1. whats up with all the feedback noise on this video? 2.why does her ethniticity matter in whether or not she can make music.? Or are you saying it because of where she has chosen to make music?
Yea WHAT is that sound? I saw this video when you first posted it four years, ago it did not sound like that before. It's probably youtube. They are taking down vids and accounts who upload material that inst theirs even if you say it isn't, they deleted mine and me from you tube. I was just coming back to re-favorite the video.
What? I think Michael Jackson, Janet, and Mc Hammer broke those barriers down years ago. I remember seeing all of those japanese people go crazy over mike like Godzilla was waltzing through town.
The Japanese aren't necessarily racist, i think... i can't say for sure, as i've never been there, but from what i gather it seems to me that they are generally wary of foreigners unless for whatever reason, you show that you understand their culture and appreciate it. Crystal Kay obviously has no issues with that since she pretty much IS Japanese even if not by blood. And as always, there are extremists and racists in Japan just like any other part of the world.
@selphiexfairy They arn't racist at all, comapard to other parts of asia, they are more accepting of other races then Korea, China, ect since the Americans and other parts of europe buy their products, they like to explore the other cultures, just like how we would like to explore their county and culture. even though most people that imagrate over there are south Koreans and Cantanese but it is really rare but unique that they have a blasian's there. She Korean, but she can't speak it.
@mya619 oh i know she's korean. (: i meant that she was born and raised in Japan, so she basically IS japanese, if you know what I mean? it's a bigger part of her identity than Korean is even if it's in her blood. But I'm sure she knows a little bit about Korean culture, too. It's inevitable.
@selphiexfairy Lol yea Ik now what you mean :D She might as well be Japanese, and I'm sure she knows a bit about korean culture as well sense she lived with her mom all her live in japan cause her mom is Korean, they don't say to much about the dad though :/ I read that they lived in a Japanese air base with him until he went back to America, and I guess her mom decided to stay in Japan, and her mom alternated languages from japanese to English all the time thats why she knows both so well :)
@mya619 Yeah i read that too but they said she went to a high school on the American military base so i think thats why her english is so good you know she got an American education
@straberrygirl04 Oh really? I heard she did go to an American school for a while but I didn't know she had gotten an American GED but I mean I know she probably picked up the american accent from her dad and and japanese accent from either her mom or just the enviorment that shes in
even though she was born in japan, Kuri is an american citizen. her father is black and her mother is Korean a third-generation Zainichi (person of Korean descent born in Japan). she is fluent is Japanese and English and speaks a little French and is very talented and i love her lots.
I don't get it to this day why crystal kay only speaks english and japanese when she is of half korean and half african descent o.O. I wonder why she never sang or toured in Korea
What would be the point of teaching her Korean, if she's going to grow up in Japan? Wouldn't Japanese be a much better choice to teach a child who will live there?
Well look at Tasha she is Korean & black and same applies with her. People single her out because of that. Japan has a thing that if you wern't born in Japan you aren't really Japanese. It's a double standard as even if you were born there same applies. Hell Utada was born in NYC but she isn't any less Japanese just because of that fact. Race shouldn't be based upon the ground in which you were born. If that is the case then no one on this planet is really anything then.
4 crying out loud PEOPLE! her dad is black and her mother is korean. NO they didn't mention that in the video, but its fact (and quite obvious from my point of view)--MOVING ALONG
She said she was American. black, white, yellow, red, green, purple are all just colors. American is a nationality, and she spoke of that nationality. Enough said, people. Besides, most Americans are mix anyway. So why hold one part of your genetics or ancestry above the other? You don't know what other racial mix up her father could have been. He could of been a Mulatto, Creole, or Native, Hispanic, or European decent as well as African. You don't know, She probably doesn't know, nor himself.
You said it....mostly every American is mixed with Native or other....so there is no problem with her saying just American. I wonder if ppl do Ai this way????
@JaSamAlwyz23 well from what I heard she's 3/4 japanese and 1/4 italian so I think it has less of an impact than a girl who has no japanese background at all.
@KiKuLuVaNimejApFreiK Yea, but that's not why ppl like to single CK out. And you just clarified a point...being if she were mixed w/ anything other than African than it wouldn't be that much of an issue. Nothing to do with not being Japanese...ppl on these threads hardly bring up "Korean singing in Japanese, but not Japanese" And also, no matter what % black one is you would always be considered that first no matter what in the worlds eyes...
this is s awesome!! ive been listening to crystal kay for years and i had no idea this existed! im so happy these videos are on youtube! i now hope i can find something on Da Pump---another japanese pop/r&b group!
i dont understand japanese people, they embrace everything that seems just as exotic and foreign to themselves and on the other side they are racist towards nonjapanese people.
@YankeeSpike Umm, you're speaking as if ALL Japanese people are racist towards foreigners. Lots of them, especially the younger generation are fascinated by Western things, like American celebrities, pop music, etc.
The japanese LOVE whites. The japanese discriminate against "black", chinese, korean, southeastern asian people. (Basically all who are not caucasian.You're even admired for being half japanese and half european descent.) I'm not joking. Look up any article about the racism in japan. Japan isn't civilized yet because they are proud of what they did in WW2. Their high officials including the prime minister go to the so-called "war shrine" to worship the war criminals.
oh really? so tell me Kay's mother is a korean, so why she can't speak korean? why she can speak english and japanese? if there is a big racism in japan, why she lives in japan?
I think the success of many Chinese, Japanese, and mixed-race celebrities contradicts that. Crystal's success is proof that the Japanese aren't racist to people of African descent.
No, Crystal's success does NOT prove any point that the japanese are not racist. There's also a half korean and half african-american (just like Crystal Kay) singer called "Insooni". Crystal is nothing compared to her. Insooni is one of the most respected singer in Korea, and no one discriminates against her because she's half black. However, i can't say that koreans treat blacks equally just because of that. Koreans sometimes DO mistreat foreigners. and same with the japanese counterpart.
@mishydishy of course they're not, it's just that africa and japan are like in both ends of the world, and of course if you seen something you have never saw before, you are going to stare or look very concentrating at it, if you see a green person for the first time, like many japanese having seeing black people for the first time, u'll have a wth moment, but that's not racism, it's just a wth i've never seen that before thing. japanese chicks are racist tho, they like whites better D:
@mishydishy It's that she is half-american. Halflings have it TOUGH there. I can't speak for her but most half japanese get bullied on obscured scales. It's a class effort very often. Utada Hikaru went to school here in NYC, very few of schooling was in Japan and regardless of such, she is still full blooded Japanese. People STILL try her different because of her english and adapted mannerisms. The Japanese are awfully xenophobic but it's due to them being geographically isolated for so long.
@PIMPIROTH She may be half korean but she indeed japanese. She was born in Yokohama. But I did misuse the term while stating my argument. A small mistake, a typo if you will on my part.
@mishydishy This is an ignorant and uninformed comment. Just like in the US, similar to most countries, particularly Asian countries, if someone has money/fame, the vast majority is willing to overlook other "flaws"; but, this is for a select few. I'm NOT saying it is only in Japan by any means. People need to recognize and be aware of the difference between "tolerance" and "acceptance". Tolerating another race is still seeing them as "the other", and is still a form of racism.
@Mari703, Dang, what kind of experiences have you gone through? Just a word of advice, people who have positive attitude toward things tend to draw positive experiences into their reality where as people with a negative attitude toward things tend to have negative experiences. So the person you were communicating with their reality is apparently a lot different from yours because as you may or may not know, everyones reality/ outlook in life is different be it good or bad.
@nikefreak01 People (of any ethnicity/nationality) will hold up one ethnic/racial minority achieving success in a country that is known for being racist/racially insensitive and tout that person as "proof" of equality.Yes,it is both negative and unfortunate;but,money and fame (majority of the time) = racial blinders,not acceptance.This is true in many countries.Ex:someone from the States saying that racism no longer exists in the US because they elected an African-American President. False.
@Mari703 I don't mean either of my previous statements as slights towards any of the aforementioned countries or ethnic groups. I, and many of my Asian friends, experienced the same "racism unless you have money or power", or if they thought you were a tourist (which equals money), in Europe. Racism of this, or any, kind is not experienced by one group. Awareness of this mentality is the answer to stopping it. Plus, people should not have uninformed/incomplete ideas of a country or culture.
@Mari703 Are you studying social moniorites or something? lol There are many people with mixed races these today.. shouldn't be a big of a deal when u see two totally different races with their offspring.
so so true. but one "small" thing wrong. They hate Half-Black and Japanese. Trust me I know this all too well so I don't want to hear different from anyone.
what makes you say that? i live in new york city now but racism is quite frankly, everywhere. i don't think you can just generalize and say that korea isn't civilized.
Did you know she got to interview Alicia Keys. I was jealous of Alicia because there both like my favorite artists, who I'd love to meet, and they got to meet eachother and yeah does that make any since?
Sorry, my english isn't good, so I can't understand all, i confuse for some words, you meant that you're a fan of Crystal and Alicia, right? and want to know, and ... xD sorry ...
haha, i agree with AyuReaDii, seriously it's like their fascinated by it, it's quite funny to me, but it does get annoying after a while so people please just comment instead of making statements on this very common topic that shouldn't be, cause once you think about it, knowing what she is isn't really important, her music is.
African American NEVER meant people people born in Africa. The term has ALWAYS meant black people in America who are descendants of black African slaves. You're only African if YOU were born in Africa and have CITIZENSHIP in an African country. Like America, if you were born in America and have American citizenship, then you are American. European = born in a country in Europe. Getting it? Not all black people are African. Black can be African, American, European, Haitian, Hawaiian, Hispanic etc
no I'm not. She went to Kinnick High School In Yokosuka Japan. Its on the Naval Base... My sister knows her. I don't know her. but my sister does. You don't have to belive me im not forcing anyone to believe me
I think so many people are intrigued about her race because so many people in this video have these preconceived notions of what African-Americans are like. It's as if they think African-American blood taints anything and everything.
Surprise surprise. Kuri is Korean AND African-American and she doesn't act like a stereotype. In fact, most African Americans don't act like the stereotype.
The audio works perfectly fine for me.
jiremii 1 month ago
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
JakariHanma 2 months ago
All i heard was PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! xD
XxChile16xX 2 months ago
this video are soo old on youtube I think it's because of this
kya95 2 months ago
wtf
SuperWeirdism 2 months ago
lol what a shit
SertnussKoda 3 months ago
R.I.P My Hearing...
TheKidYugo 3 months ago 13
@TheKidYugo loool
Tychaification 2 months ago
dear neptunesoul. You owe me new eardrums....
suikoden4 3 months ago 7
LMFAO I don't know you posted this. This shit is to fucked up in the sound department.....
seanj666 4 months ago
what the hell is wrong with the sound? Its all broken and I hardly hear anything.
syknshmr 6 months ago
FUCK
LozRyu 6 months ago
lol i meant heck
SuperCutiepie1012 6 months ago
what the heack i cant even hear i like crystal kay but there is somethink wrong with the video
SuperCutiepie1012 6 months ago
THANK YOU FOR BREAKING MY EARS :D :D
caijihong 7 months ago 11
I've seen this interview from the same vid, and it never sounded like BravaCentauri made...because it sounds JUST LIKE THAT!!
Akio210 7 months ago
"KKKKKKKK boom KKKKKKKK boom KKKKKKKK boom" that's what this interview sounds like to me.
BravaCentauri 7 months ago
I thank you for uploading, but there's no way in hell I can watch this video with that loud static noise
gublue24 7 months ago
WORST AUDIO ON A YT VIDEO EVER
ITS EVEN WORSE THAN JUSTIN BIEBER
OOOH GAWD MY EARS
INVEST IN BETTER AUDIO EQUIPMENT GODDDAAAMMMN
Anorchous 8 months ago 5
I was able to listen to this interview on my iPhone without that annoying feedback. Android phone apparently plays it ok too.
UltimaSora20 10 months ago
damn it siunds like someones breathing into a mic...
wemilove 11 months ago
WTF is this the static is terrible WTF!
sarius24 11 months ago
yeah i cant hear her at all. wt*!!
SushimaruRen 11 months ago
i don't know about you guys, but that sound in there doesn't sound like english
TheAnimeBlaze 1 year ago
wtf is this f:cking noise!???
kindersurprise8 1 year ago
japan is one of the more open minded asian countries around the world. yay
yoshiyamasama 1 year ago
@yoshiyamasama thats for sure....have any of you seen Japanese dancehall?? awesome stuff
kerio993 1 year ago
1. whats up with all the feedback noise on this video? 2.why does her ethniticity matter in whether or not she can make music.? Or are you saying it because of where she has chosen to make music?
moonlitephox 1 year ago 6
She is korean and black, just like the american and korean singer amerie :D
echizenn808 1 year ago
Yea WHAT is that sound? I saw this video when you first posted it four years, ago it did not sound like that before. It's probably youtube. They are taking down vids and accounts who upload material that inst theirs even if you say it isn't, they deleted mine and me from you tube. I was just coming back to re-favorite the video.
AlySuchima 1 year ago
I feel like I'm in bloody Dresden with that noise...
MakeMehASandwhich 1 year ago 2
Damn sound!
NebKheru7 1 year ago 6
She is soooo pretty!!! She looks a little like Amerie.
MochaSkies 1 year ago 3
of course crystal kay knows allot about japanese culture. japan is her home,
shaiska 1 year ago
is it my computer or is the sound on this shit?
oye2a2000 1 year ago 115
I actually saw this on TV once. This is what introduced me to Crystal Kay.
BTW, that sound really disturbs my ears.
sketcha09 1 year ago 4
shit sound.
ryukenlmaoyes 1 year ago
What? I think Michael Jackson, Janet, and Mc Hammer broke those barriers down years ago. I remember seeing all of those japanese people go crazy over mike like Godzilla was waltzing through town.
nightphoenixtube 1 year ago 3
@nightphoenixtube
good point, but i think everyone goes crazy over mike, period :D
vyzion 1 year ago
@nightphoenixtube dont forget stevie wonder !!!! they love him
bhamby1128 1 year ago
crinkle crunch crinkle i can't hear a thing
Devoltivavio 1 year ago 9
whats with the sound
305319 1 year ago 5
The Japanese aren't necessarily racist, i think... i can't say for sure, as i've never been there, but from what i gather it seems to me that they are generally wary of foreigners unless for whatever reason, you show that you understand their culture and appreciate it. Crystal Kay obviously has no issues with that since she pretty much IS Japanese even if not by blood. And as always, there are extremists and racists in Japan just like any other part of the world.
selphiexfairy 1 year ago
@selphiexfairy They arn't racist at all, comapard to other parts of asia, they are more accepting of other races then Korea, China, ect since the Americans and other parts of europe buy their products, they like to explore the other cultures, just like how we would like to explore their county and culture. even though most people that imagrate over there are south Koreans and Cantanese but it is really rare but unique that they have a blasian's there. She Korean, but she can't speak it.
mya619 1 year ago
@mya619 oh i know she's korean. (: i meant that she was born and raised in Japan, so she basically IS japanese, if you know what I mean? it's a bigger part of her identity than Korean is even if it's in her blood. But I'm sure she knows a little bit about Korean culture, too. It's inevitable.
selphiexfairy 1 year ago
@selphiexfairy Lol yea Ik now what you mean :D She might as well be Japanese, and I'm sure she knows a bit about korean culture as well sense she lived with her mom all her live in japan cause her mom is Korean, they don't say to much about the dad though :/ I read that they lived in a Japanese air base with him until he went back to America, and I guess her mom decided to stay in Japan, and her mom alternated languages from japanese to English all the time thats why she knows both so well :)
mya619 1 year ago
@mya619 Yeah i read that too but they said she went to a high school on the American military base so i think thats why her english is so good you know she got an American education
straberrygirl04 1 year ago
@straberrygirl04 Oh really? I heard she did go to an American school for a while but I didn't know she had gotten an American GED but I mean I know she probably picked up the american accent from her dad and and japanese accent from either her mom or just the enviorment that shes in
mya619 1 year ago
WTF is with that loud grainy noise through the whole thing? My speakers are bugging out?
RyaVids 1 year ago 5
The sound quality to this video sucks, the vid has loud hissing and popping.
KujoDaTrollEater 1 year ago 2
this broad is fine as catshit
youcef 1 year ago
@youcef I was wondering if it was just me -_-;;;
Meezletoe 1 year ago
There's too much static DX I can't even listen.
vanglatangel 1 year ago 2
Fix the static please. Very disruptive.
ElegantPaws01 1 year ago 5
i can't even listen to the interview because there's some heavy static sound going on.
EsperTinaVI 1 year ago 65
@EsperTinaVI It wasn't always like that, which is weird. lol
Kitteepaws90 7 months ago
@Kitteepaws90 It sounds like the apocalypse o.O Or opening guitar rift to a heavy metal or death metal song.
EsperTinaVI 7 months ago
even though she was born in japan, Kuri is an american citizen. her father is black and her mother is Korean a third-generation Zainichi (person of Korean descent born in Japan). she is fluent is Japanese and English and speaks a little French and is very talented and i love her lots.
kmfangirl 1 year ago
Am I the only one getting weird radio static from this video and not hearing anything anyone is saying at all?
musiclaura 1 year ago 3
@musiclaura urr same put da video quality from 360p to 240p at the bottom right hand corner, the video is slow but u can hear what they are saying
ryanb01 1 year ago
@musiclaura you are not alone on that..i thought my ear phones were acting up at first
chizzygirl18 1 year ago
I don't get it to this day why crystal kay only speaks english and japanese when she is of half korean and half african descent o.O. I wonder why she never sang or toured in Korea
jualkyn 1 year ago
I friggin love Crystal Kay.
dreamnite 1 year ago
@dreamnite don't we all? i'm still listening to shining... lol
glitchflame 1 year ago
SHE IS ONLY HALF BLACK!
bigtimes1 1 year ago
Wait what? Crystal Kay made a record with Joe? That was him at 3:02. Or maybe that was Brian Michael Cox...
RAWKNtoni 1 year ago
I love her my best jpop singer! I read her cousin obi tenaka is signed to SONY Japan too.
heyheyheymc 1 year ago
If her mother was Korean. How could she doesn't speak with her daughter in Korean but Japanese insead! that's weird.
btw, luv you, Crystal! you're ROCK!!!
namwhan 1 year ago
@namwhan
What would be the point of teaching her Korean, if she's going to grow up in Japan? Wouldn't Japanese be a much better choice to teach a child who will live there?
SunriseGenesis 1 year ago
Well look at Tasha she is Korean & black and same applies with her. People single her out because of that. Japan has a thing that if you wern't born in Japan you aren't really Japanese. It's a double standard as even if you were born there same applies. Hell Utada was born in NYC but she isn't any less Japanese just because of that fact. Race shouldn't be based upon the ground in which you were born. If that is the case then no one on this planet is really anything then.
BlazinNSoul 1 year ago 2
koreans rock!
Choseunman 1 year ago
Ooo~ I saw her in "Left Eye Detective EYE"
XxHeySayJumpNo1FanxX 1 year ago
thats awesome she is so pretty
Psychomorgan 2 years ago
nice!! i likes this yes i likes this lmao :P
blazinsurfer 2 years ago
I want to her live! That would be so awesome :3
SaiyumiNeko 2 years ago
4 crying out loud PEOPLE! her dad is black and her mother is korean. NO they didn't mention that in the video, but its fact (and quite obvious from my point of view)--MOVING ALONG
shes a really good singer with cute music
dustyrose01 2 years ago 6
She said she was American. black, white, yellow, red, green, purple are all just colors. American is a nationality, and she spoke of that nationality. Enough said, people. Besides, most Americans are mix anyway. So why hold one part of your genetics or ancestry above the other? You don't know what other racial mix up her father could have been. He could of been a Mulatto, Creole, or Native, Hispanic, or European decent as well as African. You don't know, She probably doesn't know, nor himself.
IrisRainbow 2 years ago 11
You said it....mostly every American is mixed with Native or other....so there is no problem with her saying just American. I wonder if ppl do Ai this way????
JaSamAlwyz23 2 years ago
@JaSamAlwyz23 well from what I heard she's 3/4 japanese and 1/4 italian so I think it has less of an impact than a girl who has no japanese background at all.
KiKuLuVaNimejApFreiK 1 year ago
@KiKuLuVaNimejApFreiK Yea, but that's not why ppl like to single CK out. And you just clarified a point...being if she were mixed w/ anything other than African than it wouldn't be that much of an issue. Nothing to do with not being Japanese...ppl on these threads hardly bring up "Korean singing in Japanese, but not Japanese" And also, no matter what % black one is you would always be considered that first no matter what in the worlds eyes...
JaSamAlwyz23 1 year ago
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its fucking obvious she's half black...if she is ashamed its because of the japanese society.
but then again she's fucking singing african american music, confused ass girl
HimeBerrii 2 years ago
i know she did not say that she is half black i hope she is not ashamed if being that
TheL17forever 2 years ago 2
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Narsly 2 years ago
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shes fuckin half jap.
yellopanda 2 years ago
@yellopanda she's half korean! look it up
NicoWuzHere 2 years ago
i think her mother is half korean n half japanese...
kamawanai900 2 years ago
her mother is not half Japanese, shes actually Korean who was raised in Japan...there are heaps of ethnically Korean ppl living in Japan...
koala8 2 years ago 5
She didnt even say that she was african american
cookie22100 2 years ago
she seems a bit shy i like her
TheL17forever 2 years ago
I love her voice :D
darkcinderellaisabel 2 years ago
このインタビューですごい一般人みたいな感じがしていますね。
vincent10kd 2 years ago 2
Yes
vincent10kd 2 years ago
woahh!! she's half korean??? i thought she was half jap?? cool!
Mslajuice 2 years ago
this is s awesome!! ive been listening to crystal kay for years and i had no idea this existed! im so happy these videos are on youtube! i now hope i can find something on Da Pump---another japanese pop/r&b group!
kinnichiok 2 years ago
i dont understand japanese people, they embrace everything that seems just as exotic and foreign to themselves and on the other side they are racist towards nonjapanese people.
YankeeSpike 2 years ago 4
@YankeeSpike Umm, you're speaking as if ALL Japanese people are racist towards foreigners. Lots of them, especially the younger generation are fascinated by Western things, like American celebrities, pop music, etc.
clairebearrrr 2 years ago 5
@YankeeSpike
lol so precise
agreed
Pahosee 2 years ago
@munkeyxboi yes, i'm 200% sure
jwjan 2 years ago
exactly
rocknroll011 2 years ago
Krystal Kay is HUUUUUGE in Japan. No doubt. The love her despite her cultural heritage or her racial makeup.
KakkoiGuy1 2 years ago 36
alot of koreans move to japan and marry
fckngolddighoez18 2 years ago
SHE'S JAPANESE she really doesnt look like it and she's VERY pretty
destinywwwwww 2 years ago
i like her so much! ganbare-!!
flavormoon 2 years ago
to a couple of ignorant responses previously displayed...i think yall need to get re-educated...or maybe just educated...and im black btw...HOLLA...
dogon80 2 years ago 5
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dogon80 2 years ago
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Crystal Kay is korean nigger.
Please go out of Japan.
In Japan more nonpolluting.
Please continue your music career and moved to Africa.
Please respect the feelings of many Japanese.
Goodbye, Kay! ! !
nigX2spatonic 2 years ago
You're a dumb racist cunt.
Why don't you crawl into a hole and die?
Thanks ^_^
Toonyroo 2 years ago 9
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don't pretend to be a japanese, dumb ass korean. in korea, everyone is racism against black people, thats why she has no choice to live in japan!
mildseven73 2 years ago
everyone is what against what ?!
there's no targeted ethnic group, eveyone has their own ignorant, uneducated, attitude towards one another.
actually not me, everyone is the same to me ! the benifits of being raised with intelligence and wisdom. that alot of you lack.
SuperBlaze22 2 years ago 5
Your just joking right? ok good because theres no way anyone can be that stupid.
Miyako365 2 years ago
im not joking, South Korea isn't civilized yet, thats why they have racism, watch the reality. watch?v=w2rvfM3ALvo
mildseven73 2 years ago
The japanese LOVE whites. The japanese discriminate against "black", chinese, korean, southeastern asian people. (Basically all who are not caucasian.You're even admired for being half japanese and half european descent.) I'm not joking. Look up any article about the racism in japan. Japan isn't civilized yet because they are proud of what they did in WW2. Their high officials including the prime minister go to the so-called "war shrine" to worship the war criminals.
jwjan 2 years ago
oh really? so tell me Kay's mother is a korean, so why she can't speak korean? why she can speak english and japanese? if there is a big racism in japan, why she lives in japan?
mildseven73 2 years ago
1. Maybe he mother didn't want to teach her Korean, because she lived in Japan
2. She grew up on a military base and going to an international school, and she lived in Japan. Thus, English and Japanese
3. Because she was born there and it's her home. Besides, it's not that racist.
mishydishy 2 years ago 2
@mishydishy "it's not that racist" lol you need to get out more..
Kratos0909 1 year ago
Her mother spoke to her in English and Japanese when she was little.
shindubra 2 years ago 4
I think the success of many Chinese, Japanese, and mixed-race celebrities contradicts that. Crystal's success is proof that the Japanese aren't racist to people of African descent.
mishydishy 2 years ago 63
No, Crystal's success does NOT prove any point that the japanese are not racist. There's also a half korean and half african-american (just like Crystal Kay) singer called "Insooni". Crystal is nothing compared to her. Insooni is one of the most respected singer in Korea, and no one discriminates against her because she's half black. However, i can't say that koreans treat blacks equally just because of that. Koreans sometimes DO mistreat foreigners. and same with the japanese counterpart.
jwjan 2 years ago 6
@mishydishy of course they're not, it's just that africa and japan are like in both ends of the world, and of course if you seen something you have never saw before, you are going to stare or look very concentrating at it, if you see a green person for the first time, like many japanese having seeing black people for the first time, u'll have a wth moment, but that's not racism, it's just a wth i've never seen that before thing. japanese chicks are racist tho, they like whites better D:
megazeroxuxm 1 year ago
@mishydishy
I wouldn't say all of that, but ok.
Czirro 1 year ago
@mishydishy It's that she is half-american. Halflings have it TOUGH there. I can't speak for her but most half japanese get bullied on obscured scales. It's a class effort very often. Utada Hikaru went to school here in NYC, very few of schooling was in Japan and regardless of such, she is still full blooded Japanese. People STILL try her different because of her english and adapted mannerisms. The Japanese are awfully xenophobic but it's due to them being geographically isolated for so long.
Gotenks45 1 year ago
@Gotenks45 She's half Korean, she's not even Japanese. Rofl fail.
PIMPIROTH 1 year ago
@PIMPIROTH She may be half korean but she indeed japanese. She was born in Yokohama. But I did misuse the term while stating my argument. A small mistake, a typo if you will on my part.
Gotenks45 1 year ago
@Gotenks45 When it comes to her nationality, she's Japanese. But when it comes to her race, she's African-American and Korean.
PIMPIROTH 1 year ago
@PIMPIROTH <.< What about my response says that I don't already know and acknowledge that?
Gotenks45 1 year ago
@mishydishy At least compared to South Korea. V_V
NickyNick227 1 year ago
@mishydishy Japanese people are mainly only rascist against people who are not Japanese. They're ont specificially rascist to any one race.
EsperTinaVI 1 year ago
@mishydishy good call
TwistaG 1 year ago
@mishydishy yeah...but Japanese are racist to asian descent tho....it's funny.
dltmdwnfkdldjs 1 year ago
@mishydishy This is an ignorant and uninformed comment. Just like in the US, similar to most countries, particularly Asian countries, if someone has money/fame, the vast majority is willing to overlook other "flaws"; but, this is for a select few. I'm NOT saying it is only in Japan by any means. People need to recognize and be aware of the difference between "tolerance" and "acceptance". Tolerating another race is still seeing them as "the other", and is still a form of racism.
Mari703 1 year ago
@Mari703, Dang, what kind of experiences have you gone through? Just a word of advice, people who have positive attitude toward things tend to draw positive experiences into their reality where as people with a negative attitude toward things tend to have negative experiences. So the person you were communicating with their reality is apparently a lot different from yours because as you may or may not know, everyones reality/ outlook in life is different be it good or bad.
SeizeTheMoment1000 1 year ago
@Mari703 are u saying that she is being "accepted" in Japan for her money and fame? that is a very negative outlook .. just sayin
nikefreak01 1 year ago
@nikefreak01 People (of any ethnicity/nationality) will hold up one ethnic/racial minority achieving success in a country that is known for being racist/racially insensitive and tout that person as "proof" of equality.Yes,it is both negative and unfortunate;but,money and fame (majority of the time) = racial blinders,not acceptance.This is true in many countries.Ex:someone from the States saying that racism no longer exists in the US because they elected an African-American President. False.
Mari703 7 months ago
@Mari703 I don't mean either of my previous statements as slights towards any of the aforementioned countries or ethnic groups. I, and many of my Asian friends, experienced the same "racism unless you have money or power", or if they thought you were a tourist (which equals money), in Europe. Racism of this, or any, kind is not experienced by one group. Awareness of this mentality is the answer to stopping it. Plus, people should not have uninformed/incomplete ideas of a country or culture.
Mari703 7 months ago
@Mari703 Are you studying social moniorites or something? lol There are many people with mixed races these today.. shouldn't be a big of a deal when u see two totally different races with their offspring.
nikefreak01 7 months ago
well said... so true!!!
ckjaytxt 2 years ago
so so true. but one "small" thing wrong. They hate Half-Black and Japanese. Trust me I know this all too well so I don't want to hear different from anyone.
unigamehead 2 years ago
what makes you say that? i live in new york city now but racism is quite frankly, everywhere. i don't think you can just generalize and say that korea isn't civilized.
s2dalcomis2 2 years ago 6
@mildseven73 actualy, it's north korea.
wolfgirl76543 1 year ago
I envy her Because she sing beside Jin Akanishi, in 2 songs! mmm I think i start to listen her songs :D
quendra 2 years ago
Did you know she got to interview Alicia Keys. I was jealous of Alicia because there both like my favorite artists, who I'd love to meet, and they got to meet eachother and yeah does that make any since?
Miyako365 2 years ago 3
Sorry, my english isn't good, so I can't understand all, i confuse for some words, you meant that you're a fan of Crystal and Alicia, right? and want to know, and ... xD sorry ...
quendra 2 years ago
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WaffleSharpie 2 years ago
haha, i agree with AyuReaDii, seriously it's like their fascinated by it, it's quite funny to me, but it does get annoying after a while so people please just comment instead of making statements on this very common topic that shouldn't be, cause once you think about it, knowing what she is isn't really important, her music is.
Caliente3YkUi 2 years ago 6
gosh she looks soo goood,,, nice voice 2
ironboogz 2 years ago 4
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MisterMannequin 2 years ago
doesnt suprise me that the majority of people here are speaking of her race.
people are such jerks.
crystal is gorgeous and she has a great mix
AyuReaDii 2 years ago 13
African American NEVER meant people people born in Africa. The term has ALWAYS meant black people in America who are descendants of black African slaves. You're only African if YOU were born in Africa and have CITIZENSHIP in an African country. Like America, if you were born in America and have American citizenship, then you are American. European = born in a country in Europe. Getting it? Not all black people are African. Black can be African, American, European, Haitian, Hawaiian, Hispanic etc
MisterMannequin 2 years ago 11
She speaks very well in English. <33
And who the hell thinks Jamaica is in Africa?! You people are stupid ass hell, it's scary!! What's the world coming to?! LOL
HisPrettyButterfly 2 years ago 46
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WaffleSharpie 2 years ago
you're SO full of SHIT!!!
avastacia 2 years ago
no I'm not. She went to Kinnick High School In Yokosuka Japan. Its on the Naval Base... My sister knows her. I don't know her. but my sister does. You don't have to belive me im not forcing anyone to believe me
WaffleSharpie 2 years ago
wats scarier is that ppl i no think brazil is
in asia lool.
bleachgrl2 2 years ago
I think so many people are intrigued about her race because so many people in this video have these preconceived notions of what African-Americans are like. It's as if they think African-American blood taints anything and everything.
Surprise surprise. Kuri is Korean AND African-American and she doesn't act like a stereotype. In fact, most African Americans don't act like the stereotype.
antisocialist87 2 years ago 16
Thank you so much!
I'm black and I hate being stereotyped as a "rap-loving can't speak proper English" person.
I love Kuri, shes so awesome. And her English is awesome! ^^
Nurelm 2 years ago 12
Kinda like Amerie. Which is Korean and Chocolate also. o.o Blackineses are so awesome. <3~
MangoPuff 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Jamaica is in Africa -_-'
bakamusume 2 years ago
ur an idiot READ A MAP. Jamaica is in the caribbean
tdot39 2 years ago 4
OKKKKKK!!!! SORRY SORRY! @_@
A ouais il est fou lui!
C'est bon je fais une gourde et il s'excite comme un MALADE
faut arrêté la, les gens c'est TROP des fou sur youtube.
bakamusume 2 years ago
wait who is crazy?
diddl1324 2 years ago
jamaicas not in africa
MrGrindAxis 2 years ago
...lol looks like someone failed geography.
zenaiko 2 years ago
Since when?
IcyDiamonds 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
This girl sounds so ignorant when she speaks.
MisterMannequin 2 years ago
hopfully she'll make an english album like BoA. ^.^
kurenai106 2 years ago 2
I LOVE HER!
She's so awesome!
xEzraxEnvyx 2 years ago 5
i cant believe she met r&b artist joe! thats so cool!
vietmostwanted 2 years ago
I wondered if she'd have an accent or not since she was born and raised in Japan...cool.
MyAngel2020 2 years ago 2