Japan Can't Accept Mixed-Race as Japanese

Aaliyah was born and raised in the Japanese countryside with her Japanese mother and American father. She has spent almost all of her life in Japan, yet still finds it difficult to be accepted fully as Japanese. She thought moving to America was the solution to fitting in, but found little acceptance there too and moved back to Japan.

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[andrewsutherland]

They once interviewed the president of Kenya, "how does it feel to have the president of the United States have your ancestry"
To which he replied, "something you need to understand is if Barak Obama was elected president of Kenya, he would be the first white president"
Only mixed people can truly understand this story

[CROSSFADE]

I feel her soooo much, when your mixed you never feel fully welcomed. You also feel alienated from both sides. Best solution I've found is to just focus on your self and build your own identity.

[ADayintheLifeoftheTw]

Such is the life of mixed kids everywhere. Don't fret, we find each other and create our own little cliques of shared happiness.

[whushaw]

People like to fit everyone into a stereotype box and that's the problem, it's so disheartening.

[romlyn]

One of my friends in Japan was the first half Tanzanian and half Japanese person born in Japan. Her father was a Tanzanian Diplomat and her mother was a Japanese Housewife. My friend was told many bad things because she was half African... it was tough for her growing up in Japan.

[cacogenicist]

I knew a guy in Japan many years ago. He was Black American and Mexican. He used to overhear Japanese people talking about "who would cut his hair here! how can he find shoes with his huge feet!?"

They would be shocked when he started speaking to them in immaculate Japanese.

Even an ex of mine -- Japanese & Korean girl with a Russian grandparent -- would go to a new hairdresser, sit down, then hear "oh, sorry! you have mixed hair! we can't cut it!"

[PickledPixiePie]

It's okay to be your own thing, though! My friend Maritza is Black, Puerto Rican, and Native American, and she's GORGEOUS! So is this woman!

[yurisucupira]

COME TO BRAZIL. You fit in here perfectly. 🇧🇷💚

[amandab]

I'm so sorry that you were/are going through this. One would think that as our world gets smaller that there would be more acceptance of one another.

[Spread_Hope_Like_Fire]

Everybody wants to fit in, but actually our differences are what make each of us beautiful❤

[HarrisIrfaan]

You said something interesting. You are your own person. Im 64, yesterday i was 30. Meaning focus on YOU, cause time will fly so fast, whats important is that you like what you do, your close friends, but mostly yourself, FIRST. Caring for those close to you needs you to be in YOUR zone. So right what you saying.

[forestsprite]

She is so beautiful, and seems sweet, Im sure a lot of people would b happy to have her as chosen family!

[Voidstroyer]

That's simply the issue with mono culture/ethnicity countries. Anyone who doesn't look like them will always be considered an outsider. I am black, living in China and my girlfriend (soon to be wife) is Chinese. Our children are going to have very similar experiences, but as a foreigner myself, I think that I would be well equiped to help my children deal with it.

[Mr.ATGATT]

I (half Filipino/white) live in Los Angeles. We have what is probably the largest mix of ethnicities in the world. Back in the 2000s, I remember walking into Vietnamese or Chinese restaurants and the non-US born servers were dismissive of me... in MY country! These places did have great food and now every ethnicity can be found there. After a while, all they saw was green. Go figure.

[kristinapaxton]

I’m mixed too. I think if you are multi racial you are not nowhere. You just got to reach out and create your own community. We are not solely one ethnicity and thats cool 😎 Genetic diversity is literally a strength. We got better immune systems etc.

[tarotcomPauloEvoLua]

Even in mixed countries like Brazil we have to fit in a box, it’s really annoying 😢

[qmjw]

I know several returnee Japanese who are not treated as Japanese. Despite the fact that they are 100% Japanese looking. Perhaps it is because they behave in a western way. In other words, the fundamental reason why they are not treated as Japanese is not their appearance, but their behavior.

[FRISHR]

Half-Japanese in Japan are treated like the Jinchurikis in Naruto.

[goonie]

You guys keep up the great work! I feel like she can be accepted anywhere. Traveling the world I think we all are trying to find her a place and she’s exact where she needs to be. Keep up the great work, and keep us and videos!

[asuniqueasthespellingofmyn]

Im not mixed but im also not the stereotypical black girl either. So when you look like others and they still treat you like an outcast...almost 50 years of it still is just as heartbreaking as when I was a kid. My kids are Filipino mixed and I homeschool them so they dont have to fight off the bs that way. They have healthy connections with people who have common sense❤❤❤