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I feel as if there are two views on this topic: those that think she will be successful and those who do not. As I said before, I support her decision yet I will not bite my tongue and say this will be an easy task to accomplish. Not to put myself in a box, but I know few people in my age demographic who would accept Bor, for quite a few reasons. One being that some Americans are bigots, which is why allowing forgeiners here is still an issue. Second, so much popular American music is highly sexualized and those who do become new fans of Boa, would not understand why an artist who used to sing ballads, I think, is attempting to put out music that you would dance to in a club; if they listened to her previous music. Now I am all for her becoming an influencial Asian artist her in America and I think she can be successful, but it will take some time and she will need to be ready to fight her way to the top. In other words, she will have numerous barriers to overcome her slight accent, which many will make fun of, the fact that many will believe she is trying to Americanize herself in order to fit in, or the stereotype of the submissive Asian woman, some will say she is fake because she does not sing ballads all the time and hence she is just another fake artist. My attempt is not to anger anyone or make them believe that I am a pessistmistic freak who does not believe in the good of anyone, nor an individual who is trying to lump Americans into a negative stereotype. What I am trying to do is state that I do support her and respect her because she is trying to break a barrier here in America and even though it may sound like I am bashing her I think she may be able to do it.
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