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Originally Posted by MMM
Racism is whereever you want to find it. In the case of Japan please don't mix up racism and ignorance. Blacks were never enslaved there, so some of the images appropriated from the American and other media that is used (i.e. black face) isn't intended to offend because in Japan it isn't offensive. Where this is a sensitive point to you, you might just as easily offend a Japanese person by, say, walking into their house with your shoes on. It doesn't mean you are racist, just being ignorant.
That distinction is important.
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I agree, Japan doesn't have the same racial history as America and some other Western countries.
To the OP, read some blogs written by blacks that are in Japan,
Gaijinsmash.net
tommyinjapan.blogspot.com/
has some info about daily life and all that.
and some youtube vids:
YouTube - RACISM in JAPAN! 日本の差別の話 P 1/2
also, you can start reading my blog in late July, when I move to Japan.