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The number of Asians/Asian-Americans in California make anime relatively common in some areas, and it's actually easy to find people who share the same fondness for it. Where does your friend live in the States? It's probably way different from how things are here.
Unfortunately, I know a lot of people who view anime in a very negative light largely because of the stories they've heard about weird Japanese things and weird Japanese culture. Although, I have met quite a few Americans of various backgrounds here who are extremely familiar with DBZ, Pokemon, Outlaw Star, and Cowboy Bebop (thanks to Toonami/Adult Swim), which was a regular part of my TV diet when I was in middle school. So I guess you can say that it really depends over here.
I have gotten crap before for liking anime, though. Plenty of it. But I've never been singled out and targeted for that fact alone. Most of the time it's a joke; at most, social outcasting.
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