Eg, “[Because he’s not white] he’s never going to be American. If that bugs him, why not go home? Nobody is making him stay in America.”
“[Immigrants] are just foreigners living in America with a chip on their shoulder because they weren’t born American”
(Edit to be really clear I’m not condoning or condemning. Just noticing.)
The vast majority of countries don't work this way, nor would it be better for all of them to. But it's great that at least one does.
No, because America is not a racially homogenous society. Japan mostly is. Japan's residents are 98% japanese and most of the other 2% are other asians.
> “[Because he’s not white] he’s never going to be Norwegian. If that bugs him, why not go home? Nobody is making him stay in Norway.”
My ears still flag that as racist.
This common occurrence for American-born children of non-white immigrants in American.
"Where are you from?" "Kansas City" "No, where are you really from?"
This being said, America's had more immigrants come in than Japan, so by collective experience, America should be more open-minded about outsiders than Japan. Which is what we see in big cities like New York.
I’m so happy to read this comment. I lived in Japan for 4 years and had the same feeling. People are always upset they’re not seen as Japanese despite the fact they are indeed not Japanese. I could see an argument if you were a child of a western parent, born and raised in Japan with Japanese values constantly having to remind people that you are a Japanese national but these are just foreigners living in Japan with a chip on their shoulder because they weren’t born Japanese.