Listen: Why Eddie Huang Wanted the Word 'Chink' on Prime-Time TV

Much of ABC's new sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat" is standard family comedy fare: a crazy dad and his crazy hijinks, an overly protective mom, sibling quibbling, girls. But what sets the show apart (aside from some excellent source material via restaurateur and provocateur Eddie Huang) is that, for the first time in more than twenty years, the family in question is Asian American. And this fact occasionally raises some cultural stereotypes that have gone unexamined in the mainstream for a long time. 

After a recent sneak-peak at the first two episodes of the new series in The Greene Space, a guest panel featuring author Amy Chua, rapper Awkwafina, hip-hop dean Jay Smooth, and journalist Jeff Yang discuss the potency of one particularly harmful—and persistent—slur: the use of the word "chink" in popular culture. (The clip begins with an audience member asking a question.)