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- From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
- Subject: Re: Not a Myth at All
- Message-ID: <BzqHKC.7En@ncifcrf.gov>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:38:35 GMT
- References: <34005@twics.co.jp>
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- In article <34005@twics.co.jp> dcroz@twics.co.jp writes:
-
- > Besides, you don't have to be Einstein to spot the racism in Yokosuka;
-
- Aaaa, Yokosuka ne...
-
- > What--you think if you were plonked down in a town full of people who
- >regarded you as an unwelcome racial inferior you couldn't figure it out? You
- >think it would take you more than a couple of years to tumble? Or are you just
- >presuming that "Navy guys" are inferior in intelligence and comprehension?
-
- Most Japanese rather suffer from an inferiority complex towards Americans.
- If there is a racism among Japanese against navy servicemen, I'd assume
- that there WAS something that converted the attitude of Japanese in Yokosuka
- from inferiority complex to hostility or despise.
-
- >>>People who do stupid things like shoplift in Akihabara or steal train rides
- >>>because they think they're bigger and stronger than the Japanese so they can
- >>>darn well do anything they please are the ones who create and perpetrate
- >>>slanted attitudes about foreigners among the Japanese people.
-
- > Without wanting to defend thieves in any way: these people probably serve
- >in some way to give the perpetuation of racist attitudes a boost, but no way do
- >they create them. They are created by the culture itself and all its
- >manifestations: the family, the play group, TV, textbooks and teachers, and
- >all the rest.
-
- Puke! How sickening!
- How much can you tell about Japanese culture from which you segregate yourself?
-
- >>>They have no right to complain about any kind of racism
-
- > No right? My, what a novel concept: a person can forfeit his human right
- >to be free from racism because of unrelated obnoxious or criminal behavior. A
- >startling insight. I wonder where it will lead us?
-
- Nothing novel. If someone has a biased view based on racism,
- that person should not whine about someone else's racism. That's
- what I understood from Mr. Luke's posting, and I think that it is a
- reasonable argument.
-
- By any chance, do you have access to an account at CMU? Your style
- reminds me of someone.
-
- --Michiaki
-