Sapp Time, by Bob Sapp. It is ridiculous, funny and so politically incorrect. So at he same time you can see how non-Japanese people can be portrayed in the media in Japan (especially black folks). Maybe this is why a guy said "kowai" (lit. "scary") right to my face while passing me on the street (jerk)...
According to the Japan wikipedia article, the population is as follows: 98.5% Japanese, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Chinese, 0.6% "other".
So being a white person who's a part of that 0.6% percent, I'm going to accumulate probably, like, thousands of instances where the locals will stare, assume I am a tourist who doesn't actually live here or know Japanese language or culture, etc. Sigh. (But I got myself into this whole deal being pretty aware of this, so I suppose it's alright?)
So in a way, this video can also encompass the (non-asian?) foreigner's struggle living in Japan, haha...
dear lord. and i thought Barrett from FF7 was enough of a caricature. SAPP Time is just plain silly.
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