Are Japanese people really that racist?

Sam_Lee
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:33:18 +0000

The point, however, is that this was an active form of discrimination that is less present in other societies.

Agreed. Like you don’t see anything as explicit as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCeK0Trz9E0&feature=related
Granted, maybe some of those signs are up because foreigners have more tendency to get into troubles over there. Not sure. I found the one that says:

The following custmoers can’t enter out pub. 1. Fillipinos or people from other countries; 2. The group of only foreigners" particularly interesting.

Why not just “no foreigners”? It’s like they are making a point as to whom they don’t want the most (in this case, Fillipinos). :rolleyes:



Narcissa:

Lol Chinese ppl and korean ppl hate japanese ppl more than vice versa.

The correct word is “resent”. Many people would naturally feel the same if they are the victims and the aggressors seem to be happy to “massage” or even outright deny any wrong-doing (or at least perceived by the victims as such–let’s not get into the discussion if and how they did apologize or not here).

Few years ago, I was with my friend and his bf at the time at a Korean restaurant in NYC. My friend’s ex-bf was from Japan but he’s actually half Korean. He’d only “come out” to a few people he trusted that he’s half-Korean in Japan. Interestingly though, he appeared to be very demanding and agitated with the Korean waiters at the restaurant. I asked my friend later about his behavior and he said he’s like that when he’s at a Korean restaurant. ;)

One of my best friends in LA has a Japanese friend (not American-Japanese) whom my friend went to USC film school with. My friend and he would sometime go to this particular Chinese restaurant east of LA. My friend told me he would refuse to answer or talk to any of the waiters there. But then my friend said he dislikes Japanese (his own people) too!