Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "Do Japanese Discriminate against Foreigners ?" video.

I really could relate to something the second interviewee said — the woman who had been here 7 years…that she initially had some experience of people not sitting next to her, etc, but that it didn’t seem to be an issue anymore. Like, when you’re new in Japan, you have this exotic ‘foreign energy’ field around you, that can be a force of attraction or repulsion depending on the situation. But then when you get used to being here, and feel comfortable with the culture, that foreign vibe gets replaced by a Japanese one and people don’t really react much either way. Absolutely the case for me. After 20 years in this country, feeling negative (or positive!) discrimination is a distant and kind of nostalgic memory.
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@alizanster sad…but true.
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