Are Japanese people really that racist?

k_amp_s
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:40:49 +0000

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

This is, at least to some extent, contrasted with someone living in the US or another more “heterogeneous” society. I know, I know, we have discrimination here as well, and blah blah blah, but I rarely see Americans (at least in major cities) freak out and act like there’s a werewolf standing next to them if a Japanese person steps on a train car.



And my point is that merely being pointed at or given curious looks isn’t really discrimination.

I’ve gotten the same traveling the rural parts of France, the Czech Republic, parts of Africa, Mexico/Latin America and even parts of the US.

It’s a common complaint of white expats – since they don’t have the same experience that minorities do w/ these issues.