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I personally think the term gaijin when used to describe only non-Japanese is derogatory and people Japanese and non-Japanese should avoid using it.
As Melanie Burton argues, it lumps all non-Japanese into a separate group from Japanese and emphasizes the fact that non-Japanese are different and therefore do not and probably cannot have any understanding of anything Japanese. That attitude in itself isolates non-Japanese. In relation to being a gaijin, I tend to agree with Cai Evans. In my opinion, the whole idea of foreigners as a so-called outside group is probably true in modern Japan.
I mean I know of third-generation Japanese-born Koreans who still refer to themselves as Koreans even though they have never actually been to Korea.
Gaijin: good or bad?
I think the Japanese actually like the fact that we are different — it gives them something fresh outside the square of their daily life. Does a traditionalist grandpa still call his mixed granddaughter gaijin because she looks different? The notion of Japan as a homogeneous country sharing one ethnicity, one culture, and even one class, really took hold after WWII, to solidify the nation-state. Before the end of the war, it was hard to claim Japan was homogeneous when it was a colonial power with non-Japanese colonial subjects flowing into the country.
And how do Okinawans fit into this notion of homogeneity?
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I do not live overseas, but I have visited many different countries for many years and can only come to one conclusion — we need to get over our selves. If I am in Tokyo, the fact is I am an alien, and the moment I get all offended at that is the moment I really ought to just go home and stay there. As a six-year resident, I do not feel particularly offended with the tag gaijin, and sometimes I think it is easier to be a gaijin rather than go unrecognized and mistaken as a Japanese I am of Asian appearance with expectations that you as a gaijin cannot fulfil.
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