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Originally Posted by biginjapan
My friend is also black I'm sure this played a large role in him not being accepted.
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I highly doubt this. Maybe if there were absolutely
no black JETs, which isn't true since there are black JETs, then you'd have something to base it on.
I mentioned earlier that I have teaching experience (not as much as I'd like, but I do have some), tutoring experience, I've worked with an autistic child, I've taught children how to read and improve upon it, going to school for education, study Japanese language and culture, and a bunch of other things, but wasn't granted an interview. Who knows why, though. Maybe I had a mediocre SoP. Maybe someone did better than me by like 1%, so I got tossed. I'm not sore about it, a little curious maybe, but I'll just reapply next year with a more polished up application.
There are only so many positions. There are more people applying than there are positions, especially since Japan is cutting back some because of economic issues.
Did your friend make it to the interview process? Maybe he didn't come across as flexible or maybe he came across as arrogant or maybe he did something else that caused the interviewers to believe that he wouldn't be a good candidate for the program. Unless you're an actual interviewer, you don't even have the right, or basis, to say they turned him down because of his race.