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Racism in Japan

…after being here for three years and learning the language, my life has become 300% easier. I think that if gaijins made more of an effort to understand Japan and the Japanese instead of trying to have Japan adjust to them, this racism stuff would ease up a bit. The article lists a website at www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html that apparently catalogs pictures of foreigners being barred entry. Might be worth a look but not getting too angry over….

Sweden: Jews leave Swedish city after sharp rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes

…f what I saw in my youth. Jews feel vulnerable here now.” The problem is becoming an embarrassment for the Social Democrats, the mayor’s party. Their national leader Mona Sahlin – the woman who is likely to become the next prime minister after an election later this year – last week travelled to Malmo to meet Jewish leaders, which they took to be a sign that at last politicians are waking to their plight. After the meeting, the mayor, Mr Reepalu,…

Self Identity – Who are you?

…what extend are we able to break free from the parameters set for us and become something completely different if we wish?  We may not be able to break free from race but all the others are superficial. In fact, even race becomes a bit muddy.  When I meet a “half” which is to say half Japanese and half white who grew up in Japan, they will identify themselves as Japanese.  They speak Japanese (some do not even speak English) their mentality is Jap…

The American Solution to Suicide Bombers

…” people are fighting against. If it was simply a case of “Hey, we want to come in, fix your city, give you freedom and happiness” and so on then it would be stupid to try and stop it! But apparently we are at a stalemate and thus I think if America just promised to give Saddam his palaces back and a few million then he would be happy to put down this insurrection and could promise America favorable oil contracts!!!! And yes, this idea is as ridic…

Railroad Tracks

…s FALSE – Sorry everyone: the website Snopes has investigated and although there is some *partial truth* and it makes for a good story, it isn’t factually accurate. Link: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp Advertising Link to MX Guard Dog, a service I use: Spamschutz Share this: Twitter Reddit…

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