Yet Another Example Of The Japanese "Mindset"...

Oh yeah, DrDan!
Welcome to the madhouse.

This country (japan) is totally totally different from the Japan We see in movies and the television.

"It's impossible for people to think AIDS has anything to do with them," said Masahiro Kihara, a professor at Kyoto University. "AIDS is Africa. It's America. It's gay.

(A higher ratio of Japanese men are gay than WASPs. In fact, during the Edo period, there were more male prostitutes than female!)

This is exactly the truth of most Japanese people's attitudes towards ANYTHING unpleasant.

that's why people in America have been duped into believing that Japanese schools are better than theirs. ( they make 80 or better an "a")
I have had teachers tell me what grades the students were going to get BEFORE the test.


That why we think japan has such a low crime rate. Japanese cops dont do anything. If they dont investigate, then there's no crime reported, get it ?
"We dont investigate child molestations to protect the reputation of the child..."


In Japanese high schools, when they talk about racism, the book has a picture of black people in America. They never even think about japanese dress codes that require students to have black hair.

Can you imagine that in America?

not for a nanosecond....
 
Since I joined this board and read all your reports and opinions of japan I have had a mild case of culture shock. I have taken japanese (nihongo I think) under two teachers and both gave me an upbeat view of japan.

One teacher lived in tokyo the other in some village she never named. He (the one in tokyo) worked as a commodity trader and his worse story involved karaoke, elvis, and a big speaker in the plaza below. Her (small village) worse story was a [mafia?] boss' son coming into her 3rd grade english class and start cussing her out in broken english. She made fun of his linguistic skills and he walked out embarased.

However I think they both lived there in the '80s so that might make up for the difference.
 
Thats good, Yoippari.
The unclouded eye is better, no matter what it sees.
When I left America, I had a techno-disney dream of Japan as well.
You can only imagine what I have seen to bring me to where I am now.

I dont resent any country for having problems.
I resent them lying about it and then speaking ill of MY country in every breath.
 
Danny, I only spent a month there in a smaller town, but I definitely know what you are talking about. When I went there to work I was the beat on the head about the work ethic, etc. and was concerned what I was in for. I will give them this ~ they are very well organized when they plan for a job. BUT, to a man, we out worked them.
 
I know enough of what Japanese think of Filipinos, to have dashed my own dreams of super cool techno Japan. Especially after a cousin married a Japanese man and moved to Tokyo, decent guy, but the way she was treated after he died. :( I feel you pain Danny
 
Its not pain, just frustration.
I dont have any real problems.
I aint sick and my family is healthy and out of jail.

I complain alot, but I am doing fine.

Thats the truth.
No matter what I say, I know how blessed and lucky I am and I am thankful to God for it.
 
This almost makes me want to come visit you and find someone to debate american vs japanese culture with. I'm always up for a debate :)

Do you think you have gotten through to anybody over there? Perhaps one of your students. One of the goals of my schools japanese class is to teach about japanese culture along with the language. I dont think we ever had to do a report about language but we sure did have to give reports on the country. I think I was assigned the city/[province?] of nara. Can't remember a word of it.
 
DannyinJapan said:
1- (A higher ratio of Japanese men are gay than WASPs. In fact, during the Edo period, there were more male prostitutes than female!)

2- In Japanese high schools, when they talk about racism, the book has a picture of black people in America. They never even think about japanese dress codes that require students to have black hair.

3- Can you imagine that in America?
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1- Danny do the Japanese still keep these kinds of statistics and how long have they been doing it?

2- What happens if an American who is blonde haired and blue eyed and is married to the same and have kids with the same do about such a ridiculous requirement?

3- Never, well never say never, with the way things are going it could happen somewhen.:rolleyes: :( :grumpy:
 
Yoippari,
I dont know what Japanese culture is.
I live in Japan, but materially, this place is America.
They all dress like we do and eat hamburgers and drive cars and type on keyboards.
They speak english (with an accent) and call it Japanese.
To see Japanese culture in Japan, one must go to a museum.

Yvsa,
I had this same discussion with some of my Japanese teachers who argued that this was not racism. I said " what if My child comes to school? Will you be upset that he or she does not have black hair?"

"Of course not," they said, "everybody will know that he or she is different."

I said "that's the definition of racism. Dont you get it? you cant make rules that require all students to have certain skin or hair color and you sure as hell cant treat certain students differently, either better or worse, because of their ethnicity!"

I asked why they had a rule about hair color.
They said "students who colored their hair did bad stuff."

I said " you cant equate behavior and appearance! Once again that is the definition of racism."

Here is their big, well-educated response "oh, thats just your opinion"


I despair of their understanding. They dont care if their school or country is racist. They dont like to have to think. It makes them tired.
They want everything to be set up in a certain way and never change so they can just puck themselves into a predictable, unchanging pattern of daily activity that does not require thought, minimizes any interpersonal interaction beyond the stock phrases they call "polite speech" and certainly no self-reflection.
 
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