Slimebeast said:
Akvod said:
Slimebeast said:
Ask yourself why Japan has a zero immigration policy - despite having one of the lowest birth rates in the world!
It's because they see their society and culture as somewhat fragile, there would be too much turmoil and problems with immigrants. They want to preserve their culture. |
Hmmm =/ I hate both the liberals and conservatives in Japan. I remember being told in my orientation that it was a good thing that my parents gave me a Japanese name, and perserved my heritage. But on the other hand, what heritage? Sure, it'll be totally wrong to say I don't have any ounce of Japanese culture in me due to my household, but I was born in the US, raised in the US, and socialized in the US. I'll love to call myself Japanese, but I feel like it's a privellege I haven't earned/deserve, just like it's a privellege to be able to call yourself an American.
You might think of me as racist if I say that it's kinda disheartening for me to imagine a Japan that looks like America. I mean, America was a young history that has no concept of racial origin (even white people are from different countries, Ireland, Britain, France, Germany, etc). Japan, no, in fact almost all the countries have had histories dating back thousands of years... bah fuck it, IDK.
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Interesting. But let's see here. I think i see u briefly mention it, but whats the background here - are your parents Japanese immigrants? Have u lived in Japan? Do u know the language? etc
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I can speak it, I think and my parents say that I have no accent. I occasionaly make... gramatical(?) hiccups. But my biggest problem is vocabulary. I can't have a dinner table conversation about politics in Japanese. As for reading, I can read up to like a elementary school level. So as long as the manga has furigana, like One Piece, then I can read it, as opposed to seinen manga like Vagabond or Golgo 13.
I visited Japan a lot when I was younger since my grand parents constantly got sick, and eventually died, and we had to attend death anneversaries. I think it's been 1-2 years now, since the last time I visited.
My parents are immigrants from Japan, so I'm a second generation. There's not a lot of Japanese people in America anymore. If they are, then their families have been living in America for a long time at this point. I'm pretty much in the same crowd as a lot of Indian kids in my regions, with parents that were born in their native countries, and with us being born here.
