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  • "You are an outsider and will never belong to Japanese society" (exclusion)

    17 29.31%
  • "You are an outsider, ignorant of Japanese ways" (cultural ignorance)

    17 29.31%
  • "You are different from us ! Hahaha !" (childish differentiation)

    12 20.69%
  • "You are not Japanese, but I am" (opposition)

    13 22.41%
  • "You are not a Japanese national" (on the passport)

    11 18.97%
  • "You are not an ethnic Japanese" (different looks)

    13 22.41%
  • "Wow ! You are better than me !" (awe)

    8 13.79%
  • Don't know

    10 17.24%
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Thread: What connotation does the term "gaijin" have for you ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IheartNihon View Post
    I've been reading for a while and trying to understand where everyone is coming from and I just had to comment on one thing.
    Are you refering to ALL lower class citizens especially African ones?
    Not everyone who comes from a "lower class" fits into those categories.
    I think I'd be more offended by that than someone calling me a gaijin.
    I think you should read my threads about social classes to understand what I mean by that :

    What is your image of each social class ?

    Do you care about social classes ?

    I don't know where you are from, but for many Europeans including myself social class is more about behaviour, manners, education and family background than money. So if someone is illiterate or has no social manners (as described above), they are automatically lower-class, even if they are billionaires in euro/dollar.

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