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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by icelancer on Saturday June 09, 2018 @09:28PM (#17275939)
>> The correct modern terminology for that is racism.

Yes, Westerners call it this. And in our eyes, it is. Japanese don't particularly buy that brand of shame, though.

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Re:Famous for its resistance to immigration, Japan opens its... by taneq on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:43PM (#17276132)
The whole idea that racism / ethnicism is bad is a very Western stance. In the rest of the world, discrimination based on race and country of origin is pretty normal.
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