Is Japan racist or xenophobic?

Here are different videos by people who have different views on racism in Japan, based on their personal experiences. Fascinating stuff. WARNING: there is some strong language in some of the videos but it isn't frequent.





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What exactly is racism and xenophobia?

There is a subtle but important difference between racism and xenophobia so we have provided the definitions for both words below:

Racism is the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races and discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race.

Xenophobia is a fear or dislike of foreigners or people significantly different from oneself.

Still not clear? Think about it this way: a racist person would dislike a black person no matter what country they came from while a xenophobic person wouldn't care if they were black, only that they weren't from their country (for example, an American that doesn't mind black people but dislikes anyone that isn't from America is xenophobic but not racist). Xenophobia can sometimes become like racism if you do not look like an indigenous person of that country. For example, a black person in Japan would very clearly not originate from Japan.