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A comment on The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in Japan. Parent comment

Re:The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in... by watwut on Friday November 08, 2024 @11:37AM (#42088169)
What people "think" affects how they act behind your back. Whether they tell you all the information you need or the bare minimum. Whether you get to be picked up for a project or not in situation where there are multiple competing people. Whether you get invited and can become member of an in-group.

Basically, what people euphemism away here is "you get to be slightly discriminated against". In the USA situation, we would say "they are racist against you while keeping it politically correct wherever provable". It has measurable impact.

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Re:The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in... by germandiago on Saturday November 09, 2024 @03:32AM (#42093272)
I know it sounds bad but as long as it is private stuff you cannot choose what people prefer whether that is discrimination or not.

In fact, if someone does not want me somewhere, I would not need to stay there to like them.

Also, how do you know it is always discrimination? Sometimes it might be but sometimes maybe no. It is a problem without a good solution that I think trying to solve brings further trouble (in these situations, I do not support any kind of legal discrimination, of course).

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Re:The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in... by watwut on Saturday November 09, 2024 @04:24PM (#42096985)
I am saying it is a thing that exists and it is completely valid to mention it, talk about or complain about it. I am saying the trying to pretend it does not exist or is not something that affects people is just ... lying to yourself and others.
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Re:The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in... by germandiago on Sunday November 10, 2024 @10:14PM (#42104330)
Yes, I agree. I feel there are comments here from people saying that Japan is great and no problem just because they feel comfortable there but the deep reality is more like your comments IMHO.

Some people might be comfortable like that and it is ok, but that is not what I would call being integrated. I would call it being tolerated.

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