Why are you making a propaganda, SJW, ego-boosting, globalization documentary? Q+A v5
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2018
- In this month's Patreon Q+A, I answer questions about the documentary I'm starting to work on called "Being Japanese". To get your virtual movie tickets in advance, visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/be...
Questions:
00:20 - Why? Who is asking for this? Is it just an ego thing, no offense?
4:33 - How does the Japanese political system work? Check out Yuta's videos • How Do Japanese Electi... and • Are Young Japanese Int...
5:25 - For the documentary, where do you plan to visit?
6:48 - How important do you think the observance of traditional religious rites -- even if practised only two or three times a year -- is to Japanese self-identity?
8:48 - How long will production of the documentary take?
10:03 - I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy the content you're making.
10:24 - Can't you just get a job?
12:52 - It's important this documentary not exist instead of the vlog videos but rather alongside them.
14:33 - Foreigner living in Japan suffers identity crisis, decides to make UA-cam video about it. WOW HOW ORIGINAL.
16:59 - What's your budget?
17:47 - Most Japanese think that this video is for propaganda of globalizationnal SJW. Its the answer.
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Keep it up with that good quality!
Wrong. I am asking for this. Keep doing your art man. Our family enjoys watching your videos.
Life Where I'm From X Hi. I come in from time to time to see your videos and your kids. And I actually learn more from their eyes as they catch little details that adults have gotten used to and skip over. Whoever gave you the negative comments needs a life themselves and are just jealous really. Your videos are relaxing for me. My partner who is British and has recently moved to India with me (I am Indian) works as a UA-camr too although their stuff is very ... Lol... SJW. So I love how you handled this and keep up the great work.
If you run out of topics, would you pls consider doing a video on japanese work culture , work life balance and increasing suicide rates for salarymen . Good content as always Greg
The way you handle negative comments is really amusing, and informative. Taking them literally and answering in a thoughtful and studied way. Keep up the good work, and see you on the flip side.
What "Being Japanese" means is obviously important to you and will be an important part of your children's lives. It's something that your family could go through without us, but I'm happy to support this project so that you can bring us along on your journey.
If you had asked me if I wanted a series of videos on homelessness in Japan I can't imagine I would have honestly said "yes," but you had a story you wanted to tell and put it out there and it's probably my favorite thing you've done.
I love all your videos. They are masterful and it’s so painfully obvious that you put a lot of work and effort and talent into them. Please do your best on the new documentary! I’m looking forward to watching it! It’s fascinating to study the distinction between ethnos (ethnicity) and demos (nationality).
I love your longer videos! They go into detail and the cinematography is always well done. I appreciate the effort you obviously put in, expecially with managing to get different voices for their opinions and views. Thankyou :D
I am impressed that you are bringing up the controversial comments as well. Most creators only answer the easy and safe ones. Kudos to you.
If it's straight up hatred, I generally delete and move on, not worth my time. But even if the intention of some of the comments isn't the nicest, I do think about them and wonder. I've actually had some decent conversations with people after they've left comments that could have been worded better. I don't really think the gap between people is as extreme as some comments make it out to be, so I'd rather find some common ground. I think Yuta mentioned in his comment that he tries to think about what he would say to someone if he was talking to them in person. That how I wish people would leave comments and that's how I try to comment back in return.
I dont know if its your way of filming and editing, or your voice or your personality, or all of above :D but I find your videos very interesting and pleasing to watch, both vlogs and documentary formats! so thank you for your work :)
Keep doing what you’re doing, Greg! I have so much respect for your talent and dedication. These are important questions that should be explored and presented. You’re always so good at presenting information in a neutral and balanced manner, and I appreciate your willingness to tackle interesting issues.
i commend u for the way u response to all the trolly comments. ppl wear kimono because they find it pretty and love the culture of japan. when japanese ppl go to america and eat a hamburger no one yells at them for eating the stereotype food. They just want to experience and enjoy it. people over think the simple things. hope someone picks up your finished project like netflix when its done. your documentary is just to show a insight and possible help others thats it.
Thanks. Yeah, it'd be nice to get a pickup by some company once it's completed or complete enough that a distributor would be interested. But one of the key things I'm going for is to have it available to the public on UA-cam after 1-2 years. There are so many good documentaries that kind of sit on a shelf, not accessible by many.
To be honest at first I was a bit skeptical about the topic, because firstly I didn't think there was really an answer that could be arrived at, secondly I wasn't really sure that everyone would necessarily give their honest perspective, and thirdly maybe it would turn into kind of a rabbit hole that maybe you wished you hadn't gone down. However after hearing you talk about your idea more, I changed my mind and think it will be good a project. Probably you won't find the definitive answer, but it seems that wasn't really your goal, and it will be worthwhile hearing from people with different backgrounds about their experiences and ideas.
I really like the academic perspective of this documentary. It's thorough and from previous documentaries by LWIF your shots are very beautiful. Very clean. Thank you so much for working on this! I want to know what you find! :D I love research projects and talking to real people ^_^ cheers! From Toronto
I live in Vancouver! Hi there. I don't remember how I found you, but I'm 61 and live alone. I find these very interesting because I can't afford to travel, but love to learn about other cultures. I did live in Berlin for my first five years of life, so I know the benefits of having a better rounded view of all different people and traditions . Ty for all your hard work. I'll pray 🙏 for you.
Looking forward to this documentary. I'm Brazilian and it's really interesting to see how the Japanese immigrants and their descendants live here, specially in São Paulo, where their largest community in Brazil is. If you need are to come to Brazil and need any kind of help, don't hesitate contacting me.
Yes. I just had a conversation with a gentleman from Brazil and it was very intriguing. If I get enough of a budget, I think it'd be worthwhile to visit Brazil. If you give me a shout via www.lifewhereimfrom.com/contact/, I can keep you my list of people to get in touch with.
I love how honest you are about your work and perspective. Great work as always!
I have a friend, who has a friend, (yeah, I know), who's Japanese and Christian (and so am I, the christian part, but that's besides the point).
They were companions (friend 1 and friend 2) on their mission in Japan. My friend is '1/4' Japanese and has always identified strongly with that part of her, but on her mission she found that most people didn't consider her to be Japanese. Which she told me was a bit of a strange experience for her.
As for her companion, she is a native Japanese speaker, that has lived there for her entire life, as has her family who has lived there for many generations, yet on her mission she was accused of being 'not Japanese' and was questioned about her exact ethnicity because she also identifies as Christian. In that instance she insisted she was, but they wouldn't have it, apparently.
...and there you go, a semi-random experience! Anyhow, I wish you the best on your journey, and thank you for putting yourself out there with this documentary! I'm sure we'll all learn something from it. ^_^
Being Japanese also has a lot to do with bloodlines. Was she born in Japan? Is her mother Japanese? Does she look Japanese?
Thanks to you guys for always making great videos. They helped me a lot to get a first impression of Japan, what I can do and what awaits me. Next week I will be able to collect this impression in real life. Many Thanks!
I saw your UA-cam video for train and train travel in Tokyo being played in a Japanese market here in San Diego, CA!
Haha, that's cool!
Your documentary sounds so interesting, I am excited to see the final product in a couple of years! Sounds like a really engaging somewhat anthropological look into identity, ethnicity and nation states
Thanks for answering these questions. I plan on backing the documentary once my next paycheck comes in :) I do think you deserve some salary for this project though. I hope you are able make a profit off of this in the future. I'm excited to see it!
I'm not one to comment normally on any video that I watch, however, I don't really understand why it's so difficult for people to understand that a big part of this documentary is exploring what it means to "belong" and the philosophical ideology behind that. It seems pretty obvious that it's more of a thought experiment on a grander scale rather than something promoting bias and propaganda. Personally, I think it's great that you have done a multitude of videos exploring the different aspects of life that people experience even though you may not have any first hand experience with it whatsoever. So to have people bash the subject for the sake of "SJW/Propaganda/Ego-boosting" is kind of ridiculous. It doesn't make a lot of sense to put someone down because you're out there trying to learn about something from every perspective you can and trying to bring that collective perspective to people around the world to help broaden their knowledge on a particular concept and to get them to think about what it means to them. Keep up the good work!
This was a solid explanation of your plans and I'll definitely back your project. It's also rather unusual to hear a fellow Canadian refer to Winnipeg without mentioning the cold. :)
Regarding your children, I do have a question. You mentioned that when they turn 20 they will have to decide whether to be Canadian or Japanese Citizens. I assume this is because 20 makes them adults under Japanese Law and Japan does not recognize dual citizenship. If they choose to be Canadian citizens, but are residing in Japan at the time, do they get any special exemptions in regards to applying for Permanent residency or would it be as if they were foreigners who just arrived in the country?
Anyone who knows Winnipeg knows it gets cold, so kind of redundant :-)
For turning 20, yes, the Japanese government no longer allows dual citizenship in most cases. The law changed in 1985 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law. So once they turn 20, they have 2 years to choose whether to keep the Japanese citizenship or not. The Japan Times has a really good piece about the whole situation features.japantimes.co.jp/dualcitizenship/. Yes, if they choose to be Canadian citizens while living in Japan they should be able to get permanent residency quite easily. The same can be said if they renounce their Canadian citizenship.
i'm happy you're not rushing it. anyone could "show" what people are like but alot of the time its very shallow.i think you need a decent amount of time in order to not only show what people are really like, but get them to trust you in order to show what there culture is like to them. take your time, very excited to see it!
Thanks! It's weird though, because I don't want to take time just for the sake of saying I worked on something for X number of years, so it must be important. But like you said, I think to get closer to reality, I'll need to spend time with people and let relationships develop.
Hi ! Love your videos !
Regarding your documentary, where can I contact you about someone wanting to be interviewed ?
Thanks! You can contact me at www.lifewhereimfrom.com/contact/.
Keep up the good work 😁👍
Trip to Hawaii? ill show you around, thanks for videos, keep them up.
Just wanna ask. The style of making videos,editing stuff because stuff you made are cool man :)
I read the list of questions and I'm like... huh??!! I think you're magnanimous to address some of these people.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the documentary.
Who’s asking for this? ME! I’ve been enjoying your videos and it does help me a lot since I’m a 外国人 living in Japan.🇯🇵 Keep it up, Greg!🙌🏼
I appreciate your calm demeanor in the face of criticism.
I don't think the documentary will matter one way or the other. Enjoyed the documentary about becoming a Japanese citizen from a couple of years ago... The documentary won't change anything but will be a good watch.
Your video contents are worth viewing as it hold the users interests. Otherwise, users would just delete or move on. Thanks for the great work. I like Yuta and his videos are of greater interest. Speaking to ‘Japanese of mixed race’ would give a good prospect of attitude towards them.
Keep up the good work.
Hi Greg, at the end of your video, you said your kids would technically have to choose between Canadian and Japanese - is dual-citizenship not possible in this situation due to laws or something similar? I'm kind of curious as to what the requirements are for their situation.
Yeah, for the most part, dual-citizenship is no longer allowed. Good piece about it at features.japantimes.co.jp/dualcitizenship/
Some those questions you got... wow. So polite and informative on how you answer even the most rudest of questions. Keep up the good work and I look forward to this.
The kind of documentary you are thinking of making (or making already) doesn't seem like it's going to be a huge money maker. It makes sense to ask for funding - as it will be expensive - but I think it's an important and interesting movie to make. You don't need to justify yourself - especially if the documentary is free for us all to watch (or on Netflix etc).
I hope your children (and everyone on this planet, actually) will never have to choose sides. Identity is not fixed, it is a constant work in progress. And most of all, we are ALWAYS many things at the same time and one should never exclude the other. I hope the only side they'll choose is their own side.
I want to say that Japan should change its law, because I think it'd be very hard for my children to choose, but I don't know if I could win an argument saying that what I want is best. I don't really know.
@@LifeWhereImFromX It's tough. I am an Indian, who is now officially a Canadian citizen. I had to make that tough choice. I do hope all countries allow dual citizenship.
Just so you know, it's really easy to evade the laws on renouncing citizenship, and your kids will very likely be able to use the loophole to remain a dual citizen.
Can you elaborate?
Hey im moving to japan soon and i just wanted to ask if you can make a video on the basic things you need to make the whole process alot easier, and i love your videos.
Knightraptor he has done a majority of the stuff you need to know before. Either here or on the main chanel
I've never seen anyone deal with outrageous comments such as the ones in this video as well as Greg does. At best, people would generally ignore them. As if asking for 10 grand for a feature length documentary of this scale can in any way be construed as greedy. "Who is asking for a documentary about Japanese people on a channel about Japan?" Like what?
Brazilian, not a bit Japanese.. 😁 But TOTTALY fan of the way u and ur dear cute children show Japanese culture. Amazed about the schools and kids skills and Nice responsabilities. Made me wish to live in Japan. Besides.. U r very sympathetic!!
I'm not asking but I want to know. Your video is more informative that others. So please do them. I'm not Japanese. Thank you for your hard work.
Hi Greg, this documentary sounds amazing. If you need any help with Chinese-English translation, please let me know!
Is there a way to do this through paypal? I just went on the website and it asks for a card number.
I don't have any thing setup beyond Indiegogo as it would be a big task to try and track things in multiple places. I've recently heard about Ko-fi ko-fi.com/ which works with PayPal. I kind of felt that there wouldn't be enough people interested to really be worth it to have another way. But who knows. If there were a lot of people in your same position, I'm open to changing my mind.
OK, thanks! If I get stuck I'll just use my card.
If you need a guide in Brazil, it would be a pleasure. I'm from São Paulo and I'm really familiar with the japanese community. Also, I can translate for you. All for free, of course! Just tell me! Love your channel.
Please do a video on bending machines, they are everywhere, what can you find in them? why are there so many in so random locations?
cheaper then having stores?
Well handled on that final question there.
What are some reasons why you shouldn't live in Japan? I hear a lot of pros and the good sides to living in Japan, but I also want know some of cons and the bad sides to living there.
Hey are you by any chance related to Mitchell from ASAP science? You two look so similar lol. Anyways I love all the videos you and you kids make. Thanks!
Sorry, not at all :-)
wow! a fellow winnipegger!...had no idea, after all these vids!Big 'Hi' from hong kong, would love to meet up sometime! keep up the good work!
People can be mean here on the Internet (in real life too actually, but that's different).
Just keep working hard, your videos are inspiring.
I'm just watching this video now and being a Japanese-born, Canadian (Toronto) -raised and living woman, I am very interested in your documentary. I haven't looked too much into your plans for it, but I thought I would quickly share my experience in case it would be of interest. My parents immigrated here to Canada because they wanted to raise their only child, daughter, in a less or non-patriarchal society. I am so grateful for this because of having been given the opportunity to be the person I am today, but also feel a disconnection with the culture and society that I feel in my mind and heart is a huge part of who I am. Also, while my mother, who has moved back to Japan, and I are very close, we have a definite language barrier. My Japanese being limited to those of a young child's and my mother's limited understanding of English. I feel like my/our story can be an interesting contribution to your documentary. Is there any possibility for us to connect to discuss?
17.47 Most Japanese think this vid is propaganda!?
Dood must be the ALL Knowing One to say that...LOL
I'm really curious in finding out how many Japanese do feel that way. I'm always told about honne and tatemae. If there is a big contingent of Japanese who really feel that what I'm doing is bad for Japan, I'd like to know why. If I know the true reason why, perhaps there's some things that can be done to make it better.
I don't understand the hate, keep doing what you're doing. It's good quality and myself and other people clearly like it so keep doing it. If I had the gear and know-how I'd try to make similar videos where I'm living (Germany) if not for UA-cam then for family and friends back home.
I think it might also be interesting for other people with both parents from different countries! Although it might not be specifically about Japan for myself, it still could be relatable!
Depends on which countries we're talking about. I have 3 citizenships. My father is American, my mother is British, and I was born in Canada. I have citizenships in all 3 of these countries.
Alright that's fine! I'm sure you will find some experiences are similar with other people who also have multiple citizenships which may all be different from the 3 that you have.
I hope that it is informative for people beyond those interested in Japan. I think nationalism and globalism are such big topics right now and I don't see it fading away any time soon.
I love your comment about feeling how your identity changes depending on where you are. I am half Korean, half white and I looked Korean as a child and grew up with my Korean mother so all my experiences are from that lense, but now I look white and I want to identify as Korean-American, but people's expectations when it comes to that label don't match up to who I "am" I guess. Being Korean used to be my identity growing up but now it's kinda disappeared and it's hard when you feel you are something that nobody acknowledges or takes you seriously about.
It's interesting (and depressing) to know that the term "SJW," at least in the negative, is being used outside of the United States; the toxicity has spread that far.
"Most Japanese think this video is for propaganda or globalization." Yeah, I'm sure the person who made this comment has the authority to speak for "most Japanese." Eyeroll. As if the entire population of Japan was tuned into Life Where I'm From and is vehemently anti-SJW. Lol. (Although, Greg, it would be nice if more people watched your channel! :])
SJWs are a cancer. It's a perfectly apt term to describe a nasty group of people.
It’s not apt at all. It lumps actual people fighting for social justice in with an extreme group of people. By linking the two groups it delegitimizes both groups. So, it’s really only apt if you hate legit people fighting for social justice AND those extreme and toxic SJW.
Gazorpa Zorp it is really disheartening that people these days don't even bother trying to hear people out, instead they just dismiss them and claim that they are "cancer", "evil", "the reason the country is what it is now".
Ermhs Parasoidis are you ok? Everything good at home? Is this really what you believe, or is this some crap you pulled off the internet because it's buck wild
Interesting how you go on about people not hearing each other out and then go straight to ad hominems implications when someone gives their perspective. How can your thought process on something change like that in 20 minutes? Baffling!
How does the Japanese political system *work* , not works, it's grammatically wrong (in the description)
Fixed it, thanks. I also realized I didn't have the links to Yuta's videos, so I put them in as well.
His kids have both citizenships? I thought you can't have dual citizenship according to Japanese law, or does that only apply to foreigners applying for Japanese citizenship?
There's a system by which children with at least one Japanese parent can have dual citizenship until they reach some certain age. Then they have to renounce one citizenship or the other.
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hello from the UK
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Hey!
Soooo??? What is your ethnicity? 🧐🤔
I think I will talk about this quite soon in an upcoming video on this channel. I really wanted to do a DNA test, but I think I can still make a video answering that before doing the official test.
My goodness...those questions... Come on people, don't be so primitive!
Greg, you could pick ones that has more sense answering, you know? And ignore others (if not properly address some of those douchebags). You are too polite, man :D
Please, keep up the good work, we're really interested. Peace
he looks Indonesian or Mexican
he used my comment, I'M FAMOUS
just fyi it's the title that got me to click on this title
Greg, regarding your discussion of identity, I think it is endemic to all of us, regardless of the genetic tree from which we descend. We want to interrogate who we are based on the perception of the past, or how we fit in with "the cool kids", but what matters is what you do with your life, and not where you came from. After all, anybody with any European ancestry has at least 2% Neanderthal DNA, You do really cool and valuable work and I appreciate it in the extreme.
Please visit India if ur free
he needs more money for that to happen and would need to leave his kids for a bit. which means more money.
GomChingu
No I mean if he will have documentaries on India or a vacation
Am not telling that he has to come immediately♥♥
one thing west never understand.
In the first place, Asia is a term created by West.
I can understand Asia as a region but can't understand Asia as self-consciousness.
This is why I prefer a kind of nationalism to the large region.
Can I call Europe one Chinese region?
I can force a name of a region on westerners? like North West China.
You are North West Chinese from this day forth.
This is the same as concept of Asia.
I also find the use of broad terms like Asia interesting. You said it's a term created by the West, which is also a very broad term. They are shortcuts for explaining some things, but I think it's important to distinguish when necessary. Growing up, Asian was often used for any country in East or South East Asia. Such as Asians like this or Asian do that. But of course when you look closely, people from the Philippines can be quite different from the Japanese who can be quite different from the Chinese. I use something broad like Europe if I want to say that Europeans are more socialist than Americans and Americans are more capitalistic. So for Asia, there's a lot of countries that have Confucian ethics, so there's a certain mindset that evolved from that.
I guess the mindset was formed by historical reasons of the country as you know.
and countries(nations) have to repel each other because of difference of the mindset.
Ultimately, ethnicity is decided by the difference of it, and isn't decided by so-called race actually.
So-called West and America's values are just another mindset.
For that reason, immigration and citizenship don't relate to form of Japanese. For the same reason, globalization can erase so-called Japan. It's possible.
Don't you think so? I said that self-consciousness is important than so-called race but It needed persuasiveness sadly.
One of my favorite movie quotes is from Lawrence of Arabia, "Who are you?"
Not sure if you told us your ethnicity but you can pass for multiple. Latino, Middle Eastern, mixed Black.
Make the videos you want to make. Don't worry about the haters.
"Can't you just get a job?" - the jealousy is palpable hah
I think online audiences should be treated like real life. Don't acknowledge the crazies.
Haha. Great title.
Also, gotta love the hate comments shaming you for making money off this. You have every right to make money off the documentary. You're creating something educational and valuable and you're using lots of time, resources, and skills to create it. Argh. That ignorant, entitled mindset always frustrates me.
I honestly have a hard time in the past justifying getting any money for what I do. And if I didn't get message from people who had positive outcomes because of the videos, I may have still thought the same way. I still don't think I deserve to make any money for what I do. I just feel fortunate that I can. It helps me feel better when I look at TV and see the content that's being produced, and how I can do something that people get something from, for a fraction of the money required. Anyways, thanks for the comment!
Of course you deserve to make money of it, it's your job and you are the person who invests his time, money and equipment in it. Just because you enjoy your job, doesn't mean you don't deserve to earn money.
This is totally off-topic he is so cute 😍😍😍
wearing a cowboy hat would get me a “lookin good, partner”
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A canadian is a canadian is a canadian. regardless of race or background genetics.
I really love that quote from Trudeau. It's so simple yet has a lot of depth to it.
That quote is something that I've been taught my whole life. Coming from a mixed family of white and black, through immediate family and throughout my history. The one thing that made us more alike than different was that we were all Canadian.
Ermhs Parasoidis Canada was more of a native American society till recently is more appropriate.
You got a white boy vote, I'd watch it
Mixed blood type so i guess you are AB+ or AB- i guess? ;)
Les SJW me sortent par les trous de nez
L G je dirai pas d'où tu sors.
Mais pour l'instant, tu sors.
I think you should be bolder about condemning comments from rightwing Japanese nationalists.
Love your videos - but I think this documentary is indeed a typical case of gaijin projecting their believes on Japanese society - it's been done, and it's projecting western ideas on a complete different (and in many ways better) society.
Arthur van der Wal they want Japan to be like Canada.. Full of immigrants but no own culture and identity...
Who knows, it could be once it's done. But I'd wait to see the actual finished piece before judging. The plan is to mostly let the people speak, from government officials, to academics, to the Jun Japa (pure Japanese) to the rest of the Japanese, to the far-right, to the people who want to be more global. I'm really trying to get a sense of everything. Truth be told, I do love Japan and Japanese culture, so I too am wary of drastic changes. But at the same time, studying history, seeing how things are today, and looking towards the future, I think it'd be naive to say that Japan's culture hasn't changed. It's always changing. I think there are some fantastic things that the Japanese were able to preserve, but I also think there have been many things adopted from other countries that has made Japan greater than if they had remained isolated.
omg your first answered comment is long and boring. sorry, just being honest. you should have started with a more interesting 1st question.