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Daikons in the Rough: Making Friends in Japan
Anthony Palmer reflects on the ups and downs of trying to make freinds in a foreign culture. Check it out in our Writer's section!
On Stereotypes and Trust
Anthony Palmer takes a look at stereotypes in Japan on both sides of the looking glass. Read about his thoughts on the subject in our Writer's section!
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Daikons in the Rough: Making Friends in Japan by Anthony Palmer
"And many foreigners cannot effectively communicate in Japanese, thus potentially restricting the pool of Japanese people they can talk to to the ones who study or speak English."On Stereotypes and Trust by Anthony Palmer
"Because you worked hard today, you are quite tired and would really like to sit down. As you look around the train for the nearest available seat, you see that it is next to a foreigner. But itfs not just any foreigner; itfs a Black foreigner."Hip-hop: Worldwide music by Shadeed Eleazer
"The rise of international hip hop has resulted in hip hop music recorded in the native tongue of that particular country. No longer is hip hop a strictly American artform."Calling all writers!
JAFA is looking for writers to submit for publication on our website! We are interested in any articles on cross-cultural communication - Japanese, African, Chinese, American, Thai, Mexican... anything which you think would be helpful in promoting multiculturalism. Articles between 1000 - 2000 words can be submitted to jafa@jafa.org with the subject line [ JAFA article submission ]. Before submitting an article, please read the disclaimer below.
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In the interest of keeping with the concept of openness, JAFA will retain only limited rights to the material that you submit, and agrees not to distribute your material beyond its presentation on this site. You keep all rights to your article submissions. However, in the interest of maintaining quality on the JAFA site, we retain the right to make spelling/grammatical changes to our local copy. We also retain the right to add annotations as we see fit. All annotations will be deliberately marked to maintain the integrity of your submission.
You agree, by the acknowledgement of this disclaimer, to not hold JAFA responsible for any injury, mental or physical, resulting from the publishing of your submission. Also, if anyone sues you for slander from an article you submit that we decide to publish, you agree to not hold JAFA liable.
Lastly, JAFA cannot guarantee that every submission will be published.