Its so annoying too because Japanese people correlate racial discrimination awareness as 'dragging us (Japanese) into your mess'. They don't take it as an education, they consider it the warping of the mind or introducing racism into their society -
i’ve noticed recently that discussions of racism in east asian countries, usually japan and south korea, are deflected by accusations of “western centrism” online rather than actually engaging with the criticism.
east asia doesn’t exist in a vacuum. their racial perceptions and cultural ideas are shaped by historical and global influences. yet people act like pointing out racism is an imposition of western values… it’s like to avoid accountability or justify ignorance and it’s just so tired to me. How is that fair?
I’m so tired of racism and especially racism towards black folks. 😓 ughh I didn’t want to wake up to someone in the pokemon fandom with black face. You shouldn’t paint your skin… to be more “accurate” to a black character.