This is so wrong I don't know where to start. Have you lived as a non-white minority in both Japan and the US? I have, and so have many friends and family. We can unanimously attest that we're far better treated in the US than Japan.
But let's put aside personal anecdotes for a second.
In the US, how many minorities serve as executives of large companies? The number of black, Indian, etc executives in a company like Google probably outnumber what you'd see in all Japanese companies combined.
How many minorities serve in the US government? How many serve in the Japanese government?
How many minorities do you see working in the US media? What about Japan?
It's funny you mention that, because the low percentage of ethnic minorities in Japan is a direct consequence of their famously restrictive immigration policy... which even further proves the point.
And of course, no benchmark is perfect. So why not provide a better one and compare the US and Japan using your own benchmark? I'd love to hear your results.
Japan has a very large population and appears to value cultural conformity very highly, it doesn't necessarily imply racism to keep immigration low.
There is no single good metric for racism because it is complicated but the average person is probably more concerned about whether they are likely to become a victim of crime because of their race than whether they could theoretically become CEO of a megacorp.
>the average person is probably more concerned about whether they are likely to become a victim of crime because of their race than whether they could theoretically become CEO of a megacorp.
Has the average person been polled on whether they would prefer restrictions on employment or freedom from racial violence? I'll take my beating, please.
If you read the article, you would find that discrimination in employment and housing isn't limited to who gets to be a CEO, that was just synecdoche. I'm energetically disagreeing that the primary worry (or even the secondary worry) of people getting discriminated against for their race is the threat of physical violence.
The article is written from a white person's perspective and doesn't delve deeply into whether discrimination is equal against all foreigners or whether it is worse for some ethnic groups over others, my comments were a direct response to asdfologist's comment.
It seems wrong to conclude that violence would not be a possible concern though, there are many minority groups across the globe for whom it is a very serious concern, though I don't know the situation in Japan.
But let's put aside personal anecdotes for a second.
In the US, how many minorities serve as executives of large companies? The number of black, Indian, etc executives in a company like Google probably outnumber what you'd see in all Japanese companies combined.
How many minorities serve in the US government? How many serve in the Japanese government?
How many minorities do you see working in the US media? What about Japan?
I can go on all day.