QUOTE (fk650 @ Aug 27 2004, 04:58 PM)
However, if you're white, you should be treated very well.
Not true. In Osaka, at least, the whites are largely ignored. I have even heard that there have been signs outside onsen (hot spring) baths that specifically forbid Caucasians, particularly Russians.
QUOTE (Jasel @ Aug 27 2004, 03:53 PM)
I always thought the Japanese were alot friendlier then Chinese and Koreans to blacks. I think its because there are alot more of them into Hip-hop culture and they're also more open to Western views :genius:
I would've thought the Koreans were more into Hip Hop culture.
And I doubt the Japanese are "more open to Western views". A good example is democracy. I believe many Japanese people like the idea of "equal rights and tolerance for all", but that hasn't worked out in their society. They are a matured society though, just not a Western one.
QUOTE (Jasel @ Aug 27 2004, 03:53 PM)
Don't get me wrong though I also heard they're racist as hell just not as bad as the other 2.
I don't think that's entirely true. To the credit of the Japanese, many won't go out of their way to make you feel unwelcome. I believe that it's only when you try to integrate into their society that they'll freeze up.
However, the Japanese can be as xenophobic. Why do you think that even to this day, less than 2% of their population are non-Japanese? And not to mention that foreign citizens are not allowed to vote in the local Japanese elections. They value homogeneity.
That isn't to say that the Japanese are largely racist though. They just aren't as enthusiastic about Multiculturalism as the Americans are.