Again, it's all a matter of choice. We all make choices with all of the positive and negative consequences that accompany it.
Is it a perfect world? No, of course it isn't. Is Japan a perfect country? No, of course not. No such place exists.
In my opinion, 'where racism in Japan originates from' is purely academic. By the way, I am a white guy living in Japan, so I am actually speaking from experience, limited as it is. I have very little problems with racism here. I do from time to time get treated differently, but guess what? I am different. I don't see the big deal.
In terms of the Issei, there's a phenomenon here called "kikokushijo" which is exactly what you're describing. It's a real problem, to be sure. I feel for your husband, but if wishes to repatriate, he has to do so knowing the results of his choice. This problem with language is one such problem. It's not just language, either. It's cultural.
Repatriating must be the most difficult thing to do. I personally feel changed enough by Japan that if I were to repatriate to America, I can see how I would have a difficult time.
Good luck!
(And seriously, in a society like Japan, the best thing to do is change yourself before you can start to try to change others. I personally don't respect foreign people who expect Japanese people to bend to their will somehow without first trying to make a real effort to get into the Japanese mind to understand where they're coming from.)
Agree with every points you brought up.Why because I am a foreigner. The long and the short of it is this. I dont look Japanese, my name is not Japanese, Heck I am not Japanese.
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As long as the blood flowing in your body is not 100% pure Japanese, you will never be Japanese.
I, among several others, have begun to doubt your identity. I do not wish to respond to you any further until it is cleared up.Thank you about the Kikokushijo. I want to ask you, are the Kikokushijos and the Hakujin treated the same or different? Could you tell me how they are treated differently, and which is treated harsher, and etc., the best you can? Please write in detail.
In my opinion most of the younger people in my prefecture are, I am not saying its like that everywhere in Japan. In Finland peopöe who say things like :"Finland belongs to Finnish people", are common signs and statemens(oneliners) of neonazi groups. Though seems to be very common here among everybody.I don't know what's the reason.
anyways...
are they really that racist? :erm: (I mean the stuff people say about em)
y/n
I made this topic so people can discuss about this, overall we should not be a shamed to discuss these difficult topics
what is the reason for racism in Japan ?
Ok I agree, lets say that people whom are older than 25 are more tolerant and accepting becouse of the maturity. That goes well with your virus theory also.The body refuses the invasion of the virus.
there is a little immunity against virus.
society's antibody refuses......
It is possible to correspond to the change by the environment of outside.
However not inside.
it is natural that antibody fights againt unknown virus.
however, in some virus ,Immunity can be easily done in some measure except HIV.
The basis of Japan might disappear because the japanese does not want be like other country.
othere country is always talking " racist matters" because that exsist .
they are always fighting and making a trouble.
sometime virus use a tool of weapon " a human rights" like ADL.
we dont want it because of trouble. it makes a society destroy.
I think japanese society generous againt virus because sometimes she need Antigen because of own Evolution.
I dont understand how is it not possible to change environtment inside
Frankly I think that with time and good politics you can change pretty much everything inside any country
On the other hand, you can just accept the things are and eliminate a good part of that stress. Yes, there will still be bad days, but you will be able to keep in localized and therefore have a much easier time dealing with this stress.
Yeah yeah, so I should change becouse some people want to be racistic. Dont worry I get over it.
When I first started living in Japan, there were days when I just literally cried and cried in frustration. At the time, it was really my only release. I don't think there were any forums like this at the time, and I didn't have any foreign friends. All I had was myself, some American movies I would sometimes rent, and my Japanese friends.I always wonder how people do this. Yes, I understand that things will not change quickly, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make a difference and make some people more aware or aware (which to my mind is a bigger problem, as discrimination/xenophobia awareness in Japan seems low on the radar of most of the natives).