Are Japanese people really that racist?

matus
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:04:30 +0000

I’m also wondering about this, because I’d like to travel to East Asia in college. Naturally, I would expect some stares, kind of like when I’m at an Asian supermarket. But I’m a little worried that some people will be outright racist and say rude things about me, which I don’t really want to deal with. There will probably be a lot who will think: non-Asian + Japan = otaku. Which isn’t true in my case.

Also, what’s it like in South Korea? Taiwan? In urban areas, I mean.