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OftenBen  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Japanese pop star wins the right to have a boyfriend in landmark court ruling

Japan is so weird yet so cool, yet so weird.

I also love how they are allowed to be more xenophobic than pretty much anybody who isn't approaching peak-skinhead, and nobody says a word about it. (In context of 'global refugee crisis' that is.)





Existentialist  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I also love how they are allowed to be more xenophobic than pretty much anybody who isn't approaching peak-skinhead, and nobody says a word about it. (In context of 'global refugee crisis' that is.)

I think it extends beyond that. All the Japanese people I know are a bit racist; To the extent that they make immediate assumptions about people in regard to ethnicity, especially about black and Chinese people. But I also feel they realise they are making blanket assumptions that don't apply to everyone.

OftenBen  ·  3359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, I won't say most but lots of adults are self-aware enough to know what they believe.

A person isn't less racist just by being aware of the fact that they are blatantly, comfortably racist.