【龙腾网】作为黑人在日本生活是怎么样的感觉？

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作为黑人在日本生活是怎么样的感觉？

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Tarik Pierce, Founder at InvestorTrip.com (2006-present)
I can still remember the night I walked into a local Tokyo restaurant in Japan and everyone stared at me in silence.
“What’s everyone looking at?” One of the Japanese cooks began laughing to add life to the awkward moment.
Being black in Japan is a unique experience, but not exactly how I expected it to be. Most Japanese residents were friendly and very business minded.

我还记得有一天晚上我走进东京当地的一家餐馆，每个人都默默地盯着我看。
“大家都在看什么?”一个日本厨师笑了起来，瞬间给尴尬的空气中注入了一股生气。
在日本作为一个黑人生活是一个很独特的经历，但与我预期的并不完全一样。大多数日本居民都很友好，而且很有商业头脑。

They cared more about the color “green” (my US dollar) than they did about my skin color. I got around the city easily and experienced very little racism.
Tokyo is the biggest city in the world and you will get lots of looks and stares while you travel through as a black person. Many people are curious about you and will ask you questions about why you decided to come to Japan.

比起我的肤色，他们更关心我的钞票。我在东京生活的很轻松，几乎没有经历过种族歧视
东京是世界上最大的城市，当你作为一个黑人在东京旅行时，会有很多人盯着你看。很多人对你感到好奇，会问你为什么决定来日本。
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Japanese women can be very shy so you should change your approach if you’re a black man. It’s easier to meet women through social connections and friends because Japanese people can be cold to outsiders they don’t know.
I spent the majority of my time in Roppongi, the neighborhood for expats. You will find lots of black expats living there as well. Spending time in Roppongi made me feel at ease since they are many western expats living there.

日本女人非常的害羞，所以如果你是黑人的话，你应该改变一下自己的方法。通过社会关系和朋友介绍更容易结识到日本女性。因为日本人对陌生人通常会很冷漠。
我大部分时间都在六本木度过，那里是外国人聚居的地方。在那里你可以发现有很多的外籍黑人生活。在六本木的时光让我感到很放松，因为那里有很多西方人生活。

The most difficult situation was the language barrier since very few Japanese people speak English. If you want to enjoy your trip more, then learn Japanese before your trip.
You’ll be fine if you are planning a short trip since Japan is very safe and friendly towards foreigners. Respect the culture, stay away from excessive drinking, and you should have a great time.

最大的障碍还是在语言，因为很少有日本人会说英语。如果你想要让自己的旅途变得更加愉快，那么在开始旅游之前就要学习一下日语了。
如果你计划短途旅行，那么没有关系，日本非常的安全，对外国人也很友好。尊重当地的日本文化，不要过度饮酒，这样你就会有一段美好的日本旅游时光了。

Chris Jagger
When I was in Tokyo, specifically Roppongi, there were many, many Nigerians. Japan is a one of the most homogeneous countries in the world…I for sure felt like an outsider as a white person.

当我在东京生活的时候，尤其是在六本木，那里有很多的尼日利亚人，日本是世界上同质化最严重的国家之一，我肯定，作为白人，自己在日本生活肯定会像是一个外人一样。

Toth Attila
Leart Japanese before you go there is stated in the article, as it were a matter of a couple of hours or days. I am a linguist from Hungary speaking a fluent English and Russian and at a lower level three other Indoeuropan languages. I learned Japanese as well, after one year I knew about a thosand kanji, hiragana and katakana, Yet I was unable to read any text in that language. Speaking was also limited to a few simple utterances.

文章中说再去日本之前要先学习日语，因为这是接下来几小时或几天旅程的关键。我是来自匈牙利的多语言学家，会说一口流利的俄语和英语，还会说三种印欧语系的语言。我也学过日语，在学了一年后，我认识了上千个汉字、平假名和片假名，但我却还是看不懂任何日文。讲话也仅限于几句简单的话语。

Johan Kaewberg
Japan is insular, and homogeneous. They have not seen the likes of you.
Such is/was the case in my country of Sweden. The first time we (at school) saw a Korean girl….!
Boys wanted her. Girls wanted to be her. (I guess some girls also wanted her!)

日本是一个岛国，也是一个同质化的国家。他们没见过你这样的人。
我的祖国瑞典也是这样我们第一次在学校见到一个韩国女孩
男孩们都想要她，女孩们都想成为像她这样的人。（我猜有些女孩也想要她）

Greg Price
Japanese generally appear to be friendly because that is what is expected of them. The reality may be very different.

日本人通常表现得很友好，因为这是人们对他们的期望。但现实或许和你想的大相径庭。

Allen Kimble, Jr, President (2016-present)
Ironically, in some ways living in Japan while black is even safer than here in the United States. I lived in Aomori Prefecture for three year and absolutely enjoyed the Japanese people and culture. In all, I live in Asia for 8-years in three countries.
I simply learned the language as well as I could and adhered to their customs. As a result, my wife, two small children and I roamed the country and never felt threatened. Conversely……

讽刺的是，在某种程度上，黑人在日本生活甚至要比在美国生活更加的安全。我在日本青森县生活了三年，非常喜欢日本人和日本文化。我在亚洲的三个国家一共生活了八年。
我只是尽可能的学好日语，并遵守当地的风俗习惯。因此，当我和我妻子以及我的两个孩子在日本各地游荡时，没有受到过任何威胁。相反，，，

Ever since I became sentient here in the country of my birth, twenty-four hours a day, 7-days a week, I’m constantly aware of being disliked and even hated by a large segment of the majority. It is difficult and perhaps impossible for most white Americans to comprehend the precarious circumstance under which black citizens live from minute to minute.

自从我在美国出生有意识以来，每周七天，每天24小时，我无时无刻都能感受到周围大部分人对我的厌恶和仇恨。对于大多数美国白人来说，要想理解黑人每时每刻都生活在危险的环境下是很难的，几乎是不可能的事情。