There are multiple races of people living in Japan calling themselves Japanese. Japanese people can easily point out who belongs to which race, even though we might have a hard time distinguishing them.
The white race of Japanese came more recently and is the same race as their emperors and nobility.
The same story is repeated throughout NE Asia. Go look at paintings, for instance, of Korean kings. Look up contemporary paintings of court officials who were not royalty. You'll note that the royalty in Korea had very distinct white features.
The ancestors of all white people used to stretch from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The Steppe was their playground. They were a horse-riding independent people living a law that emphasized individual rights. You'll note that that culture became the royalty in Korea and Japan, and for a while in China too. (The Han Chinese have been slaves in their own country for a very, very long time.)
Look at their skin color. Look at their features. Note their hair color and eye color. Look closely at the ancient paintings of their kings and such.
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White people don't see a point to taking off shoes indoors. We used to have dirt floors in our homes. I see young children often go barefoot outside. It really isn't that big of a deal for us.
The first time we see a drunk asian man taking a dump on the steps to the apartments, we'll take off our shoes when we go in, and make sure to put them on when we go out.
Taking shoes off when you go indoors is a result of asians pissing and pooping in the streets. The worst white Americans do is spit, and even that is frowned upon.
Think about where a white person walks. At what point do they ever set their shoed foot on something unsanitary? Growing up, we might step in dog poo, in which case, we would clean our shoes before going inside, maybe take them off to let them dry. But that was it. We kept our streets and sidewalks clean from rubbish. No one puked or pooped or peed there. Even dust and dirt wasn't a problem -- that's what floormats are for.
Now think about living in Japan, Korea, or even China. Where can you walk that DOESN'T involve human filth?
I do because my shoes are lace up boots that are inconvenient to remove and I don't have carpet. It kind of sucks when it rains and everything's muddy but it's not too hard to clean up after it dries with a shop vac (or even a broom).
my ex used to have a basement room in her house that everyone walked around barefoot in. The carpet stunk like feet. If you have people over, you better hope they are wearing socks
1 year ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)2 children
Fun or not fun story: My previous job, the CTO would have to go to Japan because we were a subsidiary of Sony. He was in a long meeting going past lunch. He saw everyone was hungry, but the CEO of the subdivision wouldn't shut the fuck up. He interrupted and said something like, "Who is ready for lunch?"
Apparently, this was acceptable for a White man, because they view us as barbarians. Yet none of the Japs could get away with a faux pas such as that.
Ah, the good ol' Gaijin Smash. Thankfully, this one was used to benefit everyone, so I can see how they'd secretly be grateful even as they might half-heartedly chide him.
The Japanese are infamously indirect about sharing opinions, especially among each other. If it's subjective, it's generally kept quiet, or only vaguely hinted at.
Hell, even something as simple as seeing if a friend wants to come over to hang out wouldn't be answered directly in the negative. You'll get an extremely lukewarm response like "Well, that's kinda..."
aaaand it’s niggers!