--- title: Fresh Off the Boat: Eddie Huang Explains the New Show & Racial Slurs description: Chef, writer, and "Fresh off the Boat" producer Eddie Huang talks about portraying his own Asian American experience in upcoming ABC show canonical: https://time.com/2826633/eddie-huang-fresh-off-the-boat-interview/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-05T17:56:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:14:14.190Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Fresh Off the Boat: Eddie Huang Explains the New Show & Racial Slurs og:description: Chef, writer, and "Fresh off the Boat" producer Eddie Huang talks about portraying his own Asian American experience in upcoming ABC show og:url: https://time.com/2826633/eddie-huang-fresh-off-the-boat-interview/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt960ea59236cb765e/69869657cd804d0dc4ccb552/show_1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ABC's "Fresh Off the Boat" - Season One og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fresh Off the Boat: Eddie Huang Explains the New Show & Racial Slurs twitter:description: Chef, writer, and "Fresh off the Boat" producer Eddie Huang talks about portraying his own Asian American experience in upcoming ABC show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt960ea59236cb765e/69869657cd804d0dc4ccb552/show_1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # VIDEO: Eddie Huang on Why _Fresh Off the Boat_ Uses Racial Slurs > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Foley/ABC via Getty Images) \*\*\* Local Caption \*\*\* FORREST WHEELER; IAN CHEN; RANDALL PARK; HUDSON YANG; CONSTANCE WUKevin Foley—ABC via Getty Images  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Jun 5, 2014 5:56 PM UTC In the same way chef [Eddie Huang](http://www.vice.com/tag/Eddie+Huang) was resolute in naming his new ABC show [_Fresh Off the Boat_](http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2014/05/20/abcs-new-sitcom-fresh-off-the-boat-will-have-asian-americans-gloating/25250), he was also adamant about using the word “chink” in the show’s pilot. “I never, never once thought about not using the word, because that was the word that was said to me,” Huang says. “And there’s no other word that will get the reaction that that word got out of me.” It’s reflective of Huang’s visceral approach in addressing some of the hardships he faced as a Taiwanese-Chinese-American kid growing up in Orlando. The show, part of [ABC’s 2014-2015](http://abc.go.com/shows/fresh-off-the-boat) lineup, is based on Huang’s New York _Times_ bestselling [memoir](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/books/fresh-off-the-boat-a-memoir-by-eddie-huang.html?%5Fr=0) of the same name. As the first network television show in 20 years to be centered around an Asian-American family, _Fresh Off the Boat_ has drawn comparisons to Margaret Cho’s 1994 [_All-American Girl_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American%5FGirl%5F%281994%5FTV%5Fseries%29)_._ Though Cho’s show was canceled after one season and criticized for stereotyping and depicting Asian customs as “[weird and alien](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/02/why-fresh-off-the-boat-tv-series-could-change-the-game/),” Huang is quick to acknowledge its role in paving the way for _Fresh Off the Boat_. “I’m honored to be compared to Margaret Cho, because she’s a pioneer,” Huang says. “It’s important to compare and contrast, but recognize that everything is different and that 20 years ago, she was dealing with a whole different set of circumstances.” What Cho attempted was like “trying to play mahjong on King Arthur’s table,” according to Huang. But today, Huang says he feels empowered to depict his personal experience in an authentic manner, starting with things like [reclaiming the term “fresh off the boat”](http://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/fresh-off-the-boat-author-responds) and including the word “chink.” “Now, I feel like in many ways, we’ve broken the table, and said, ‘We don’t want it. We want a folding table, and we want to play mahjong on this table’,” Huang said. “I do feel like ABC is letting us work on a new table. It’s not that same Round Table that we’ve been forced to fit in our whole lives. They’ve really taken the reins off and let us do our thing.” Huang stopped by TIME’s studio over the weekend while he was back in New York City to train a chef at his Taiwanese restaurant, [Baohaus](http://www.baohausnyc.com/). In the video above, he talks about including violence in the show, the _Fresh Off the Boat_ cast meeting his parents and how he feels about Asian fusion. 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