Music Video: Jero – Umiyuki

oh dear god.that video is a mistake and a half.

kevin – I understand what you said about kimono and the traditional African garb, but let’s face it; the Japanese have waaaay far to go in terms of stereotypes, and it you yourself may as well. You say a well-dressed black man who speaks Japanese is yosogai? If you meet a white man in a suit who speaks Japanese, and then meet a black man in a suit who speaks Japanese, the fact that you are more shocked at the black man’s ability means you have some deep-seated stereotypes about the capabilities of blacks.
I live in rural Japan and when I go to a restaurant with a white colleague who speaks little or less Japanese than I, it doesn’t matter. 9 times out of 10, the waitress will come over and address the white person immediately, and even persist in speaking to the white person after I’ve tried to order in fluent Japanese. Because they just don’t think us blacks can speak Japanese. Business suit, dashiki, kimono — it makes no difference. It’s too bad they’ve given Dante Carver such an ironic nickname as “yosogai”, because if you are startled by a black person speaking Japanese in this day and age, you are a throwback and you need to get with the program. (Of course I realize that it’s gonna take decades for most Japanese to get with the program — most people around here don’t even have passports or have never been to Tokyo. Sometimes Japan seems to be a little island lost in time.)