maharg said:
It's a racist policy because it targets a particular ethnic group. It's a government policy of Japan. Japan is being racist. I think it's a little absurd to say as much as you have in this thread about these people being unintegrated jerks skirting the law and then turn around and tell other people not to call japan racist for doing it. Don't profile if you don't want to be profiled.
I definitely think it is a stupid policy, mainly because Japan is probably going to be forced to deal with immigrant workers in the future because of the aging population.
But really people are making this worse than it really is. They are giving them goddamn money with a stipulation(a stupid one i agree on). Unless I am confused no one is getting kicked out.
I really don't think all the people calling out racism and shit are thinking this through.
There is a rising number of unemployed unskilled workers who have really nothing to add to the economy and would be stuck here in a pretty damn bad situation unless they got really lucky. It definitely sounds bad at first, but the more I think about it the more I am sure that there are families with children who are on the verge of being homeless. I am sure some people are more than happy to make a clean break out of here.
(I still think its a retarded fucking decision, don't get me wrong. But there is more to it than "OMG stupid racist country!")