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Well said.....There's obviously a lot of white guys in Japan who are experiencing being a minority for the first time. That doesn't excuse either the racism in the US (or Europe), nor does it excuse the racism that exists in Japan.
For me as a white guy in Japan, being a minority is certainly a different experience and I've definitely experienced racism -- subtle, non-aggressive, and usually very polite, but still racism. I tend to not go posting about it on the internet or whatever, I just accept it as a force but fight it by meeting more Japanese people and try to show them that not all Americans are as they are portrayed in popular culture or on the news.
I wander what are the whites who complained about Japan and are now in their country doing about this there now.
@astonmartini
... and the beat goes on. Isn't labelling Aussies 'racist' because you have heard a few ignorant ones mouth off. Was she Anglo-Aussie, Greek-Aussie, Chinese-Aussie, sort of coffee-coloured Aussie? I move in a very multicultural expat circle in Japan. East Asians discriminate against other East Asians in the same ways as your Aussie, as do South Asians against other South Asians, etcetc. None of it is right, all of it happens, but saying "all" of XXX is very galah-like.
Maybe it's just me but ...
oh great, there are stupid people abroad as well so it's ok to be stupid here ? is that what you mean ? what are you trying to do ? defend the japanese racist by accusing the white racists ?19 Hate crimes against Muslims in a week in America...
I wander what are the whites who complained about Japan and are now in their country doing about this there now.
Lets remember those who used to talk about Multi-culturalism acceptance in US...
I have few white friends and I never had any issues. Except Australians. To give an example I was in one of the most famous pubs in Tokyo last new years eve and obviously it was really crowded. I was trying to get a drink from the bar so I was making my way through the crowd and that time heard an Australian girl saying "Bloody Indians always *something*". I know she was Australian because I can make of where people are from, according to their accent really well.
Maybe its just me but I always hear Australians making racist remarks. Although, doesn't bother me anymore cause I stopped giving a fuck long time ago.
Can't say I'm digging the racist anti-white people threads popping up recently.
Didn't you get the memo? It's impossible to be racist against white people.
In Japan, it's impossible to be racist against Japanese people.
Perhaps, but it sure doesn't keep some people from giving it their best shot!
-Ww
Racism is generally considered a systemic/institutional condition.
a belief that some races are inherently superior to others, and a "racist" is someone holding such a belief.
This is one of these widely misunderstood, or very differently understood words.
Can we all just agree that most of the time when people say racist they mean bigot?
Most of (if not all of) the time, racists are by definition also bigots.
All racists are bigots, but not all bigots are racists. Some are homophobes, others are prejudiced based on faith or occupation or economic standing, etc...