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The perfect American faimly. What is that? You will most likely picture a famly of white pople but the United States is full of so many diffrent cultures and races that there is no definite way to define an "American family" other than a family living in America. Fresh Off the Boat is a new show that gives us an inlook on what is like to be an "American family" that is not white. Fresh Off the Boat is based on Chef Eddie Huang's memoir where during the '90s, 12 year old, hip-hop loving Eddie moved to suburban Orlando from DC’s Chinatown with his parents. It shows their attempts to achieve the American Dream and Eddie's journey to try to fit in yet find himself at the same time. The cast is made off Hudson Yang who plays Eddie Huang, Randall

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