Japanese Forest, Japanese Spirits… and a White Girl?
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bcjester — 10 years ago(December 26, 2015 10:37 PM)
Yes because visiting Japan is absolutely illogical and silly. You're right my bad. Being a Caucasian person who works in Japan(you need a work visa for that by the way) is u heard of. Man I'm sorry you're right. I don't know where I came up with these half-brained schemes of mine.
Next time I need to renew my passport I just won't because it's silly and illogical for me to visit another country.
God dude,thank you so much for opening my eyes!
Sarcasm aside it's more likely she's just visiting than having a work visa or simply living there. Nothing silly about that. People vacation overseas in different countries all the time. -
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bcjester — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 03:08 PM)
After seeing the film I will give you a proper response and then a jokey one cause, why not.
Proper response.
As stated earlier she could have been there on a work visa. She was: she was the english teacher at a school. She did not go to Japan to kill herself. She went to start a job as an English(Language) teacher in Japan. Just so happened she was thinking about committing suicide and went into the forest(I wont spoil it and explain why)
Jokey response.
why do white people jump out of an air plane with a parachute.
Why do white people dive into a cave in the same way
Why do white people slide down the side of a mountain with two glossed plank. strapped to each foot respectively.
Why do white people do the same as above but with one glosse plank(snowboard)
No question marks as they are all rhetorical questions.Lol and horrible stereotypes as all nationalities do these crazy things. -
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lupitag-11852 — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 03:12 PM)
You act like it's just Hollywood that's guilty of not being diverse. I can't even recall a European film that starred a non-white person, and I've seen many. Is European cinema also racist? And when was the last time you watched an Asian movie with a white lead? Yeah, but let's all just harp on Hollywood for it. Hollywood is, in fact, MORE diverse than any other cinematic region, as we have entire movies with blacks casts and insert races other than whites in other roles, even if they aren't starring in them. So shouldn't you be saying European and Asian films need to be catching up to the U.S.? Oh no, because Hollywood has to be the scapegoat.
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Ultraviolenxe — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 05:07 PM)
First of all, Japanese films only casting Asians in not the same as what Hollywood does. Whire people are the minority in terms of the world, but make up the majority when it comes to representation in the media and in films. So no there's no issue with Japanese studios not casting white people, as white people are already highly represented in film.
European cinema also lacks diversity because, newsflash, there's racism in Europe as well. But Hollywood makes most of the movies that we see in theaters so that's why I'm talking about Hollywood. I think it's kind of ridiculous that this movie is based on Japan, Japanese spirits, Japanese culture, but the cast is white. To me that's just silly. There's plenty of Asian actors they could have hired but instead they cast white people because it's more marketable, and yes that is indeed whitewashing, which is racist. -
Archnenna — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 06:05 PM)
You know what? Racism goes both ways. You can't blame one group of people and say the other one is fine for doing the same thing, only with a different race. I for one don't think it's racist. Racism is when you hate another race. I don't see any hate here. Seriously, everything is considered racism these days.
Also, it's their movie. They can cast who they want. -
Ultraviolenxe — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 08:03 PM)
Well considering white people don't suffer from systematic racism, no it does not go both ways. And racism isn't just as simple as "hating another race". There's much more to it, that I'm not going to waste my time going into because I already know you aren't going to understand and itll go one ear and out the other. White people are the most highly represented race in film. They are not oppressed in the entertainment industry and neither in life. So no, a Japanese film studio not casting white people isn't racist.
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Archnenna — 10 years ago(January 09, 2016 12:15 PM)
Yes, it does go both ways. Are you telling me that, for example, a black person's racism hurts less than a white person's racism? That's ridiculous.
Make your own movie and cast who you want. It's their movie, and they have every right to cast the actors they want. Just like I have every right to represent whoever I want when I'm writing my books, filmmakers are allowed to create characters to their liking. As long as no one is being bashed, it's fine.
And regarding your comment about European cinema, would you care to elaborate what country you're talking about? You do know Europe is not a country, right? Some of the countries that are mostly white, which would explain the lack of minorities in movies. -
mharvey-3-910706 — 9 years ago(November 09, 2016 12:40 PM)
A black person's racism (in the United States) does hurt less. White people, with very few exceptions,control the government, law enforcement, and business.
Therefore, white people have the ability to covertly harm blacks, whereas the reverse is unlikely. I'm not talking about violence, but the less obvious harm of a biased legal system and biased hiring. You say racial discrimination is illegal. Yes it is. Mr. Smith was not hired because he was black. The employer preferred Mr. Jones, a white person. Prove that it was discrimination, if you can.
As for European films, you really haven't seen many, if you believe they are "all white." -
Archnenna — 9 years ago(November 09, 2016 01:11 PM)
If you hurt someone based on their race (no matter if they're white, black, Asian, Middle Eastern, etc.), that person is still going to be in pain. Let's say person A is white and someone vandalizes their house because they hate white people. Now let's say person B is black and someone vandalizes their house because they hate black people. Both of those people have had their property vandalized. You can't claim that person A was hurt less when both have been harmed in an equal way.
How would you know if Mr. Smith was not hired for his race? Maybe Mr. Jones was simply more qualified. Not everything is race-related, yet people from the USA always try to make it so.
I would like a quote of where I said "all white". I said that most countries are majorly white, which is true. I'm living in one of those countries. I'm neighbors with some of those countries. They are majorly white. Not all. Some. Quote or it didn't happen.