How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap

Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by lasagnaphil on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:42AM (#25505318)

“japanese--known throughout asia and the world for their love and admiration of other races”

Tell that to anyone actually living in Asia and most will absolutely scoff at you. There is too much historical baggage about what horrifying things the Japanese did to other Asians during its colonial era (early to mid 20th century), especially with regards to Korea and China. Japanese resentment is still highly noticeable in countries where they colonized and raped them.

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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by Scapeghost on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @09:41PM (#25513838)

> with regards to Korea and China. Japanese resentment is still highly noticeable in countries where they colonized and raped them.

The US and UK are resented for the same reasons in many parts of the world.

For example the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation

And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnō_jōi

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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by Bakary on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @02:27PM (#25510103)

They were sarcastically alluding to that very reality

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