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> This accusation is only a bombshell if you lived under a rock for the past decades This logic seems slightly strange to me. If it turned out that, for exampl
by resoluteteeth 2y ago
> This accusation is only a bombshell if you lived under a rock for the past decades
This logic seems slightly strange to me. If it turned out that, for example, Harvard University was pulling some sort of html trick to attempt to block black students from applying, would that not be a bombshell because racism against black people is already known to exist in the United states?
- kccqzy 2y agoRacism is perhaps not the right term. Xenophobia is a better term. A lot of Japanese people and Chinese people who have never left their respective countries have a dim view of all foreigners. Both countries are also well known for being extremely difficult to immigrate to.
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- gruez 2y agoHarvard is ostensibly anti-racist, and I think the implication is that japan/chinese is actively racist against each other, so it's not surprising.
- nyolfen 2y agoit would be more like blocking students from nigeria from applying during a period of historical tension between the US and Nigerian governments. there are a huge number of chinese individuals in other countries that did not face any filtering.
- jokethrowaway 2y agoA better example would be Harvard blocking people from Iran