koitsu
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Re: Wrong place.
said by TKJunkMail  :said by CUBS_FAN :broadly available 10Mbps DSL service costs around ¥4,599 ($43). $43 for 10meg DSL... WOW I am in the wrong country. It'll be hard forcing myself to eat sushi and uncooked veggies  Don't worry. The Japanese don't want you. They are one of the most culturally monolithic anti-immigrant nations on earth. » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition···on#JapanGaijin need not apply. I especially love the [citation needed] part of the last sentence in Wikipedia.
I know a significant number of non-native Japanese who live there. All of them are either 1) exchange students, or 2) highly skilled workers (all tech-oriented). To which I say... so what?
We have both anti-immigrant and pro-immigrant attitudes in the United States -- and I would say say our immigration laws are too open. I'd like to see programmes like H1Bs seriously reconsidered; I have great qualms with how businesses abuse cheap labour. I can't "blame" the H1B programme for this, because the fault is ultimately with those businesses -- but we all know it's impossible to change a corporate mentality.
That said, as a Caucasian American who has great interest in Asian cultures (studied Mandarin for 5 years + lived with a Chinese family, and am currently learning Korean), I can assure you that said immigration discrimination (sounds like an 80s pop song!) does not upset me or make me think worse of Japan. Different culture, different history, different environment. |
