<p>The answer has no effect on my decision, but I'm a South Asian who really wants to learn Japanese. How often do you guys see things like this?</p>
<p>Common. No big deal. If you want to learn Japanese just learn it.</p>
<p>It’s not unusual. When I lived in Hawaii, I had a lot of caucasian friends that took Japanese and Korean in college.</p>
<p>Do what you want to do and don’t worry about what others think. I’m black/filipino and I’m studying French and Swedish. If you prefer to study Japanese, then study it.</p>
<p>How often do you see white people take Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, or any European variant that they have no ancestry in?</p>
<p>Hey, I’m a pure Italian kid that speaks Spanish very well. =) Just study what interests you, not what is your heritage’s language is.</p>
<p>^My point was that you see it a lot.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry Senior0991. Didn’t mean to sound like I was disagreeing with you. =) I just read the original poster’s post, and then posted haha.</p>