So des, neh.

I find the Japanese to be quite racist, but seem to be perhaps least racist against "White People". Very racist against Chinese (totally justified), Korean (seems like "beating up on my little brother") and blacks (blacks do not do well in Japan, in my experience. OK maybe they do OK in Okinawa).

I really like the Japanese, especially those that cleave to the old ways. I had a conversation years ago where an old daimyo could not get over the fact that this gaijiin could quote Hagakure. He couldn't get over it. "No one in Japan reads this book, anymore." But of course all of his people do.

The wabi-sabi sensibility... the seeking of balance and beauty and quietness in the old ways... all of us need a whole lot more of this.

I do think a mixed race White/Japanese girl will always get shit on by some in Japan. But it does seem that folks just get over it. In any case, she grows up to be strong. She can be a merging of von Clausewitz/Machiavelli, and Sun Tzu and Musashi-san. East and West. Shin-ken.

Also, the legacy of the pre-American Japanese culture does affect how affection/love works, it seems to me. Japanese are almost a culture that went from feudalism to Hondas and Walkmans. I don't think a lot of people fully see how much changed, so quickly. It's an odd ramming forward of cultures, especially for the people of Bushido.

Your wife is probably a victim of all of this ramming forward, plus the chaos of WWII and the abject shame of what happened after, etc. I see this with some Euro friends who are from countries that really got hammered in WWII (Italy, France, Germany, etc.).

My favorite example of the over-correction/over-compensation that half-black people can sometimes have is that dumbshit NFL player, Kaepernick. Grew up in what seems like an idyllic "White" family, became successful in his own way, starts dating a BLM/NoI girlfriend and now he thinks he's Malcolm X/Shaft. More Black than Black. Ridiculous Clown Shit. Sad.

So des, neh.

I find the Japanese to be quite racist, but seem to be perhaps least racist against "White People". Very racist against Chinese (totally justified), Korean (seems like "beating up on my little brother") and blacks (blacks do not do well in Japan, in my experience. OK maybe they do OK in Okinawa).

I really like the Japanese, especially those that cleave to the old ways. I had a conversation years ago where an old daimyo could not get over the fact that this gaijiin could quote Hagakure. He couldn't get over it. "No one in Japan reads this book, anymore." But of course all of his people do.

I really really like them. The wabi-sabi sensibility... the seeking of balance and beauty and quietness in the old ways... all of us need a whole lot more of this.

I do think a mixed race White/Japanese girl will always get shit on by some in Japan. But it does seem that folks just get over it. In any case, she grows up to be strong. She can be a merging of von Clausewitz/Machiavelli, and Sun Tzu and Musashi-san. East and West. Shin-ken.

Also, the legacy of the pre-American Japanese culture does affect how affection/love works, it seems to me. Japanese are almost a culture that went from feudalism to Hondas and Walkmans. I don't think a lot of people fully see how much changed, so quickly. It's an odd ramming forward of cultures, especially for the people of Bushido.

Your wife is probably a victim of all of this ramming forward, plus the chaos of WWII and the abject shame of what happened after, etc. I see this with some Euro friends who are from countries that really got hammered in WWII (Italy, France, Germany, etc.).

My favorite example of the over-correction/over-compensation that half-black people can sometimes have is that dumbshit NFL player, Kaepernick. Grew up in what seems like an idyllic "White" family, became successful in his own way, starts dating a BLM/NoI girlfriend and now he thinks he's Malcolm X/Shaft. More Black than Black. Ridiculous Clown Shit. Sad.