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> “it must have been a Korean.” Everybody here is basically making the point that Japanese are extremely unlikely to keep items they find, which is basically a
by brabel 5y ago
> “it must have been a Korean.”
Everybody here is basically making the point that Japanese are extremely unlikely to keep items they find, which is basically as racist as saying "other nationalities are more likely to keep stuff", except that in this particular case, the person singled out a particular nationality instead of generalizing - I find generalizing the whole rest of the world even worse than doing that.
- hohoemi8 5y ago>which is basically as racist as saying "other nationalities are more likely to keep stuff" You can call it racist if you want but it's absolutely true.
- brabel 5y agoThat's the thing with racism: you can't just pick and choose what you believe is ok or not. Is it ok to say japanese people are less intelligent? If not, why is it ok to say they are more intelligent?
- Barrin92 5y agoNot really. It's one thing to point out that Japan has a unique culture, which is very obvious. It's an entirely other thing to blame foreigners once that culture doesn't work as expected. In particular because Koreans have very strong lost and found systems and high trust as well. Blaming Koreans is a reflex given the strong anti-Korean sentiment in Japan.