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I had the same question. I didn't think it was a big deal, since I figured that other people ask the question and it just never occurred to me. Then I came acro
by edanm 16y ago
I had the same question. I didn't think it was a big deal, since I figured that other people ask the question and it just never occurred to me. Then I came across the last sentence of the article:
"Some Americans, even some scholars, will argue against this view of anime. They want to think the Japanese worship America or worship whiteness and use anime to prove it. But they seem to be driven more by their own racism and nationalism than anything else."
After that kind of sentence, I really expect some evidence that someone, somewhere has this view.
- senki 16y agoLook at this: http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:answers.yahoo.com+Japanese+worship+white+people http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:answers.yahoo.com+J...
- shaunfs 16y agoLook at this: http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=webhp&source=hp&q=site%3Aanswers.yahoo.com+why+cant+white+dance&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=site%3Aanswers.yahoo.com+why+cant+white+dance&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=6052204b889acdd8 http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#sclient=psy&hl=en&... What's the point. I bet there are a million bigots, immature kids, and ignorant people asking questions on Yahoo Answers. Unfortunately every country has people like this, it's not exclusive to one area. Let's just all read this and decide collectively that Yahoo Answers should never again be used as debate source material: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100317231952AAtrZSE http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100317231952AA...
- senki 16y agoYou are right. edanm asked for some evidence that there are idiots who think Japanese worship white people. It seems there are many, so the article really targets an existing problem. That's the point.
- edanm 16y agoI was specifically looking for evidence that scholars believe this. I don't doubt there are idiots who believe all kinds of things! And by the way, what's up with the people posting that Yahoo! question? If it's not a joke, I'm seriously worried about the state of humanity.
- senki 16y agoVoila: "The ultimate reason for the lower Japanese body esteem may perhaps concern broader cultural and historical perspectives. Being part of the West, but non-Caucasians, Japanese people seem collectively to experience high incongruence between their Western-oriented bodily ideals and the perceptions of their own body. " Japanese body image: Structure and esteem scores in a cross-cultural perspective by Rotem Kowner, University of Haifa, Israel, in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 2002, 37 (3), 149–159 http://www.sjsu.edu/people/jennifer.anderson/courses/c5/s1/Kowner_Japanese_Body_Image.pdf http://www.sjsu.edu/people/jennifer.anderson/courses/c5/s1/K...
- shaunfs 16y agoFair enough