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Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train by ddiq on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:55AM (#21341743)
Of course, I commented on his picture and it would be pretty hard to notice his width and not his race. I don't see why this is pertinent, though, he's not Japanese and I was commenting on the fact that he's not Japanese, not on what race he was.
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Re:The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train by theroo on Thursday October 24, 2019 @01:37AM (#21341928)
Width? Don’t make me laugh. It’s racism. Call it what it is. So we can pause, to allow improvement and to better uphold the idea that people are equal.

This kind of avoidance and apologizing of racism are what plant the seeds of xenophobic ideologies.

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