MatthewOutland wrote:

> When I went to japan, most japanese were courteous to tourists and had
> black hair.

Same here.

> In american university, most japanese I met were rude, racist
> copycats.

Because there were so few who could meet the language requirements to
actually enter the university, maybe I knew one girl from Okinawa. She
looked and acted like a mixed race Japanese American, and spoke native
level English, but she was so ignorant of American ways that she said one
friend deliberately convinced her that it was alright to eat fruit at the
produce section in the store, so she did so.

> I know I sound like I am trolling, but I am kinda serious.  I see
> effette dorks,  punk or black wannabes, and nearly all were kinpatsu
> or chapatsu, and dressed in a ridiculously exxagerated american
> fashion(Cheap shirts and faded jeans).
>
> Most japanese, even the majority of young ones in japan are not like
> this.  Why are they like this in american universities?

Could it be that Japanese who go through the bother of studying enough to
actually enter a foreign university may do so because *gasp* they might
have some interest in the culture, or have acquired some of the culture
along the way? I know some Japanese who've gone to school or spent years
abroad. They may not look it, but they are not your average Japanese. The
most extreme case was one boy who lived in the US from the age of 1 1/2
to eight. He *was* an American kid, for all I could see. I wonder what he
does in English class back in Japan.