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Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn’t Expect This Reply

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Hardware manufacturers, software developers, and publishers from the video game industry have just presented their new and upcoming products at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 (E3 2018). Trying to stand out from the crowd, Sony has featured a musician while revealing one of its PlayStation games. The performance, however, was called out as ‘blatant cultural appropriation.’

“Can someone at @sony please explain why you chose NOT to hire a Japanese performer to wear traditional Japanese wardrobe for a Japanese game,” Dani Jo tweeted. Rushing to aid the gadget giant, a person who claims to be a native Japanese has decided to respond. They explained why hiring this American to play the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese bamboo flute, wasn’t a mistake, and it made Dani realize she made a mistake. In fact, she got so embarrassed, she even deleted her Twitter account. Continue scrolling to check out how everything unfolded and share your thoughts in the comments.

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A woman has once again directed Twitter’s attention to cultural appropriation

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

And some people agreed with her completely

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

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Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

But one person who claims to be Japanese did not

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

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Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

At first, Dani blocked those who opposed her. Not long after, she deleted her Twitter account altogether

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

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Many have shared their own opinions

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

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Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

Woman Accuses Sony Of Insulting Japanese Culture By Hiring A White American In Japanese Clothes, Doesn't Expect This Reply

But what do you think?

Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

What do you think ?

ADHORTATOR 6 years ago

Not so long ago, I have seen thousands of chinese playing Beethoven - and I was not offended at all :-)

95points

engineer_nope.avi 6 years ago

And for 6 years, I've been playing American songs on the piano and I'm Asian.

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Daria B 6 years ago

I enjoy myself songs in ancient Latin written by Japanese composers. My Italian side is grateful for the good music from lovely video games. ♥

7points

cc 6 years ago

Are you German?

0points

Notsoswift 6 years ago

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Miklós Nagy 6 years ago

So from now on only austrians can play Mozart?

69points

N G 6 years ago

Yes, Austria the land of Mozart and kangaroos

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Fireworksworld 6 years ago

That's the joke.

8points

minerva15 6 years ago

You nailed it. So just because something originates in one country doesnt mean it can be enjoyed by other countries? So is playing Pokemon racist now because its Japanese? My friend, you have nailed it.

0points

Aaron Kara 6 years ago

One day will come a time when people will ask questions like this out of curiosity rather than a loaded question intended to accuse people of something. The sheer arrogance of it! "How come the person playing the traditional Japanese instrument isn't Japanese?" - "Well, its because their isn't many people available who play that instrument and he is a certified master" - "Thanks! Now I know" - Done

58points

Aaron Kara 6 years ago

Damn, I used the wrong 'there' in my post - I apologize. I will now fall on my dictionary in shame ;)

50points

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ADHORTATOR 6 years ago

Not so long ago, I have seen thousands of chinese playing Beethoven - and I was not offended at all :-)

95points

engineer_nope.avi 6 years ago

And for 6 years, I've been playing American songs on the piano and I'm Asian.

57points

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Daria B 6 years ago

I enjoy myself songs in ancient Latin written by Japanese composers. My Italian side is grateful for the good music from lovely video games. ♥

7points

cc 6 years ago

Are you German?

0points

Notsoswift 6 years ago

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Miklós Nagy 6 years ago

So from now on only austrians can play Mozart?

69points

N G 6 years ago

Yes, Austria the land of Mozart and kangaroos

22points

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Fireworksworld 6 years ago

That's the joke.

8points

minerva15 6 years ago

You nailed it. So just because something originates in one country doesnt mean it can be enjoyed by other countries? So is playing Pokemon racist now because its Japanese? My friend, you have nailed it.

0points

Aaron Kara 6 years ago

One day will come a time when people will ask questions like this out of curiosity rather than a loaded question intended to accuse people of something. The sheer arrogance of it! "How come the person playing the traditional Japanese instrument isn't Japanese?" - "Well, its because their isn't many people available who play that instrument and he is a certified master" - "Thanks! Now I know" - Done

58points

Aaron Kara 6 years ago

Damn, I used the wrong 'there' in my post - I apologize. I will now fall on my dictionary in shame ;)

50points

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