Yeah, I’ve heard this

Oops, yeah

This is really true. I’ve always been fascinated by Japan and Japanese culture.

I was admittedly surprised when I learned less that fewer than 20% of Japanese passports and that a Cambodian childhood friend who moved there 15 years ago, learned Japanese, works for a Japanese company, said he never felt like a part of society because he wasn’t ethnically Japanese.

Japanese overall are some of the kindest, most polite people you’ll encounter. But there’s still a great divide between being ethnically Japanese and not being ethnically Japanese.

I moved to the US as a child, and as soon as people hear my accent when I travel overseas, many will say “you sound American.” I also feel more American than Cambodian at this point in my life.

I like this approach