[ SECRET POST #2674 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2674 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Sigh...this for truth.

And many of these Americans are like, "Well, it is racist by I am Japanese (or Chinese or what ever Asian ethnic group)." when in reality, they are like third or fourth generation. And are just as American as the whites they looking their noses down on.

No, you are not Japanese or whatever. You are American. You know Japanese because you picked it up from anime. Your favorite food is Tex-Mex. You accent is So-Cal. And your first name is Britney. You're not fooling anyone, sunshine.

[(Anonymous)]

You do realize it's relevant that Nth generation Asian-Americans are often wrongly seen and treated by other Americans (usually white) as completely Asian and not American, right?

[(Anonymous)]

See, but Asian-Americans are not the audience. At all. Asian-Americans are Americans. If they went to Japan, they would be considered Americans. And again, this video was not for Americans. At all. It was for her Japanese audience and they loved it (or ignored it).

[(Anonymous)]

You do realize that if Nth generation Asian-Americans went to Japan with the attitude of "I am Japanese just like you" they would be laughed all the way back to the US. That is after they feel insulted that this American was dumb enough to actually say that out loud to their faces.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this is true, and of course racism is a problem in America.

However, I think it's irritating when Americans 'identify' as a culture that isn't their own. Even if you are ethnically Japanese, that doesn't mean you are Japanese, or know anything about Japanese culture. Yes, you have a unique identity as an American who is Asian, and you might have some passed-down culture from parents or grandparents or whatever. But you are not Japanese (unless you've spent a significant amount of time living there, are fluent in the language, etc)

[(Anonymous)]

No they aren't.

Everyone in America at first generation is accepted as an American, but even whites of the 10th generation still talk about where they came from. It is a constant dual identity for every person of every skin color. Which is why Blacks are so sensitive about the whole thing when, for them to be part of the same conversation, they have to talk about being slaves.

But this whole, you aren't accepting people as American when you ask them about their ancestors, would seriously mean you don't think as a society we even accept whites as Americans.

[(Anonymous)]

I mostly agree with this sentiment, except for the list at the end and how it's suggested that things along those lines negate whatever ethnic variable someone puts before "-American". The video itself reads way too tongue-in-cheek for me to think that it would enforce anyone's stereotypes, but I could be unpleasantly surprised.

[(Anonymous)]

On Fandom Secrets, everything is negated by being American. The privilege of being an American in an Americentric world overrides all prejudices Americans face in their own country by not being a white straight middle-class-or-higher male. You're all American and you're all the same.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Really? HOrray! Racism IS over! I knew it!

[(Anonymous)]

When I was living in Japan we had a girl from CA who was a Cali girl, she described herself as such, and was third gen. The Japanese cooks in our dorm would call her by her surname and expect more from her even though she grew up in America, they saw her as Japanese. It's a bit of the opposite of what you're saying and I thought it was funny.