[Dustie]

LOL, I have completly no idea how a crowd of non-Asians is more interesting than a crowd of Asian people.... ?_____? I don't see any difference.

The only reason she has non-Asians in her PVs is becouse she has a thing for them. That's obvious. I bet many Asians have a thing for non-Asians (hence the double eyelid removal surgeries and stuff to make you look non-Asian) and see them as somewhat "better".

She doesn't seem different and she probably feels it's more sophisticated of her that she has non-Asian extras (so that every Asian that sees her PVs can look at it with a tiny inch of jelousy).
I dare to think her visits to mainland USA (I mean excluding Hawaii, which in fact has to be for the looks) are also a part of this sort of sophistication, that she's the star and she can go to America, which is such a cool place after all.
I don't doubt she really enjoys NYC, but I think her only experience of real life in the city was that 3 months for vocal training -- which wasn't even that much of 'experiencing America', since she admit herself she stayed in the hotel and was too scared of dangerous streets (she said so on MS when both her and Utada were first time together on tv). After that, whenever she was going to USA it was for shooting and filming, which is all the "star-ish" stuff, and that is no experience of casual life in a particular place. As I said, it's her showing all the Japanese she's big and she can go to USA to enjoy herself.

Oh well, but that went a bit offtopic....