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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by volgo on Saturday June 09, 2018 @05:11PM (#17275024)
A boolean opinion would be saying whether Japan is "good" or "bad" as a whole. I was commenting specifically on the racism issue. They have amazing technological advancements, but have a major problem as a culture with racism. The racism isn't scattered here and there, it's a societal issue.
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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by weiming on Saturday June 09, 2018 @05:15PM (#17275040)
> The racism isn't scattered here and there, it's a societal issue.

I guess one can say that generalizing something so dire about an entire population would also, perhaps unwittingly, be racist.

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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by Pyxl101 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @05:29PM (#17275106)
> I guess one can say that generalizing something so dire about an entire population would also, perhaps unwittingly, be racist.

Would it be racist to say that slavery in the pre-Civil War United States south was a societal issue? Or to say that racism in Nazi Germany against Jews was a societal issue? I don't think so. (I give these example to demonstrate that there is some line a society can cross where you'd hopefully agree it's an issue.)

I don't know whether the claims are true or not about Japan, but I don't think it's inherently racist against the Japanese to claim that xenophobia or racism are societal issue there.

To believe that all such accusations are inherently racist is to believe in a form of moral relativism in which no society can ever be justifiably called racist.

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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by rohit2412 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @05:29PM (#17275105)
I think generalizing to a population shouldn't be racist. However, judging a Japanese individual based on expected stereotypes even without the said person showing it should be termed racist
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