あけおめ!I know I didn’t make a community post yet, but just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! This year I’m going to try to upload more talk/interview type videos. I think a lot of people get a lot out of these, and I get a lot of enjoyment out of making them/meeting people. Let’s see how it goes. In a time where everyone passed the hurdles of 2020 and are still struggling to make things work this year, let’s stay optimistic and make the 2020s great again😆
People of foreign backgrounds raised here in the countryside of Japan are very different to those raised in the big cities from my experience. They are much more balanced and emotionally mature and you see this for yourself with this lovely lady.
I feel my whole life ive been crazy as a polar nationality mix and hearing her speak is like a super cool older sister giving me the advice ive always needed😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ thank you!!
@@MaxDCapo Please do. It really is indescribably inspiring! Specially for those in areas/environments with little understanding of the international mind and way of seeing the world
I'm crying. I love her. Only half way through and she said something I have to tell my Danish wife who teaches Danish to foreigners. How she described about not speaking English because it was something she could control and by NOT speaking it, she could prove that she was Japanese. VERY interesting idea. I lived 4 years in Japan where I met my future Danish wife. I tried not to speak any native English at home in front of the kids. One was non verbal autistic and we were trying to give him the best chance in Danish (doctor's suggestion). But my other "normal" son learned English despite that, although granted, English is everywhere, we also did a trick about only speaking English when it was about things like "should we buy ice cream tonight?". Iearned that from an American friend who learned Japanese because her Japanese born parents only switched to Japanese when they were trying to keep secrets about birthday and Xmas gifts and the kids broke the language code because the wanted to learn what they were getting and where it was being hidden. Now, on to the second half of this wonderful interview. So exciting.
Such a beautiful family. The interview the strength of how she grew up awesome. Her English is flawless I don’t even detect an accent that would suggest Japanese background
Its ok so cool the fact she grew up in Hamamatsu and Tenryuu. And after going to US and now back in Jpn working for Netflix. She looks very strong. I love when she said I know Jpn as much as anyone, i was born here and id studied here. Pretty cool. And also Naked Director was so cool.
She has such a beautiful mind. I hope more would look at things through a different lens and ask “but, why” and “who say’s?” If everyone questioned why we do the things we do… and ask ourselves if there is a better way of doing things. ❤
Love the talk style videos! As a half Japanese and half New Zealand person who was born and raised in Japan I had the same experiences and it was nice to be able to relate to it!!
hi there, right now I'm looking for some hafus people in Japan for my college research assignment. I know this is very random and sudden, but can I get your email or instagram account? I want to ask you some questions about your life which is labeled as hafu in Japan, your attention is very meaningful for my college research, thank you:)
I agree the part she said speaking English benefited her to expand her world. It is a tool, yet it’s so widely spoken around the world that you get to know diverse people through the language. 複数の文化で育って幼少時代は混乱葛藤があったんでしょうが、大人になってスッキリ抜けた感じがして見ていて気持ち良かったです。
I’m Chinese with Chinese parents and born in Japan. Now in America since I was 7 years ago and lost speaking Japanese bc when I got to the USA in the early 70s, there were very few Japanese in my city. Plus, I had to Hearn Chinese to be able to diesel to my grand parents that spoke really bad Japanese. Looking back, I wish I kept up with my Japanese, but back when you were a foreign kid, you wanted to be like all the other American kids and fit in. Now it’s still common to be Japanese mix, but telling ppl. I was Chinese and part Japanese seem strange in my days. Oh and technically I’m quarter Japanese bc my mom is half Chinese and Japanese and born in Japan also.
This is such a wonderful interview. I admire her poise, confidence and interesting & lovely persona. I imagine she is just the most amazing friend to have. I could have listened to another hour. Thanks
I love what she is saying, culture is one of the beautiful parts of humanity. If you grow up somewhere you are of that culture no matter what you look like.
22:44 I really enjoyed Lila's description of feeling "comfortable in her own skin". I had a visual juxtaposition of a person's skin as if they were pre-1980 Levi jeans. Jeans in that era took many washings and wearings until they started feeling nice. I guess younger folks might have no idea what I'm talking about, but trust me, jeans used to take months to finally feel soft and comfortable to wear. And like jeans, our skin is only the outer covering that people see. It is the content of our character that matters. Edit: Had to come back for the NC shoutout! Born in Germany, lived in both west and east Germany, also lived in Japan and England, and now for 30 years in NC.
Thanks Lila for the insight made thru this video. Your parents are cool as Jews and Black Africans marriage at that time was like a tabou. But they made it to have you and siblings belonging to 4 nationalities - African, Israelite, American & Japanese. I just saw your video this 14/09/23 in Melbourne, Australia being myself of DR Congo origin. Congrats
I was already liking this interview but I sat up as soon as she mentioned Ghana 17:40 🇬🇭…now my liking switched to❤ Everyone should get to know about GH, it’s the gateway to Africa 🙌
Very beautiful end thoughts, and thank you, it brought tears to my eyes talking about the little girl who seeing with disbelief and astonishment someone like herself also the message to "Hang in there---The world is here for you---Just try to understand---It will be OK!
When I lived in Japan, I used to dream in Japanese, but I couldn't say anything! It was more dreams of me not being able to communicate, lol. So I don't know if dreaming counts as being fluent.
Ye, it's not really related to actually knowing the language. You dream about things you experience or think about. If you interact with people in a certain language daily, it's not uncommon to dream about it. Even if it's just listening without even knowing what any of it means it can happen. It's just superstition. TLDR: If you study something it's not unlikely that you'll dream about it and if you study something it's not unlikely that you'll learn it, that's all that there is to it.
Thank you so much for this video! I don't know how to exactly express this but I love the way she speaks and how she gets her message across. I feel like I've learned a lot watching this. Thank you!
I lived and worked in Mie Machi and then Beppu, both near Oita more than 20 years ago. I used to ride my bike into Oita and quite often saw a young black girl on her way to karate lessons. I remember her speaking Japanese to someone to help her mother out with something. It would be cool if she turned up on the channel.
リラさんのような素晴らしく魅力的で自分をきちんと表現できる人が「私は日本人です!」と言ってくれて同じ日本人としてとても誇らしく思えました。私はアメリカのcommunity college で文化人類学、美術史、哲学、アメリカに於ける黒人の歴史などを学び、その後イギリスやドイツにも住んだ経験があります。JiCAの通訳として 色々な国の人々とも関わりました。ここ数十年は田舎の主婦業をしつつ、家庭教師の仕事もしています。教育にとても興味があります。伝統文化や日常的文化を学ぶ中でどのように世界の人々と関わっていくか、今日本は試されていると思います。その観点からこのチャンネルはとても興味深いトピックを扱っていて、ホストのマックスも素敵な方で確かにちょっとトム・クルーズに似ていていい感じです。これからも期待しています😊
Thank you very much. I really appreciate how Lila is sharing her feelings and how she feels about her life and herself. I am unique, this is the important thing. I wish I could speak Japanese. Little by little. :)
Yeah I can tell she prefers Japanese vs English. I was like that too with my family. They spoke to me in Spanish, but I responded in English. I can speak both, I am just stronger in English, but I am terrible at articulating myself.
Damn, she went to a North Carolina College about the same time I did!!! Married......dang. Oh well, what a human being😍! I think a animated adaptation of her life would be awesome! Great work Max!
In my experience, racism is generally everywhere but I felt least apprehensive in Japan than when visiting family in America because it's so overt and in-your-face in the States, especially in Southern regions and even in some Northern urban areas like NYC. In Japan, no one says anything because they are too polite and civil (even if they are racist or uneasy about your ethnicity/skin color). Japanese generally are more concerned with how you conduct and apply yourself in society. If you speak Japanese and follow their customs and traditions, there generally isn't much of an issue. In the States, just being black or Hispanic going to the store or filling up your tank will get you in trouble.
The basterd west. White or even black people are so frigging racist when compared to Asians. Asian racism is never too extreme, less overt. I'm Asian, I hated my experiences in the west.
The thing I love about these interviews is that although the individual experience is so specific and rare (Black and Jewish and Japanese) they are also universal - how to fit in, moving, getting confident in who we are, finding a way to thrive in work. Super interview and interviewee.
@@渡辺春樹-z7x she is japanese as well, she even says that she is japanese herself during the video. She was born in Japan, that alone by definition makes her japanese.
I was born in Germany and German was my first language but my parents divorced and since we were living in the US at the time I was surrounded by English and forgot German. I lived in Japan and studied Japanese at my university. It is a bit funny that I understand Japanese more than German now
It's a little wrong to say that if you can't speak Japanese, you'll be left out of the group. It's simply that Japanese people can't understand English In the first place, if you can't speak Japanese, you can't communicate. it doesn't mean to be an outcast
It's obvious that you're targeting mainly non-Japanese as your audience. You are painting a picture of Japan with selective point of view. Why bother communicating in Kanji if you offend & insult native Japanese with your video? You are trying to make people change for you & think like you, but you do not care to change yourself to fit into Japanese culture & way of life or even understand Japanese people & their thinking. Judging from the Japanese comments in here, I am not the only one who feels this way. Let us know when the West treat Asians as good as or better than Asians treat westerners when they are in Asia. We in Asia don't even meddle in western culture so why should you meddle in ours?
しっかし本当にアメリカ人はこういう話好きだね。人種や肌の色に対する凄まじいほどのobsession。 Not to criticize anyone but I'm always surprised how Americans are obsessed with the concept of race and skin color.
Thanks for the comment. I don’t think we like/are obsessed about talking about it, but rather living in a country with so many different races, you have to confront these topics. In Japan, if you are Japanese and never meet people of another race, you won’t have to worry about it. 別にこう言う話が大好きなわけで話しているではなく、こういう話をせざるを得ない。特にアメリカは多様であり、いろんな人種の人がいる。こう言う話をしない限り、他人種の相手の経験は深く知らないでしょうね。相手の経験を推測するのではなくて、仲良くなって素直に話をすればいい。これはどんな話でも一緒です。 悪い意味ではありませんが、日本でずっと暮らしている日本人が他人種の人と接触したことがなかったら、もちろん人種や肌の色に対する話はしないだろう。平和的だと思います。もちろん優しい日本人たくさんいるし、日本の文化を他国から来た人たちにシェアすることも凄く好きだなと思います。これは日本のいいところの一つですね🇯🇵でも海外(アジアじゃない国)に行くなら一般人に自分のことが「アジアン」だと思われますので、このことを知っておくべきです。 日系アメリカ人でも第二次世界大戦の時に結構酷い目にあったし、戦争後でも結構嫌な思いがいっぱい経験した。国籍的には(そして文化的に)同じアメリカ人なのに、肌の色が違うだけで色んなことを耐えられないといけなかったのです。 恐らく当時の日系アメリカ人(そして今の日系アメリカ人でも)人種や肌の色に関する話をするだろう。 まあ、常に自分の人種を考えるべきではないと思いますが、be awareが必要ですね。 リンクを載せますが、この前インタビューさせてもらったアントニーさんも日本で経験した差別を語ってるので、参考になると思いますua-cam.com/video/XH2jkiud4C8/v-deo.html 常にこう言う肌の色の話をするべきではないと思いますが、無視することもしない方がいいですね。こう言う話がもう凄まじいほど話す必要がない世界になったらいいですね〜😵
@@MaxDCapo またまたご返信ありがとうございます。 Maxさんの考えはよくわかりました。 これはもう、"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” みたいな議論だと思います。 ①アメリカには様々な人種がいて様々な差別があるからこういうコンテンツが必要なのか、 ②それとも大量の人種差別に関するコンテンツがアメリカ人の心に分断を生んでいるのではないか。 もちろん片方だけではなくて両方の可能性もあるでしょうが、私は、アメリカ人は②についてもう少し考えるといいのではないかと思っています。すでに言いましたが、ここまで大量の人種差別に関するコンテンツがある国はアメリカ以外にないでしょう。子供の頃からずっとテレビやUA-camでそういうコンテンツを見て育つアメリカ人は、良い影響だけでなくて悪い影響も受けているのではないかと思っています。 今ふと思いついた Just a suggestion, but it would be interesting for Americans if you made a video that introduce the comments by Japanese on your videos. この動画だけではなくて、例えばアントニーの動画のコメントとかも。差別的なコメントは論外ですが、I mean, including opinions you don't like. (コメントの名前を隠せば誰の許可もいらないと思います) 我々は人間なので、まあ、意見が一致するのは難しいでしょう。でも私の話を聞いていただいてありがとうございます。感謝します。
あけおめ!I know I didn’t make a community post yet, but just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! This year I’m going to try to upload more talk/interview type videos. I think a lot of people get a lot out of these, and I get a lot of enjoyment out of making them/meeting people. Let’s see how it goes. In a time where everyone passed the hurdles of 2020 and are still struggling to make things work this year, let’s stay optimistic and make the 2020s great again😆
happy new year, may Allah brighten your days this year, ameen ^_^
Happy new year max. When will the old hairstyle come back
Absolutely love the vid, thanks for sharing and thanks for your hard work! あけおめ~
Happy New Year!!
@@cityonfoot6023 Thanks!! Same to you!
久しぶりにリラちゃんに会えたようでうれしかったです!!私は天龍にすんでいたころの近所のおばちゃんです。私は習字の先生をやっていて、私の子どもとよく遊んでいたりらちゃんを思い出します。
今はみんな東京に住んでいます。元気そうでよかったです。また会えたらいいですね♡よろしくお伝えください。
いやー、なんかいい話ですね。
すばらしい!
静岡は広いですね。海も山も楽しい。妻が静岡なのでよく行きます。
People of foreign backgrounds raised here in the countryside of Japan are very different to those raised in the big cities from my experience. They are much more balanced and emotionally mature and you see this for yourself with this lovely lady.
I feel my whole life ive been crazy as a polar nationality mix and hearing her speak is like a super cool older sister giving me the advice ive always needed😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ thank you!!
I will have to share Lila this comment it’ll make her smile. She wanted to share her story specifically for people like you/her :)
@@MaxDCapo Please do. It really is indescribably inspiring! Specially for those in areas/environments with little understanding of the international mind and way of seeing the world
I'm crying. I love her. Only half way through and she said something I have to tell my Danish wife who teaches Danish to foreigners. How she described about not speaking English because it was something she could control and by NOT speaking it, she could prove that she was Japanese. VERY interesting idea. I lived 4 years in Japan where I met my future Danish wife. I tried not to speak any native English at home in front of the kids. One was non verbal autistic and we were trying to give him the best chance in Danish (doctor's suggestion). But my other "normal" son learned English despite that, although granted, English is everywhere, we also did a trick about only speaking English when it was about things like "should we buy ice cream tonight?". Iearned that from an American friend who learned Japanese because her Japanese born parents only switched to Japanese when they were trying to keep secrets about birthday and Xmas gifts and the kids broke the language code because the wanted to learn what they were getting and where it was being hidden.
Now, on to the second half of this wonderful interview. So exciting.
This is incredible. It's amazing how children pick up languages from both environment and family.
Such a beautiful family. The interview the strength of how she grew up awesome. Her English is flawless I don’t even detect an accent that would suggest Japanese background
素晴らしい若者のインタビューでした。子供たちにも見せました。アイデンティティに関して、他の誰にも何も言わせない、今後は、私も子供達も、その気概を持って生きていこう、と思いました。とっても勇気と希望をもらいましたよ。ありがとう、素晴らしい回でした!!!
I loved season 1 of “The Naked Director”! Such a great show and gonna be starting season 2 soon! Way to go!! 🙏
Impressive young lady!! Thanks for posting.
"When you start speaking another language, that's like officially making you different" So true. 4:32
Its ok so cool the fact she grew up in Hamamatsu and Tenryuu. And after going to US and now back in Jpn working for Netflix. She looks very strong. I love when she said I know Jpn as much as anyone, i was born here and id studied here. Pretty cool. And also Naked Director was so cool.
日本人にとって言葉は一番大事なものですよね。外見よりもちゃんとした日本語が話せて日本のマナーや言葉遣いができてるかどうかで外人かどうか判断してる感じですよね。
私の仲のいい友人がアフリカ系イギリス人なんですが、友人たちが集まって飲み会をした時、最初外人だって思ってみんなよそよそしかったけど、彼が日本語流暢に話せるってわかった瞬間に「なんだ日本語できんじゃん!」「びびったマジで外人来たと思ってどうしようと思った」ってみんながリアクションしてて、やっぱ言語が一番大事なんだなって思いました。。
She has such a beautiful mind. I hope more would look at things through a different lens and ask “but, why” and “who say’s?” If everyone questioned why we do the things we do… and ask ourselves if there is a better way of doing things. ❤
私は80歳の日本人、妻はドミニカ共和国人、娘は13歳。家の中はスペイン語、日本語、テレビはBBCやTVEなど、娘は韓国語も勉強してます。私は毎日娘に英語を勉強させてます、自分もやってるけど。その娘にこのビデオを見せたいです。私がいろいろ教えるより英語が世界に目を向かせる大事な鍵だと言うことを分かってもらえそう。本質を見極めるいいビデオです。Max Dさんリラさんありがとう。
Wow, another great interview! Good job Max!
学びが多くて、まさに神回でした。
ありがとうございます。楽しかったです❣
Coolest story ever! I cannot wait to read your Mom‘s book. I will share it with my kids too. We are a Jewish family with multiethnic roots as well ♥️
私は日本生まれ・育ちの日本人ですが、子供の頃から"日本に合わない"とずっと違和感感じていました。
英語はうまくないけれど、アメリカに1年弱滞在したり外国旅行して
アメリカのここが合う!いいね!と思う所もたくさんあれば、日本人としての自分ももちろん大切で
私はただ「私らしく・自分らしくありたい」という思いが生まれつき強い感性だと気づきました。
だからアメリカ(等)と日本の両方に縁がある人の話を聞くのが大好きです。
「自分らしさ」「自信」「変化・成長」って人種・国籍関係なく全ての人にとって大切なこと。
こういう方々と交流してみたい!!っていつも観ていて思う。日本の人とはそういうことをあまり話さないから。(英語がうまくないのが悲しい〜)
そう言ってくれると嬉しいです!
私は特に大学時代は色んな人と出会いが出来て(日本人だろうが、ヨーロッパ人だろうが、そして色んな人種の人)、文化が違ってても素直にそして笑いながら世間で起きてることについて色々話が出来ました。まぁ、やっぱ真面目なディスカッションをやる時に、多少コミカルな視点から見る必要もあると思います。
色んな人と仲良くなって、気を遣いながら恐れずに相手とトークすれば、どんどん自分の世界観が広がりますよね。観てくれてありがとうございます!英語がうまくなくても感情だけで色々伝わります!
Love the talk style videos! As a half Japanese and half New Zealand person who was born and raised in Japan I had the same experiences and it was nice to be able to relate to it!!
hi there, right now I'm looking for some hafus people in Japan for my college research assignment. I know this is very random and sudden, but can I get your email or instagram account? I want to ask you some questions about your life which is labeled as hafu in Japan, your attention is very meaningful for my college research, thank you:)
I agree the part she said speaking English benefited her to expand her world. It is a tool, yet it’s so widely spoken around the world that you get to know diverse people through the language. 複数の文化で育って幼少時代は混乱葛藤があったんでしょうが、大人になってスッキリ抜けた感じがして見ていて気持ち良かったです。
I’m Chinese with Chinese parents and born in Japan. Now in America since I was 7 years ago and lost speaking Japanese bc when I got to the USA in the early 70s, there were very few Japanese in my city. Plus, I had to Hearn Chinese to be able to diesel to my grand parents that spoke really bad Japanese. Looking back, I wish I kept up with my Japanese, but back when you were a foreign kid, you wanted to be like all the other American kids and fit in.
Now it’s still common to be Japanese mix, but telling ppl. I was Chinese and part Japanese seem strange in my days. Oh and technically I’m quarter Japanese bc my mom is half Chinese and Japanese and born in Japan also.
A lovely story. Mixed race; living in Japan; and able to speak two languages fluently. Wonderful. 👍
Damn she’s so beautiful so smart, this wonderful young woman is definitely different, in all good ways. Also so open minded.
リラさん美人!頭いい!素敵ですね。
日本はやはり単一国家だから仕方ない事だと思うしそれによっていまの良い部分の日本が保たれたのも事実だと思う。私の姉ふたりも海外の人と結婚して外国で暮らし自由で楽しい国で羨ましいと思いますが又反面流石日本と思う部分も、沢山あります。いい国です日本は🇯🇵^_^
リラさんのポジティブで明るい性格が素敵ですね。最後の小さな女の子のエピソードは私も泣きそうになりました。
リラさんの主張が強く聞こえて、コメントで日本人ではないと反発する人もいるかもしれませんが、人種、国籍って何だろう、、と考えさせられました。
Good video. It's an important conversation to have and to highlight.
This is such a wonderful interview. I admire her poise, confidence and interesting & lovely persona. I imagine she is just the most amazing friend to have. I could have listened to another hour. Thanks
素敵な動画をありがとうございます✨
アメリカや他の国々では、どこの人種なのか、どこのミックスなのかが焦点だと思いますが、日本では、日本人かそれ以外かが焦点ですよね。この動画を見て分かってたようだけど、分かってなかったことを知ることができました🙏
貴重なお話をありがとうございます😭
I love what she is saying, culture is one of the beautiful parts of humanity. If you grow up somewhere you are of that culture no matter what you look like.
22:44 I really enjoyed Lila's description of feeling "comfortable in her own skin".
I had a visual juxtaposition of a person's skin as if they were pre-1980 Levi jeans. Jeans in that era took many washings and wearings until they started feeling nice.
I guess younger folks might have no idea what I'm talking about, but trust me, jeans used to take months to finally feel soft and comfortable to wear.
And like jeans, our skin is only the outer covering that people see. It is the content of our character that matters.
Edit: Had to come back for the NC shoutout! Born in Germany, lived in both west and east Germany, also lived in Japan and England, and now for 30 years in NC.
Great video!!
Thanks Lila for the insight made thru this video. Your parents are cool as Jews and Black Africans marriage at that time was like a tabou. But they made it to have you and siblings belonging to 4 nationalities - African, Israelite, American & Japanese. I just saw your video this 14/09/23 in Melbourne, Australia being myself of DR Congo origin. Congrats
すばらしい!
She's had a fascinating life. Appreciate the interview Max.
I know right, she's so cool lol
I was already liking this interview but I sat up as soon as she mentioned Ghana 17:40 🇬🇭…now my liking switched to❤ Everyone should get to know about GH, it’s the gateway to Africa 🙌
Very beautiful end thoughts, and thank you, it brought tears to my eyes talking about the little girl who seeing with disbelief and astonishment someone like herself also the message to "Hang in there---The world is here for you---Just try to understand---It will be OK!
When I lived in Japan, I used to dream in Japanese, but I couldn't say anything! It was more dreams of me not being able to communicate, lol. So I don't know if dreaming counts as being fluent.
Ye, it's not really related to actually knowing the language.
You dream about things you experience or think about.
If you interact with people in a certain language daily, it's not uncommon to dream about it. Even if it's just listening without even knowing what any of it means it can happen.
It's just superstition.
TLDR:
If you study something it's not unlikely that you'll dream about it and if you study something it's not unlikely that you'll learn it, that's all that there is to it.
リラさんの仕事の話を聞いてリラさんのような開放的な考えを持っていてかつ日本の風習も理解している人が今の社会にいかに必要か考えさせられました。
Congratulations my friends...and I really enjoyed the whole video..
Thank you so much for this video! I don't know how to exactly express this but I love the way she speaks and how she gets her message across. I feel like I've learned a lot watching this. Thank you!
would be super interesting if you could interview a person of Ainu heritage
I lived and worked in Mie Machi and then Beppu, both near Oita more than 20 years ago. I used to ride my bike into Oita and quite often saw a young black girl on her way to karate lessons. I remember her speaking Japanese to someone to help her mother out with something. It would be cool if she turned up on the channel.
彼女のコメントは経験と深慮に裏打ちされた、実に味わい深いものですね。
私にとって神回です。
リラさんとってもいいですよね。大好きです。インタビューありがとうございます!♡♡♡
very cool interview
リラさんのような素晴らしく魅力的で自分をきちんと表現できる人が「私は日本人です!」と言ってくれて同じ日本人としてとても誇らしく思えました。私はアメリカのcommunity college で文化人類学、美術史、哲学、アメリカに於ける黒人の歴史などを学び、その後イギリスやドイツにも住んだ経験があります。JiCAの通訳として
色々な国の人々とも関わりました。ここ数十年は田舎の主婦業をしつつ、家庭教師の仕事もしています。教育にとても興味があります。伝統文化や日常的文化を学ぶ中でどのように世界の人々と関わっていくか、今日本は試されていると思います。その観点からこのチャンネルはとても興味深いトピックを扱っていて、ホストのマックスも素敵な方で確かにちょっとトム・クルーズに似ていていい感じです。これからも期待しています😊
天竜に引っ越した時に、クラスに招き入れてくれた女の子、いいね!
Yes ma’am, REPRESENTATION MATTERS indeed 💯🌹❤
Thank you very much. I really appreciate how Lila is sharing her feelings and how she feels about her life and herself. I am unique, this is the important thing. I wish I could speak Japanese. Little by little. :)
What a fascinating way to grow up. Great interview! I wish her all the success in the future! I Definitely have to check out that show. 😁
Japanese Tom Cruise is a good interviewer.
It's very important how to think, I can see how to think is changed by learning culture through languages.
She's so cool, and so pretty!
Another wonderful interview!
26:40の台詞しゅき❤
It’s so funny that she has such a distinct Brooklyn accent
Lila is a very beautiful and intelligent woman!
Very positive interview. Keep up the good work
Man, NC is on fire on this channel. NC州は素晴らしい!このインタビューは面白かった。
The NC connection in Japan is real.
Lila
Tiffany
Issei
Max
Justin
Naomi
and the list keeps on building...
Another great interview! I really enjoyed it. Thanks a lot!
I love when she said “identity is not just a straight line” she gets it. Great interview
Yeah I can tell she prefers Japanese vs English. I was like that too with my family. They spoke to me in Spanish, but I responded in English. I can speak both, I am just stronger in English, but I am terrible at articulating myself.
I know an English and an Estonian couple who speak German at home. Whilst the Estonian speaks good English, they are both very fluent German speakers.
Makes me wish I grew up in Japan's countryside. Super cool interview!
もし、楽観的になれるとしたら、リラさんのような方々が、日本国を強くて面白い国にしてくれる可能性があるんだろうと思いました♡
This was interesting. But I hope Japan won't change as much as the US changed.
Good, the US is divided because of one thing: multiculturalism.
Japan is still homogenous, it must stay that way.
None of her mannerisms or inflections would tip me off that she was raised in Japan. She seems like a normal American. Amazing.
holy she is beautiful I could stop smiling every time she talked
田舎の良い面の話が聞けて嬉しい。
Always love your interviews!
Damn, she went to a North Carolina College about the same time I did!!! Married......dang. Oh well, what a human being😍! I think a animated adaptation of her life would be awesome! Great work Max!
Beautiful life story
In my experience, racism is generally everywhere but I felt least apprehensive in Japan than when visiting family in America because it's so overt and in-your-face in the States, especially in Southern regions and even in some Northern urban areas like NYC. In Japan, no one says anything because they are too polite and civil (even if they are racist or uneasy about your ethnicity/skin color). Japanese generally are more concerned with how you conduct and apply yourself in society. If you speak Japanese and follow their customs and traditions, there generally isn't much of an issue. In the States, just being black or Hispanic going to the store or filling up your tank will get you in trouble.
The inter racial crime stats beg to differ.
Paranoidandroid that’s so true.
The basterd west. White or even black people are so frigging racist when compared to Asians. Asian racism is never too extreme, less overt. I'm Asian, I hated my experiences in the west.
I looooooooove the video!!!!
正直このリラさんは凄い人だと思いますよ、本当の意味で日本を理解してる人だと思う。 変えていくことは必要だけど、無理に進めてはいけない、それを日本人は一番嫌う。
納得することなら、日本人は理解するし、共感する。 日本が今のように国際的になってまだ30年ぐらいです。それでも、宗教には寛容だし、人種的な差別というより、区別だけしかしてない。
そこは海外の人、黒人の人には理解できないかもしれませんが、黒人差別と黒人区別は別物だと逆に自分は理解してもらいたいですね。純日本人としては・・・・
厳しい言い方すると、黒人差別をインデアン差別を200年近くしてた国の人が、日本人がちょっと顔を黒塗りにしたことを差別だと言うのは違和感しかない。 白人オンリーとか黒人オンリーとかしてた国が何言ってるのと思う。現在でも黒人オンリーの学校が存在する国が何言ってるのとね。 日本人の黒塗りはリスペクトの表れなのに、日本ではガングロという女子高生までいたのにね^^全身焼けば差別ではなく、顔だけなら差別???日本人が変えなければいけないこともあると思うけど、海外の人も日本という国を理解する必要があると思うけどな。
世界でもまれに見る治安の良さ、時間を守る正確さ、それはどんな教育から生まれたのか? 考えてみようよ。 欧米が全て正しいの? 欧米の治安は? 時間の正確さは?
こういう動画を作って日本人の意識を変えて行こうと言うのはいいと思いますよ、だからと言って上から目線にはならないで貰いたいですね。ハーフだから、日本育ちだから、純日本人より上ということはないんですから、日本では・・・・ 両方の感性を持っていると言うだけで、別に偉いわけではなく、有利だと言うだけです。下手をすると逆に不利になることもあるでしょうけどね。
日本人は、相手を気遣って、相手が落ち込みそうなことはあえて言わない。これを相手は「本音と建前」と取る。
そんな中、あなたは日本人の本音を書き込んでくれましたね。私も全く同感です。
結局、日本語を喋れても、心を通わせることができる日本人の友達がいなければ、本当の日本人の心を知ることはないんですよ。
日本人は、アメリカに住めば、それこそ必死で英語で話し、アメリカ人を理解しようとしますが、その逆がどれだけあるのかはとても疑問で、ごくごく僅かの外国人ではないでしょうか。
The thing I love about these interviews is that although the individual experience is so specific and rare (Black and Jewish and Japanese) they are also universal - how to fit in, moving, getting confident in who we are, finding a way to thrive in work. Super interview and interviewee.
She’s black and jewish, but I don’t think she’s japanese.
@@渡辺春樹-z7x she is japanese as well, she even says that she is japanese herself during the video. She was born in Japan, that alone by definition makes her japanese.
Wow, this woman is amazing, exposed to the world.
Amazing interview!
人種や肌の色が違っても日本で生まれ育った人が疑問を感じることなく自分は日本人だと思える日本であってほしいと思います。もちろん、日本の良さや強み(=人)は保ったままで。
She has the same accent as my new york Jewish relatives with a Japanese icing.
すごい共感。
普通の日本人だけど、アメリカから帰国してしばらくは「英語しゃべって!」とか言われたし、高校とかでも「帰国子女?すごい!」とか言われるのがすごい嫌だった。やっぱりそういう「帰国子女であること」だったり「外国人であること」を見られて自分本人を見てくれないってことは、相手に悪意があろうとなかろうと嫌なものなんだと思う。
でもそんなのに反抗して英語話すのを無意識に避け始めたせいで、今微妙な英語力になっちゃってるのを大人になってから後悔してる。
まさに彼女が夢を見る前の、聴き取れるけど話せないし読むの疲れる状態。
this is so cool. juz discover this 1 year later. otsukaresama
I was born in Germany and German was my first language but my parents divorced and since we were living in the US at the time I was surrounded by English and forgot German. I lived in Japan and studied Japanese at my university. It is a bit funny that I understand Japanese more than German now
It's a little wrong to say that if you can't speak Japanese, you'll be left out of the group. It's simply that Japanese people can't understand English
In the first place, if you can't speak Japanese, you can't communicate. it doesn't mean to be an outcast
浜松はそんな田舎じゃないし!と思ったら天竜って聞いて、あっ、、と納得w
母の職場もあったしきれいな川で遊んだ地元です。
高校入試の時、会場にハーフのカワイイ子がいるって話題になってえー!なんて言ってたけど良く考えたら自分の小学校にもメキシコのハーフの子がいて、
なんかすっかりその子の存在を忘れるくらい馴染んでた。
人って慣れる生き物なんだよね(笑)
I feel like I'm seeing Loretta's kid 😍
Great haifu videos Max. We're all dealt challenges and you bring them to perspective. 👍
She is beautiful 😍
CCボタンをクリックすると日本語字幕が出ます!
もしこういうコンテンツが好きなら、高評価と登録ボタンを押して下さい❗️🙏
It's obvious that you're targeting mainly non-Japanese as your audience. You are painting a picture of Japan with selective point of view. Why bother communicating in Kanji if you offend & insult native Japanese with your video? You are trying to make people change for you & think like you, but you do not care to change yourself to fit into Japanese culture & way of life or even understand Japanese people & their thinking. Judging from the Japanese comments in here, I am not the only one who feels this way. Let us know when the West treat Asians as good as or better than Asians treat westerners when they are in Asia. We in Asia don't even meddle in western culture so why should you meddle in ours?
美人かそうじゃないかは全く関係ない。日本を愛してるか否か。ここが重要。
しっかし本当にアメリカ人はこういう話好きだね。人種や肌の色に対する凄まじいほどのobsession。
Not to criticize anyone but I'm always surprised how Americans are obsessed with the concept of race and skin color.
They pushed this everywhere.
Thanks for the comment. I don’t think we like/are obsessed about talking about it, but rather living in a country with so many different races, you have to confront these topics. In Japan, if you are Japanese and never meet people of another race, you won’t have to worry about it.
別にこう言う話が大好きなわけで話しているではなく、こういう話をせざるを得ない。特にアメリカは多様であり、いろんな人種の人がいる。こう言う話をしない限り、他人種の相手の経験は深く知らないでしょうね。相手の経験を推測するのではなくて、仲良くなって素直に話をすればいい。これはどんな話でも一緒です。
悪い意味ではありませんが、日本でずっと暮らしている日本人が他人種の人と接触したことがなかったら、もちろん人種や肌の色に対する話はしないだろう。平和的だと思います。もちろん優しい日本人たくさんいるし、日本の文化を他国から来た人たちにシェアすることも凄く好きだなと思います。これは日本のいいところの一つですね🇯🇵でも海外(アジアじゃない国)に行くなら一般人に自分のことが「アジアン」だと思われますので、このことを知っておくべきです。
日系アメリカ人でも第二次世界大戦の時に結構酷い目にあったし、戦争後でも結構嫌な思いがいっぱい経験した。国籍的には(そして文化的に)同じアメリカ人なのに、肌の色が違うだけで色んなことを耐えられないといけなかったのです。
恐らく当時の日系アメリカ人(そして今の日系アメリカ人でも)人種や肌の色に関する話をするだろう。
まあ、常に自分の人種を考えるべきではないと思いますが、be awareが必要ですね。
リンクを載せますが、この前インタビューさせてもらったアントニーさんも日本で経験した差別を語ってるので、参考になると思いますua-cam.com/video/XH2jkiud4C8/v-deo.html
常にこう言う肌の色の話をするべきではないと思いますが、無視することもしない方がいいですね。こう言う話がもう凄まじいほど話す必要がない世界になったらいいですね〜😵
@@MaxDCapo ご返信ありがとうございます。
アメリカと日本に関わる人たち(在日アメリカ人、在米日本人、ハーフ etc…)を見ていて私が感じるのは、American-centrismです。
アメリカと日本を比べて、日本が変でアメリカがスタンダードだと思ってしまうので、「日本はもっと差別に敏感にならないといけない」とレクチャーをしてしまう人たちをよく見かけます。
まさにあなたのコメントがそうですが、「教えてあげる」という態度なのです。現在どこのコンビニに行ってもたいてい外国人が働いていますし、日本にも差別があるなんてことはわかっています(ちなみに私は外国在住経験があります)。しかし、その種類や度合いはアメリカとは大きく異なります。
世界には約200の国がありますが、ここまで人種や肌の色や差別について毎日トラブルが起きたり、話し合っている国をアメリカ以外で見つけるのは難しいでしょう。例えばイギリスでもアメリカのようにカオスではないですし、イギリスの黒人は警察に射殺されることもほとんどありません。
日本が特殊なのではなく、アメリカが特殊なのです。(2021年にもなって議事堂に暴徒が乗り込んで5人の死者を出すような先進国が他にありますか?)
日本とアメリカを比較して日本を「教育」しようとするよりも、アメリカと世界を比較してアメリカの特殊性を学ぶ方が建設的でしょう。
私、そしておそらく私のコメントにいいねを押した人の問題意識もそこにあります。
もちろん最初に言ったとおり、動画を批判はしてません。ただ最近あまりにこういうコンテンツが多いので、私はこういう感想を持ったというだけです。
@@すーごいごい-t9x コメントをありがとう。言ってることを理解しました。確か「アメリカではこう、だから日本もこうならないといけない」という考えは違うと思います。
あと、外国に滞在した経験が良かったらしくて何よりです。
私がコンテンツはほとんど海外(特にアメリカ人)向けなので、アメリカがスタンダードとして、「日本はアメリカと比べてどういうふうに違うの?」となっています。日本人向けにしたらまずは全部日本語でやると思います。とにかくアメリカ人向けなので、アメリカは人差別が多い国の中で、ずっとアメリカで育ってた人が、「他の国でも私が受け入れられてくれるのかな」と疑問を持っている人がいるでしょう。そういう心配があります。この動画に出てるリラさんの話を聞くと、外見は違うからやっぱ普通より目立ってたかもしれないけど、同級生たちと街の人に受け入れてくれたので、日本でもルックスは違くても、割といい育ちが出来ますよ。これは海外の人たちに知って欲しいけど、あくまでもこれは彼女だけの個人経験なので、もちろんうまくいかない子もいる。
一方、日本で育てられたハーフや「外国人」もどんどん増えていますので、その人たちのこういうrelatableコンテンツを見れば何か力になれるのかなと思います。否定的な批判をしているのではなくて、「ああ、あるあるね」で見てくれてればそれだけでいい。そしてTana Kojiさんとかにも何か役に立てばいいと思いたいです。役に立たなくてもいいけど、UA-camには役立たないコンテンツ大勢あるからw
確か最近は「日本はこうなるべきだ」という強く推してる動画とか出ているかもしれませんが、私はそう言う目的じゃなくて、とにかく意見を交換して、面白くこういうユニークな状態にいる人と語りたいだけです。あくまでこれは対話なので、思考を変えたり直したりする可能性もあります。
取り敢えず動画を見てくれてありがとうございます。直接お話が出来たらおそらく共通点いくつぐらいあると思います。
@@MaxDCapo またまたご返信ありがとうございます。
Maxさんの考えはよくわかりました。
これはもう、"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” みたいな議論だと思います。
①アメリカには様々な人種がいて様々な差別があるからこういうコンテンツが必要なのか、
②それとも大量の人種差別に関するコンテンツがアメリカ人の心に分断を生んでいるのではないか。
もちろん片方だけではなくて両方の可能性もあるでしょうが、私は、アメリカ人は②についてもう少し考えるといいのではないかと思っています。すでに言いましたが、ここまで大量の人種差別に関するコンテンツがある国はアメリカ以外にないでしょう。子供の頃からずっとテレビやUA-camでそういうコンテンツを見て育つアメリカ人は、良い影響だけでなくて悪い影響も受けているのではないかと思っています。
今ふと思いついた Just a suggestion, but it would be interesting for Americans if you made a video that introduce the comments by Japanese on your videos. この動画だけではなくて、例えばアントニーの動画のコメントとかも。差別的なコメントは論外ですが、I mean, including opinions you don't like.
(コメントの名前を隠せば誰の許可もいらないと思います)
我々は人間なので、まあ、意見が一致するのは難しいでしょう。でも私の話を聞いていただいてありがとうございます。感謝します。
アイデンティティ(Identity)主体性、自己同一性、自己の存在証明
を大事にするのが外国の方(とくにアメリカ人)
日本人は空気読んだりまわりに同調しないと村八分にされるようなところがあってなかなか難しい
自分が自分が、という自己主張強いと和を乱す敵と扱われるから
Oh shit she studied in Ramallah too?!?! There are like 10 black people in Ramallah so she really stood out
Really interesting interview. Keep it up.
Lila さんの話、すごく説得力がありました。 現在の日本では日本人と外国人とのハーフの子供たちが増えています。また、外国にルーツがあり、日本の学校で学ぶ子供たちも増えています。
こうした見た目の違う子供たちや話す日本語にアクセントがある子供たちが、純日本人の子供たちの心ない言葉に傷つき引きこもりになったり、学校からドロップアウトしてしまうことがよくあります。そこでLilaさんにお願いしたいことがあります。もしお時間がありましたら、外国にルーツのある子供たちが多く通う中学・高校でLilaさんが経験した事柄をお話してもらえないでしょうか? Lilaさんのお話は、きっと悩みを抱えた多くの子供たちの「光」になる事と思います。御一考していただければ、とても嬉しいです。(^~^)
この動画でもう話しているじゃないですか?守ってくれた友達がいおったり町の皆さん優しかったり色々お世話になったみたいです。
こうみたいな動画、こうみたいなチャネルはいっぱいありますよ!色んなハーフの人とかが日本で育ったの経験した事柄をUA-camで話していると思うきっと
やからUA-camすごいなと思います。
もっとLilaさんの話詳しく知りたいのが分かるんですけどな
Swissに居る日本人です。同感します。
まず君が行動起こせばいいじゃん、自分がお膳立てしますので協力して下さいって言えば彼女だって考えるでしょ?
凄い良かった☺️
Very informative interview. Is it just me or does Lila have a strong resemblance to Amel Larrieux, former lead singer from the group Groove Theory?
Holly Molly ....she is mad pretty..woo...
Great interview...been around the channel for a bit...Max know how to find some of the most beautiful black women in japan....damn!
リラさん応援してます。
英会話がダメな日本人が英語が出来るようになるドラマを作ってほしいわ。
めちゃくちゃきれい!