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>> Africans wouldn't be heading to japan anyway. Why not? Poor people go wherever they can/where they are allowed if the host country is rich.

famouswaffles 3y ago
Most Africans who have the resources to migrate are spoiled for choice when it comes to countries to migrate to. Colonization making English and/or French an official language of about 50 African nations means there are about a dozen options that present basically no language barrier and much smoother cultural assimilation than East Asia in general. I'm not saying no African at all would go to the region. But they'd be near the bottom of the list even with comparable policies.
- dragonwriter 3y ago
  > Colonization making English, French an official language of about 90 African nations 90 out of 54 is quite a high percentage.
  - famouswaffles 3y ago
    My bad. Should be 45 to 50 between English and French. Either way, I'm sure you understand the point.
- thefounder 3y ago
  The real issue is the cost/barrier to entry. I'm pretty sure Japan would be full in 4-5 years if they would open the gates(i.e a free border with the world). It's not like the immigrants are looking for cultural assimilation. Maybe their children but that's not a sure thing either. You can see that in Paris and London where even the 2nd or 3rd generation is still living within the same "communities" with little cultural assimilation. With enough mass immigration you may see a reverse assimilation.
  - famouswaffles 3y ago
    That's not really what I meant by cultural assimilation. Acceptance, Opportunity, Racism, Xenophobia. East Asia is much more backwards than the West in this regard and the west isn't exactly heaven. In South Korea and Japan, all foreigners get the short end of the stick but black/brown people and Africans get the shorter end. All the open policies in the world won't reverse public sentiment so easily. Immigrant are human. And knowing you won't have to watch people scuttle away when you enter a bus means everything when you have options. You can believe Japan would be full all you want but I assure you it won't be because of Africans.

famouswaffles 3y ago

Most Africans who have the resources to migrate are spoiled for choice when it comes to countries to migrate to. Colonization making English and/or French an official language of about 50 African nations means there are about a dozen options that present basically no language barrier and much smoother cultural assimilation than East Asia in general. I'm not saying no African at all would go to the region. But they'd be near the bottom of the list even with comparable policies.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> Colonization making English, French an official language of about 90 African nations 90 out of 54 is quite a high percentage.
- famouswaffles 3y ago
  My bad. Should be 45 to 50 between English and French. Either way, I'm sure you understand the point.
thefounder 3y ago
The real issue is the cost/barrier to entry. I'm pretty sure Japan would be full in 4-5 years if they would open the gates(i.e a free border with the world). It's not like the immigrants are looking for cultural assimilation. Maybe their children but that's not a sure thing either. You can see that in Paris and London where even the 2nd or 3rd generation is still living within the same "communities" with little cultural assimilation. With enough mass immigration you may see a reverse assimilation.
- famouswaffles 3y ago
  That's not really what I meant by cultural assimilation. Acceptance, Opportunity, Racism, Xenophobia. East Asia is much more backwards than the West in this regard and the west isn't exactly heaven. In South Korea and Japan, all foreigners get the short end of the stick but black/brown people and Africans get the shorter end. All the open policies in the world won't reverse public sentiment so easily. Immigrant are human. And knowing you won't have to watch people scuttle away when you enter a bus means everything when you have options. You can believe Japan would be full all you want but I assure you it won't be because of Africans.