I've heard a LOT of different things. almost every book i've ever read says 'Yes', or that they hate foreigners, and a teacher i had who lived in japan for YEARS siad that they hate anyone who is obviously not japanese. However, i met a Japanese woman, and she said it's not true! but THEN i read a book that said they ill tell you it's not true in hopes that it really isn't, even though it is!!! sorry if this is confusing, but i don't wanna be hated! oh, and then my6 French teacher (who studied a million other languages and went to japan) said that they don't hate foreigners, they just don't want foreigners learning Japanese. also, the terms 'Gaijin' isn't really racist, it just means 'outside person' or generally someone who's not Japanese, but to foreigners it is racist! I also heard that even if i make friends and live there and become a citizen (which i heard is hard), i sill still never be accepted and will always be stereotyped. PLEASE help, this is REALLY making me mad!!
2007-03-28
14:03:24
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