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> How is any of that offensive or anything but kind? When did I say it was offensive?
by brucephillips 9y ago
> How is any of that offensive or anything but kind?
When did I say it was offensive?
- jaredklewis 9y agoGood point. Apologies if I projected the main post's angst onto your comment. Perhaps I am little defensive as I often encounter the point of view that if a foreigner is treated any differently than a racially Japanese person, that this is somehow a fault of Japanese or their culture, when really the worst you can say about them on this topic is that they are observant. People get all worked up that Japanese people know they are white. It's like I'm older and get asked if I have kids all the time. My younger colleagues never get asked that. They get asked where they went to school and such. It's not discrimination, it's people trying to make conversation and making some reasonable assumptions along the way. Anyway rant over.