My name is Yumi.

Like you and me.

Nice to meet you.

I just saw Frozen Two, the Disney movie with my niece.

I think it's great.

Disney Princesses are getting stronger.

I think it's good influence for young girls.

When I was a child, I used to think Snow White was a Japanese lady.

She has geisha-like pale skin, black hair and tends to seven ugly white men.

I have this what you call it nonthreatening sweet Japanese lady face and I didn't know about it.

When I was living in Japan with bunch of nonthreatening sweet Japanese ladies, I didn't really realize racism existed in the world.

But then when I go outside Japan, I experience racism firsthand.

Like when my friends want me to be in their photos, they go, "Hey, Yumi do the girl from the Ring."

"Put your hair in front of a face."

And I do it because I am an entertainer.

And I will be like.

Sometimes I notice white people confuse me with other Asian women and my friends say that's racist.

But I don't think so because face recognition skill is nothing to do with racism.

It's racial familiarity.

I have trouble distinguishing white people too.

This is why I still can't tell the difference between Zooey Deschanel nd Katy Perry, Julia Roberts and Steven Tyler.

I just finished filming Comedy Central Asia in Singapore.

Crossing the border into Singapore made me very nervous because they told me I didn't have to bring anything.

Apparently, if you are a performer and staying there less than 30 days, you don't need any visas.

That's wild.

Crossing the border without any documentation in my hands with no questions asked felt exactly the same as when an ICBC staff converted my Japanese driver's license into a Canadian one without testing me.

I was like, "Are you sure about this decision?"

"Your generosity and easy going are giving me an anxiety attack."