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<p>I lived in Japan for four years (I’m a cracker) and although I think pretty much EVERYTHING else you posted was dead-on correct Mikei, I don’t think this one is across the board true. </p>
<p>If you are Korean, Chinese, Persian, Vietnamese, Filipino, Indian, or Black, (in general either non-Japanese or any shade of brown) then yeah, it’s like America in the 1950s. Back of the bus, jack.</p>
<p>Whites and Japanese-Americans (btw, they can tell you aren’t nihonjin because you have an accent) get a special status as just outsiders. Not explicitly discriminated against, but not accepted either. This, btw, just drives foreigners in Japan who are there to teach English, absolutely ****in’ bonkers. </p>
<p>The trick is to realize that being an outsider also gets you exempt from dealing with all manner of cultural hassle that Japanese people regularly have to deal with. It’s actually an advantage to be the outsider.</p>
<p>Just don’t be brown.</p>