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Try Harder!

- I tried to portray myselfas less Asian because Asians are seen aslike machines

[audience cheering] - I tried to portray myself
as less Asian because Asians are seen as
like machines

Full Transcript

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[audience cheering]
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- I tried to portray myself as less Asian
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because Asians are seen as like machines.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:53
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
ITVS,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),California Humanites,XTR,Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Movie Summary

Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
But like I work hard [audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:06
But like I work hard [audience applauding]
[applause] - Try Harder! 00:06
[applause]
[audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:16
[audience applauding]
[audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:06
[audience applauding]
[water splashing] - Try Harder! 00:06
[water splashing]
- Yeah, and it goes until midnight, - Try Harder! 00:06
- Yeah, and it goes until midnight,
- My mom got like a room at the hotel where the prom is at. - Try Harder! 00:04
- My mom got like a room at the hotel where the prom is at.
- Yeah, afterwards I can just go up to my room - Try Harder! 00:06
- Yeah, afterwards I can just go up to my room
- Yeah, aren't you gonna party with your friends? - Try Harder! 00:04
- Yeah, aren't you gonna party with your friends?
[chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:05
[chuckling]
- Well, yesterday morning, - Try Harder! 00:09
- Well, yesterday morning,
We're not leaving the house until you do it." - Try Harder! 00:07
We're not leaving the house until you do it."
Just a lot of people strong in literature came out of Brown - Try Harder! 00:08
Just a lot of people strong in literature came out of Brown
And I thought to please her, - Try Harder! 00:07
And I thought to please her,
- I want to... It's like balancing between what I want - Try Harder! 00:07
- I want to... It's like balancing between what I want
And I feel like that's the problem - Try Harder! 00:05
And I feel like that's the problem
[doorbell dinging] - Try Harder! 00:08
[doorbell dinging]
- Oh, that could cause a little bit of contemplation - Try Harder! 00:09
- Oh, that could cause a little bit of contemplation
- Short question from me, as the mother, of course, - Try Harder! 00:15
- Short question from me, as the mother, of course,
- The question is not which school is better - Try Harder! 00:05
- The question is not which school is better