I watched a Japanese video about the awful classic 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie since I was curious about how it was viewed from a Japanese perspective. Disney’s involvement in the movie’s production is mentioned at which point the author jokes that “if today’s Disney was in charge, Mario would probably be made into a black guy”
I love how everyone’s brains are being pickled by the same shitty American culture wars worldwide
The comments were also great
“Toad could work as a black person because his head kind of resembles an afro”
“Italians are already considered a minority in America so they wouldn’t need to change him into a black man”
The best part about learning new languages is being able to read even more racist comments on the internet
Italians are already considered a minority in America
woke Japanese commenter: smh they should have got a real Italian like Roberto Benigni
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island nation
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historical maritime empire
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rightfully distrusted by neighbors
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american vassal
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taking pride in imperial atrocities
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on the path of irreversible stagnation and decline
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stupid bigoted culture war shit
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tea and curry
The UK of east asia (except with working public infrastructure and edible food, things incomprehensible to the br*tish mind)
Meanwhile, Korea:
- Colonized by the UK of East Asia
- fought valiantly for freedom using guerrilla tactics
- Decolonization resulted in getting split into north and south, of which one side still needs to be liberated
- Famine forced by outside powers killed myriads
- Ho-ho-ho Potato Pride
- Incredibly successful musical exports
- Samsung sounds like “SAM Song”
Truly the Ireland of East Asia
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The best part about learning new languages is being able to read even more racist comments on the internet
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Japanese_offensive_terms
姦国• (Kankoku)
(derogatory, offensive, Internet slang) South Korea
Considering the history of Japan and Korea this is pretty fucking vile even from Japanese chuds
i know the second kanji means nation but what does the first one mean?
姦 カン、ケン、かん.する、かしま.しい、みだら wicked, mischief, seduce, r*pe, noisy
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what thw fuck
The Japanese are more racist than us, and that’s saying something.
thats a pretty gross generalisation about almost 50million people, and has some pretty orientalist undertones.
about almost 50million people
Not to detract from your point but yeah there’s ~124 million Japanese in the 2024th year of our Lord and 6th year of the reigning Emperor.
6th year of the reigning Emperor.
#NotMyEmperor
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haha oh shit my bad, it was very late, protip to open search results instead of skimming the summary. thinking about it now, it’s obviously incorrect, I apologise
great image lol
Pretty sure there’s like 50 million in the Tokyo area alone.
Uhh yeah its a generalization. How is it orientalist…?
“Asians are the most racist” is a racist trope used by white people to minimize their own racism. It’s essentially the same thing as Americans trying to mitigate their own racism by pointing out European anti-ziganism.
It’s also reductive and Eurocentric because it assumes that everyone adopts the same view of race that is common in the West, whereas in East Asia most ethnic groups are physically indistinguishable from each other and instead divide more along national and religious lines.
Lmao Asian ethnic groups are absolutely not physically indistinguishable from each other.
Also as a Chinese person… let me tell you… a significant majority of East Asians are racist af. Just like everywhere else.
Lmao Asian ethnic groups are absolutely not physically indistinguishable from each other.
Well then tell that to the Korean and Japanese people who regularly confuse my Chinese ass as Korean or Japanese. Maybe I just have “one of those faces” but I’ve never seen a convincing and reasonably accurate explanation of how we look physically different between national groups that wasn’t just weird phrenology.
Also as a Chinese person… let me tell you… a significant majority of East Asians are racist af.
Damn, maybe you should find better friends because I’m sure not hanging around with a majority of racists.
And yeah, some Asians are racist like you said. Some part of every population is racist. But “the most racist” means more racist than the slave trade, segregation, apartheid, the current genocide in Gaza, frequent hate crimes and racially motivated mass shootings. Asian people as a whole aren’t doing any of that shit.
whereas in East Asia most ethnic groups are physically indistinguishable
You say that but Japanese chuds still call Koreans ugly online because racists gonna racist
You’re right, racists gonna racist.
I get the trope, but I wasn’t talking about Asians, I’m talking about Japan specifically.
I didn’t mean to minimize white racism though, my bad.
I didn’t mean to go off at you specifically, sorry if I was harsh.
I hear the “Japanese are more racist” line a lot from Americans and like… Their cops aren’t executing black people in the streets…
Their cops aren’t executing black people in the streets…
Don’t jinx it
“Hey at least I’m not as racist as [group 2]” “Hey at least I’m not as racist as [group 3]” “Hey at least I’m not as racist as [group 1]”
hivemind bullshit, redscare, one nation under an emperor, a mass of people with one thought.
try not to generalise, and do not speculate on things you do not have a grounded understanding in, you’re inadvertently contributing to hatred and biogtry.
lmao when was Japan communist? try not to speculate on my comments without understanding them.
The video and the quoted comments aren’t even as racist as your average COD lobby.
TBF a black person voiced toad in the new movie.
Is this one of those weird Japanese youtube videos where two characters using text to speech talk to each other? I’ve often wondered why those get made.
Yes! It’s a really popular format in Japan and used to present a wide variety of topics. I occasionally get recommended a channel about paleontology that’s just one Touhou character explaining Snowball Earth or whatever to another Touhou character.
I assume it’s because Japanese people tend to be less comfortable putting their faces and voices online so they prefer to use animated avatars to obscure their identity. This is the country that gave us vtubers, after all.
It’s also a rhetorical device since it’s usually one more knowledgeable character explaining something to a character unfamiliar with the topic
that’s just one Touhou character explaining Snowball Earth or whatever to another Touhou character. […] It’s also a rhetorical device since it’s usually one more knowledgeable character explaining something to a character unfamiliar with the topic
Ah yes, the Hakureic dialogue is a new development of the Socratic dialogue suited for the material conditions of modern Japan
