But I maintain that Japan is the most civilised country in the world. When I was there I was treated like royalty, even by total strangers to me. One has to understand that Japan never had much exposure to the outside world, traditionally, it was a "closed" country until WW II. Until very recently, there were no foreigners living among the Japanese. All that is changing fast now. I do not think they have a caste system - that is unique to India. Japan has a rigidly hierarchical society, but one that is upwardly mobile, unlike the caste system.
Rui Colla�o
From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]Re: Any Goans in Japan? Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:02:08 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:19:59 +0000 (GMT), CORNEL DACOSTA wrote:
Rui,
Japan is pretty civilized on the surface and for the brief visitor. Below the
surface, the Japanese are invariably pretty racist. Ask the Koreans who have
lived there for generations as well as other minorities, including Indians who
have gone there to work, in recent years, because of labour shortages in areas
the Japanese look at with disdain. This point is well researched and I am
particularly intrigued that Japan has a caste structure focussed on the lowest
'out' group, not terribly different from what you find in Goa/India.
Cornel
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