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Originally Posted by gaijzilla
Most or all of the images from this video come from his website.
I've seen signs like this myself. They're not so common that you see them all the time, but if you're in Japan long enough, you will see them.
Ok. All of you who think racism is not a problem in Japan, raise your hand.
Ok. Now how many of you have actually been to Japan?
Ok. Now how many of you have actually spent more than a week vacation in Japan and actually ventured out of the tourist areas?
....That's what I thought.
This is not to say that everyone in Japan is racist. A lot of people have been very kind and amazing to me. But I'm one of those people who can't ignore it when people are laughing/sneering at me behind my back (or often to my face because they seem to think I can't understand simple facial expressions or gestures). |
you have a really good point there, i really dont think they are racist, well not all of them becuase racism happens all over the world. i think that they just want to maybe keep to their traditions and have things private that they don't want tourists to see. like i can imagin it happens all over the world. and like someone said earlyer maybe in the bars/clubs or shops the owners/workers dont speak other languages and maybe dont want to go to the hassle of trying to work out what the tourists are saying.
also i think that the person that made the video was probably looking for those signs becuase i dont think its very comon in the more tourist places, just the rural villages.
i havnt been to japan myself [yet] bu when i do go i will totally respet if they dont want me in certain places, becuase for all we know forigners could intimidate them and maybe that is the reason they dont want them in their shops etc.