Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye their hair black (2019)

Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by birdyrooster on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:42PM (#25893919)

If you are white in Japan they will perpetually treat you like a tourist, which when you are a tourist is great bc they are super helpful, but I could see it becoming demeaning if one wanted to reside there permanently.

If you are black in Japan people treat you like an oddity and take pictures of you without asking, comment on your skin color, etc bc they rarely see black people in person. It’s quite rude and I agree racist.

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by bena on Sunday January 24, 2021 @12:57PM (#25894056)

The thing I've heard about Japan is that they're incredibly racist, but so polite it's hard to notice.

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Re:Tokyo public schools will stop forcing students to dye th... by cbozeman on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:29PM (#25894370)

The only people downvoting you are people who haven't spent any time there. I was there for over a year, and most Americans can't pick up on the racism initially because its subtle, but like every Oz behind a curtain, once you slow down and pay attention, its glaringly obvious.

There are entirely too many idiots - and I don't care what anyone here says, they are idiots - who think only Americans can be racist.

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