すいません。毎日同じKZbinを見るタイプじゃないので、返信、投稿が飛び飛びになっちゃいます。もし上記のコメントが私"等"に対するものであれば謝ります。本題の”identity" は語源とは少し違いますが、自分は何を信じて(国籍でハーフとかクウォターとか何の宗教を信じるとか…)ではなくその信念、どう行動に移してどれだけ強く信じられるかが"identity"だと思います。それを決断するのには知識が必要だと思います。残念ながらその知識を知る事さえ出来ない人々が世界には半分以上います。言いたい事は以上ですが、花子さん的には投稿、返信は日本語、英語どちらが良いですか。そこが一番興味深いです。(laugh) from 50 something Japanese おじさんより A bit early very happy Christmas and happy new wishing!!!
とても興味深かったです。でも姉弟の二人が成長してもこうして仲良くしていることが何よりもまず素晴らしいと思います。私はお父様と同世代の「純ジャパ」ですが、メンタルは純日本というよりもコスモポリタンです。昭和の日本はまだまだ封建的で堅苦しく狭苦しく自由や人権が軽視される社会だったので、自由な米国に幼い頃から憧れてましたし、自分が米国人との混血だったら良かったのに、、と本気で思ってたくらいです。幸い留学や仕事で長年米国で暮らすことになり日米両国の良い所も悪い所も自分なりに十分経験することが出来ました。花子さんが動画で言ってることには本当に同意しかないです。アジア系米国人とか日系米国人とかいう定義よりも、自分が良いと思うものを受け入れて自分自身の価値観と人生観が確り築ければそれで良いのだと思います。To thine own self be true!ですね。また文化に於いて言葉が最重要と言うのは全くその通りだと思います。お二人は既にバイリンガルであるが故にそうでない人達に較べて良い物を選んだり学んだりする選択肢が広がってますから人生を楽しく有意義に生きるのに両方の言語力を大いに活用されると良いと思います!
I’ve been living in US since 1983. It was still deep in the cold war era with Soviet Union. A different world. Being Japanese in US wasn’t too cool those days I tell you. Now things are very different. If you are Japanese, Japanese mix, or having some strong ties with Japan, you’re simply cool and seen positive or lucky. It’s so interesting for me to observe the transformation. Meanwhile, I’ve been enjoying the state of being a forever stranger in America. It means that I can live anywhere without losing my identity which is less to do with passport, country of origin and citizenship. I am who I am after all in my life!
@KeisOhtsuka3 жыл бұрын
I had been in the US from 1981 for a decade. Your recollection of being Japanese is not similar to what you said (I went to Texas and then lived in Illinois. Where the hell did you go, mate? lol.) Have you forgotten in the 80s, before the bubble burst, the Japanese economy was feared to eclipse the US Economy? Japanese are coming and the Americans were deeply concerned about their future (Can you imagine? lol.) Heady times of excessive exuberance and the last hurrah of the Nation of Corporate Warriors in the glorious Showa era, that was. American friends joked in a typical self-deprecating way to ask why I came to study in the "poorer" part of the world to do a PhD! Visiting the home, Japanese friends joked that I was missing the best time of the history in Japan (and in a sense, they were spot-on) and all overly-exuberant talks of taking over the US over glasses of drinks with friends rather uninformed and silly. Anyway, it was super-cool and very positive to be Japanese in the US in the 80s. And it was before Ichiro and MLB superstars from Japan, Anime and Cosplay and all that nonsense. I left the USA for good on the day when the news of the diplomatic embarrassment came in. My friends were lamenting about George Bush Senior puked on the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa at the banquet (due to gastroenteritis). Who would have thought Japan would stay in recession for so many more years then and the USA would rise again in the 90s. I wanted to stay but I wisely completed my PhD in the trough of the recession. Anyhow, hope you are well. How can you be possibly a stranger in the USA? Haven't you got a US passport by now? Cheers!
@z.8332 жыл бұрын
But it was so much easier to get a green card back then. Now, it's super hard unless you are a billionaire or Olympic gold medalist...
It is interesting, I have three half-Japanese half-caucasian children in the late 20's and 30's. One identifies more with his Japanese heritage, one who identifies more with his American heritage and one who more embraces with the mix -- or hafu -- heritage.
Interesting. Got to let my children look this up. People often forget the sense of identity of the Nisei, Sansei, etc. are purely determined by a metaphoric tug of war between the culture of origin (of their parents) and the culture at large of the host country (e.g., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Peru, or the USA in case of Japanse- X.). However, as anyone is entitled to the identity of parental origin, it will get more complicated if they are born of mixed marriage in terms of culture (e.g., Japanese and Vietnamese), nationalities (or race as Yanks say), and whether they are visible minority or not (eg., skin colour or physical features to signal "foreignness"). It seems interesting that the KZbinr felt compelled to explain the reason for her Japanese. She is entitled to the Japanese identity because of her mother's ethnicity. Would that be because of multiple identities - New Yorker, American, and Japanese ancestry, mixed nationalities/race of "haaf" Japanese persons, or microaggressions that they receive in the USA. BTW: Only Japanese think natto beans are best enjoyed at home (Like durian in Singapore?). We don't care about the smell - Kimchi is very popular at any US university canteens - which sadly wasn't the case in the 80s. Sigh.
こんにちは。あなた達ご兄弟は本当に仲がいいんだね。当たり前たけど。ところで、アジア系アメリカ人とか2世とか色々心配をしているようだけど、人間は、表面だけで判断するものではなく その人の中味が大事なのだと思います。幼い頃は、幼い相手が自分の表面のみを見るために差別が起こる傾向があるが、成人になると表面と中味の人間性も観察するため、差別化と親愛の二つに分かれるが、表面のみを観察する人は心が貧しく教養に欠けるために気の毒な人だと思ってやれば納得も出来ます。要は、相手がどの様に観察しょうが、相手と息が合えば良し、合わなければ相手を気の毒な方だと思って、離れる。「going my way」の精神で希望を持って前進のみで これからの人生をエンジョイして下さい。そして、何時までもご兄弟愛とご両親を大切にして下さい。
Interesting topic! I've been staying in the UK for a long time, so when go back to Japan, my actions and decisions can be seen as unusual by my friends, but other Japanese friends who have experience of living in the UK are more understanding. How we identify ourselves could depend on with whom we share the values, I think.
Great content as always with you. And it was fun to see you and your brother together. You are very attractive siblings and smart. Please do these video's with more pointed (focused) subject a few at times. Of course with Felix involved . 僕は在米46年先月末市民権を取りましたが日本生まれで26歳まで住んでいました。その間もちろん 平均3年に一回位日本に行きましたが、姉と母の看病でそれぞれ約半年滞在した以外は2週間が 平均でした。そんな日本帰国(というより旅行)の時に親戚、関わった知らない人(店員さんとか) などに純ジャパの僕でもアメリカ人のような考えだとかよく言われましたね。 まず話し方が日本的でない、自己主張が強い、好き嫌いが良く分かる(分かりすぎ)要するに 遠慮がないと言いたいんだろうけど。 僕自身はもともとそういう人間、性格だったと思うので見当違いな事言われてると思った事も 多かったですね。 サンフランシスコ市ですからNY程では無いけど人種混在という意味ではもっと如実な処だと 思います。否が応でも自分の、他人の異国人性がひしめき合っています。 どこに住んでいるかで大きく違うのではとも思うけど子供の時に移ってきた人以外には日本人NESS は消すことは難しいでしょうね。
@kazuhiros524 жыл бұрын
I'm Japanese & I have 2 boys with a British mother but both of my sons can't speak Japanese at all because I live in the UK & I have never taught them Japanese & I have never tried to speak Japanese to them either. Their mother speaks 5 languages include Japanese even so I have never used Japanese at home I don't know why....??? Even my first son has never been to Japan !!
@mikiohirata96274 жыл бұрын
It's criminal that your sons never learned to speak YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE ! I've lived in US for 46years and have some friends who are married to Hakujin. Some had the same problem with you that they never actively taught Japanese to their children. It's of course up to mixed children to decide what they want to do and w you're indeed here they want to live in the future when they grow up. but many of these kids regretted not learning their mother's language because they realize that they're half Japanese and people let you know that you're indeed half Japanese. People assume you speak it and knowledgeable of culture . That's when they say I should have, could've had why my parent never taught me etc. All this is non issue though if they never leave England and never intended to be identified as Japanese mix. You must be perfectly bilingual and living where there are no Japanese around to interact I assume. It's still a shame when you could teach your children WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHAT YOU ARE unless you're ashamed of being Japanese.
@hammondB3_C3Tube13 жыл бұрын
この動画は、色々感じて考えるところがあり楽しく視聴しました。 最後の方で話されたMovies :[ Departure ] 、私はこの映画に興味を抱き、その映画を観たいと思い、ググると ( web search )日本映画では, 1)2000年制作日本映画 監督:中川陽介( Film director : Yohsuke Nakagawa ) /上映時間1時間20分( screening time 80 min ) 2)2016年制作日本映画 監督:園田新( Film director : Shin Sonoda ) /上映時間16分の短編映画( screening time 16 min ) 映画名が「 おくりびと / Departures」 3)2008年制作日本映画 監督:滝田洋二郎( Film director : Yohjiro Takita ) /上映時間2時間10分( screening time 130 min ) がヒットしたのですが、その映画を教えて頂けませんか?