I’m an asian person living in Europe and these are very real, even in kindergarden one of my earliest memories is kids making that eye gesture and making fun of Asian features like that. It’s very common still! Or getting NIHAO or KONNICHIWA shouted at you for no reason happens too, I wonder what goes through peoples minds when they do that. The same things with the virus (which isn’t one countries fault but inevitable since it’s a virus not something Asia crafted or whatever these racist people believe) but i believe it might’ve been even worse in America than one the EU since from my impression there racism is also very normalized.. I’m happy to see you both stay strong! Happy traveling! If you ever come to Austria I hope you’ll have fun!
I have seen many Japanese tourists, visitors, and students in Western Europe since my childhood. It seems that even among Japanese people, there is a clear division between those who are discriminated against and those who are not. People who are not discriminated against are Japanese who are close to the actors they see in movies and TV. Japanese people with Western-like appearances are also accepted. But Japanese people seem to be discriminated against because of their typical Asian image of round faces, short noses, single eyelids, yellow skin, and high cheekbones. Which one are you?
@sotario123 Жыл бұрын
Yeah that kinda make sense. I am not discriminated so often since I don't look like typical Japanese. I'm tall(174cm), don't wear Japanese style of fashion and my face don't look like Japanese haha. Many people including Japanese thinks I'm Thai ,Vietnamese or mixed. But the thing is, I'm discriminated against locals when I'm with my parter.Its because he looks like typical Japanese or maybe Chinese to them.