Name: kokujin 2006-12-02 0:46
First off, who's to say a certain race should act a certain way? That to me is complete garbage. How you act on the outside, what you like and dislike, etc. doesn't mean you are trying to be a certian race; It just means you like that hobby, that language, that area, WHATEVER. I had a friend who became god-awfully annoying to talk to because he coudln't grasp this idea.
This is how I feel about so many critisms people use. "Act Black." "Act white."
Excuse me? Because I don't feel like listning to rap anymore, sagging my pants, and everything else you've assumed...... all of a sudden I'm not acting black? Who's to say that's only a black trait in the first place?
Race has nothing to do with it; it's how you were raised and what you were around. What I described above is not acting "black" it's acting "ghetto." There's a difference when you take that and label it exclusivly with one race.
Another favorite, Wapanese/Japanophile/Etc.
*sigh* especially if YOU'RE IN JAPAN. What?? Someone should be ashamed of trying to blend in? Someone should be ashamed of trying some of the culture out and doing themselves? Especially in a place like Japan where group and conformity is so common....I should make life harder for myself because somehow that would make me more "true" to my self?? Yeah screw that.
I don't even agree that we should even consider "how Japanese you are trying to act." Why is there a gauge? What's wrong with trying things that other cultures have to offer?
If I was really being myself, I wouldn't care about how it would look and I'd just do whatever interets me; That's being yourself.
"Staying away from looking like you're trying to copy someone/something else." is not being yourself.
Let me ask you a question:
If someone lived in Japan for 20 years, learned about the culture, ended up AGREEING with it and started living/advocating it, does that make him any less of himself than someone who fits more of the "american" stereotype?
Does that make one a hyprocryte and the other "himself"?
*This might seem to some like an angry rant, but I'm that angry about it. It just soemthing I've always thought about. I just don't agree with making distinct lines between different types of behavior. Why should someone have to defend/explain his or herself for liking something from a different culture?*
Please don't take my tone incorrectly. Just positive pondering. Don't you think It's going too far to call someone a "wanna be [insert race]" just because they show or have interest in things that fit a stereotype or another culture?
This is how I feel about so many critisms people use. "Act Black." "Act white."
Excuse me? Because I don't feel like listning to rap anymore, sagging my pants, and everything else you've assumed...... all of a sudden I'm not acting black? Who's to say that's only a black trait in the first place?
Race has nothing to do with it; it's how you were raised and what you were around. What I described above is not acting "black" it's acting "ghetto." There's a difference when you take that and label it exclusivly with one race.
Another favorite, Wapanese/Japanophile/Etc.
*sigh* especially if YOU'RE IN JAPAN. What?? Someone should be ashamed of trying to blend in? Someone should be ashamed of trying some of the culture out and doing themselves? Especially in a place like Japan where group and conformity is so common....I should make life harder for myself because somehow that would make me more "true" to my self?? Yeah screw that.
I don't even agree that we should even consider "how Japanese you are trying to act." Why is there a gauge? What's wrong with trying things that other cultures have to offer?
If I was really being myself, I wouldn't care about how it would look and I'd just do whatever interets me; That's being yourself.
"Staying away from looking like you're trying to copy someone/something else." is not being yourself.
Let me ask you a question:
If someone lived in Japan for 20 years, learned about the culture, ended up AGREEING with it and started living/advocating it, does that make him any less of himself than someone who fits more of the "american" stereotype?
Does that make one a hyprocryte and the other "himself"?
*This might seem to some like an angry rant, but I'm that angry about it. It just soemthing I've always thought about. I just don't agree with making distinct lines between different types of behavior. Why should someone have to defend/explain his or herself for liking something from a different culture?*
Please don't take my tone incorrectly. Just positive pondering. Don't you think It's going too far to call someone a "wanna be [insert race]" just because they show or have interest in things that fit a stereotype or another culture?