What connotation does the term "gaijin" have for you ?

[Mikawa Ossan]

Let us not "despise" Japanese people for their (in our eyes) crooked views. All we can do is communicate, teach, learn and motivate; despising them and considering them "different" is no better than any other racist view.

Who do you mean by "us" and "our"? (BTW, good to see you posting again, leonmarino!)

[leonmarino]

Who do you mean by "us" and "our"? (BTW, good to see you posting again, leonmarino!)

"Us" and "our" are.. Anyone who feels being addressed by this post really.

And yeah, this is my first post on a subject other than food, English/Japanese and chit-chat in a long while!!

[pipokun]

us vs. them

I guess the vs. in the above is what Prof. Yoro calls "Baka no Kabe".
The book is interesting to read. The wall is not only among Japanese, but so far I am happy to live here, for the word, "hate crime", is not common here, no matter how many times I hear Japan is such a racist country or whatever.

[Mikawa Ossan]

I guess the vs. in the above is what Prof. Yoro calls "Baka no Kabe".
The book is interesting to read. The wall is not only among Japanese, but so far I am happy to live here, for the word, "hate crime", is not common here, no matter how many times I hear Japan is such a racist country or whatever.

Amen to that!

[Maciamo]

I guess the vs. in the above is what Prof. Yoro calls "Baka no Kabe".
The book is interesting to read. The wall is not only among Japanese, but so far I am happy to live here, for the word, "hate crime", is not common here, no matter how many times I hear Japan is such a racist country or whatever.

I suppose that once you repeat something enough times to someone there is a point when they will finally understand what you mean, so I do not dispair. I will repeat it one more time for you : racism is not just about violence. It's a state of mind.