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Originally Posted by RealJames
You're right, Japanese people are very negatively racist against other asian peoples, and being a mix with any of them would be tough for kids.
But I wonder if being a mix with one of the non-asian peoples that is viewed positively by the culture would result in the same way.
I can perfectly imagine a kid proudly saying "My hair isn't black 'cuz my daddy is white!" and everyone else going "いいなぁ～" (jealous) you know?
And I imagine that when thinking of the kids troubles, they aren't thinking of school days but more so romantically, in the work-place and career, wouldn't being mixed with a non-asian parent help?
Imo it would, obviously I lack the experience to back it up though.
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I take it you haven't spent much time in Japanese schools. That "いいなぁ～" by the girls is every other boy in the class trying to figure out how to knock you down four pegs. Japanese kids are cruel, I will say it straight out. All kids are cruel, but the system of trying to fit in at Japanese schools (hair color, no piercings, uniforms, etc.) makes things impossible for kids of mixed races. You want to be the only kid with a katakana last name? You want to be assumed you are perfect at English because one of your parents is white? I have seen the "talento" Bekii on TV say more that once she can't speak English, even though everyone assumes she can.
I remember a mixed race contestant on the dating show Ainori. He was a handsome young man with a German dad and Japanese mom, but he was so hazed and stereotyped he became a video game nerd and lived completely in that world. That's just my observation, nothing more.