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Originally Posted by GoNative
I think I have mentioned before that I believe most of the racism here in Japan is purely out of ignorance rather than malice for any particular race of people (except maybe Chinese and Koreans). Most Japanese people have very little interaction with foreigners and many old prejudices and propaganda that dominated the pre-war education system do persist to this day.
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Excellent point well made. It's one thing being a little nervous or indeed curious of a person who seems very different to you and quite another to hate them for it.