Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train
by knzhou on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:02AM
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America actually is unique among countries. I could move to Japan, but I'll never be Japanese; I could also move to Denmark, but I'll never be a Dane. But I moved to America and now I am American.
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.
Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train
by 55555 on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:58AM
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> 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.”
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.
Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train
by josephg on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:13AM
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Hm, I’m doing a gut check on that by swapping in another western country which is more racially homogeneous than the US to see how I feel about it:
> “[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.
Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train
by rimliu on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:55AM
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Race probably not the issue there, at least not tonthw degree some assume it is.
I've seen the very same santiment "you will never be X" from the people which emigrated to the countries where the wast majority is of the same race.
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.)