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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But aren't Japanese polite people? If they're racist, they're not openly racist are they?[/quote]

Yes, they are.

Being 'polite' has nothing to do with whether or not they are racist. They relegate all foreigners or minorities to poor/ghetto districts, inter-marriage of race or ethnicity but especially both is heavily frowned upon, beauty is to be the palest upon palest snow-white as possible and if you're not that - screw you, and Japanese media is openly discriminatory.

BTW their discrimination isn't just again non-Asians, the Japanese hate ANYONE that isn't Japanese and wants to live and/or mix with them. I have a Korean-American friend with a half-white son who is constantly facing judgement - so much so that she's coming back to the U.S. because the Japanese a) don't like that she's 'foreign', b) don't like that she isn't fluent in the language (but her son is), and c) think anything she does that is counter-culture to Japanese practices is wrong.

Here's a lovely shopkeeper advertisement that says 'Japanese Only'. It was specifically known to target Chinese consumers in the area - but you get the idea.

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Let's process this for a minute.

The American super-star, in an American event, chooses to bully the non-American referee and the non-American finalist player.

And all this shows....how Japanese people discriminate others in Japan?

Maybe you have mental problems?

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This thread isn't about the sporting event but rather cultural perception and acceptance in society. Especially since Naomi Osaka is representing a culture that categorically rejects who she is.[/quote]

Fair point.

This thread is about how an American superstar chose to humiliate a Japanese player and a Portuguese umpire during a US tournament.

Pretty shameful if you ask me, but I'm confident you'll find a good excuse for it.
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