"Discrimination" in Japanese Anime and Manga. "Is it even real?"

Does it exist on some level, against whites, Americans and anyone who's not Japanese? Yes. But I don't believe it should be seen as as black and white as that. No pun intended.

Sure there's Japanese racism, xenophobia, and discrimination against foreigners getting steady work in Japan. But it's very tied to the cultural and social mentality of the Japanese workforce in general.

I don't think it's so much "Japanese hate foreigners" as it is "We're not used to seeing foreigners in Japanese roles. Why water it down?"

Honestly, I don't know what to do about it. America had the blacklist in the 1940s. And Japan has the anti-foreigner thing.

It can be tough to say how much of it is racism or discrimination, and how much is simply "We don't like seeing people challenge tradition and the status quo.

Barack Obama represents the most recent example of this type of thing.

I'll say this much.

America had no problem with African Americans making fools, stereotypes, and racist versions of murderers and rapists for years, decades even, with them emergence of rap music, where it was okay to be ignorant and a stereotype of yourself, but not literate and booksmart.

People who weren't black weren't THREATENED by that at ALL,  because it wasn't  viewed as a threat to racism and stereotypes in general.

Then, SUDDENLY! ONE Glorious day, we have a black man as a captain of the ship, and the White Wing goes APE SHIT!

Why do you think that IS exactly. I doubt it has much to do with "behavior". Or "policy". Because Obama excels at BOTH of those.

Think about it.