Unpopular Opinion

Being of mixed race, I have experienced racism everywhere. Western society certainly has no monopoly on it.

For me, western racism involved a lot of schoolyard bullying. I don't remember coming home with a black eye while I was enrolled in the Japanese school system. But there, it was more of an exclusionary racism with people talking shit behind your back. In some sense, this could be worse in that there is a systematic component to it as opposed to a few worthless individuals using any pretext to go after anyone they can pick on.

Otoh when Trump got elected, we learned just how many closet racists there are in the west and how alarmingly quickly they could get organized. I think in general, racists are in the minority and I've met many more wonderful people everywhere I've gone. But when they reach positions of power and influence is when you've got a problem.

I'm brown.

1 - Theres different range of racism.

2 - A racist hick tends to shoot before asking questions.

3 - Playing a "look whose racist more" is a stupid game, like pitting low-class & middle-class folks against each other, or being upset at minwage folks for getting a increase.

I would say context matters and of course this is not a universal truth...but having lived in China, yes, East Asia is really fucking racist. Towards their immediate neighbors in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, etc., but also to the rest of the world, and Africans and Arabs especially.

A lot, lot of racism in China. If I wasn't Chinese myself it would have been a very awkward and uncomfortable place to be.

In India, casteism is a bigger problem than racism.

PS - I am Indian.

I won't pretend to know about everywhere in Asia but the number of Google Map reviews in Tokyo complaining about stores "employed by foreigners" can be jarring

It's not a competition. People are people, racism is racism and racists are assholes.

I would argue there are differences between racism and xenophobia.

A lot of places are a lot more racist than America but get ignored because America has spread it's bullshit to every corner of the globe so everyone knows about it

We all have our backwater inbred regions. If intelligence follows a bell curve I think the bulge is pretty low leaning, and stupid bleeds red regardless.

That doesn't make it ok. Pointing out that others are worse doesn't excuse our wrongdoings, it just creates a race to the bottom.

Unfortunately it seems to be a thing that we can be as shit as we want, as long as others are worse.

I'm white and the only time I've faced racism in my entire life is Richmond BC lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfpjXcawG60

Try being gay. Then they all hate you regardless of race.

You're right, but you're also a racist. Therefore your opinion is unpopular. Upvote because you're a racist and that's unpopular.

This is how it's done. Good post.

You racist.