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| Dragonsheep Groupie United States Joined 5271 days ago 46 posts - 63 votes  Studies: Tagalog, English* Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 17 of 17 04 August 2011 at 9:04am | IP Logged |
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I'll give my perspective as a high school student in a diverse Los Angeles community. I
do think "weabooness" has a lot to do with how one is exposed to Japanese culture. In a class of about 200+, there are maybe 5ish (that I'm aware of) that have at one point studying Japanese, myself included, at least in part due to interest in modern Japanese media (Anime and a bit more). 1 of these is a bit of a weaboo (wearing anime necklaces, having an anime ringtone) although his temperament is a bit obnoxious regardless of his interest in anime. In essence, he could be a weaboo for anything that he's interested, not just in anime, although his anime interests are particularly prevalent. But for the other 4, we're pretty calm, collected and subtle in our anime interests. Although we're interested in Japan to varying degrees, we have a very realistic perspective (partly because we're either FOBy Asian immigrants or 1st generation citizens) and just find it "cool" and "interesting", rather than "awesome". We'll joke around occasionally, making anime references and throwing around desu, baka and etc., but it's more of an inside joke sort of thing and not much more. So, in short, weaboos do exist in high schools, but the trait doesn't coexist with wholesome knowledge of the culture (that tends to be held inherently by immigrants or 1st generation nationals). The one weaboo is, in fact, at least second generation. White Americans can tend in either way, depending on how they're exposed (and guided). It's very well possible that someone without many Japan-interested friends would want to express their Japan-obsession but not know how, erroneously using their only tool, the internet, to sample how others do so, and perceive weaboo otakuness at the norm. Of course, take my observations with a grain of salt since the sample group is hardly comprehensive. Edited by Dragonsheep on 04 August 2011 at 9:05am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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