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She’s cute. Also, it’s interesting that she’s half Nigerian and lived in Nigeria but sounds American. Just talking to her I would’ve assumed she was half American.
@@roseywinter Sure, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m not talking about her English, I’m talking about her accent. She sounds American. They don’t have American accents in Nigeria.
See the major difference between her and your other blasian guests is she knows her culture, most of the blasian guests only know japan and like most Japanese think black =American so they never truly connect with their culture if they are not American. Heck, those blasians act just like other Japanese people and cosplay as black americans with no understanding of black Americans. She is cool, would be a great person to run into in tokyo. She definitely understands her nigerian culture.
But other hafus who are black doesnt know the culture of their foreign parent because most of the time the foreign parent is not around. And since those hafus are japanese and Japan have that culture of "never stand up" they dont want to be excluded of the society because after all they are japanese and they dont want to feel foreigner in their own country just because they look different. That is why some hafus who are black endeup marrying and having kids with fully japanese people because they have more chance of having non black babies and their offspring is not gonna suffer the same fate as them. .
That switch up in accent from English to Japanese is REAL! 😂😂😂😂 (Also, her English accent sounds maddddd Southern Black American with a dash of like Queens NY-it’s so wild to me!)
Yorubaland, Igboland, Hausaland. These aren’t actual municipal designations, but they used to actually be on maps. Japanese is pretty hard, for the US military’s foreign service institute it’s in group 4. This means it takes among the longest times to teach.
she learned English perfectly and with an American accent. surprising since she didn't know English when she moved to Nigeria at 9. igu the nigerian polish boxer grew up speaking Nigerian English in Poland and straight up sounds Nigerian when he speaks English. so does his sister. it's also interesting that this rapper in this interview says English is easier when she's spent most of her life speaking Japanese and only spoke it for the first 9 years of her life before she moved to Nigeria. she straight up sounds American but her English is a tiny bit wacky
Nah like I really get why it kinda sucks for Japan to become more "Americanized". One of the biggest disappointments is traveling abroad somewhere and the place being just like your hometown or home country.
This is the funniest interview. Massachusetts and specifically Boston, is a majority minority city. There are tons of Blacks, Africans, West Indians, Hispanic, Spanish, and Asians here. I think she more than likely wasn't in Boston proper. Also, MA and generally those that only want to advertise a certain esthetic does a great job of curating a specific look and those outside of the state and world definitely believe it.
I like her, but the way she speaks threw me off a bit. It feels a little bit overboard and overdone. She’s nigerian/japanese born in Japan, yet speaks sort of ratchet ebonics. She should take her own advice and be herself more. No need for all that extraness. Is it to prove that she’s black enough? cuz people been on her for rapping the N-word? Well, she really doesn’t need to do all that cuz it comes off as her mimicking stereotypes of black americans. Not all black people speak like that. And like that variety and individuality. It’s not just she that does that. A lot of people do that and it can be quite cringey. I much rather prefer a persons own accent and way of speaking rather than something that comes off as stereotypical/generic/boxed in. There’s a time and a place for everything, but throughout a whole conversation though? And an interview at that? Girl, no.
37:21 "At the end of the day, this is Japan. If you don't like it, go somewhere else." --Elianna Yikes! For Elianna's sake and the sake of every other biracial Japanese person who has roots in Japan and elsewhere, I hope this isn't the sentiment of the majority. Japan's future is going to be a biracial one or a multicultural one given how the majority doesn't want to have children--might as well embrace change and prepare for pending change; it's happening now! Japan, like every other country around the world, isn't the country that it once was. All countries change, especially Japan. How much of Japan resembles society from 100, 70, or even 50 years ago? Sure, deeply rooted cultural things are the same or at least very similar (people don't celebrate 七五三 the same; 成人式 too), but they are becoming more modern, like fashion and mannerisms. What would Japanese men from 100 years ago think of Japanese men today? What about Japanese women? Many women work today, many WANT to work! If Japan wants foreign workers to fill in the gaps society is leaving, the country needs to make life comfortable for those folks. They are going to bring their food, language and culture with them. Foreign workers coming to Japan shouldn't be made to become Japanese; they should be allowed to be themselves. Most do make an effort to assimilate, but they don't cut themselves off from their own roots.
It's a really strange sentiment coming from her. Because, there are a lot of right-wing Japanese nationalists who would tell her that she's not Japanese & to go back to Nigeria. "This is Japan, if you don't like it go somewhere else" can easily be applied to her as well.
Love her energy, authenticity and humor. She is all that and bag of sembei!
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She’s cute. Also, it’s interesting that she’s half Nigerian and lived in Nigeria but sounds American. Just talking to her I would’ve assumed she was half American.
Probably because the official language of Nigeria is English 😅
@@roseywinter Sure, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m not talking about her English, I’m talking about her accent. She sounds American. They don’t have American accents in Nigeria.
She went to an international school growing up, she also lived in Boston so that explains the American accent.
@@Luniel11 Yeah.
But she also has the accent and inflection of Japanese and a mild accent from Nigeria.
See the major difference between her and your other blasian guests is she knows her culture, most of the blasian guests only know japan and like most Japanese think black =American so they never truly connect with their culture if they are not American. Heck, those blasians act just like other Japanese people and cosplay as black americans with no understanding of black Americans.
She is cool, would be a great person to run into in tokyo. She definitely understands her nigerian culture.
But other hafus who are black doesnt know the culture of their foreign parent because most of the time the foreign parent is not around. And since those hafus are japanese and Japan have that culture of "never stand up" they dont want to be excluded of the society because after all they are japanese and they dont want to feel foreigner in their own country just because they look different. That is why some hafus who are black endeup marrying and having kids with fully japanese people because they have more chance of having non black babies and their offspring is not gonna suffer the same fate as them.
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Great interview! She's great! And I love that she's in touch with her Nigerian culture. You need to have her back.
That switch up in accent from English to Japanese is REAL! 😂😂😂😂
(Also, her English accent sounds maddddd Southern Black American with a dash of like Queens NY-it’s so wild to me!)
she just speak with a ratchet accent you don't need to be american for it
@@yonico_ there is no such thing as a “ratchet” accent.
@@GigiMurakami i know that's why i said it... 🤦♂
EXACTLY SAME THING I SAID.
@@GigiMurakami New Jersey accent is pretty ratchet
I’m only watching 2 min now but I instantly fell in love with her personality!!!
She’s the best and a great story teller 👍👍
You really have some of the most interesting guests. This woman was wonderful. Her English was almost flawless American.
11:44 she became a native Nigerian for a while
Yorubaland, Igboland, Hausaland. These aren’t actual municipal designations, but they used to actually be on maps. Japanese is pretty hard, for the US military’s foreign service institute it’s in group 4. This means it takes among the longest times to teach.
i've listened to your podcasts many times this is also a amazing podcast! thank you for sharing!
she learned English perfectly and with an American accent. surprising since she didn't know English when she moved to Nigeria at 9. igu the nigerian polish boxer grew up speaking Nigerian English in Poland and straight up sounds Nigerian when he speaks English. so does his sister. it's also interesting that this rapper in this interview says English is easier when she's spent most of her life speaking Japanese and only spoke it for the first 9 years of her life before she moved to Nigeria. she straight up sounds American but her English is a tiny bit wacky
@19:43 laying there flat like a pokemon 😅lol you know she's a rapper! That was a bar
Shimokita is 100% the best neighborhood in Tokyo, absolute gem that not enough people talk about.
Ayy you're Igbo!!! Big up. You know your stuff. Also Nigerians are everywhere!
BRO SHE SOUNDS LIKE SHES FROM NEW YORK
33:11 33:22 I get that she's talking serious about the topic, but she's hella funny🤣
What an episode!!
I loved that interview! She s so funny 😂😂😂😂
She lived where my mom is from, ibadan gals let's gooo
Nah like I really get why it kinda sucks for Japan to become more "Americanized". One of the biggest disappointments is traveling abroad somewhere and the place being just like your hometown or home country.
Max got the best interviews tho just subbed too will be binging the content
This is the funniest interview. Massachusetts and specifically Boston, is a majority minority city. There are tons of Blacks, Africans, West Indians, Hispanic, Spanish, and Asians here. I think she more than likely wasn't in Boston proper. Also, MA and generally those that only want to advertise a certain esthetic does a great job of curating a specific look and those outside of the state and world definitely believe it.
OUR 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 sister 🔥🔥🔥
She is very beautifull and communicative. But those nails looks like real weapons! :)
Facts
Amazing energy 🎉❤❤❤❤
🔥🔥🔥 biasian is beautiful and amazing. good interview max keep up the good content and thank you elianna for sharing your story 😎
She the best. Thank you man 🙏🙏あざっす！
Japanese sounds elegant 😊
She just looks black but she is gorgeous and love her style
Love this series ❤
Nigerians are EVERYWHERE
I like her, but the way she speaks threw me off a bit. It feels a little bit overboard and overdone. She’s nigerian/japanese born in Japan, yet speaks sort of ratchet ebonics. She should take her own advice and be herself more. No need for all that extraness. Is it to prove that she’s black enough? cuz people been on her for rapping the N-word? Well, she really doesn’t need to do all that cuz it comes off as her mimicking stereotypes of black americans. Not all black people speak like that. And like that variety and individuality. It’s not just she that does that. A lot of people do that and it can be quite cringey. I much rather prefer a persons own accent and way of speaking rather than something that comes off as stereotypical/generic/boxed in. There’s a time and a place for everything, but throughout a whole conversation though? And an interview at that? Girl, no.
I like her 😍
37:21 "At the end of the day, this is Japan. If you don't like it, go somewhere else."
--Elianna
Yikes!
For Elianna's sake and the sake of every other biracial Japanese person who has roots in Japan and elsewhere, I hope this isn't the sentiment of the majority. Japan's future is going to be a biracial one or a multicultural one given how the majority doesn't want to have children--might as well embrace change and prepare for pending change; it's happening now!
Japan, like every other country around the world, isn't the country that it once was. All countries change, especially Japan. How much of Japan resembles society from 100, 70, or even 50 years ago? Sure, deeply rooted cultural things are the same or at least very similar (people don't celebrate 七五三 the same; 成人式 too), but they are becoming more modern, like fashion and mannerisms. What would Japanese men from 100 years ago think of Japanese men today? What about Japanese women? Many women work today, many WANT to work!
If Japan wants foreign workers to fill in the gaps society is leaving, the country needs to make life comfortable for those folks. They are going to bring their food, language and culture with them. Foreign workers coming to Japan shouldn't be made to become Japanese; they should be allowed to be themselves. Most do make an effort to assimilate, but they don't cut themselves off from their own roots.
It's a really strange sentiment coming from her. Because, there are a lot of right-wing Japanese nationalists who would tell her that she's not Japanese & to go back to Nigeria. "This is Japan, if you don't like it go somewhere else" can easily be applied to her as well.
The audio sync between the two mics is a little strange especially Elianna's.
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Chinese is not similar to Japanese at all, just the writing system. The language itself is completely different
Yea but it all is rooted from Chinese wether you like it or not
チーム友達ギャルremix に出てた人だ！
1番目でラップしてた上手い人かな？
She Nigerian, not black black is only in America
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I probably knew her father 👍
That’s amazing haha🙏
Why does she sound like Nikki Minaj?!
1OAK
あぁ～部族が違うのね。イボピーポーね、興味わいてきた
my wife, come find me abeg
いやナイジェリア人日本だけじゃなくて何処にでもいるよねｗやっぱり中国人と一緒で人口多いからかなーと思った
Go live in Nigeria
Go live in China
Orang Tionghoa is fake Indonesian
Go live in China
Go live in China
Go live in China