JP’s mother is Vietnamese, which makes him half-Vietnamese, which also means I feel justified in putting up this laughably ridiculous student rap, produced in Vietnam. As far as I can tell, it’s got nothing to do with children or parenting, other than the fact that the people who made it are young, and it’s bad, and I like it. Enjoy.
Patriotic Vietnamese Teen Rapping!
Published by Theodore
Theodore Ross is an editor of Harper’s Magazine. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, Saveur, Tin House, the Mississippi Review, and (of course), the Vietnam News. He grew up in New York City by way of Gulfport, MS, and as a teen played the evil Nazi, Toht, in Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation. He lives with his son, J.P. in Brooklyn, and is currently working on a book about Crypto-Jews. View more posts
Dude, that is nothing! I’m sure you’ve been subjected to your older in-laws doing patriotic Vietnamese Karaoke. Those are my wife’s people too. They all have perfect pitch and a weakness for schmaltz.
Beta Dad–oh, how right you are. What’s worse–I lived in Vietnam for three years, and karaoke, thy name is me! –Theodore.