WI
I've been watching them for that long as well. Lol
Same here!
Me too
A whole video talking nonsense about us! More like trashing us the way I see it!
❤❤❤ Thanks for recognizing our community!!! I'm so glad Joe was able to experience and see our community in his younger years. This is awesome!
Hmong pride! Thank you JK news for talking about us! So happy that you guys know them! Comment down below if you’re Hmong and what clan are you from!! 💜💜💜
I worked with the Hmong community in Fresno and they are a wonderful tight knit community with delicious food and amazing culture! Had the blessing to try all the yummy food like papaya salad, naab vaam, and Hmong sausage!
Yessss!! And Fresno got the best pho! 😅
Your pretty
Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
it’s eh kinda mid had it when i went to hmong new years in NC for flag football food was kinda bland and flavorless
@@yutaokinawa I agree, the food is hit and miss. You really have to explore the right food vendor to get the right experience.
Hmong people love Jknews. From my knowledge growing up and just pulling in clues. I always thought us Hmong people were the "Yellow Tribe" in Dynasty Warriors.
No those are Han Chinese with Yellow depicting "Earth." The ancestors of the Hmong/Miao carried the White banner symbolizing the sky as their leader was the lord of sky/storms.
It’s always so exciting seeing others talk about the Hmong people. I was very impressed with how much Joe knew and his missionaries. Thank you guys for covering this subject!
Damn didn’t think we would ever start popping off like this, we appreciate the love you guys have and how you guys dedicated a episode to us!
Pretty sure I’ve been watching you guys for 10+ years now. Hmong fan here! Thank you for educating yourselves & some of yt about my people. ❤
I’m not a religious man…but when I see stories like these, I understand their purpose. The community aspect of religion. Nothing but respect and admiration.
We love our Hmong friends; thank you for being part of this channel!
Thank you for giving our Hmong community coverage. Been following you guys since your debut and I’m so happy to see you guys blossom and become so successful!!! Much love and support!!! ❤
Seeing all the Hmong people thanking you for this video warms my heart. I've heard of them but never ever knew what they were about or anything about their story. Respect to them. The children were so precious!
If you know Sunisa Lee Olympic champion then that's who we are.
Yassss❤ I never comment on videos, but for this I will! I’m the first Asian American and first Hmong American to be part of city government as a City Commissioner for Green Bay (city of the Packers). This episode brings joy to my heart so much! We are always overlooked and always put at the bottom of the totem pole. Jo Koy did his show in our little Green Bay town and he put us on the map here! He didn’t know what Hmong was so he made a whole half an hour show about us🙌🏼 I even wrote to him how grateful I was, especially as the first and only person representing asians in politics and often discriminated against in a 95% Caucasian city. He wrote back to me with a wonderful thank you note😭♥️🙏 My heart is so happy to know the ones who made it big are recognizing us! Thank youuuu🥹
Hey! Do yk where I can find Jo Koy’s Green Bay show? I’d like to see him talk a bit about our community as well :))
Wow hottie that's awesome.
Cool. Go Pack Go
I love this! I grew up watching you guys, laughing with you guys, cracking up at your skits. There's so many great Hmong celebrities out there that would love to appear on your channel and just reconnect with their childhood!
I’m sure you’re getting a lot of the same comments from us Hmong people but understand how much we appreciate this video so much! We’re really unknown and rare. Thank you so much for making a whole video just about us. It would be so cool if we can get the twinjaz to be a guest on here and speak more about our culture!!!
as a filipino I love the Hmong community in my hometown Sacramento !
As a hmong and Filipino person from CA I appreciate you
Aye let's go!!! We both from the 916 lol
Holy shit I can’t believe they’re actually talking about this, US!! This is so crazy I could never imagine them talking about our community
I’m so happy that you guys did this video!! I just came back from a National Speech and Debate competition making it to the top 60 in the category poetry, with my poem speaking about the Hmong American Experience!!!
It was so interesting to see and hear what the group knew about the Hmong community. The Hmong community have expanded so much over the years and it’s awesome that the Hmong community and culture is being recognized.
Props to the Hmong brothas and sisters out there! I’m Mien a smaller community than the Hmong but we have similar cultural background, I would have loved to see David on this as he grew up around the Hmong and Mien Communities in Sac
Hmong and Mien are basically ethnic siblings. Love the Mien people, they always showed me love when I went out to Richmond and Sacramento.
@@DUDEfreestyle very true. Hmong and Mien are very similar in culture but I heard Mien girls are easier to get
I also made a comment about Mien people lol. And yes i'm Mien lol. I don't think i've ever recall David mentioning about Mien people only Hmong people unless i forgot.
@@bjjbluelol that’s not true at all 😂
I was thinking it be nice if they mentioned mien or did a topic on us but tbh our mien community haven’t done anything compared to the Hmongs and a lot of us are losing our traditions vs the Hmong people
I read “the spirit catches you and you fall down” back in the early 2000s and that book broke my heart
Huge Hmong fan right here from MN !! Been following you guys for a really long time now. Thanks for having a talk of who Hmong people are. Much love to jknews!!
As a long time fan, I appreciate y’all so much. Thank you guys for speaking about and teaching about Hmong people.
What the, you’re yengs and Paul’s friend😂😂
@@Uhhho yessir, I’m they’re cousin 😂
Also, the Hmong community are some kick ass outdoorsmen. They slay when it comes to fishing and hunting! Met a fair amount in WA
Been a fan for 10+ years and you guys inspired tf out of me. Dope to hear everyone here and especially Joe talking about Hmong people!
This was a fun video to watch! Been following y’all for years. Thank you for the slight intro on Hmong folks for all of your followers. Gran Torino was probably the worst depiction of my people and culture but it was still fun to see Hmong people on the big screen. Feel free to reach out if y’all ever wanna know more about the Hmong!
I can not believe my ears! Thank you so much for acknowledging the Hmong. There’s plenty of Hmong people out in California, I’m sure that if you reach out and ask if someone would like to be a guest, lots would volunteer. ❤️
Man, Joe has lived such a fascinating life.
Hmong woman here! Love you guys! I’ve been watching and supporting for many many years. Through many of Joe’s relationship! 😅
I was there at the University of Minnesota show!! It was nice of you guys to come out and enjoy the MN cold weather. It is awesome that you guys are spending time talking Hmong people. Hmong represent!!
This is dope! I'm glad Hmong people got an episode but if possible, it'll be fun to watch a Hmong folk/Hmong CZcamsr on the show. Glad to hear the interesting story from Joe, didn't expect him to show photos and tell of his experience.
A reason why there's a lot of Hmong folks supporting the JK Company is because JK is the first well known Asian CZcamsr. You look into CZcams, you want to find someone that you can relate to and I think Bart and Joe did a great job on that along with the other members. Thank you!
I clicked so fast!! A hmong fan here ❤❤
Hmong Fan Here! My husband would be honored to come on your show! Love you guys! Keep up the good work! ❤😅
Thanks for this episode and thanks for continuing to spread the love for us Hmong people! Much love!
I’m a proud Hmong! Been a supporter of the channel for a long time! Keep it up!
All love! David would’ve been a great addition to this episode because he’s from sac and there is a huge hmong population located there. There’s definitely lots and lots more to know so hopefully there’ll be more parts (part 2, 3, etc) about the hmong community.
One thing is incorrect here. The villains of Mulan are the Huns who are a Mongolian army. The Hmongs are not related to them at all. It is possible that the word Huns sound the same as Hmong which is where the mix up stems from. The Hmong are a ethnic minority originally from Southern China. The persecution part is true though. In China they are termed Miao people.
Love that you all are bringing attention to this. As a fellow Hmong myself, I appreciate it. Glad to be a long-time fan of JK. 😊
Been a fan since I was a kid! Seeing yall talk about our Hmong community is so amazing!! Love you guys!! ❤
I can say as a hmong person, we sound like an amalgamation of mandarin, cantonese and hints of korean. I studied those languages and we share so many words with them but we just use them differently. I know that at least 30-40% of it is related to chinese vocabulary.
It is common amongst hmong elders saying that chinese people originate from hmong but chinese wanted to create an empire as hmong people are warrior farmers. Hmong was forced to assimilate under chinese rule or die. A large amount of hmong people split and that's how they ended up in many corners of the world
Another hmong brother here, been watching you guys literally since youtube first started. We may be low in population but slowly making our climb and waves here in the US. Most well-known hmong today is probably Sunisa Lee, maybe yall can bring her on the show.
I have been watching you guys ever since your first video and you guys have really shaped our community into something better and more relaxed compared to the early gangsta days. A lot of our generation, the baby boomers, really grow and take a lot of what you guys influence. Honestly, if you guys ever book anything up in Minneapolis, you guys would see huge love and respect. Everyone I know watches you guys, I watch you guys, my younger cousins watch you guys. Let me buy you guys plane tickets!
Sunisa Lee, Olympic gold medalist, is Hmong. The mayor of Oakland, CA, is Hmong, Sheng Thao. In Hollywood, Brenda Song is Hmong. So, we are out there.
Brenda is Hmong but she don't even associate with the Hmong community. That's the sad truth.
Brenda is half hmong. Dont make her full Hmong, respect both her races. Sunisa is also half Hmong. And Sheng Thao aint doin so well as mayor so she was a terrible example
@@Emyrtemoc I don't blame her. Hmong are toxic af look at how the Hmong community treated Sunisa Lee when they found out she was dating an African American. Hmong love to poop on their own kind but bow down to other races. It's how it's always been and it's how it will always be. No matter how successful a Hmong person becomes the Hmong community will find something about the individual to shame and gossip about. Just look at the comment above this one for an example 😂
@@CapoKabar LOL We don't care if they are half Hmong, as long as they say they are Hmong that is enough and will get our support.
@@tooktooknee Nope. They have to identify as Hmong. If they dont, no one cares. Dont be a tool.
It is great to see Hmong being recognized. I can see this episode will open up other JK fans to learn a little bit more about us if they haven't already.
Being recognized by my favorite group of people is so surreal! Love you guys and keep up the good work!
I appreciate the episode! It also shows how far we have come. Thank youuuuuu!
IM CRYINGGGGGG!! My culture and people is being acknowledged! Thank you sooo much guys! I love this so much!!! 💙 We are such a rare group of people that has no country and I appreciate this video so much!
Got so much respect and love for Joe and JK Films!! Thank you on behalf of all the Hmong across the world!!
This made my day! It’s so cool to hear y’all talking about my culture! I’ve been watching JkFilms and JkNews ever since I was in middle school till now when I am in college with a small family! Love you guys and thanks for always making us laugh especially after long days of work or school!
FYI Fresno has the largest Hmong New Year which is held at the last week of December every year
Yes!!! Thank you for talking about us!😭 I’ve been watching you guys since I was 10years old and I am now 23. Been a huge fan and for you guys to talk about us is crazy!! It’s like releasing a song for the first time and u hear it on the radio type of hype! 😭♥️love you guys!
Thank you for shedding light on the Hmong community! Y’all are awesome 🖤
Thank you for doing this !! The Hmong community needs more representation 💪💪
It’s always nice to hear when you guys talk about the hmong community, thank you for making this video, i didn’t even know joe lived in a Hmong village 😂 would love for u guys to find a hmong person to bring to the show!❤️always much love and appreciate y’all
Thank you for having this conversation and bringing some light to the Hmong people. We have come a long way. You guys should come to our Hmong International Freedom Festival here in Minnesota around July 4th weekend. It's a 2-day event with lots of things going on - competitive sports, parties, food, ec. Again, thank you.
Love it! Love how ya’ll did this and having others learn about Hmong people. Would Definitely love to see you guys invite the twins or reach out to other Hmong people in the community to get into JK if you guys are wondering who Hmong people are 😊.
Thank you for the episode, I'm Hmong and you guys just made my day 😊
Sick! Y’all actually know a good amount without being around a big community. Y’all should try to get Doua Moua on, I think he’s a good age to know about the immigrant experience and the Asian American experience. Twinjaz would be sick too!
Omgish I’ve been a fan over 10 years!! Still go back to watch some of y’all old video if I can find them!! I’m so glad y’all decided to talk about our people !!
Dope!! As a Hmong person, Ive been a fan of y’all for a long time. Keep making awesome content!
I loved hearing Joe’s experience in the Hmong village! Despite his shenanigans, he’s actually really compassionate and educated! I would correct him though and say that witchcraft is probably not the best term to characterize the Hmong’s religion. Shamanism is a more correct term, like Anthony mentioned hahaha. Much love, JK.
He might have meant it as a joke because he is a jokester, but by any means that is pretty offensive.
Thank you for this! We Hmong appreciate & love JK!
I hope to one day see a Hmong-American guest on JK News so you can all learn more about our culture. ❤
Eyyy!! Thank you for the little shout out and for shining light on our community. Amazing to see how far JK has come since we had you guys in Detroit, Michigan 🙏 I’m ready when you are 😉
Thank y’all for making this video. Much love!
Hmong man here from GA. Decent size hmong community here. i love jk and I try to promote jk news to my Mexicans friends. Not a lot of people know of us. A hmong person on jk news would be awesome.
I’m a hmong from Fresno and I have been a fan forever, I just want to say that Bart is right. Hmong people scrap anywhere 😂
This is awesome! Been following you guys since the 2010. Definitely a huge following from the Hmong community, I remember my Hmong friends and family could not stop imitating undo Same. Good times!
I wish David was part of this episode. He grew up in Sac so he knew a lot of Hmong people.
Man I got so many stories directly from my Mom with her story on what happened during the war. She was the oldest and still remembers the stories until this day.
I was at the show that you, Bart, and David attended at the university of Minnesota. It was the highlight of my time in college. ❤️
Great topic! Thanks! It's awesome when almost no topic is off limits for you guys!
They are very much in Thailand and I met some of them in Maesot, Thailand. In the Philippines I attended ati-atihan festival in 2020 ( just before the Covid lock down) the host asked us to wear traditional Hmong clothes. I went to Maesot and ask them for their suggestions and had it especially made for me and my two kids! They are nice people! ❤
Idk if you guys remember, but I was at your first JKFilms meet and greet over at San Gabriel. I was dating a Hmong girl at the moment and I asked you guys to give her a shout out because she was over in NorCal and couldn’t make it. I still have that video haha
Hmong was recruited by cia to ambush the Ho Chi Minh trail and when America abandon the war they left us for dead and say cross over to Thailand for refugee. Hmong landed in California but migrated to Minnesota for better economy and now the twin cities is the capital of Hmong in the nation. Thanks for supporting and talking about us
Woot woot!! Finally some great information for the world upon our community of hmong people. Great vibes and keep it up J K!!
Hello. Fellow Hmong here. The history I learned about my people came from word of mouth since there's not much documentation. After losing our war with China, we were segregated by colors. Hence why there's Hmong Green, White, Black and Red. (Might be more colors) Each color has a slightly different dialect. But some are almost a whole different language in itself. Anyone caught writing and speaking Hmong were killed Mostly hmong green and white migrated to the US. This is why we got the idea of sewing stories in our cloth. We also used to have blonde hair and blue eyes. Some of those traits are still strong in some families.
I’m Hmong but I’m much more thankful that Joe went out to the villages to educate and help put a derailment to a lot of evil actions. A lot of people going to villages/Thailand are predators. So huge respect & thanks for his time helping and bringing awareness.
Much love to the hmong brothers and sisters out there. These are some of the hardest working/loyal and family oriented people in the world. I know cause im from laos. If you wanna learn more about them. Check out the secret war in laos. You will learn how strong and capable they are. Most americans dont even know how much the hmong have sacrificed for the war on communism. Its a blessing and a honor know and be around such loving people. Trust me i am mien and we are pretty much the same.
I’m so glad and surprised you guys did a video for our Hmong people!! Much love and support for you guys! ❤
Ayeee super cool video. I’m Hmong Yang and I’m happy to see a video explaining where my people come from and our heritage
Love this. I grew up in a small agricultural town near chico California. Had a few friends who were hmong and I didnt know the history. Thanks for this video
Hmong ppl are really good farmers, that's why so many are in the Central Valley.
The religion isn’t witchcraft. It’s similar to ancestral worship, similar to honoring ancestors and being superstitious. The slaughtering of animals is essentially a sacrifice to appease spirits. The shaman is the religious leader who can traverse this realm and the spirit realm, they translate the needs of the spirits to the family.
Just invite Brenda Song out to the podcast. She’s Hmong and should be local to LA 😂
So amazing hearing Joe talk about our Hmong people and his experience with the church in Thailand!
I love this ❤❤ It's so great to see recognition!
I love the SHAMAN shout out!
@15:01 “even though they’re missionaries” Ryan had me CRYING
A perfect guess would be Doua Moua. Who was in Gran Torino, and star in Mulan. Also have another movie out call The Harvest. Which is about the Hmong community in the American.
I am Hmong and love watching you guys! Thank you for making a video about us ❤❤
I’ve never heard about you guys but somehow got recommended to this video on my feed. Great episode and video. Thank you for talking about the Hmongs!
I’m Mexican this was really interesting to learn about. I’m also mixed indigenous so it’s cool to learn about indigenous ppl in Asia 💛
Joe is going to be that dope grandpa who tells so many stories to his grandchildren. ❤
Love you guys! Much appreciated! Bring a hmong fan to JKnews and talk about off the record! 😊
This is amazing! Seeing so many comments from people from the Hmong community. This is something we should all learn more about. I'm sure many people are like me, who don't know much and could take the opporunity to learn more.