frumpy nikkei

My japanese roommate with flawless (spoken anyway) English and I were talking last night, and I brought up the topic of what it's like to meet Americans (etc.) of Japanese decent, especially second generation ones.

He kind of shrugged his shoulders, made like he was going to say it was nothing special, but then he said 'they all wear L.L Bean, I feel sorry for them (kawaii sou).

Can't say that he's right, but it was a typical off beat comment from him.