Racism in Tokyo
Matt Romaine opens the proverbial can of worms that is Racism in Japan.
He recounted two episodes of apparent racism and after being Dugg, the invevitable deluge came.
I’ve experienced minor things that could possibly be due to racism, but overall I get more positive than negative discrimination here. You’re bound to come across some nutters in any big city like Tokyo, but the issue here was whether it is a part of some kind of trend.
The recent campaign by JapanProbe against the racist magazine on sale in convenience stores comes to mind.
Gen and Shin and Japanologist have blogged on the issue.
There was also a big discussion here on the Tokyo Metroblog a while back.
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We all seem to feel the same way about racism but actually aren’t doing much about it. however, given all that local Tokyoites have to put up with they ARE at the same time tolerant. this magazine in a commercial affair, and that’s maybe where the problem is - explotation for profit.