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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
See.. now you're just being paranoid and irrational.
I notice you haven't even addressed the point I've made.
But I'll address yours
-Yes I have studied race relations. I don't think there's a high school student who hasn't studied race relations in New Zealand.
-Your comment on the subtlety of racism is valid... but you have to be able to connect racism to the phenomena in question. YOU HAVE FAILED TO DO SO. The only thing you've been able to do is suggest a connection. But please... back yourself up or don't comment at all. I mean I'm aware of the subtle forms racism can take... but unless you can make such connections then you just sound like a raving lunatic who blames racism for everything.
-I too assume that Japan is aware of the black community in the United States, how it came about, and the at times uneasy relationship between ethnic groups in various places. Again you haven't made any connection between portrayal of black people in the Japanese media and their perceptions of beauty. Just implied that one exists.
-MMM dealt with your final point with the carrots/apples analogy. (Not that he hasn't dealt with the other points you made... I just prefer to counter differently)
Bottom line is that we're willing to listen to you if you can give us a good reason to. But at the moment your explanation simply doesn't wash.
I'm not qualified to say this but I do remember a thread on here in which it was revealed (by a respected forum member who has intimate knowledge of Japan) that Japanese people tend to not even compare themselves with those of other races when it comes to beauty.
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Okay, sorry it's taken a while to reply. I was getting a little too upset. As you can see, this is an important issue to me.
When it comes to making comments and backing them up, I'm working from personal experience, and I think I've said it before. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear, and I'm sorry if that's not valid enough for this forum. (Though I will say, personal experiences are what bring about issues of race relations and theories.)
Sorry, I didn't read MMM's post. Maybe when I don't feel as uncomfortable/upset, I'll check it out.