It is not just Americans. My brother lives in Japan - he married a
Japanese girl. He tells us that he, as a 'gaigan', is regarded as
inferior by the Japanese.
He and his wife have to put up with continual abuse and scorn,
particularly directed at his wife. The abusers are disgusted by
her marriage to a foreigner. He says that they are comptemptuous
of her marriage to an 'inferior race' and regard this as a fatal flaw
in her character.
He has also told me that as well as westerners, this same attitude
is directed towards Koreans - i.e. that they are openly regarded as
inferior.
Such racism would not be tolerated here, in fact there are laws against it.
If it wasn't for his wife's desperate homesickness, he'd be out of there
in a flash, even though he is a techno-junkie and loves that aspect of
living
in Japan.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
To: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, 19 September 1999 16:30
Subject: Re: Cars and Culture (No Real LBC Content)
> > Isn't it true that the company that a person works
> > for in Japan supplies
> > housing, schooling, and daycare for it's employees
> > as a benefit, as well as to
> > develop company loyalty?
>
> Nope, my brother is a VP of a Japanese owned company
> (a large one), and they even had work furloughs when
> the econonmy there took its dump. They also look
> down, way down, on Americans within the company, even
> though the US managed sector of their business has out
> done their domestic portion 3 yrs running. He's
> looking to get out.
>
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