the word "gaijin" (152)

84 Name: Anonymous : 2007-04-03 05:49 ID:pUWCsMKc

>>77

Gaijin isn't an insulting term, but there are higher politeness level ways of saying "foreigner", I think. "Gaikoku no kata" and "Gaikokujin" for example are the most and highest politeness terms. Perhaps the people insulted would be preferred to be called these terms? But they're foreigners, so it shouldn't be so insulting, since many foreign cultures don't have as many varied levels of politeness as Japanese.

Black isn't necessarily bad...well in many predominantly white nations there is a historical racism against Black people, which views that as being dumb, violent and lazy, so if a person used Black like it's a bad thing, they're usually implying that; people that use "Black" as an insult are racist people.

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