wagyl wrote:matsuki wrote:wangta wrote:I wouldn't care so much about the bad manners and passive, sneaky racism in Tokyo if the Japanese would only stop saying they are 'kind and polite.'
...and that applies to pretty much everything the locals mindlessly parrot "やっぱり日本は" safe, clean, polite, etc. etc. etc.
If you think that is bad, I'd like to draw your attention to the people of "the land of the free."
That type of shit is terrible regardless of who's saying it. The 'merica nationalists are just as clueless and embarrassing.
Takechanpoo wrote:you should distinguish between face-to-face level racism and institutional level racism.
as for the institutional level racism, japan is terrible as fuck. as if it still remain to be in the medieval age.
You realize when racism is at the institutional level, it becomes normalized and accepted by the populace. Landlords feel free to deny foreigners because the supreme court of Japan has basically ruled human rights are only protected in Japan if you're a citizen. That kind of shit set the wrong example. If it was stamped out at the institutional level, the face to face shit would follow suit.
Takechanpoo wrote:but as for the face-to-face level, i by any means dont think japan is terrible. ive ever read lots of the japanese long stay memoirs in western countries from meiji restoration to the recent. they were verbally abused to their face on a daily basis, got a slanted eyes pose by the local guys, were often pushed and punched just for being a yellow guy, got ignored/postponed their order in restaurants, got thrown the change on the ground, got forcibly robbed an umbrella by a strange guy on a rainy day, the list goes on and on. compared to it, how fucking trivial the racism the white and white looking dudes suffer in this country is. huh? i do not feel a single piece of pity for it at all. on the contrary, i even think its kinda good medicine for you white and white looking dudes. just endure it like a shabby filthy stray dog.
It's that kind of childish mentality that keeps the hate going. No kind of racism is not trivial. In the same rant you're demanding we separate institutional level racism vs individual racism...well here you go, that shit is fucking depressing no matter who you are or who is doing the discrimination because the victims are individuals. Why are you suddenly taking the group perspective to give no fucks when an individual is damaged by racism? No doubt Japanese face discrimination overseas, but when this "white looking dude" hears about it, it's just as depressing as hearing about foreigners discriminated against in Japan. If I have a chance to step in and help, I will. The fact that you won't and obviously think certain groups of people deserve that kind of treatment just tells us what a shitty person you are and how pathetic your life must be.