The article mentions the number of books that have been sold, which does strike me as a good way of judging how many people, you know, want to read them, but I did wonder if maybe people were buying those books for curiosity because they're just SO out there. There are a FEW people of Korean/Chinese descent in Japan and what if they were buying some of these books to burn them or argue against them or something? I also have a theory that many of these books are being purchased, read, or promoted by young angry men who want to beat their chests because all their young women are in love with Korean drama actors. The same phenomenon as poor white trash guys being very upset with their women going for much sexier, worthier black guys. It doesn't really change the fact that the books are selling, but if they're selling only to one crowd, which has a worldwide reputation for being a little cranky (no offense)? At least some of the rest of the country hasn't gone off its rocker.
See, I think they're waiting for actual riots/politicians thumping podiums and throwing tantrums in Japan before they start saying there's a Real Problem with racism there, and, I mean, Japan? Riots? ROFLCOPTERS!!!!!! Because, you know, putting that crap in their textbooks, keeping foreigners from getting real jobs so said foreigners have to open restaurants, and having politicians who don't really TALK about being racist isn't ACTUALLY a racism problem.
It is too bad that all this article does is sort of dance around the subject, but then again, it's just a newspaper article about books, not Japan as a whole. At this point I think it would be best to move on to other books and articles that are actually about the racism.
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Re: nazis vs cannibalists ;0 ?
Date: 2005-11-25 12:41 am (UTC)The article mentions the number of books that have been sold, which does strike me as a good way of judging how many people, you know, want to read them, but I did wonder if maybe people were buying those books for curiosity because they're just SO out there. There are a FEW people of Korean/Chinese descent in Japan and what if they were buying some of these books to burn them or argue against them or something? I also have a theory that many of these books are being purchased, read, or promoted by young angry men who want to beat their chests because all their young women are in love with Korean drama actors. The same phenomenon as poor white trash guys being very upset with their women going for much sexier, worthier black guys. It doesn't really change the fact that the books are selling, but if they're selling only to one crowd, which has a worldwide reputation for being a little cranky (no offense)? At least some of the rest of the country hasn't gone off its rocker.
See, I think they're waiting for actual riots/politicians thumping podiums and throwing tantrums in Japan before they start saying there's a Real Problem with racism there, and, I mean, Japan? Riots? ROFLCOPTERS!!!!!! Because, you know, putting that crap in their textbooks, keeping foreigners from getting real jobs so said foreigners have to open restaurants, and having politicians who don't really TALK about being racist isn't ACTUALLY a racism problem.
It is too bad that all this article does is sort of dance around the subject, but then again, it's just a newspaper article about books, not Japan as a whole. At this point I think it would be best to move on to other books and articles that are actually about the racism.