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In reply to the discussion: When you see unexpected racism... [View all]yuiyoshida
(41,887 posts)49. Oh god yes!
yeah, that's me
My girl friend (She is Japanese American as well) and I would go to a chat room speaking and practicing Japanese, and people there thought we were speaking it JUST SO we could talk about them behind their back, and for god sakes, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM! We were booted another of times and told to get the hell out.
This website I go to, first a bit a history about it. Eight years ago, when it had just barely started, there were a lot of Anime clubs. Everyone it seemed, (White folks) had or used a Japanese anime name. For those who didn't know an Anime name, they would go to Japanese baby names website and look and make names up.
Back then, there were few if any Real Japanese on that website, other than Japanese American or Canadians. When the website started to get an international reputation, Real Japanese came on and were horrified to find so many White people with Japanese names, trying to pass themselves off as "Nihonjin" from Tokyo, yet their use of Japanese was either crappy or non existent. Many Real Japanese were so insulted, they would leave the website or have their own little chat rooms where only Nihongo was spoken.
I, myself found it odd that there were so many white people wanting to be apart of Japan. Many of them on their profile cards carried the flag of Japan, rather than the United States or Canada. Many of them told me they were fans of Japan, which is why they put the flag there, or that they didn't want people to know they were Americans.
The worst part, as I told one fellow, "You get to play Japanese all night long, but when you step out your door to go work you don't have to face people who will call you a "chink" because they are ignorant. You want to wear that face on line, but are not able to face hatred each day so you don't really know what its like to really be an Asian American. You just "Play" at it. You don't even face it on line either, being with your friends in their chat rooms.
When this girl found out I actually was a real Asian American, she shunned me because now I really was different. It was the kind of thing that really got so out of hand, I would tell them, ''hey if you are going to be that, at least learn the culture, learn the language and stop trying to come off as an Ignorant American trying to pretend you are something else.''
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i hope they kicked out that racist woman. she should not be allowed to shop there.
trueblue2007
Aug 2016
#4
Your dad sounds like a wonderful person. And he understands that we ALL would benefit from
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#5
I am a white woman and this one black woman friend has several times said derogatory things about
Maraya1969
Aug 2016
#7
Yes, he normalizes the mindset and the M$M doesn't treat it with the level vitriol it deserves...
uponit7771
Aug 2016
#34
The people who spoke up and out, including your father, are true American heroes.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2016
#15
Thank you for this post. Your father is a great man, and I expect you will follow in his footsteps.
brush
Aug 2016
#20
I can relate to your father. Once anther customer ahead of me at a grocery store
Enoki33
Aug 2016
#30
Amen, we're all human ... I pray the woman notices her mindset is not the norm
uponit7771
Aug 2016
#32