2006-12-07 13:54:39 · 5 answers · asked by Bridget 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Racism.
2006-12-07 13:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by justme 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anti-semitism is the unfair treatment or dislike of Jews. I've never heard of a term similar to that for the Japanese other than racially prejudiced. Perfect example of how not to be!
2006-12-07 14:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by leslie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Jews are ethnically Semites, so that applies only to Jews. Japanese, however are Nipponese, an Americanized version of the Japanese word. So you could use anti-Nipponese.
In the 1940's and 1950's, after WWII, there were many terms used in the U.S. for Japanese ethnicity. They shouldn't be repeated.
2006-12-07 16:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by David A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no specific word, but anti-asian would work.
anti-semitism refers to the descendants of the Semites, who are the jews and muslims.
anti-japanese would also work. or you could reword the sentence where you're using it so you can sue a phrase like "not liking the japanese people" instead of just one word
2006-12-07 13:58:43 · answer #4 · answered by t3h_1337z0rz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'"Sometimes the term Japanophobia is also used ." "the Japan bashing of the 1980s" "Anti-Japanese sentiment"
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Anti-Japanese_sentiment
As the others have said, you can't use anti-Semitism. You can't use anti-Asian either as it's too general a term for just Japanese.
I assume this is for your thesis? Good luck with it!
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2006-12-07 17:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋