Comments by "Gordon Graham" (@gordonbgraham) on "British Man Born And Raised In Japan 🇯🇵🇬🇧" video.

I have 5 kids all born and raised in Japan. My wife is Japanese. I'm Canadian. None of my kids had experienced any kind of racism until I took my son to Canada. I enrolled him in an ice hockey school there. After one practice he asked me "Papa...what's a nip?" He was 8 at the time. You want to know what people call him in Japan? Kenji
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They were Christian missionaries. He said so in the interview
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This comment and all replies are from the same source. This is a scam people. Don't be a fool to fall for such an obvious scam. Cheers!
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@Laura-kl7vi “being labelled” implies being “othered” which implies racism when referring to bi-racial Japanese. Being called ハ-フis the same thing as being called tall. It’s not an epithet, it’s a description. If you heard someone say I was labelled as “tall” in Japan you’d say “what?” What do you mean “labelled”?
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@Valentino016 I'm fluent and literate in Japanese. I've lived in Japan since 1988. I'm proudly Canadian
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@Livia7756 There are two criteria for being Japanese. One is ethnicity, the other is legally. He had the choice to become a Japanese citizen legally. He chose to be British.
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@adamhyde5378 You might want to choose Canadian citizenship as conscription is a looming possibility with the geo-political tensions in the region.
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@conrodlindsay5463 That's awesome! What's the name of his restaurant?
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@skitteekatz He chooses to be a foreigner by retaining his British passport and not naturalising which he could easily do.
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There is a legal definition of Japanese. You can naturalise and become a Japanese regardless of where you were born. Or you could have been born in Japan and had your name documented in the family registrar (the legal criterion for being a Japanese citizen). Either one of these would make you Japanese. The gentleman above has a choice whether or not to be Japanese.
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