Hello. I always come to this site for J-drama info but I just registered today. Anyhow, I'm doing this report on Asian youth living in the United States and how they identify themselves. I'm assuming that most of the people here are Asian, right? Forgive me if I'm wrong. For those of you who are Asian or even part Asian, can you please answer these questions on how you came to associate yourself w/ Japanese/Asian entertainment such as Asian music/dramas/entertainers and other questions? I would greatly appreciate it. Being such a newbie, sorry to impose.

1. What nationality are you?
2. What is your age?
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live?
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to?
5. Do you speak the languge?
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment?
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities?
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity?
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life?
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian?

Thank you so much for reading. Please answer wholeheartedly. The answers will be used in my paper so I hope you don't mind. Thank you!
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1. What nationality are you? Canadian/Japanese. I've got both passports
2. What is your age? 15
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality? I think it's half n half
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? They're just intresting people
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
5. Do you speak the languge? yes
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? After I went to Japan last year, I got rather obsessed with Water Boys 2 and Kimi Ga Omoide Ni Naru Mae Ni. When I watched all of the episodes, I went on to watching others
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? Watching doramas and talkshows
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? Uhhh kiiinda.
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? Well, Asian-Canadian It's really fun because you have caucasian friends you can speak to in English and talk about English stuff but you can't speak to them alot about Asian stuff, they really don't understand. And that's where my Asian friends come in.
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? both[/b]

1. What nationality are you? nationality:American ethnicity: Filipino/Puerto Rican
2. What is your age? 17
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality? i have a mix of friends, not just asians and caucasians...its pretty diverse and equal racial wise but i will say that i dont have as many asian friends...
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live?
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? err..not really. im not your typical filipino.
5. Do you speak the languge? no, but i understand it fluently, if that makes sense.
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? I lived in japan for a while and i had a bunch of japanese friends and i sorta started liking it there. i really got into asian entertainment when i met one of my best friends who is a korean foreign exchange student.
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? the friend i mentioned above kept telling me about some of them which got me interested.
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? nope. not really.
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? well, technically, i should have a very active social life. for some reason i came out anti-social though.
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? my parents aren't very social as well.

1. What nationality are you? japanese born in US (fourth generation)
2. What is your age? 14
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality
Most of my friends are asian...japanese american like me, filipino, thai...
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? both
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to?kinda depends...sometimes i do sometimes i dont
5. Do you speak the languge? i know a little bit and i am currently learning
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? this summer i got hooked on jpop and jdorama...i started watching the dramas that air over here and shows like pop japan.tv and revolution
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? seeing them on tv and in magazines
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity?
not really...maybe if i was fluent in japanese i would...
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life?
it has influenced my social life because i have friends that are asian and non asian. being involved at the japanese community center and the japanese school helps me meet other japanese ppl who are my very close friends
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian?
both

what the hell, im bored.

1. What nationality are you? filipino
2. What is your age? 24
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality? If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? no theyre different ethnics, but races isnt the issue, i used to have lots of filipino friends bec. of where i used to live.
but actually if you live in southern california, specially down in the southbay theres a huge population of different ethnic backgrounds, so im used to being around with a diverse crowd.
4. Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? sometimes, but that depends on the place i live in.
5. Do you speak the languge? yeh, fluently
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? for a long time now.. i grew up watching animes and kung-fu movies, then i devotely started watching various things right after
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? it al started from listening to music, im a music junkie and i dispised mainstream music so i went to a different direction and listen to something i dont understand lol then i got hooked! .. plus seeing them on tv.
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? not really
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? im still active with the asian community, cuz we had like friendship games in our school, its about encouraging interactions between athletes from different cultures; and they promote healthy and active lifestyles through participation in friendly sporting competition. i met a lot of cool friends and actually felt at home. then i continued on with my interest, it helps me get to know other cultures.
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? hardly, probably at work yes, but they mostly associate with their nationalities.. but theyre not racist, they just communicate better talking in our language.
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citra wrote:

I'm doing this report on Asian youth

oh, dang. that already leaves me out!

aww u can talk about your youth jholic-san
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1. What nationality are you? - 75%Okinawan and 25%Japanese
2. What is your age? - 23 years old
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality - Asian- Japanese to be exact
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? - I guess it's a subconcious thing. Also not to mention, where I live, Japanese and second, third, etc. generation Japanese are a dime a dozen.
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? - The Okinawan community group. (I don't know the name of it however) I help my fathers auntie with the Okinawan festival events in Honolulu sometimes, however.
5. Do you speak the languge? - Yes. Standard Japanese. However I cannot speak Hougen. (Okinawan dialect)
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? - Since I was about 9 years old.
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? - From television and music.
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? - Other than being of the same race, no connection whatsoever.
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? - Not to sound cliche, but I am proud of my heritage. And living in America is a privilege that I am proud of.
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? - Mostly Japanese and other Asians.
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1. What nationality are you? - half chinese half vietnamese
2. What is your age? - 18
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality - Asian, every single type of asian except indoesian, haven't met on yet.
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? - mayb i get along better with asians i guess....??
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? - don't know any asian community where i live
5. Do you speak the languge? - I can speak Vietnamese but not chiense
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? - watched chinese movies ever since i was little, and started to watch anime around the time of Dragonball when it was shown on Kids WB back in the early 90s i think it was. Korean and Japanese drama/movies, just recently
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? - from movies and dramas
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? - nope, mayb the character that they play in the movies...
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? - Being raised by a traditional vietnamese, my social life has been based on associating with those who are good to me and only able to stay out with friends till certain time of day....i still live with my mom. Upside, no rent and free food. Downside....everything else i can't think of right now
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? -ya, they socialize with anyone of any race pretty much

1. What nationality are you?
Puerto Rican with japanese decent.Lives in New York City.
2. What is your age?
15
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality
Both chinese and same as me.
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live?
Just preference.
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to?
Yes, actually I want to connect more to my japanese roots.
5. Do you speak the languge?
No, but soon I will.
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment?
Not to long ao when I started watching "Sakura". It kinda took of from there
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities?
Just watching them act. Theres something about their heart and acting that attracts me to their talent more than any other.
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity?
Unfortunatley not really.
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life?
Just encouraged me too get more involved in that part of the family.
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian?
Both because of my mother being a baby sitter of many koreans or chinese famalies.

1. What nationality are you? Chinese, Malaysian & British
2. What is your age? 20
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality Most ppl guess right, a BBC(British Born Chinese)
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? I get along with any1 that isn't annoying
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? Yes I feel 100% Chinese
5. Do you speak the languge? I speak fleunt Cantonese but not Mandarin...I don't even knw a word in Malay
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? I like Chinese and animes all my life... Japanse dorama is late 1990s but I'm not so keen on Korean dramas
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? TV n Music
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? No cos I also watch American stuff as well
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? I'm not Asian American I'm BBC
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? Mostly with other Chinese... sometime with white

noodlefreak wrote:

1. What nationality are you? japanese born in US (fourth generation)

I don 't get these 1,2,3,4 generation stuff can sum1 explain 2 me

1. What nationality are you? Mostly Chinese
2. What is your age? 29 (young at heart )
3. Do your friends consist of mostly Asians or Caucasian? And what nationality Mostly Asian, but I have friends of all nationalities
If most of your friends are Asian, is it your preference or just because of where you live? where i live
4 Do you feel a part of the certain Asian community you belong to? not particularly
5. Do you speak the languge? yes (mandarin, cantonese, taiwanese)
6. When did you start liking/associating yourself with the J-entertainment or Chinese or Korean entertainment? late 80's early 90's
7. How did you start liking the Asian celebrities? watching movies and shows
8. Do you feel a certain similarity/connection with these entertainers because of your ethnicity? not really
9. How has being Asian-American influenced your social life? not at all, attitude influences me more than ethinicity
10. Do your parents socialize w/ people of your nationality or Caucasian? considering they dont speak english much, mostly asian.

jholic wrote:

oh, dang. that already leaves me out!

That leaves me out too.
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Hello there ^_^

hey mods, your decision: should these 2 threads be merged?
http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.1699.htm

Thx in advance!

- niko
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