One man's racism is another man's homogeny. Japan is not a racist society, they just enjoy the company of other Japanese and there's nothing wrong with that.
Homogamy...I think not!
I applaud them for it!
Japan IS a racist society. Blackface comic portrayls can still be found and there are bars that turn away westerners (no foreigners permitted).
Then again, there are other nations that discriminate too (Quebec and France among them).
Never hear the world condemning their "French language first/only" policy. We were denied service (told to leave, in English) at a restaurant in Quebec. "You can't come in here".
The popular myth is that only white Americans discriminate.
The Ainu, those round-eyed, brunette aboriginal people from Hokkaido, might beg to differ. Of course, after all these centuries, I doubt you find an Ainu who looks like his or her ancestors.
Wonder if the status of the Okinawans has risen since the Ryukyu Islands reverted back to Japan in '72? That might be something interesting for me to chase after.
. . . and there's nothing wrong with that.
Yes, there is.
I think this is because most Chinese that live in Japan can't be distinguished from native Japanese, especially since Chinese and Japanese share a lot of common culture (Japanese kanji characters are the same characters used in Chinese more or less). My friends speak both Cantonese dialect Chinese and Kanto-ben Japanese so fluently that unless a native Japanese really ask my friends (like their names) they could be mistaken for Tokyo-area natives.
Indeed, the greatest Japanese baseball player of all time--Sadoharu Oh--is actually half-Taiwanese. That does cause some anguish with native Japanese but that usually goes away when it's pointed out he played his entire career for the Yomiuri Giants, the New York Yankees of Japanese baseball.
I remember one time during a class where the inevitable topic of racism came up, the Prof asked a visiting student from Japan:
"Is there racism in Japan?"
The student thought, pondered and then said in English but with a very strong indeed comical accent:
"No. Only one race in Japan."
I guess that's actually a valid answer if you think about it....the look on the professor's face was classic.
Amen.
Damn...
folks here have to always prove how good they are about race.
it's the strongest political urge.
i'm tired of falling on swords..
why....is everything all better now?
i'm more worried about Islam than I am human nature's natural predisposition to gather with like kind....racially, ethnically, religiously....when possible or by habit.
sameness...the myth and the goal.
That raw milk thread is throwing me off. Did you mean "hegemony"?
We have had numerous Japanese students come stay with us. One stayed for 3 years while she attended college. We got on the topic of nationalities. She could not contemplate. She simply stated, " don't understand, I am just Japanese". They are not racist. they are not specifically dealing with the problems we face here in the U.S. with open borders, and the very large mix of people from all over the world here.
It is a natural phenomenon that people of similar backgrounds are attracted to one another. What we have here is pockets of backgrounds of people who huddle together in their similar cultures. We do not have a homogenated society. Except for some who cross culture into others.
From a genetic background. I have been told and understand that when different races have children together that there are medical issues of organ and blood types not matching either of the parent.
This nation is no longer a one culture. It is a multitude of cultures struggling for each ones identity. So I do not know what the eventual outcome will be, but it might not be good for all involved.
HUGE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT, this multiculturalism. Some call it strength, some call it a huge mistake. Whatever it is, the future will tell.