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This may be a bit ignorant but why do they care so much about someone being Korean / of Korean ancestry? Both are East Asian. It's really hard to understand fo
by odiroot 9y ago
This may be a bit ignorant but why do they care so much about someone being Korean / of Korean ancestry?
Both are East Asian. It's really hard to understand for my European mind.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoWell they kinda invaded Korea for a long time for one. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-a-conflict-between-Korea-and-Japan https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-a-conflict-between-Korea-... explains that one. European as in west-European? That part is relatively culturally and ethnically diverse; northern and eastern Europe are a lot less so, and tolerance towards foreigners is lower there. The English and French still really dislike one another for example, and they're much closer together than Japan and Korea.
- barking 9y agoI don't think the English and French living in one another's countries try to keep their ethnicity secret.
- krapp 9y agoI'm neither Japanese nor Korean so I can't really speak for either culture, but Japan and Korea are not England and France, and they don't necessarily view themselves the way Westerners view them. [0]https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/07/national/media-national/japans-resident-koreans-endure-climate-hate/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/05/07/national/media-... [1]https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gq8y87/japan-racism-zaitokukai https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gq8y87/japan-racism-zaito...
- rangibaby 9y agoEuropeans killed a few other Europeans in the 20th century (and before it!). The base cause of it is chauvinism. It's mostly gone in the EU thanks to post-WWII integration. CJK haven't had their "Asian Union" moment yet.
- oculusthrift 9y agothe main thing is the country is something like 97 percent japanese and there is extreme pressure to conform. anything different is judged.