Racis(tm) is a dumb term. That's the problem we have here. Some people like to wear it like a badge. I dont' care what's racist. I care what's right and what's wrong.
I think Japanese are especially ethnocentrist . High trust inside and low trust outside, more so than Americans which are my reference just cuz.
I don’t know if I’d call them ethnocentrist either. The Meiji era was about reforming Japan to adopt many western standards, and even today, you see non-US influences like kpop waltz right through cultural barriers, despite any presumed ethnic prejudice.
I would argue they try to hold more rigid definitions, so to be “Japanese”, etc. is a stricter standard than what Americans will see as “American”. From how they take and refine ideas that are new to them, I think their ability to evaluate foreign concepts is actually quite open.
Racis(tm) is a dumb term. That's the problem we have here. Some people like to wear it like a badge. I dont' care what's racist. I care what's right and what's wrong.
I think Japanese are especially ethnocentrist . High trust inside and low trust outside, more so than Americans which are my reference just cuz.
I don’t know if I’d call them ethnocentrist either. The Meiji era was about reforming Japan to adopt many western standards, and even today, you see non-US influences like kpop waltz right through cultural barriers, despite any presumed ethnic prejudice.
I would argue they try to hold more rigid definitions, so to be “Japanese”, etc. is a stricter standard than what Americans will see as “American”. From how they take and refine ideas that are new to them, I think their ability to evaluate foreign concepts is actually quite open.