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Nujabes kinda popularized the genre as well. It would be weird and unnecessarily racially charged if the author referred to him as a “yellow Japanese man.”
by peytn 6y ago
Nujabes kinda popularized the genre as well. It would be weird and unnecessarily racially charged if the author referred to him as a “yellow Japanese man.”
- brendoelfrendo 6y agoI mean, yes, but only because "yellow" has pejorative connotations that "white" and "black" don't have. I don't see how saying "white European" is controversial. There are Black Europeans, Asian Europeans, etc., and the author is pointing out that these channels are not run by someone from those groups. Now to be fair, if I find any part problematic it's the "European" bit; I assumed they meant "white Europeans from western Europe," which is what that phrase connotes to me, but the vagaries of referring to an entire continent are usually best avoided, I think.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 6y agoIt would blow an American blogger's mind to learn that you can live your whole life in certain parts of Eastern Europe and not see a single black person.
- brendoelfrendo 6y agoI really doubt it would and I'm not sure why that's relevant to the point the author was making.
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- smt1 6y agoThose connotations probably depend on the country, tbh. I assume it's an American pov.
- jayd16 6y agoYou would probably just say a native Japanese man to imply both Japanese descent and nationality.