I am an American!/ It's hood out here!

[Duitslond]

This reminds me of Europe. As long as you don't have light hair and light eyes you won't be considered a real resident and will be seen as an outsider by many people, even if you've been born there. And I'm not even black.

[GS350JPN]

@Duitslond I wonder why?

[Duitslond]

@GS350JPN I think it's because a lot of people in Western-European countries see themselves as a race, not a nationality. People in the states can call themselves American even though they are Asian or Negroid, et.c

[GS350JPN]

@Duitslond It may be a way to let them masses run in chaos while those who know take control. Clumping everyone together does not allow proper to grow properly. Look around. Only those with commonalities are advancing. Peace and understanding is easy and beneficiary. However, it is not idle. It never was. People think it is. Just imagine if people took the time to really understand. The population wouldn't be so high or other planets and means to sustain it would be "available". I agree with u.

[sjureman]

Hi! I'm from Norway, Europe, and I'm gonna take my 2nd high school year in Japan. Of course it'll be cool, but at one point I'm gonna miss the fast food we get in Europe and the US :D. So, how is it with BK, McD, KFC and Dunkin' Donuts in Japan? I know McD is there, but some say they only have pork burgers. Hope you'll reply :)

[GS350JPN]

@sjureman The have the same in McDonalds food as everywhere.

[GS350JPN]

@sjureman Japanese food is much better.

[BoobStryker]

It reminds me of a joke a black friend told me, he said in japan, the only black they know is MTV. Lol i guess people expect you to be rolling down the street blasting out Gucci mane and souljaboy on your subwoofers, with an iced out wrist and grills. Dont forget the "spinnaz". Heck if you think im being a bit extreme bro, check out one of souljaboys videos in japan or a simmiliar rapper.

[GS350JPN]

@BoobStryker Actually, everyone Blasts music, even in my hood. They have thoughs mini-vans with LCD screens on every flat surface play rap music videos. They ride around in low riders hitting switches right in front of the police. The violence is low. There are no laws against it. We can drink outside anywhere. You friend was a bit unrealistic. He forgot to tell that Japanese people do the things we do to out here.

[GS350JPN]

@BoobStryker It's funny. They expect us to be successful out here. That's what they expect. That's the truth. Japanese Hip hop in Japan had produce many millionaires. Japanese look at the money. Blacks look at everything else, but the money. Lol! Everything n America is about money. So was slavery. Get that money! Once we shake that "it easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle, than a rich man to get in heaven" crap, then we will see the real meaning - god don't want po peps n heaven!

[GS350JPN]

@BoobStryker He wants successful people there. Lol! A little too serious. I have vids about the low riders. Check them out. Just imagine, I guess you are white, rolling down the street with your Japanese wife and she is bumping 50 cents out the window with your child running around in the back seat and she knows every word to the song. I see I that a lot. You should see the looks on those white men's faces. I laugh. It's hood out here. Lol!

[2triky]

It just goes to show you, despite being on the short end of the stick with respect to racial stereotypes, some African-Americans are conditioned to harbor such stereotypes vis-a-vis others despite obvious visual cues (i.e. skin color, attitude, lingo, etc.) In this video you brought up a topic that is seldom discussed or appreciated.

[bkskid]

Me, I have respect for all people. if youre a decent person, ill treat you the same. I have hung out with africans before in college and in church and they were cool dudes. I think a lot of people have the tendency to judge the persons appearance before they actually get to know a person and what theyre about.

[bkskid]

dude, im not gonna lie when i first started watching your videos i though you were african. I think the reason is because your persona and mannerism doesnt have the presentation of someone who would not be associated with the afro american culture in america. So alot of people wouldnt think you were afro american, theyd think you were african.

[B4IRUTUARU16]

who gives a shit what others think

you proud to be who you are, where your from

yeah mankind originated from africa so its all good

[GS350JPN]

@B4IRUTUARU16 True dat!

[brollicon]

sometimes you got to laugh at racist or it destroys who you are

[GS350JPN]

@brollicon True true, but the racists are Black Americans. Lol! Truthfully, not many people believe that am Americam. Lol! What do Blacks in American look like. Has that image change that drastically?

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@GS350JPN how are black americans racist? it seems to me that a lot of caucasian americans are the ones, who are racist.

[vivelecorn]

@JRockLovinAtheist

Race has no "color"... many black American's I met are more racist than caucasian. I live in NYC and I seen it all, so it's not just caucasians, it's people in general.

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@vivelecorn yeah i guess that's true then, because a lot of black americans try to control other black people, especially black women on what they can and can't do, say, wear, listen to, and date/marry.

i don't agree with that shit at all, and i will never allow anyone of any race control me, and take away my rights to do as i please.

[GS350JPN]

@vivelecorn That's true.

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@vivelecorn how are a lot of black americans more racist than caucasians?

[GS350JPN]

@JRockLovinAtheist To you it's the whites. To me it's blacks, too.

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@GS350JPN well yes it is blacks, too its a lot of people in the states. 

[JamalTheTitan]

@GS350JPN personally, it's your dialect that throws me off a little.

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@brollicon why laugh at racists? racism is not funny at all. its not something to laugh at. its something very serious, and its like an illness that a lot of people have that needs to be cured.

[brollicon]

@JRockLovinAtheist what i was saying is in my life I realize you have too laugh at things like you pity the person not laugh at them as if its funny. I don't take ignorant people serious anymore i realize i just pity them and go on about my life

[JRockLovinAtheist]

@brollicon why even continue to waste time in the US? why not just leave (if you can), and get the hell out of there, and get the hell away from the crazy ass racist ignorant nut jobs? they're just as bad as a lot of these religious fenatics here (and in other parts of the world) with this mess.

that's why i'm leaving and getting the hell out of here. i will no longer continue to put up with this crap. this is nonsense.

so why not just leave this country, and get away from these people?

[GS350JPN]

@hsal20 I drove by, but I didn't get a chance to stop in.

[Theonlyon11]

Is there some racial infighting going on. Why does it even matter whether you are African or African American. The black race has to deal with negativity from other races already, why can't people just get along.

[GS350JPN]

@Theonlyon11 The Africans are cool. it's the Black Americans who hesistate.

[Theonlyon11]

What happen to the girls in the VW that you followed to the beach in Kochi?

[GS350JPN]

@Theonlyon11 We hung out and took pictures.

[mktking]

interesting.....i'm glad i'm identifiably Black. No confusions here... 

[Dnh3one]

You must being somethin cool out there lol. A brotha in Japan man... African Americans are Confused Americans, its better to just be a person lol I'm 75 percent serious lol

[GS350JPN]

@Dnh3one It's fun. That's all I do is be myself.

[brollicon]

@Dnh3one i think your right because i think most black americans follow the image of black people as being gangsters and thugs. if you go to a black country were the image of black people are made by black people they tend to act different were as in america black people here tend to act based on what white america only shows them how they should act

[Dnh3one]

@brollicon right on man. The TV is replacing the parents

[GS350JPN]

@leon8chicken Ha,ha. I say that, too, when they get aheadcof themselves. 

[kvjnr5348dcewi]

hey Ralph,

I saw you where speeding a littlebit.

Did you ever get a speeding ticket in Japan?

And like, well , what did the officer tell you about this ?

Police ever got nasty to you ?

I remember one of your videos naemd :

busted !

Did it have anything to do with this ?

[ankokugaiBOSS]

I dislike the term "African American" anyway.. once a Black person leaves the United States the term should be irrelevant!

[GS350JPN]

@ankokugaiBOSS Me, too! I, always, say "I am a US citizen." Saying that, drastically, reduces the I'll feelings others conjure and their "American" jokes or backlashes. I use the word "American" on Canadians and other people who live in the Americas. They hate it. They cannot deny it. Basically, making them understand that they are American, also, forces, or emotionally, cast them into the same group they use "I hate American" to identify. You should see their looks. 99% of them chill out. Lol!

[ankokugaiBOSS]

@GS350JPN Just like Japanese people are "asian' because of their relation to the continent of Asia, the same cannot be denied about canadians. They are not American, but they are definitely and inescapably NORTH AMERICANS and their difference from us is usually a matter of invisible BOUNDARIES!

[GS350JPN]

@ankokugaiBOSS LOL! That's funny. Truthfully, we are "United Statians". Lol!

[kvjnr5348dcewi]

@ankokugaiBOSS perhaps : a person of african american origin. or: " colored person from the west " or: " person whose origin is from a southern continent jin " or maybe just : " foreigner " , just like the rest. Are you ever being asked what your origin is , or do people from Japan ask you : " Where are you from " just to see if you are from the same area in Japan they live in, so to see if it is a good match ?