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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a project for class, and I need help! I'm trying to figure out if racist USA stereotypes of Native Americans are popular in Japan. I've seen racist stereotypes of black people, but never of Native Americans... and yet, for my project, I see in the Japanese version of Peter Pan that it's stocked full of racist Native American stereotypes. (For example, "red man.") But, if this stereotype isn't popular in Japan, then how will the Japanese audience understand the "red man" stereotype?
What do you guys think? Is the "red mad" stereotype more understood than I think it is?
And feel free to discuss any other racist USA stereotypes seen in Japan. It's an interesting subject.  |
The Japanese generally have enough information to have an educated opinion about Native Americans as American people have to have an educated opinion about the Burakumin in Japan.
Either group might as well live on Mars.
It is like asking what do Americans think of Osaka Okonomiyaki vs. Hiroshima Okonomiyaki.
There is no context, so there is no educated opinion.
What do Japanese think of Native Americans?
Probably as much as Americas think of Ainu.
"Who is that? How does it affect me? Why should I care?"
It's a noble project but a lost cause. It is very difficult to make people care about people out of their sphere of existence.