Just because we don't know each other
I mean, we have the same struggle!
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OK, here we go!
Today I want to talk to you guys
about the Gaijin Nod
You may have heard of this concept before
but usually you're either for it or against it.
Which one are you?
So today I brought a special guest to--
S: Ain't no special guest!
S: this is my channel shawdy, know what I'm talkin bout?
What's good?
WHAT'S GOOD?!
This is Sakura.
the guy behind that popular video
"Why are Black People in Japan so Weird?"
According to him,
if you're in Japan
and you see another foreigner
you greet them with a simple, little nod.
It's a simple science!
you spot the fellow foreigner,
life the chin in a swift motion
that means "hello"
or in the American vernacular,
"Hey! I feel you, bruh."
For me, I think the opposite.
If you're in Japan and see another foreigner
I don't know you!
so you AVOID the gaijin nod.
Yeah..??
What''s your point?
Basically, we don't agree.
We have disagreeing views about
how you treat people that you haven't met before.
What do you think?
So, as a black man,
you know, and you see your kin on the street
you're in a foreign land it's like
Oh snap!
Ma boy!
What's good?!
What's going on, ya know?!
It's a connection.
You wanna make sure that connection is there.
Me, I'm basically ANTI-gajin nod.
Mostly because, I don't know who you are
and even in America, in NEW YORK
you definitely don't talk to people you don't know
unless you wanna get jumped.
I have a serious issue
when you see me walking down the street
I usually look something like this:
#RBF
and I usually look something like this!
So, when I made the "Why are Black People in Japan so Weird video"
I got a lot of comments like
"No, that's not right."
"You do not address people you do not know."
"Stupid, Sakura!!"
So, I'm kind of on your side,
but I'm really on my side
because what also happened is that
One day I was walking my daily commute
and I saw this other black dude, maybe in his 40s.
He sees me man
and I give him a head nod
dude comes in, he's like,
YESS!!
I felt like... "ahhhhhhhh"
Also, I go to an HBCU
and we in the south so
that could be also something that has to do with it.
More southern hospitality...
Yeah, people in the south are actually nice.
I'm not saying people from New York aren't
No, they're not. :)
I'll give you that.
The other thing I was wondering is like
if someone gives me the Gaijin Nod
it's usually from a guy.
Which I talk very differently from a friendly tip of nod.
I'm just being real,
I think it's more of a masculine sentiment
I won't look at a woman and be like *NOD*
She's like: "oh, is he trying to hit on me or something?"
See, that's the issue there.
I am pro Gaijin Headnod.
WITH PRIDE!
But,
I am not for being salty about it
if someone doesn't nod back or whatever.
I'm all for being a little bit nicer
and definitely not being as salty as you may all know.
But that's basically how it goes.
What do you guys think?
Do you do the Gaijin Nod?
Should we show them?
Let's give them the nod.
Ready, go!