Originally posted by Saintaw
I lived 6 years in Japan... and saw far more racism in Yurop than I ever saw there, especialy northern Yurop.
That my friend is because Japan has few foreigners and refugees and illegal aliens. I think they proved the racism in previous times.
There is racism in Japan like everywhere. I read about an American who knew Japanese. He was sitting on a plane when the hostess came up and said to the Japanese man beside him. 'I hope you don't mind sitting beside the Gajin . We can move you if you like?'
Racism is everywhere.
Hangtime your Granpa was right, nationalism is one step away from racism. I believe what you are thinking of is patriotism. The word Nazi is derived from the word nationalism. I think a patriot would die for his country, nationalist make other people die for their country.