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> Would we then think of china and japan as mostly racist Actually yes. I don't think that's far-fetched by our standards. And on the whole I'm quite proud of
by andybak 9y ago
> Would we then think of china and japan as mostly racist
Actually yes. I don't think that's far-fetched by our standards. And on the whole I'm quite proud of the distance we in the West have travelled on this issue.
However - the reason we're where we are is because slavery, colonialism and immigration have rather forced us to confront the issue in a way that other nations have not needed to.
- shard972 9y agoWell I'm western too and from my personal experience I don't think they are racist.
- bzbarsky 9y agoPeople in China are in fact racist by Western definitions. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15745355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15745355 for details. As I said in that comment, it's not because they're _bad_ people; it's a natural outcome of the way humans stereotype.