Japan Is Angry That Their Newest Miss Universe Winner Isn't Japanese Enough
People – Japan’s newest Miss Universe contestant is breaking barriers – but not everybody is happy about it. Ariana Miyamoto, 20, is the daughter of a Japanese woman and black man, and though she was raised in Japan, she’s found herself having to defend her ethnicity. Miyamoto said in an interview with Japanese press that “while she doesn’t ‘look Japanese’ on the outside, on the inside, there are many Japanese things about her,” according to the blog Kotaku. The Nagasaki native – whom Japanese refer to as a haafu, meaning someone who is half-Japanese – has been widely criticized on social media. “Beauty contest. Miss Universe Japan is….wha? What kind of person? She’s ….not…..Japanese…right?,” Tweeted @nao71860624, while another Tweeter chimed in with, “Is it ok to choose a haafu to represent Japan? Sometimes the criteria which they use to select Miss Universe is a bit of a mystery,” according to translations by The Washington Post. According to the news site, Miyamoto spent her high school years in the U.S. before she returned to Japan to become a model. She is a master of Japanese calligraphy and lists her hobbies as cooking and touring – she also has a motorcycle license.
Well I can see the problem here. Because thats a black chick. It looks like she grabbed the wrong sash by accident during the pageant. Looks like a Dominican girl from the Bronx grabbed “Nagasaki” and didn’t realize it. I gotta be honest I’m with the Japanese people on this one. If Miss Zimbabwe was a pale red head with a flat ass people would probably be pretty confused too right? Well thats what happens when a black girl wins Miss Japan. And as Barstool’s resident racism expert, if you know anything about Asian people they are low key the most racist people of all. I mean they call half Japanese people “Haafu” for fucks sake. Why dont you just call it “halfsies.” Maybe call them “mutts.” So this whole thing doesn’t surprise me one bit. Japanese people like sushi, pixelated dicks, and other Japanese people. Thats about it. Nowhere in that list is black chicks.
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The same way its bullshit when someone gets into a college because they’re technically a quarter Native American or some shit, its bullshit when a hot black chick can be crowned Miss Japan because she’s kinda sorta Japanese. And dont give me that garbage about “she’s Japanese on the inside.” I spent years surrounded by Asians pushing me around on the subway trying to sell me bootleg DVDs and shit. Probably more immersed in Asian culture than Ariana Miyamoto. Can I run for Mr. Japan? Mr. China? For sure not. This chick is a sexy black girl with a really Japanese last name and so she took advantage of loop holes. I guess don’t hate the half Japanese player, hate the half Japanese game.