AMERICANAH 4

There are a lot of scenes that Ifemelu feels uncomfortable in this book. Since she is frustrated with her living in the United States of how Americans expect black people to do some certain attitudes, she begins to write down some notes on her blog. She creates some pages about how Africans should get along with African Americans. Distinguishing her ethnicity from American's portrays that she doesn't seem like she tries to fit in with African Americans. Instead, she likes to observe how they behave. 

When Ifemelu and African Americans are talking about Barak Obama, they ask her how she feels about him being a black president. She says "I like Hilary Clinton. I don't really know anything about this Obama guy". This conversation can convey that she doesn't look at people based on race, but their personalities. If I were her, I would probably say the same thing. What if Asian becomes the U.S. president. It's definitely a huge step for U.S. history, but I would rather judge or focus on the president's conduct. 

Another part that she encounters the cultural difference between Americans is when she dates with them. Unfortunately, none of them can truly understand what she feels about her race and ethnicity being African. In my opinion, Obinze, the Nigerian ex boyfriend, is the only one who makes Ifemelu be herself and feel comfortable. 

From her experience, I try to cast those moments into my country. The more numbers of foreigners will visit Japan, the more variety of races will ultimately meet together. These situations that I mentioned here might be inevitable, but I thought that the one who welcomes the immigrants also should have an open mind. This is what I shouldn't forget though. I really appreciate my professor who gave this masterpiece, and this made my life in the United States a lot easier and more delightful!