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Originally Posted by stringperson
After living in Japan for over five years and being a slightly fat, large breasted whitey, i would say Japanese people are very racist, however they are just not at all rude about it. I have chosen to live in the country side in a number of differnet parts of Japan and i get looks, i get pointed at and have comments made behind my back (often about my size) however i have never found anyone to be rude or mean. Curious- yes, interested- yes.
I once went to the OBGYN (ladies doctor) for a check up and by the end of the day my Japanese boyfriend's family wanted to know if i was pregnant! The word got around town real fast. Another time the bank called to find out if i was ok as a new person moved into my address....they knew it by heart.
But i love it, perhaps being a celebrity everyday is fine with me....
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Nothing you have described is racist. Overweight people are pointed at in every country in the world. The first day I moved into Japan there were no lighbulbs in my apartment. I found a electronics store and bought lightbulbs. That evening I went to a small family owned restaurant and the owner said "I heard you bought lightbulbs at the electronics store." Never in my wildest dreams would I have construed that as racism. Japan is made of small tight-knit communities, and read that as their way of telling me they were watching out for me. Americans value privacy much more than Japanese do. That's a cultural thing. Do you think you are the only person the bank calls or is talked about?