Tu_triky wrote:

"Countries like Japan and Scandinavia, that are racially homogenous, have never (though they have other problems) been crippled by racially generated strife -- as have the U.S., Britain, and France, and lately Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, which used to be racially homogeneous, but now contain large "undigested" populations of foreign Third World laborers, primarily people of color, who have been imported to do the unpleasant work that their own citizens no longer wish to do. " http://www.wbai.org/lsb/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3033&Itemid=25

That was a very interesting post, thanks!
I suppose that Poland is quite racially homogenuos, too..'oO

So, I looked up Go on IMDB, and found like 2 movies with the same title, one was this American on, buy obivoulsy it is this one here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299937/maindetails

Holy-so many awards! Thanks- now I'll comb through the net for a torrent.

altec wrote:

So, I looked up Go on IMDB, and found like 2 movies with the same title, one was this American on, buy obivoulsy it is this one here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299937/maindetails

Yeah, they are completely different movies, but I liked them both

�� wrote:

Yeah, they are completely different movies, but I liked them both

yeah one's about getting fugged up on ecstasy the other is getting fugged on racism

Tu_triky wrote:

no problem...you brought up an interesting point though...japan is SLOWLY becoming multi-racial...but the level of multi-racial infiltration is far behind most Western nations.

While you compare Japan to other "western" nations in regards to becoming more multi-racial....I want to know your opinions of South Korea because it seems to me they are even more homogeneous than Japan.

Let's not even talk about North Korea.

BmwM3Rod wrote:

While you compare Japan to other "western" nations in regards to becoming more multi-racial....I want to know your opinions of South Korea because it seems to me they are even more homogeneous than Japan. Let's not even talk about North Korea.

You're point is not lost on me and I agree with your statement.

Since you asked my opinion.....

I compared Japan to other western nations because the academic data that is often presented is one that compares the First World nations of the world; that is to say the industrialized democracies of the first order such as the United States, England, France, Italy, Japan, Germany, etc.

I don't doubt that South Korea is even more racially homogenous than Japan because the smaller size of their economy doesn't necessitate workers from abroad or otherwise generate interest in the same vein as Japan [as a nation that is often viewed internationally as benevolent (giving large amounts of Foreign Aid) and free of social unrest compared to most nations]. The size of their domestic economy while certainly impressive pales in comparison to Japan's.

Along the historical spectrum, S. Korea is traditionally referred to as a "newly industrialized country" (NIC)...their economic ascendency primarily occuring within the last three decades whereas Japan's growth is considered to have occured as early as the Post-War era; Jpan having industrialized it's economy as early as the 1870s.


You can't even discuss N. Korea...it's not worthy of discussion....it's one of the poorest nations in the world and has a closed door immigration policy, both for it's citizens and outsiders....nobody wants to go there so a discussion on racial homogeneity is irrevelant as it pertains to the original discussion.

edit: again the reason japan was discussed was to gauge the acceptance of foreigners residing in the country as ethnic minorities and their roles as reflected or portrayed in contemporary japanese doramas

I heard it�Ls like impossible to acquire Japanese citizenship. I�Lve heard that you can work and can live there, but you will alway�Ls need some kind of visa and you will alway�Ls need work (which will also be your guarantor) and thus you can never become a Japanese citizen. I do think it's a bit harsh, but on the other hand it preserve's they're culture. Not only they're culture will be preserved, also they are sure that they do not let in any of those lazy foreignors. If there are people who want to live in Japan and are willing to live by those rules they also adapt to culture and the way of live and are willing to work hard (that's what I think). I notice in my own country that there are a lot of lazy foreignors which come here with only one thing in mind. They just go to the state and ask for euhm, how is that called? It's a monthly payment by the state for whom who don't have money.. But you'll understand it now. After they get that, the male's import they're famillie and then they make lot's of children (which they also get money from every three months). And that's about it what they do. They don't work and they are still able to get all the fancy houses, fancy cars and they also buy a really big house in they're homecountry. It's really fucked actually. Foreignors tend to get everything and we just can't. Sorry to go a bit off track

So in short, I kind of respect the rules they have in Japan since I see that my own country is just collapsing.
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G-Pjube wrote:

. They just go to the state and ask for euhm, how is that called? It's a monthly payment by the state for whom who don't have money...

what you're referring to is often termed "welfare" or "public assistance." immigration is always a controversial issue...you think abuse of the system is bad in your home country....just come to America...it's rampant...while there our millions that immigrate to this country and duefully contribute, there are also millions that do the same thing you mentioned...arrive here, drop babies and qualify for welfare for their children and thus themselves without having paid into the system at all or very little....this may sound politically incorrect but it happens...a lot....thing that always mystified me is in certain circumstances these new arrivals qualify for medical care and other public entitlement programs when there are thousands of hard working Americans who don't even have medical insurance....for instance if an illegal immigrant came to the States, had a kid --they could get gov't financed medical care that i couldn't get if i had no job or couldn't afford medical insurance...

oh well...we live in an imperfect world....that's why i watch doramas so i can laugh because i have no more tears.

i'm just waiting to see a japanese dorama filled with Nigerians who live in Japan....

back to the original topic one of the funniest doramas i've seen is Ikebukuro West Gate Park...they have one episode that centers around an Iranian living in Japan illegally.

Tu_triky wrote:

back to the original topic one of the funniest doramas i've seen is Ikebukuro West Gate Park...they have one episode that centers around an Iranian living in Japan illegally.

I thought that foreign actor was very funny. Usually the foreign actors they hire in jdoramas are pretty crap, but that guy has a future career in stand up comedy I think.

�� wrote:

I thought that foreign actor was very funny. Usually the foreign actors they hire in jdoramas are pretty crap, but that guy has a future career in stand up comedy I think.

i liked the fact that his japanese was really good too....it was a nice touch to throw in a story about something quite unexpected frankly. ^_^

in the drama "attack #1" there was a black (african) coach. does this counts?
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what about the crazy neighbor on Trick...

krim wrote:

what about the crazy neighbor on Trick...

niko2x and krim....i haven't seen either of those but thanks for chiming in...or the Korean neighbor in Good Luck


i dunno i guess the most we can find are doramas that include non-Japanese but are not necessarily about non-Japanese characters primiarily

you haven't seen Trick?

krim wrote:

you haven't seen Trick?

it's in the queue, baby......

i'm tu_triky.. don't need to see trick...i live it. @_@

krim wrote:

you haven't seen Trick?

that goes for me as well...
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niko2x wrote:

that goes for me as well...

daijobu! you'll get to it.

Tu_triky wrote:

it's in the queue, baby...... i'm tu_triky.. don't need to see trick...i live it. @_@

Hmm... i guess you wouldn't need to watch a dorama about your own life..

krim wrote:

Hmm... i guess you wouldn't need to watch a dorama about your own life..

my life is dorama.....with modest ratings...

at least a 20 share right?

krim wrote:

that goes for me as well.

actually, i got it so thx. I just haven't seen it yet, altho i have seen trick 2...i digress.

did anyone mention "hakoiroi musume" with Mark Condon as the main love interest of iijima naoko?
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