Even in the U.S. he couldn't escape the label 'untouchable'

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Originally Posted by MTSilvertip

The Ainu. No they don't look like all other Japanese. They're a very primitive tribe that's lived on their island for several thousand years before the ancestors of the modern Japanese ever showed up. Only a couple thousand left, but finally starting to get some recognition and legal standing, but they have a long way to go yet.

In Japan, anyone not Japanese is Gaijin. Up until Commodore Perry opened up Tokyo harbor at the point of a cannon, any Japanese that had interacted with a Gaijin would be beheaded upon return to Japan so the nation wouldn't be tainted by foreign thought.

Sound Familiar.....???

No, not really. The folks I'm thinking of live on mainland Japan. Not a primitive tribe but live in certain cities/towns. I recall this information several years ago.

[Toxic Waltz]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

Racism grows out of the unknown and fear of someone that is different than you. The fear is then built on by personal experience and stories from other people that reinforce the stereotype of a certain race or group of people which is then extended to anyone that has those physical features.



If you have a negative experience with a purple person such as some crime and then you hear stories from others that they have also suffered at the hands of purple people and then your fear is built on when you see on social media and even in movies that purple people are not nice it is not that much of a leap to suddenly see all purple people as a threat.



That is how racism starts. If all you see of a certain group of people is negative it takes many acts of a positive nature to overcome the bad.



It is just human nature not to trust people that remind you of a bad experience.

It is kind of like an animal that used to be abused by a man that wore a hat and now when the animal sees a man wearing a hat they are fearful and might even lash out.



Of course as humans we can make a choice not to fear a purple person that wears a hat. We can also choose to see the best in people of all shades and leave it up to the individual to be a jerk or nice.

A purple person needs medical attention whether they are wearing a hat or not.

[BoSox 15]

Originally Posted by Pgh guy

What did he expect, when he moved here he didn't make an effort to disassociate with people of his own culture. Had he assimilated to Americans and American culture I doubt this would have happened.

Yeah, that was my first thought as well.

I worked with two Indian ladies. One was employed with the company prior to me working there and the other joined shortly after me. On the second girl's first day, the lady who already worked here arrived to work in full traditional Indian attire, including the nose ring connected to the ear via chain. Prior to this, the person never, ever wore any traditional attire.

A few months after she was hired I was talking to the "new" girl and asked her what that was all about. She said that it was simply a matter of being shown her place. The new girl didn't come from the affluent society that the other one did.

Crazy.