【字幕付き】Japanese is My First Language | Born and Raised in Rural Japan to Black Parents | 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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0:07 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

Special Thanks:
Mayumi Ono for editing assistance

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►(3) 7:31 Watching The Clouds – LAKEY INSPIRED
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Watching The Clouds – LAKEY INSPIRED
swad beach- aruarian dance (swadmix)
.oschea- be mine
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