Japanese is My Native Language | Black and Born and Raised in Ibaraki (Countryside Japan) ft Tiffany
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Tiffany is a University Student at Temple in Tokyo, Japan. Her parents are both African American, but she was born and raised in Japan, speaking more Japanese than English. Listen to her story on how she began a life in the Japanese countryside, then moving to the United States at age 12 and gaining a new identity, and fully realizing how her own looks shape how you are perceived by other people.
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0:00 Introduction to Tiffany Rachel (Black Girl Born and Raised in Japan).
1:00 Japanese was 1st language. Relearning Japanese after living in America for 6 years
1:44 Growing up in Ibaraki, Japan. Why was she raised there?
2:20 English only in the house
3:36 Parents working often. Tiffany spending lots of time with Japanese friends' families
5:50 Countryside lifestyle in rural Japan
7:00 How were you treated as the only black girl in a Japanese town?
Feeling close to Japanese, but distant from her own parents.
9:20 Why did you move to Charlotte, NC when you were 12?
10:00 How is your English level?
10:56 Initial Impressions of America. Struggling with learning English slangs, jokes
12:52 Attending language immersion school in North Carolina
14:24 Reactions to (crazy) American school culture
15:51 Difficulty in school because lack of English ability
17:00 How Americans Saw Tiffany as a black girl from Japan
22:26 Culture shock of looking black but not knowing black american culture
23:53 Did you try to become more American to fit in?
25:19 How japan treats race vs america
29:00 Admiration for black culture in Japan. Appreciation of Appropriation?
33:14 Being Black in America vs. Japan
34:14 Being 2 different people (Black American self, Japanese self)
36:38 Do you prefer America or Japan to live in?
38:35 Final thoughts on biculturalism
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Time Stamps:
0:07 Introduction to Tiffany (Black Girl Born and Raised in Japan).
1:00 Japanese was 1st language. Relearning Japanese after living in America for 6 years
1:44 Growing up in Ibaraki, Japan. Why was she raised there?
2:20 English only in the house
3:36 Parents working often. Tiffany spending lots of time with Japanese friends' families
5:50 Countryside lifestyle in rural Japan
7:00 How were you treated as the only black girl in a Japanese town?
Feeling close to Japanese, but distant from her own parents.
9:20 Why did you move to Charlotte, NC when you were 12?
10:00 How is your English level?
10:56 Initial Impressions of America. Struggling with learning English slangs, jokes
12:52 Attending language immersion school in North Carolina
14:24 Reactions to (crazy) American school culture
15:51 Difficulty in school because lack of English ability
17:00 How Americans Saw Tiffany as a black girl from Japan
22:26 Culture shock of looking black but not knowing black american culture
23:53 Did you try to become more American to fit in?
25:19 How japan treats race vs america
29:00 Admiration for black culture in Japan. Appreciation of Appropriation?
33:14 Being Black in America vs. Japan
34:14 Being 2 different people (Black American self, Japanese self)
36:38 Do you prefer America or Japan to live in?
38:35: Final thoughts on biculturalism
Max D. Capo SO YOU ARE SAYING SHES JAPANESE BY HEART ? BUT SHES DEFINITELY JAPANESE NATIONALLY. WHAT EVER SOIL YOUR BORN ON YOUR THAT NATIONS RESIDENT. IF A ASIAN KID IS BORN IN AMERICA HE IS CONSIDERED AMERICAN. WHY IF A BLACK WOMAN IS BORN IN JAPAN THEY ARE ONLY JAPANESE BY HEART?
@@gkbgodmode5811 it doesn't work like that in other countries..it varies.. USA is jus soli, so everybody born in US is considered American no matter what race what ethnicity or what nationalities of babies' parents.
However, there are countries that jus sanguinis that acknowledge the nationality of a baby (born in that country) based on the nationality of the biological parents of the baby.
Thank you so much for your video
Can you make interview with Muslim girl who lives in Japan
And talking about her experience
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ooo she gonna have a tough time. Lot of hidden racism and discrimination in Japan. I'm hafu, even teh HAFU's don't completely fit into society in Japan. Good thing she left charlotte nc. It real boozie (laid back) in the outskirts of charlotte. And also a lot of ghetto entitled mentality. She probably so glad she is so humble and polite compared to the black girls her age living in Charlotte nc projects etc..
As a native Japanese with fluent English, I can see she's more comfortable in Japanese while this guy more confident with English
the white guy's Japanese sucks.
As a native English speaker, she sounds very comfortable with English as well.
Her English is perfect
Shes a true bilingual. Her speech seems to flow more naturally in Japanese, but she's able to express herself in English just like any other native speaker.
The dude, however... we can all tell his Japanese isn't the greatest. Lol.
Yeah I can see what you’re saying. Although she speaks like a native and sounds very natural, I feel a bit of unease when she speaks English. I feel that when she thinks, it would be more in Japanese. However, perhaps this is just colored by my preconception that since she grew up in Japan, she would be better in Japanese
I don't know why this got suggested to me but one of the best things I've ever seen on UA-cam.
Same
I know right!
YT recommendations have been on point latley.
...Yes I'm loving this video !!! #Awesome
Lo mismo me paso y vi la entrevista y estoy igual😀
自分とシチュエーション似てて見入ってしもて40分間あっという間に感じました😹💜💜
私も両親日本の方ではなく見た目ももちろんザ外国人感丸出しですが育ったのが日本と学校もインターではなく普通の公立通ってたので感覚の持ち方はやっぱり日本寄りです😂
小学校入ってから日本語が上達するのと引き換えに英語も忘れてっちゃって、家では英語喋れってルールもあったけど子供の頃はどうしても周りと同じがいいという気持ちが勝って英語で話されてもいつもほぼ日本語で返していました。笑
そのツケに少し大人になった今、親の祖国カナダに引っ越してきたんですけど見た目が見た目なだけにI’m from Japanって言ってももちろん簡単には信じて貰えませんww
アクセントはすぐに取り戻せた？もののネイティヴみたいに喋れるようになるのはもっと時間がかかりそうだし、カルチャーに付いていくのにも超struggleしてますww
日本で育った外国人や混血の子達のお話を拝見することがよくあるんですけど（私もそうだから気になってw）Tiffanyちゃんみたいに明るいエピソードを聞く機会があまりなかったので、この動画にたどり着けれて嬉しかったです💜
コメントありがとうございます！
40分全部見てくださいましたねｗありがとう！ティファニーもうれしいと思いますよ！
私もその逆でお母さんが日本人だから、家で日本語で話して欲しくて結構日本語で話をしてくれたのに、環境はアメリカだったし周りの友達ももちろん英語でしか話してなくて、お母さんの日本語に対して普通に英語で返してたｗ
すんごいいきなりだけど、
もし興味があれば、もうちょっとMayaaさんの話を聞きたいので、メールかDMを送って頂ければ幸いです！
取り合えず、貴重なコメントをありがとうございますね。
ご愁傷様です、移民と言う制度は本当に罪深いと思います。
ティファニーちゃんが本当に可愛くて、とっても素敵な人だと思いました。自分の経験をシェアしてくれて有り難うございます！
Is it just I or this girl is beautiful!? here smile, hair, skin, and hands👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾..I couldn't take my eyes off her 😍😍😍
Gorgeous and so kind.
I agree, very nice hands
Right😍
I think you have crushed
She has really nice eyes as well. Seems like a beautiful soul!
I love her Japanese with a hint of Ibaraki accent. It’s so cute. She has such a pretty smile too.
Wow! I'm curious about how you found her slight Ibaraki accent if you're a non-native speaker of Japanese. She spoke Japanese mostly with Tokyo accent.
Former DrivingTeacher元教習所指導員 I was born and raised in a small town in Saitama close to Ibaraki and Chiba. The way she raises a tone just a little bit, at the end of every sentence, makes her sound like she has an Ibaraki accent. It’s really subtle though.
@@asupoyopoyo6081 なるほど。埼玉出身でしたか！利根川を渡ると訛りが出てきますね。以前は東京に住んでましたが今は九州の田舎に戻ったんで、普段は他の地元民と同様、かなり強い訛りで話しています。
Former DrivingTeacher元教習所指導員 そうなんですよ。確かに利根川渡るともっと訛りが強くなるような気がします。私もアメリカ国籍で今はアメリカに住んでいますが、彼女の話し方がどこか故郷の訛りと似ていたのでちょっと懐かしい気持ちになりました。〜だからー、〜知っててー、のように語尾を伸ばしてワントーン高くなるあたりが、埼玉、茨城、千葉の訛りと似ているかな。
...and beautiful hands.
英語喋ってると「外人さんや」って思うけど、めっちゃ自然な日本語話してるとこ見ると「日本人だ」って感じるから、自分は言葉で人種を判断してるってのがわかった。
超わかるわ
僕の友達も日本生まれ日本育ちの中東の人がいるけど確かに日本語は完璧だし外国人だと思ったことがなかったわ。その人はその人みたいな
言語が人を作るんだなあとつくづく思いますね
それ
これ思った
日本人って人種より日本語が通じるかどうかで判断する気がする
Even as a black person growing up in America, in middle school I too was told I wasn't black enough or I didn't act or sound black, by other black people. I remember I was asked what type of music I liked and I said everything, except I'm not fond of rap music. The other kids said I wasn't black because of that, it's stupid how black people have it ingrained in them from young how they're suppose to act according to stereotypes.
It's funny how people always blame others for placing stereotypes on other races when people with the same race do it to themselves.
@@catmerchant8699 Exactly!
That lack of acceptance regarding yr different taste sounds more like a developmental stage issue vs Black. Young people naturally try to be uniform. They tease their peers who are different.
There usually is a small grain of truth in some stereotypes. We aren't that stupid as to purposely act out stereotypes. Don't believe what you see in the media.
You not alone I don't like tap music either .I'm old school ..
This 😒I’ve dealt with this so much even with family they say, “you know she into that weird stuff” ( when talking about my music tastes) it’s kinda annoying when you constantly get laughed at and asked “bro what are even listening to?” Anytime they here the song playing. Tbh this is such a big thing it’s really sad but I’ve seen kids that are exact same color as me be put down and treated horribly by people who were the exact same color as them. We gotta stop putting each other down fr ;(
Soo cool how she switches to Japanese so fluently. Love it.
pretty common for most bilingual kids. you grow up in two languages whether you have to speak one language with your parents and family and another one with your friends. spanglish, chinglish, etc. probably the most common example in america is a first generation kid.
That’s pretty much my family. We spoke both English and Spanish and we live in SoCal. It’s pretty much called spanglish and it’s pretty normal for us. Sometimes I only know the words for one language but don’t know the translation to the other language.
しかも日本語喋る時、絶妙にギャル語っていうのがカッコよさに拍車をかけてるw
more like how she switches to English so fluently
I love how you guys so seamlessly switch back and forth between Japanese and English.
Also, omigod it is my dream to live in a rural town like that someday! (and be one of the farmers myself)
Sarah K. Me too! ❤️❤️
My parents do that with German, so I always have to translate to my husband so he doesn’t get left out of the conversation.
pretty common for most bilingual kids. you grow up in two languages whether you have to speak one language with your parents and family and another one with your friends. spanglish, chinglish, etc. probably the most common example in america is a first generation kid.
idk why u would want to be a farmer, we got lot of them in the midwest.
5:51
「超田舎！」という彼女の言葉で長い間日本で暮らしていたんだと実感できた
「どんな人生でどんな経験をしても、それを大切にするべき。被害者になって文句を言うよりも、いいことも悪いことも反省して、悪いことはいいことと同じように大事だと思う。そうやってなりたい人になればいいと思う。」
素晴らしい魂の持ち主だ！
I think that’s for people to figure out themselves, not for us to tell them.
Her American accent is so perfect, that it probably makes it harder to convince people she is Japanese.
She’s not Japanese, she was born in Japan and raised there for a while before moving to the US.
Rakim8 That literally makes her Nationality Japanese. Why is that so hard for people to understand. No one is saying she’s ethnically Japanese.
No she's ethnically Japanese, so you'd call those born from black parents in America _not_ ethnically American?
Nina Anwamane So to clarify, because I didn’t think I would need to, she isn’t Japanese by ethnicity no, she would likely be by nationality though. State the obvious.
mj-rim American isn’t an ethnicity. She’s born to black parents, and they could ethnically be anything, but what the wouldn’t ‘ethically’ be is American.
Why is nobody talking about how adorable she looks at that baby pic wearing traditional japanese clothing? 2:09 that was so cute
Micah Leon yeah, i know. If she were to be in front of me, im gonna fangirl. She’s frigging cute!
I noticed that! She's too cute.
Cus Kim Kardashian making it taboo
Her brother eating a chip is meme worthy @4:39 & had my attention the whole time 🤣
@@esposofielporsiempre8115 but... she is Japanese culturally since she was born there. "Cultural appropriation" doesn't make sense since culturally she is Japanese and grew up in that culture. She is not Japanese racially or physically
兄貴のポテチ食べてる写真が素晴らしすぎる
I'm japanese if I meet with her for the first time,I see her as a black American.But second meet,I will see her as a Ibaraki japanese girl.
Because her talking japanese is totally japanese girl's talking,also native Ibaraki local japanese😁
And feel her totally japanese girl.
いい感じのなまりよな。
@@user-ok1ox5vj2z Are YoU A 日本方
dont tell us such a politically correct garbarge, deep inside you know the truth.
ADee SHuPA what do you mean
めっちゃ親しみ感じるよね。外人さんじゃなく、茨城出身と分かったからには、大学で誰か話しかけに行きそう。自分だったら話しかける((´∀｀))
Her Japanese speaking voice is so soothing and beautiful how cool.
"The English Teacher's Daughter" - it sounds like the title of a movie, or a novel.
Like "The Pastor's Daughter"?
It does. I actually went straight to imdb to see if it was a movie.
Yeah a real fucking boring one.
KillerSalmon The English Patient
Like "The Ditchdigger's Daughters"
I've seen many non-Japanese people who were raised in Japan who still use Japanese mannerisms even if they speak Japanese or English. But Tiffany seems to have mastered both English mannerisms and Japanese mannerisms and cues. I can relate. She must also have the benefit of having two personalities/cognitive processes when she changes and thinks in each language.
She went to college in the US, she literally has been in the US for years. So that should have done the trick. If she would have gone to college in Japan, I think things would be very different (even if she went to the US when she was a kid at 12).
JZA her college is in japan ✌🏼she said she came back after hs. But it’s a US college
@@Jzarecta shit doesn’t add up. I came to america when I was 13 and I still have an accent when I speak and many do have slight accents when going abroad at that age. She speaks English without any accent where nobody speaks English. I call sus she had early exposure to English at a very young age and must have either lived in america to have this kind of accent or there must be some other reason. This story seems bs
@@NickolaySheitanov Nothing suspicious about her story at all. She lived with her parents, who insisted that she speak English at home for the first 12 years of her life. That's plenty of exposure, and it's important linguistically that she HEARS the sounds early on so she can duplicate them (e.g., without an accent). In our area, we see lots of kids who come to the country who have accents and then lose them. Not at all uncommon. My wife grew up in the US with Dutch parents, and while they didn't teach her Dutch, she knows a lot of phrases that she heard all the time, and can say using sounds that I just can't hear, but that Dutch people think sound exactly right.
@@NickolaySheitanov well her parents are black americans. so she learned English from her parents when she learned to speak, if they were Colombians she would probably had a hispanic accent.
I'm black, born in America, and I still have problems fitting in as an African American. There are so many stereotypes that are accepted as "being black" that really places black people into this small box that makes it hard even as a black person born here. For my personality, I've always been rather shy and reserved, but also into various cultures and trying new things, including outdoorsy things. By being like this even after being born here, people still tell me that I'm "not black" to this day. I believe that it shouldn't matter and you should embrace who you truly are regardless of what people may say.
When youre raised with european values, religion, culture, and given a european name to go to european schools, you tend to hate everyone and want to destroy everything around you.
USA is heaven for black, that make you guys like to complain non stop.
More power to you!!! I love open minded people who don't "fit the stereotypes"
Stereotypes exist for a reason, unfortunately these negative ones are self perpetuating
My experience growing up in america is that everyone in the country is overly sensitive in regards to both identity and race. These things shouldn't matter, but we put too much importance in them, It, as you says, puts people in boxes of expectations. But I also feel there is a difference to being open minded and not fitting into stereotypes, because I don't feel there is an actual thing as a stereotype. Breaking free of the stereoytype leads to sometimes falling into the trap of of a second stereotype. The stereoptype of the typical person trying to break free from stereotypes but trying too hard at it to feel natural. It's as you said before, rather than stereotypes, we are fit into behavioral expectations. What is best is to do what feels natural. That's what I've learned in my little over a 1/3rd of a century of life.
I loved how they kept switching back and forth between Japanese and English.
I guess that's basically how conversations between bilingual people go....
Switching to the language you feel most comfortable with at that moment.
yep when u r bilingual you cant help it....especially another someone who speaks both languages.
A perfect example of co switching
Actually, she said Black Crow. It was adorable 😆☺️
Omg I’m half Japanese and half Nigerian!!! I was born n raised in Tokyo for 18 years. Now I’m living in NEWYORK ✨ let’s link when I back to Tokyo in this summer 🧡🧡🧡
私もユーチューブしてるのでコラボしたいです！！！
Thats cool...
Xavier Lee come to my channel ❤️
Your so pretty!!
You have an amazing channel and story! Just subbed :)
Interesting. Very rare and beautiful mix. My twin daughters are half Filipino and Japanese - Japapino
兄貴って普通に使ってる時点で、日本人なのでしょうね😊
能天気と思われるだろうけど、気が合うかどうかが大切で、出身や肌の色とか考えた事ないな。
それがすべてよね
それが一番なんやで。ポリコレとか言いだすのがおかしい
それが能天気なら、能天気のままでいいですよね。
I've always found it weird that America is a melting pot, but a lot of people have a hard time understanding how your nationality and your race can be different.
Marie Ji I guess is more about people from different countries, races and cultures living together but not really learning with each other
Haha, you can pin that on our shitty education system
Well, I think it’s because America isn’t really a melting pot, but more like a tossed salad.
Hard to understand is how in Asia and Europe a person can be born and raised in a country, have the local culture as the only what this person knows, basically that country is the world of that person AND EVEN SO this person may be treated by goverment and society as a foreigner, many times unwelcome. This is the perfect definition of unfairness or injustice. A melting pot society is hard to organize, North (still quite segregated) and Latin (still quite chaotic) americas show that, but one thing is true, everybody feel that lucky or unlucky, they are in the same boat.
@@robson2256 I'm aware that it happens in other countries, but other countries don't pretend to be inclusive.
She's a very engaging person. I could listen to her talk all day.
とても前向きなお嬢さん。きっと素晴らしい人生を過ごされることでしょう。私も見習いたい。
喋ってる言語は基本英語なのに掛け合いを見るとなんか日本人っぽい不思議さ。
This is so beautiful!! I was born and raised in Japan myself. Now in Kansas so yea... hard to keep up the language!! But this is amazing!!
Aya MadeInJapan
アメリカ行ってもがんばれ。
日本から応援してます
アメリカで頑張らなくていい。辛くなったらいつでも日本に帰ってきてね！
Do you prefer japan or the states?
Your English is still super good tho!! 😁
Until which age were you in Japan, before you moved to the states?
Her skin is so nice, I don't see any marks or scars 😩 And her big ol puff is giving me life. Yes sis
And she's not wearing any makeup 😣😣😣 I'm envious. Natural beauty
Thats not a big ol puff thats natural curly hair with a beautiful brown tent!
@@jenniferchica And she doesn't need it, she is flawless!!
It's probably the water in Japan... When I was there for a couple of weeks, I had noticed my skin looking radiant from drinking a lot of their water 😁
Nooo it has too much melanin
I love how they switch language however they want. It's great talking to someone who speak the same languages as you and you can just casually jump between them.
This is my 2nd time watching this interview. Im still so impressed by Tiffany's point of views. What a unique perspective. Her maturity surpasses her chronological age!
Not sure how I got here but this was a FANTASTIC interview!!!!!
Everyone’s been saying that but I’m thankful it’s been popping up in people’s recommendations!
@@MaxDCapo pretty sure it was on the main UA-cam page and Tiffany was ahhhhhmazing what a great sitdown! Her life is so interesting!❤️
Right! Lol
Keeps popping up in my feed. Excellent interview.
Same
I think the lesson here is that bicultural & biracial people DON'T have to choose a side. They're not obligated to align with certain politics, ideas, or agendas just because of their skin color or where they were raised. Being in the middle and identifying with both sides IS a legitimate identity!
That's part of American culture that's always bothered me. Biracials (or bicultural people) are expected to identify with one or the other, when the majority of them are comfortable with their mixed identities.
i didn't knew it was like that for them, I'm between 2 cultures also
Best comment ❤️
Me too I am between Italy and Nigeria
Actually, it's not just America. You must understand that historically, biracial children were extremely rare. Today's experiment of multi-culturalism is a recent phenomena which has created for the first time in history, a huge population of mixed children. We still don't know what the effects of this will be, but it is a natural human instinct to identify which 'tribe'. Humans are apes, we are animals and we have instincts built in no matter how civilised we become.
@@popinzxcv multiculturalism is as recent as 500 years ago.
この人は、むしろ英語を勉強したのかな。彼女の日本語は、日本人と差がない。
家の中では英語でしゃべって外では日本語でしゃべってたそうなので。
親が英語の先生なので、家の中ではきれいな英語をしゃべるように躾をしていたみたいですね
動画の中で言ってるよ
イントネーションが茨城で、なんかうれしくなった。
Tiffany is awesome- such a role model for so many international kids growing up bilingual and bicultural in Japan + going between the US and Japan + becoming more at ease with not completely belonging in either place + taking on the role of a global citizen & individual view of identity in the world- thanks so much for sharing this Max!
her smile is stars, eyes of diamonds, she is GOLD!!!
Yes I noticed that!
You are right
Congratulations to the Africans. The Africans successfully captured Asia and Japan. Next target. South Korea and China.
Only a guy that could expressing how he felt towards her.😜
Lizzyさんの表現素晴らしい！！！
I love how Tiffany speaks a mix of English and Japanese when she talks about things
That what happened when you are good with one language and bad with the other.
なんとなく話しているときの眼の優しい感じだとか包む空気感というか雰囲気が日本人にしか見えないんだよね
あくまで自分が感じる印象的なものだけど
bell そしてそれはきっと彼女が日本で育ったから、ではなく彼女の人格がそうさせてるんだろうな、と思います。だって全ての日本人が優しい感じとか包む空気感を持ってるわけではないから笑笑
私は少なくとも彼女みたいなその「眼」は持ってないと思います笑笑
日本で生まれ育ったのが影響してるね。
アメリカで生まれ育つとゴロツキになってしまう。
@@delrey874 あまりにも大まかに括りすぎ。
自分がアメリカに居たのは短かったし一つの州だけだったけど、その限定された生活圏で2～3年の短い期間でも教養があり穏やかで優しい人達と何人も出会いましたよ。
@@delrey874 シティもローカルも色んな所に行った事あるけどアメリカで嫌な思いなんて1度もした事がないよ。
お前が気付いてないだけとか言われると何も言えないけどさ、僕からすればどうでも良いね。
This was really informative. Tiffany is honest about her identity, very refreshing interview. So Glad UA-cam recommended this
She has the most beautiful skin and hair. Man I love my people😍😍😍
Chantel you look beautifully dark skinned on your profile picture....im not understanding where you see light skin in your completion
Chantel Chantel sis you are not light skin and I don’t care what time of the year that photo was taken. Ain’t nothing wrong with being a dark skin queen, embrace and love the way god made you.
You are an African American?
Yessss i love her hair and her complexion
Black supremacy, huh?
She’s very well spoken! She’s quite mature and can express herself well despite how limited she feels in English.
会話に出る日本語がとてもかわいいし、しっかりしてるね、自分を持ってる。日本で教える立場になってほしいくらいですね。
The Dance hall Queen in Jamaica for several years was Japanese. There are many of the ladies that travel over to compete in the dance competitions and they are extremely good dancers. There are excellent reggae bands that come from Japan and I love seeing the people adopt the culture.
I was born in Japan and lived in North Carolina for a while childhood! What a coincidence!!
Really enjoyed the video!👍
Im born and raised in NC and have been to Japan twice. I speak very basic Japanese. I LOVE the country and culture. I visited in 95 as well as 97-98. Blessings!
Charlotte raise up
Alice Cogon
But you look Japanese...
shizukagozen777 Yeah because I’m Japanese. I didn’t write I’m not.
@@kayawithdina
So how is it a coincidence to be Japanese and being born in Japan ? (Yeah, I know, you also moved to the US)
that moment when you’re bilingual and you mix up both languages in your sentence :))
Haha I can relate!
this!!
Totally understand 😂
Also when you forget a word in your native language but still know it in your second language lol
I have cousins in Japan who are half Japanese and Trinidadian so found this very interesting quite unique I pray they are copping life is this wonderful journey 💪🏼.
What a lovely girl!
It feels awesome talking to another bilingual person and going back and forth playing with the two languages, it’s like a dance 🥰💁🏻♀️
This was interresting on SO many levels! Thank you for making this Video !
Honestly her brother at 1:56 is a whole ass mood eating that chip
proof that racism is a taught value ....
racism dies after 10 mins of conversation. I don't consider it an issue until it becomes discrimination.
@@chillhomie7 hell yeah
@classycynic1 I actually took it to mean multi-culturalism isn't working. From her experience one would conclude that only when she went to the 'melting-pot' of America did race suddenly become an issue..
I got triggered when she said "educate yourself" about a non-black having braids... that's probably the only education you don't need girl!
@@chillhomie7 Racism and racial discrimination are two different things.
I'm Japanese myself and I thought African American people are just another non-Japanese person and took me time to understand why Americans are so sensitive to talk about. and it's interesting when Tiffany says this subject didn't matter till she moves to America. how much history is affecting our mind... it all falls into education...
this move of black lives matter made me curious to understand more about the situation in the world and awareness and open discussion could make the world a better place. thank you for sharing
@Graciela Montano Girl shut Up.
She may be black but she is quite Japanese in her thinking ! I do not particularly like her statement about blacks being resentful of black appropriation. Also being overly sensitive about comments made about us. You just don't know what you don't know. :-(
@@tubetop11 exactly. She won't view cultural appropriation the same way as African Anericans will.
If the history wasn't a factor in American history, African Americans would think people getting upset over cultural appropriation is just oversensitivity as well.
Nah. It's because white Americans enslaved, fvcked, and lynched black people for generations, so they need to create some kind of Disney or Barney justification that covers up the truth.
@@tubetop11 didn't she appropriate Japanese culture?
Thank you for this video! It was very meaningful to hear Tiffany’s experience!
Yes I lived in Japan in the 60s we were treated kindly I experienced no racial prejudice it was nice
I lived in Okinawa and experienced the same. No racism. Military Family
Drop a like for Tiffany’s story!👇
Filmed this in March this year before it was filmed on Black Experience in Japan (but watch her interview on that channel too if you’d like!). 3 months late, but better late than never(right?). I’ve been meeting lots of interesting people in Japan, many who are not Hafu/half Japanese, and of course I want to broaden some of the interviews I do, so I hope you all like this interview with Tiffany. 40 minutes, so you can treat it like a podcast and just listen to the audio! Let me know if you know other individuals in Japan who you think I should collaborate with👍🏼👍🏼
How about Japanese youtuber PDR-san? He’s half English.
Max D. Capo - thank you for uploading this and giving us a perspective of other ethnicity living in other countries. What I learned from this video is that when Tiffany was living in Japan, she was never discriminated or judge by other Japanese people BUT when she got to AMERICA. It was actually other Black people who judge and discriminated her over her skin color. Racism is only a concept of AMERICA. America is obsessed with RACISM and skin color.
Nicely done. It's a shame you didn't choose to upload it first. You had the first shot - Tiffany's story is unlike any other.
Loved this interview. Tiffany brings a unique and interesting perspective on culture that more people need to hear and understand. I wish her all the best!
Such a delicate conversation but it made me smile a lot
She is a very bright person, thanks for the interview 🙏
The beauty of her soul is reflected in her eyes, her smile, and attitude. What a brilliant beautiful young woman.
Omg yes!!!😍😍
Yup, she doesn't have that hate bug
I’m glad that she actually embraces her hair.
In Japan, they don't really use weave over there. So she technically doesn't have a choice other than accepting for who she is. Which is a good thing, because America is filled with too many fakes.
@Dead Pool well no they have, or her mother had the ability to bring products with her from US
@@AshG321M They don't.
you need to go to japan to check for yourself, again I also said her parent's can always bring with them a straightener or whatever but they didn't
@@AshG321M How many Japanese actually like weave? Barely any. So I doubt it. Also, since she goes to a Japanese school, she definitely cannot have weave or color hair. It has to be natural.
She’s really pretty. Not just physically but mentally as well.
This is so interesting to me. I'm from Charlotte, NC (grew up about 10 minutes away from her school) and I'm living in Japan now, married to a non-Japanese girl (Taiwanese girl). We just had a baby, so I've had a lot of questions about the differences between raising him here vs raising him back in the states. Of course, not everything applies, but still, hearing her story is really helpful and relevant to me right now. So thanks for the video!
If there were a movie made about Tiffany, I would definitely watch it 😍 Her story is so culturally and linguistically fascinating! Like if that’s what you wanna see!
That's an amazing idea!!!
@@reta32ross Thanks!!
@@speakenglishwithtaylah you are so welcome!
Yes she needs a movie ! Or something like it
TheDIALECT by Taylah Martin it would b very nice and interesting
It’s good to know that she’s never been discriminated in Japan
bwillibAkabane CatholicChurchChoir she was 12 when she left she wouldn’t know if she was
@@meme-cn6mv My thoughts exactly. She is in denial about a lot of things and separates herself from even being called Black. She prefers to say she is a "foreigner" and just Japanese. She doesn't embrace her identity. She knows that when she was growing up she was asked about her hair and skin. Japanese people are no strangers to racism and xenophobia toward other asians, let alone Black people. She has something to defend so she is not being honest. She admits that she doesn't even have Japanese friends because they won't talk to her because she looks Black. The Japanese were never at war with Black people like white people so I do believe it is a bit more relaxed but its sad that the weight of learning about slavery makes her desperate and over appreciative toward asians to the point she can dismiss Blackface. If the Japanese aren't racism why is it that they never dress up as white people as apart of their comedy skits? Only Black people are laughable? The prejudice is blatant and in her face but she wants to escape into their culture so bad she's going to pretend they dont know what it means, smh.
Even in childhood, it is *not racist* to SIMPLY ASK about features yet she acts as though even that never took place in her childhood. How could no one ever talk about your appearance Yet even among the same race of people everyone notices differences in hair and features and talk about it and establish different beauty standards that are set in every culture? Children also have quarrels all the time and do not have tact so I know being a Black foreigner has come up before. Racism and prejudice is even evident in anime. She is not truthful about her experiences during this interview.
Caribbean Princess Are you Japanese? I don’t think so. Don’t speak for Japanese people, you know nothing. By the way you might want to check out Mr Bater , a comedy skit played by the most popular comedian in Japan Hitoshi Matsumoto as a White Man. Yes, he’s making fun of WHITE man. We Japanese people may be naive and insensitive about race issues and you could find those comedy skits inappropriate, but I can tell you that the majority of Japanese people don’t judge a person because of his/her skin color. Frankly, Black,White or nonJapanese Asian, you are Gaijin- means “foreigner”. No difference among the race. I can talk about gaijin/homogeneous culture/Koreans another time...but as far as this girl,I think she feels comfortable being in Japan because Japan is where she was born, where she belongs ;)
me me < If you aren’t bullied in elementary school era, you won’t be after. The kids are cruel cuz they’re straightforward.
Um I wouldn't say that but we dont know her daily life. Japanese ppl aren't mean but curios so some words would sound or they do seem close to the line but only if ur opened minded you'll know they dont mean no harm
日本人は、見た目よりも日本語が喋れるかどうかで壁を作る傾向があります
それはあるかもしれないね
ケンブリッジ飛鳥選手やオコエ瑠偉選手などは日本語が流暢だからハーフでも日本人として強く応援されてる気がする。
確かにそう。大阪なおみ選手は逆に距離がある。
@みーママ 大坂なおみさんには悪いけど、やっぱり言語ってそこの国の文化や習慣の基礎だから日本語が苦手ななおみさんは一般的な日本人から少し距離があるように感じられる
これはほんとにあると思う
肌の色やら国籍より、文化を理解しようとしてくれているか、みたいなとこで判断してる気がする
郷に従えってやつ
かなあ？大坂なおみも割と親近感あるけど
12歳まで日本で育ってそれからアメリカに渡って、いま日本に帰ってくるまでずっと文化の違いとか否応なく突きつけられる人種の問題と独りで戦ってたんだろうね。
大変だったろうね。
damn. I almost read this entire thing. Maybe in another 6 months, I'll understand the whole comment.
@TheHotHead From what I can guess now. This person grew up in Japan until they were 12 and moved to America after that. After they returned to Japan, there was something about different cultures and race problems that made it difficult. My Japanese is not that good either.
@@theblackryvius6613 I’m Japanese who is still studying English. I tried to translate it. I hope my translate can help you. Also, I borrow some sentences from you. Thank you.
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This person grew up in Japan until they were 12 and moved to America after that.
the race problem and culture difference was coming to her and she needed to know that, whether one likes it or not. I guess she was struggling a lot with it alone until she came back to Japan.
I can imagine it was so hard thing.
I'm from Ibaraki and she definitely has the Ibaraki accent. My brain is kind of confused but this video is really good!
What a wholesome interview, UA-cam finally did something right with this recommendation.
なんか肌色違って英語で話してもいるけど、雰囲気やしぐさが日本人出てるのがところどころあるのがいいな。
She motivates me toward perfection on both language levels. Thanks Capo for the video.
The American obsession with "race" is systemic and intentional. It's very interesting hearing her experience as a non-native "black" woman living in the U.S. , thank you for sharing. Racism is an integral part of U.S. culture, and sometimes, it takes someone from the outside to remind us just how ridiculous that is.
I agree wholeheartedly.
It seems it's still stuck in time bubble when it comes to race. Both Black and White seem to obsess about race and continue to propagate racial division. America is a sad place!
I wouldn't call it ridiculous. Black Americans didn't ask for this racial disparity so we have no choice but to "obsess" over race be cause it has such a strong effect, both positive & negative, on our lives.
@T Mc This comment is disgustingly ignorant and judgmental.
@Molly Rivers someone as insightful as yourself should write a book. Lmk when it's released, I'd love to see what other well crafted points you have to share.
A beautiful black Japanese girl 😍😍😍
Well put. I like that statement.
Letícia Felix well that intensified
Did she say she was Japanese ? 🤔
6kara2 she should be Japanese by nationality. People forget the difference between ethnicity, race and nationality
@@enriquezuniga6359 She should be, yes. But... please accept Japan law?
She said she is from Japan, but she didn't say she is japanese so I guess she doesn't have japanese nationality.
I totally want Japan to give her if she wants it. But she would have to abandon american nationality, her parents' one.
What a lovely, chill, well-rounded, open-minded human. This was a joy to watch.
Thank you for these videos. This is the second I’ve watched today, Jazmine being the first. The videos and you really give food for thought about a person as an individual and how labeling influences our thoughts and behaviors. And, if one can take a step of two back from that perspective, how destructive our reactions are to being labeled over something that is inherently us, that we cannot change, such as skin tone or eye shape. My eyes and ears tell me to expect certain responses, but get something completely different. Logically I KNOW I’m wrong, but conditioning tells me differently. These videos truly show that people are people, to SEE a person and not some BS social labeling. Again, thank you.
The thing about her reaction to people thinking she’s lying, I think says a lot about the morals in Japan vs the US.
they want us to think like that, because they're closed in their own box, when they see non-Japanese they want to make a good impression of them, but the fact is half of them are raciest the other aren't, but I agree for Americans they can verbally abusive or they can even dare to hit you unlike Japanese they just ignore you
@@MichelleTopham hah. Such bs. Calm down. Most of yall still can't sit next to black people on the train.
Michelle Topham I just watched a video of a white foreigner and the racism she experienced in Japan. You guys are so pathetic by trying to use this one experience to paint Japanese people with one brush and then to turn around and paint American people with one brush.
@@the_gratefulgamer stupid overgeneralization. have you even been to an asian country?
Tiffany can be a good actress for foreginer who can speak Japanese every well hhhh
I have no idea how I stumbled onto this video, but it was super interesting and cool! I'm a Swede who is fluent in English (and have studied Japanese for 3+ years but forgotten most of it...), a big fan of both african american and japanese culture! It's interesting how race is a subject which most americans are super aware of and (sometimes) sensitive to, but something that japanese people don't think much about and just want to enjoy different cultures...
It’s because their culture is homogenous. Americans will obviously be sensitive because of the history of slavery and segregation.
最初から最後まで見入ってしまいました。感慨深い内容で、本当に深い話でした。
She has such down to earth personality!!
I love this interview, I love when Tiffany speaks Japanese, her parents did a great job raising a beautiful, bright woman.
素晴らしい。これ程、分け隔てなく、日米を受け入れている外人を見たことがない。すごく人に愛されるタイプ。彼女は性格が素直の一言。拘らないのに、国の違いを理解していて惹きつけられる。天秀。
This is the second UA-cam channel I've seen featuring this young woman. She has fantastic parents. She is such an exceptional individual and I'm sure her brother is too! She is an absolute credit to the African diaspora and to the people of Japan. A living advertisement for what is humanly possible if you stay humble and are willing to continue learning throughout your life. She is a legend. A super role model that any parent should encourage their daughter to aspire to be similar to. God bless her and all those in her life. I cannot speak highly enough of Tiffany. The world has too few people like her in it.
Thanks for the uploade. Tiffany is a lovely young lady. It was a pleasure to listen to her story. As a parent of 5 kids who were born and raised in Japan, I can relate to some of her experiences. Clearly, her family and her positive attitude made her transitions both to America and back to Japan with as little stress as possible. When I listen to her, I feel she is Japanese. Similarly to my kids who have a Canadian father, but are Japanese at heart.
Lets take a moment and appreciate her beauty first 😍
What if you're blind?
Yes..a beauty
@Rue U no, since u obviously got something dumb to say, say it.
Done and done.
Stop being condescending, black people don’t need your “nice” words.
Loved this video. Thank you SO much for sharing this interview.
Great interview! I have no idea why this popped up on my feed. But, so glad it did.
I’m happy she mentioned how you have to be in the US to feel truly how the history of slavery continues to impact people.
Mikaila Gray thank you
There's slavery all over the world.
Yesica1993 and, what? So, what?
Mikaila Gray that part !!!
Yesica1993 What’s your point
日本語字幕終わり！待ってくれてありがとう！（完ぺきではないけど、一応あるよｗ）
ありがとう。助かります。
字幕ありがとうございました。
彼女は日本では外人（黒人）として差別された経験は無かったがアメリカでは黒人差別や区別が強く
「人種のアイデンティティを常に感じさせられる」と言う事なのでしょうか？
人種差別にうとい日本人の私には良くわかなかったのですが？ .
ありがとうございました、とても興味深かったです。
翻訳って難しいんだなと伝わりました(笑)
”正反対の経験を持っているから一つの結論を持つことは難しい”というのは目からうろこでした。
自分のバックグラウンドの価値観で物事を判断し、正しい答えは一つだと無意識に思っていました…
それを気に入って自分の宝にできる彼女が本当に凄いと思います。
私だったら混乱してしまうかもしれません。
She's amazing. I wish many were like her. She's open and understanding
Dude! Super cool video man, probably one of the best I've watched on UA-cam to date. Tiff, your story is AWESOME, thank you for sharing.
Hi, I am Namibian but grew up in Germany. I speak German with no accent and always get asked especially by Germans, how come?? I feel you..Lots of Love
I have a similar backstory. But I live in a more diverse place
Don’t Germans as a whole know that their nation colonised Namibia ?
Because you are not German but African. You have no history in Germany.
@@TheArrangment How does this comment even refer to the original one?..
@@apc4y most don't know.
24:35 “I’m just Tiffany, why can’t we just end it there?” Truth! 🤷🏽♀️
Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
I straight hit the subscribe button when I see this channel, i've learning japanese for 5 month and been learn english for years, I really can enjoy watching your video
I don't really know why UA-cam recommended this to me but I'm not mad about it, her story is great and unique. So thanks UA-cam.
Thanks UA-cam for having a successful algorithm (for once?) lol
Japanese sounds beautiful. I’d love to learn it just because of the way it sounds.
You can do it! 頑張ってください
Greedo Kenobi the music is amazing to, utada hikaru can have my soul
Greedo Kenobi Thank you. Enjoy your study! I’m sure you’ll have fun learning.
Tiffany Zette That’s you in the video? Thank you, I’m sure I will, Japanese sounds beautiful so are you!
K Brodini ...Big Thanks, going to check that out later on the day!
A most illuminating interview and conversation. Really enjoyed the video.
Great interview! It was nice to hear her life experiences
Tiffany, you're so sweet and sensible. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
This is such a great story and a great interview. I can relate, growing up as an Asian American, being bicultural and all, that nagging feeling of being “other”. I never really thought about how it is the other way around, growing up in an Asian country as a minority there. She can speak her parents language (English) incredibly well though whereas my level of my parents language (Cantonese) is basically still at the level of “Mom I’m hungry!”
Also huge props for the extensive Japanese subtitles! Great for practicing Japanese :) keep up the great work yall. This channel is incredible.
How are you bicultural? Are your parents from two different cultures? If they're both Asian and you grew up in America, then you are not bicultural. America is a country of immigrants so most have ancestry and cultural roots from outside the states. Now if one of your parents is Asian and the other is European, African, Native or Hispanic then you would have to juggle two cultures and would be classified as bicultural.
@@misteree78 Lol. American culture and "Asian" culture are not the same. Two different cultures, hence, "bicultural". What's so complicated?
@@DevonSaidWhat LOL! Right. Something I noticed about these words "culture" "ethnicity" "nationality" "race", the lines are blurred for most folks. They don't understand the concept behind these words for the most part.
I loved this. She seems so chill.
And I understand how she feels. I grew up switching from French to Arabic to English.
Never been Moroccan enough in Morocco, never French enough in France and never Canadian enough in Canada 🤷🏻♂️
Now I just tell people I have three nationalities and let them decide lol