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Originally Posted by Trueluncher
The first one in my current school I overheard from a student's mother during an open house class. At this time they assumed I did not speak Japanese. She mentioned to the tone, "...this is why I bring my kid to (eikaiwa school). My kid's teacher in elementary school is african american, so I'm worried that he's not learning proper English."
Wha wha whaaaaat?! That comment definitely made me do a double take but I figured it was useless trying to say anything because 1) She does not speak English 2) I am encouraged not to speak Japanese in my school 3) I was still feeling out my new branch school and didn't really know how this was handled.
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yep i have to keep explaining to people that i was born and raise in american and the only language i do know is english! but people still dont believe i can speak english because i am too africa american. I cant wait until my japanese get good enough to sit down and give them a history lesson about africans and slavery in American,because they really dont know i think.
but i guess that something you have to deal with when living here.