I was targeted pretty severely with anti-Japanese racism in Australia in the 90s. This was, simultaneously, coupled with the rise in popularity of anime (particularly before school). I was banned from watching TV, so this made me weirder. I distanced myself a lot from my Japanese heritage to seem less Japanese. It seems regrettable now, but I'm not going to blame a 6 year old for coming to that decision (which I didn't consciously, I gradually moved away over k-6). Looking back, it was not the sole cause of bullying. I was a weird, shaky, obviously abused kid. The race stuff just made it worse.
I'm reminded of the "kill the indian, save the man" movement, which probably wound up costing the settler colonial state a bunch of money as it generated severely traumatised lower caste race people that no one wants to hire.
Of all the things, I'm probably middle on that one. This is the weird traumatised communist house.
haha it's fine, I noticed it as a kid as well :P Unfortunately don't speak Japanese anymore, despite it being my first language.
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I was targeted pretty severely with anti-Japanese racism in Australia in the 90s. This was, simultaneously, coupled with the rise in popularity of anime (particularly before school). I was banned from watching TV, so this made me weirder. I distanced myself a lot from my Japanese heritage to seem less Japanese. It seems regrettable now, but I'm not going to blame a 6 year old for coming to that decision (which I didn't consciously, I gradually moved away over k-6). Looking back, it was not the sole cause of bullying. I was a weird, shaky, obviously abused kid. The race stuff just made it worse.
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I'm reminded of the "kill the indian, save the man" movement, which probably wound up costing the settler colonial state a bunch of money as it generated severely traumatised lower caste race people that no one wants to hire.
Of all the things, I'm probably middle on that one. This is the weird traumatised communist house.
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Yeah, I'm giving them way too much credit
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