I’m a 23 year recent college grad student living in New York with a bachelors with Computer Science , and I was picked a long side 20 others to work at a software studio in Tokyo for a month, and another offer to work in Germany for 2023 for same amount of time.
My main goal is to build my resume, and I have always been eager to travel around the world in general and it made me so grateful that I have an opportunity to but I’ve feel like trying to reconsider due to my anxiety of traveling to foreign countries in general.
From what I have heard from others online Japan does not have a positive view on Africans and has an even more negative view on Nigerian’s due to Us being known for some illegal activities there. I don’t drink, smoke, socialize very much and generally keep out of trouble. I try to have an open mind and know that a majority of people in the world are kind generous folk but I have experienced racism before and This of thing just ruin my self-esteem.
If I were to accept the offer, I would stand out like a sour thumb, I’m one out of 2 black people in the group and the second black person is full African-American with lighter skin tone. My Nigerian accent isn’t very heavy but it is noticeable when you really listen to it and my Japanese is not the best so I’m at a disadvantage compare to the rest of the group. (again I’m basing this on what I’ve heard online).
I feel like I should just skip this and wait next-year for Germany but I always wanted to visit Asia and this would be the first time in my life to but I don’t to go and end up having a Bad time as this thing just stick with me.
Does anyone have any advice to put this.