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Biden calls US ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with Russia and China (www.cnn.com)
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[–] 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)

He's not wrong but also I believe there's a saying in English about stones and glass houses.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Even the most bigoted parts of the US are nowhere near as xenophobic as Japan. Housing discrimination based on race is still perfectly acceptable over there, many people will refuse to rent to foreigners.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Do you think there isn't housing discrimination happening in the US?

    Black families often have their homes appraised for less than white family homes.

    Housing applications often get denied if the person has a non white last name.

    Hell, the last time I was looking around for a room to rent I got asked multiple times over the phone. "You're white right?"

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    perfectly acceptable

    At least some governments in Japan appear to disagree:

    https://jobsinjapan.com/living-in-japan-guide/housing-discrimination-challenges-faced-by-foreigners-in-japan/

    Japan signed the “International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)” in 1996

    Tokyo Metropolitan Government educates real estate agents on the illegality of nationality-based rental refusals, considering them discriminatory

    And the article itself seems to contradict with those statements...

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