Wednesday, March 10, 2010
I look like who????
The other day I was heading home on my bicycle. While passing an elementary school a little kid yelled, "Hey, it's Michael Jackson!" I honestly couldn't believe my ears. I felt like I was being called a pedophile and ugly at the same time. LOL! Japanese people are so backwards sometimes. Anybody that is white with brown hair looks like Tom Cruise. I've been told that I look like Tom Cruise many times. Anyone who is black is called Obama. While I admit that if a student of mine isn't wearing their uniform in public then I can't recognize them. However, I don't go around calling every Japanese girl I see Lucy Lu. Lucy Lu isn't even Chinese just imagine how insulting that could be. My beef isn't with the kid because let's face it kids can't comprehend stereotypes. It's the adults that get me all the time. For a first world country I really feel like Japan is behind in acceptance of other races and cultures.
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2 comments:
Hahaha bro,
Japan has a history that it was isolated in the past, and it has been surrounded by water for a long time. So people, especially those who have never had a contact with foreigners, tend to think of foreigners as someone famous on TV... much less kids!!
Yeah, I wasn't really offended. I thought it was pretty funny. It's the strange old-men that get me sometimes.
Thanks for commenting bro!
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