the word "gaijin" (152)

23 Name: Anonymous : 2007-01-09 07:39 ID:iww2Zvc8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin#Etymology_and_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin#Usage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin#Controversy

Compare it to the word "alien", if alien was modified to mean everyone who didn't have their genetical and cultural origins in the country X (i.e. people who later aquired citizenships do not count). Thing is: Most Japanese people do not feel it's insultive at all. They feel it's a natural way of denoting non-Japanese. (uho! note the "non-Japanese" bit, this is why people who have lived there for decades, adhere to the laws and customs of the society, and have Japanese citizenships find it terribly frustrating that they forever will be seen as "fake" Japanese people..)

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