Try living in America as an Asian-American where everyone thinks you're a foreigner and not an American. I get a lot of where are you from? Bro I'm from Mass, oh I thought you were from China. This is just one example with the many shit I deal with everyday. Do this for 25 years then come back to me. It still continues till this day and I still get treated like an outsider when I was born here.

Ah shut the hell up. If you think that's people giving you shit you have a long way to go. You don't know what being an "outsider" means and you sure as hell don't understand what it means to be more or less isolated like what the OP describes.

yokohama

United States1116 Posts

February 27 2013 10:56 GMT

#42

Living in Kanagawa I can say that the racism is definitely nowhere near what it is where you are, but it is still evident. I've only been told I can't go into bars a few times, but the main thing I find is people will avoid sitting next to me on the train more often than not. I've had people get up when I sit down next to them, and I've had packed trains where people see the seats next to me and still don't sit down. Doesn't really bother me too much, but it does kind of get you down after noticing it so often.

I've also noticed an automatic bias towards me as a foreigner but once they see I speak enough of the language and show respect many will change their demeanor and accept me. I knew what I was getting into when I moved over here though, and I kind of see why they don't like foreigners because almost ever instance I've seen a foreigner on a train here they are being loud and obnoxious.