The UchinaDe are a dying race, the Japanese being the descendants of. If you are fortunate enough to speak to the older generation you will see that the NihonGo have always looked down on the Okinawans like peasants. But, the Japanese have always considered themselves "above" the Okinawans. That is one of the reasons Funakoshi was warned and threatened with his life by Motobu for one, if he devulged the true essense of OkiDe. Funakoshi sought to be emulated as the Father of Japanese KarateDo, but that is Japanese in thought, not Okinawan.