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This is excellent. I would love to read one written from the same outsider (gaijin?) perspective about Silicon Valley.
by obblekk 9y ago
This is excellent. I would love to read one written from the same outsider (gaijin?) perspective about Silicon Valley.
- jimmaswell 9y agoYou wouldn't be seen as a "perpetual foreigner" (gaijin) like that, and American culture is much more lenient on foreigners carrying along their old customs compared to in Japan. Overall I'd expect an easier time, particularly in that it's always achievable to be seen as American (more in some areas than others, especially SV, not to say the US doesn't have any problems with discrimination), but in Japan a foreigner or even foreign-looking native is never truly accepted as Japanese, as pointed out here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16612178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16612178
- dahdum 9y agoSV is segregated based on class far more than race or ethnicity. Not all of America is lenient, but more so than any other country I’m aware of (though Canada seems close), anyone can become accepted as a citizen.
- twic 9y agoThe closest thing that springs to mind is https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/11/western-elite-chinese-perspective/ https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/11/western-elite-chi...