Links 12/11/2020 | naked capitalism
I found the article confusing and somewhat pompous, especially when in the last paragraph he conflates ‘multiculturalism’ with having a multiplicity of ethnicities – they are entirely different things. Smith is one of the worst offenders among western observers of Japan who insist on trying to frame every Japanese problem as if Japan was America. The first time I travelled to Japan I was struck by how varied the faces I’d see on streets in Japan were compared to China or Vietnam, which are both far more homogenous, at least in terms of how people appear. The Japanese are ethnically qu...
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