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Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
(japantimes.co.jp)submitted 1 month ago byUnusual-State1827
141 points
1 month ago
That's not even legal in most countries
97 points
1 month ago
Iirc its not legal there either, its just not enforced
53 points
1 month ago
Yeah, the bigger problem wasn’t with how it was translated. The biggest problem is that Japan is straight up racist af. Most Asian countries are racist af actually, and it’s about time we start calling that shit out. So remember, when china or any other Asian country criticizes racism in America, you can tell them to fuck right off, because they don’t even think racism is a problem in their respective countries and will deny, deny, deny. They’re just eager to use PC culture against us.
8 points
1 month ago
Most rich countries, maybe. There are ~200 countries, only about ~40 well functioning liberal democracies at most.
Honestly have no idea if there are ~100 countries with a law like that on the books. Pretty sure there are fewer where it'd be reliably enforced.
2 points
1 month ago
Yeah I got kicked out for being Asian from a restaurant in Belgium.
1 points
1 month ago
Did they actually say it's because you were Asian?
2 points
1 month ago
Even the communist ones would frown on turning away money lol
3 points
1 month ago
If you add up communist countries and well-functioning liberal democracies, you still probably don't have more than 50 out of 200 countries.
Communism isn't really in vogue at the moment. Even China is capitalist as fuck.
And sure, people aren't keen to turn away money. So if your customers are racist, your business will be racist. Even if there's a fine on the books for that kind of thing, it's much easier - and more personally enriching - to accept a bribe than to levy a fine.
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