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(2,979 posts)I bet this is going to be good.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)with them regularly like my spouse, what they think of the Japanese.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)I have heard more than my share of negative stuff.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)about the "opinions" in your post.
Funny how that works.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Maybe you should try ACTUALLY watching it rather than making assumptions about it.
or don't ...I d c.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)I was speaking of mine as a Japanese-American.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Lots of assumptions here.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)and if so that's great. I have grown up here, in the states, and not all of my experiences have been happy ones especially traveling across this great land of ours. Hearing people mutter "chink" under their breath aimed directly at you, is not fun. I have experienced quite a few bouts of open prejudice from various places I have visited, including in Arizona, where I lived a few years. I was always happy to return to my neighborhood when I came back, to San Francisco, and learned the great lesson that maybe its better not to venture out too far... from home.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)I'm sorry you've had those racist experiences in our country -- It sucks, for sure.
That being said, you must know that Japan and other Asian countries frequently display the same sort of ignorant racism
toward Caucasians. Long before his current job, my husband Mark worked in the Peace Corp in Malaysia.
I don't know what it's like now, but at the time, it was demographically comprised of three different
nationalities -- Native Malays, Chinese, and East Indians. When going into a Chinese store, Mark frequently heard
clerks refer to him as "that red-haired devil" -- They didn't know he understood them.
I waited tables in a Chinese Restaurant -- the only Caucasian there -- and was treated by the owner's wife
as so "different" that she blanched at lending me the sweater she had just let my Chinese
co-worker wear when the restaurant got cold. She also bemoaned her son's marriage to a white woman.
It goes both ways.
StoneCarver
(249 posts)Thanks for the post on Japan! We have hosted three Japanese students, and they were all different. We still stay in contact with Megumi. The whole family went to Japan last fall to visit. It was beautiful! I hope Japanese people have fun in the US and we in Japan. We love the Japanese.
Stone carver
whathehell
(29,090 posts)and even if I was, how might that be your business?...I'm sure she can speak for herself,
and, in fact, already has..
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Those were great!
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)and only one girl mentioned she loved California, I would love to give her a tour of San Francisco, she was cute.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...if they are, then maybe they're saying only the nice things and are "Pulling their punches"
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)but they won't lie to you. Yes they want tourists to come to Japan, and yes they would like to visit America, but they have some problems with some American tourists who tend to be too loud on a train, or walk into a house with their shoes on.
Its very easy to learn custom type things before going to Japan, like how not to put chopsticks up your nose, or how to serve your guest Beer first before you pour your own glass. Learning not to stick Chopsticks in your rice standing up, while you adjust your seat... or other so called Obnoxious things people can and will do.
Being polite and having manners is important for most countries.. even here.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...should hire thugs to drag them to the airport!
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)American kids on vacation with the parents in Japan, who some times will do such thing...
"Look Ma! I am a Walrus!" ...i have seen it at Japantown, and I am sure kids have done the same thing in Japan, embarrassing their parents.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)a very old Asian lady come over my restaurant table and grabbed my hand and made me hold them right.......I think it was her grandchildren who apologized to me profusely, even though I thought it was pretty cool
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)I would love to teach you! But you are probably good at it by now
miyazaki
(2,249 posts)Dr. Xavier
(278 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Nitram
(22,877 posts)Politeness in Japan tends to regulated by rather rigid rules about the kind of speech that is used and certain, almost ritualistic, forms of behavior. Etiquette in Japan requires one to be aware of the age and social status of the person you are speaking to. As in every society, people are much more relaxed with friends and family, where politeness is not required.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Honto desuyo!