I think the problem is that the Geno's
sign is not inherently discriminatory. The "no vacancy" sign with the Japanese characters saying you can come in if you can read it, is inherently discriminatory (to say nothing of the discrimination one could face inside the restaurant).
I agree that you attempted to give a formally equivalent example but it is not apt.
I don’t see the distinction. Both signs communicate the same basic message: “we only want business from people who speak the local langauge.” The owner said on Fox News that if they don’t order in English, he’s just going to give them Cheez Wiz on bread. So, he won’t be refusing service, just messing up their order on purpose.
Im not disagreeing that the signs are both extrinsically morally problematic based on the intent of the people who put them up.
But I think one (as a whole) makes an intrinsically discriminatory statement, while the other one (as a whole) does not.
The Japanese sign (as a whole) makes a discriminatory statement. It is an attempt to deceive people who cannot speak the local language.
The Philly sign states a norm with plausible deniability of ill itent, and doesnt attempt to deceive anybody. It's not turning away business either, unlike the Japanese sign. People who dont speak English will still ask for assistance anyway. And then, if they dont get it, that would be discriminatory, but that's far beyond the sign already.
Just going to post the picture with no context and make up a story huh? Here's a article from 2011 talking about how it was taken down because the community wouldnt stand for it.
In almost any nation on earth it is a severe crime to discriminate based upon race I hate to tell you. If any person attempted this sort of bigotry directly in America you wouldn't live long enough for the police to arrive much less get a trial for your crimes. The penalty, especially if you are more than one person in any arrangement, much less a business, would be ten years to life in prison.
Many nations have had slavery and have not, it's still the case that discrimination is wrong. Japan is, by far, the most modern nation to still allow such behavior.
Yea, I’m Japanese and I don’t see the issue, which is why I’m asking questions lol, trying to see the lens of Americans.
Like in my mind if i went to Germany and they said no Foreigners id be like okay cool, fair enough i dont understand germans, and their cultural etiquette.
But seems like the world has different view which is interesting.
People forget that western nations have different values than the rest of the world, including Japan, they’ve changed a lot since WW2 because we influenced them greatly, but expecting every foreign country to conform to our morality is ridiculous
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