DJ ozma was news on the foreign media like this and this, ha! Is that so funny?
Tonight I had a New YUear party with my friends. I drank wine, whisky, shochu, beer and tequila. I am pretty much drunk. I got that tequila at Mexico when I drove there from San Diego. I had trouble at immigration on the way back to the U.S. A guy at immigration insisted that I looked different from the passport photo. I thought he was kidding at first, but he was serious!! I had no idea how I could prove it was me. Finally he let me past the gate, but I spent a lot of time what with one thing and another!! But it was okay. I am happy to get tequila, because in Japan than Mexico. Well I will write more tomorrow, I am too drunk to write something tonight. Good night.
I had a friend of American Indian Ancestry that had a difficult time returninng across the border after a day trip. Even though she spoke perfect english if she had not had some friends with her They cetainly would have detained her for addtional questions and this was many years before 9/11.
Posted by: Randy | Saturday, January 06, 2007 at 04:18 AM
Hi there
In the U.S. I could experiece good and bad too. Actually many people say CA is nice to live for non-white because there are many Asian too. But I felt exactry it was salad bowl, don't mix each other. I won't/can't judge anything by such short staying, but that is my one of strong impression.
Posted by: Mari | Saturday, January 06, 2007 at 12:40 AM
That's funny. I'm of colour and I've never had a problem at either San Ysidro or Otay Mesa.
Of course, I've got that California accent...and I usually wind up bringing back Cuban cigars too!
Posted by: abraxis | Friday, January 05, 2007 at 06:08 PM
My wife's Japanese friend from college once had a similar problem returning to the U.S. after a road trip to Mexico. The U.S. border authorities were extremely suspicious of all non-caucasian people trying to cross the border, and in the case of my wife's friend, they thought she looked like a Mexican native.
I am embarrassed to admit that I have made similar errors. I once worked at an IT company that employed a majority of Mexican-Americans. One of my coworkers was a young man who I just assumed to be of Latino heritage, but when I finally had a chance to speak with him, I discovered that his mother was Japanese.
I apologize if this anecdotal comparison of Japanese and Mexican appearance sounds racist in any way. It simply seemed like an odd coincidence to me.
Posted by: bshock | Friday, January 05, 2007 at 04:32 AM