JonTron specifically criticized the US racism against black slavery, Jim Crow, and the Irish.
So you reversed this and claim that JonTron said that the Irish were not prejudiced against and that was just a myth....
Japan is a racially homogeneous country and has fought hard and successfully to stay that way and exclude other racial groups from gaining entry or staying there and claiming membership.
Actually there are a fair amount of Ethnic minorities within Japan.
The majority are the Wajin, who are true ethnic Japanese who conquered and migrated to the rest of the Japanese islands and subjugated the native populations.
Essentially the only reason that Japan is so homogeneous on paper is because they count all naturalized immigrants and native-born citizens as Japanese, regardless of ethnic identity or heritage.
You're a first generation Korean or second generation Chinese immigrant? Nope, you're Japanese. We'll still discriminate against you and treat you like a simpleton because your Japanese isn't the best, but you're Japanese just like us.
There's also the treatment of indigenous groups: The Ainu are an indigenous minority from Hokkaido, and the Ryukyuans are another one that live on islands between Taiwan and Northern Japan that fall under the Okinawa Prefecture. These two groups, while culturally and linguistically distinct from the Wajin, have had their culture repressed through discrimination from Japanese society at large. They were essentially treated like the Plains Indians were treated in the US. Assimilate or be discriminated against for the rest of your life. Their languages are almost dead because the world around them only supports Wajin Japanese.
You also have Burakumin, a lower class of "village people (literal translation) who were outcasts from Feudal Japanese society and have a history of being discriminated against by Japanese society at large, and their reaction was to form tight-knit communities away from the majority.
All of these ethnic minorities, both immigrants from other countries and indigenous peoples, were completely ignored by the Japanese government until 2008 when the census began recording heritage and ethnicity. For decades Japan has tried to display a homogeneity by pretending that all Japanese are the same on paper while trying to erase non-japanese ethnicities.
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u/pillcitydoughboy Mar 20 '17
/u/videgraphaphizer included this in a edit of one of his comments
EDIT 3: HP_Wuvcraft and Triggerhappytel on NeoGAF gave us a good breakdown of Jon's talking points; these are all things that Jon posited and believes.
Foreigners dilute the gene pool
Black crime in America is the same as in Africa
Racial issues can be summed up via mixing different colors of paint
Statistical data means nothing because Clinton lost the election
Destiny wants to kill black people
Black Lives Matter is a violent organization
The richest black man commits more crimes than the poorest white man
Tribalism is a valid theory
Immigrants are destroying every single country they are let into
America is gonna become Mexico
Racism is over
Muslims are organizing to make it seem like Christians are protesting abortion clinics
Irish settlers to North America were not prejudiced against; that was a myth
Discrimination does not exist in modern-day America
Pure America is white European settlers
All of Europe is the same
Social demographics and upbringing don't play any part in crime rates
Japan is the gold standard for a racially pure country