Gintoki313
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Thought I would get this. I know my comment sounds weird and ignorant but that's just my thought personally. To each their own as I say.
Regardless, the pic still got a good laugh from me.
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I'm at a Japanese wedding and see this....
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Thought I would get this. I know my comment sounds weird and ignorant but that's just my thought personally. To each their own as I say.
Regardless, the pic still got a good laugh from me.
jim-jam bongs
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As an Australian I'm pretty surprised by the different response this is getting compared with the various instances of similar things from my country.
Amakusa
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Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.
Live band.
Only black guy there so everyone turns to see me. How's Manz supposed ta react?
I would have yelled Anata no inkei ga ōkiku naru koto wa arimasen
Apparently a lot of people feel by virtue of being Asian its ok to plead ignorance in a developed nation in the year 2013. I don't.
jim-jam bongs
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I think the fact that it's a gaming board with a big anime following helps too. There tends to be a more romanticised view of Japanese culture which makes people tend towards a desire to overlook or ignore the darker side in favour of maintaining that view. It's interesting that folks see these examples as indicative of a broader view within either population but in one case it's unforgivable and in the other just amusing.
In the case of Japan, the country has effectively closed itself from immigration. The xenophobia instituted by the government has led to societal cases (as we see here) of cultural ignorance and insensitivity. Not that I'm trying to defend this behavior, mind you.
The other reasons you'll hear from people as to why some give Japan a pass to criticism is that their racism is "not as bad" as compared to other developed countries and that the topic of the thread is not as bad as having your home vandalized for your race, or getting driven out of town.
Yeah, man, clearly I meant an exact number and was not just exaggerating for humorous intent to get the point across.
in the eyes of a weeaboo, Japan can do no wrong
you mean like the chinese and korean experienced during the second world war where the japanese were superdupernice to them?
You killed me.
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Just had to view again. One of the greatest threads I've ever seen in my life. Virtually everything brings a tear of laughter to my eyes.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Pic unrelated:
lmao damn. Anymore of these roast session pics? these are killing me.
Go into safe mode, bruh, and run those updates, quick.
Well, I do think this is racist and there's no way around it.
On the other hand, as a Mexican I found this pretty hilarious and harmless. I'm torn about this - of course I think racism is wrong and no country/culture should get a free pass, but I don't think I'd be too pissed off about this particularly if I were on the receiving end.
What exactly can be done so Japan begins to realize this stuff is not exactly okay? I legit don't know what can be done about it.
On the other hand, as a Mexican I found this pretty hilarious and harmless. I'm torn about this - of course I think racism is wrong and no country/culture should get a free pass, but I don't think I'd be too pissed off about this particularly if I were on the receiving end.
What exactly can be done so Japan begins to realize this stuff is not exactly okay? I legit don't know what can be done about it.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.
Live band.
Only black guy there so everyone turns to see me. How's Manz supposed ta react?
Hey OP weird question but is that pic taken in Cairns? That looks really familiar to me.
Dreams-Visions
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Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.
Live band.
Only black guy there so everyone turns to see me. How's Manz supposed ta react?
MAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE
Being verbally harassed doesn't leave much for interpretation. Not that that won't happen in Japan. It's a foreign culture to most reading this thread so it's seen more as ignorance/amusing. Like this would never happen elsewhere and so many are too baffled.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Who is that?This si the true Blackman's poison.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie.
Live band.
Only black guy there so everyone turns to see me. How's Manz supposed ta react?
Good old-fashioned ignorance
Got to love it
Dark Knyght
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This is sad and hilarious at the same damn time.
Mufasa, how did feel for everyone to look at you like
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Mufasa, how did feel for everyone to look at you like
Underwear police.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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R u tryna to trick me again? -_-
Angelus Errare
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Say wha?
That's blame space.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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What about a African african american?
That aint blame space. And even if it was how would blame space be a black man poison?
PM him and tell him what I said, he'll confirm.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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What do you want me to pm him?
Confirming that's totally him.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Yea right men dont wear those shirts lol
Eh, it's less people defending glorious nippon or something, it's more that blackface isn't really a thing outside the US.
There also isn't really any malice in it, it's ignorant at worst.
TheKaeptain
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This page and last few post are great. So mean.
Brofist
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Why do Japanese get a pass though? And I would say blackface is most definitely not exclusive to the US.
jim-jam bongs
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Well for starters I'm not talking about verbal harassment, just similar examples of this kind of cultural ignorance like the guys doing blackface on a variety show and the KFC ad where a white guy gives fried chicken to West Indians, both of which caused a big and largely negative reaction here on GAF. Secondly, isolated examples of racial harassment happen in the US as well. Around the same time that the incident I believe you're referencing was being discussed here a whole bunch of white supremacists were arrested for a plot to assassinate the President in 2010.
The thing I find confusing is that, in both this and the Australian incidents, people think that these things are indicative of a culture of ignorance and racism (which is kind of a racist assumption in itself), but in one case the majority of replies are "oh Japan", and the other they're "THAT'S RACIST".
AbortedWalrusFetus
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So did OP post this on reddit, or did someone from that shithole just up and steal it?
Mihael Mello Keehl
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lol
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