We're not treating your skin as a costume. We're treating our own skin as a costume.
No one's skin color belongs to anyone else. How we dress our own bodies is up to us.
And I do understand your historical pain. But it was white people in the past who caused it, not us Japanese. Shouldn't the debt for that pain be paid by those who actually caused it?
Is healing that pain something that can only be done by taking away someone else's freedom of expression?
@nyoanme Because they're delicious lol If aliens came to Earth because humans taste good, I'd fight back. But if I got eaten anyway, well, that's that. I'm ready for it.
If we should respect the cultural background shaped by the history of white people demeaning Black people, then Japan, where there were hardly any Black people, has its own cultural background without that history. I'm genuinely curious: why isn't that background respected as well?
this whole Japanese cosplay discourse is weird tbh cuz while Japanese ppl don't seem to mean any harm when they darken their skin for cosplays they're for some reason very opposed to the idea that it's still harmful due to it definitionally being blackface
@MsKawaiiSammy@niamate_ Thank you for explaining the history, and for acknowledging Japan doesn't have it. But consideration isn't something you can ask for. It only exists when someone chooses it freely. Calling someone "insensitive" is, in the end, demanding it.
not racism. 🤷🏾♂️ blackface was created to make fun of black people. this person isn't making fun of black people by portraying an anime character. simple.
Prayer: Within what the country's law allows, and in a way that doesn't bother your neighbors.
Friday gathering: Attendance is up to you. But no illegal parking. And if the mosque is full, don't pray on the streets around it.
Haram food: If you can't eat it, don't eat it. Any request, demand, or plea for others to provide halal food is basically not okay. If there's nothing else to eat, eat even what is haram. (2:173)
Ramadan: Observe it alone and modestly. What others eat has nothing to do with your niyyah.
Don't insult other religions: (6:108) If your religion is insulted, hold back your anger and just say, "Peace." (25:63) They simply don't know.
That is what your faith is.
Is telling someone to “Go back to your country” really hate speech?
If someone hates Japan and admires Xi Jinping, would being told to “Go back to your country” even bother them?
Personally, if someone told me to “Go back to Japan” while I was living abroad, I wouldn’t care at all. My family has been Japanese for generations, so returning to Japan would be perfectly natural to me.
Could it be that the people who started calling this kind of statement “hate speech” are actually the ones who look down on other countries?
Imagine someone who dislikes Japan and Japanese people, admires Xi Jinping, and is a proud patriot of their own country, but has come to prosperous Japan simply to earn a living.
If that person is told, “Go back to your country,” what’s the big deal?