Parents from Master of None

This week, once again, I had to spend thirty minutes to choose the second show on Netflix. I decided to pick an American show beside the cartoon show which is my favorite show. However, this is a challenge for an international student like me to understand the American jokes which contain in each show. Sometimes, in a group study, my American friend usually tell some funny jokes (I know they are funny because my friends laugh all the time), but I do nothing, even a giggle. Wipe out my fear, I finally select Master of none.
This show has two seasons. It tells a story of an Indian guy Dev who was born in America. After scanning through each episode of two seasons, "Parents" episode 2 of season 1 is my final choice. Through this blog, I will reveal some hidden meaning that this episode wants to share with the audience.
First of all, because the episode is named as "Parents", it definitely talks about the relationship between children and parents. During thirty minutes watching this episode, I conclude that we have to be grateful to our parents. Parents always sacrifice themselves for their children to have a better life. For example, Dev and Brian's parents all had to leave their country to find a better job, so their children would not need to live a suffer life like they used to be. However, because they never mention about the past, children will never know what difficult their parents had to experience through. Therefore, they just enjoy present life without questioning how they get it, and they sometimes accidentally do something wrong with their parents just because of the difference between two generations. At the end of the episode, Dev and Brian tried to understand their parents' past through a dinner between two families, and they were grateful to their parents and became closer with them. Through that story, I recognize that we have to be thankful to our parents. We should not just enjoy our life and do not care about our parent. Sometimes, a little regard or some conversation with parents to understand them better is more than enough.
Moreover, the episode wants to condemn racism which maybe still exist in modern life. When Brian's parents went to the restaurant in America, although the restaurant did not crow, they still could not afford a table because the waitress said there was any seat. Through that announcement, I can see the racism in the old system. Although America is a free country for all people to come, there are still some people who are racist. For example, there are a lot of controversies about the existence of racism between American polices and Black people. However, when that happens, the court only said that American police just want to protect them from danger. Therefore, they have to shoot people for preventing the threat. Sound pretty reasonable, but this is just a justification for an act of racism. An episode rings a bell of warning that racism still exists even in a modern life. Therefore, we have to do something now in order to stop it.
In conclusion, I, one more time, recommend people to watch Master of None. Even though the main character is not an American, but the show is still hilarious and contains many hidden lessons which we have to learn.