I asked 30 Japanese 12-year-olds one question.
"What do you think of when you hear 'America'?"
(My nephew's teacher let me visit his class. I was not prepared.)
"Hamburgers the size of my head."
"Everything is big. Even the milk."
"Cowboys." Then a boy asked me, "Do cowboys still exist?"
I said yes.
The whole class cheered.
"They went to the moon."
I told them only Americans have ever walked on it.
The room went completely silent. Respect.
"The best baseball in the world. Even Ohtani had to go there."
"Superheroes. They all live in New York."
Then a quiet girl in the back raised her hand.
"My grandma says when the tsunami came, American soldiers came to help her town. She still has a photo with them on her fridge."
Nobody said anything for a while.
Then the teacher asked, "Who wants to go to America someday?"
Every hand went up.
Including the teacher's.
イスラムの方へ。
To Muslims
🐷日本人はめちゃくちゃ豚肉食べます。
🍶日本人はめちゃくちゃ酒飲みます。
🎰日本人はギャンブルやります。
⛩️日本人は偶像崇拝大好きです。
🔥日本は火葬です。
日本はイスラムには合いませんよ!!
To Muslims,
Japanese people eat pork a lot.
Japanese people drink alcohol a lot.
Japanese people gamble.
Japanese people love idol worship.
Japan practices cremation.
Japan does not fit with Islam!