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Originally Posted by Umma
Yeah, you're right. I just didn't expect the others to be so touchy with the subject. It's not the first time I get into an arguement that way. I shouldn't have said anything!
This will sound racist, but I really want to know: how can East Asians tell the difference between their races?
I didn't expect that someone would consider interracial couple one that belongs to a major race... thinking about it that way, I'm of mixed race, then!
The problem between Koreans and Japanese sounds more related to national than ethnic conflict, though.
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It's like how Europeans can tell the difference between each other. There really are differences, though it maybe be subtle. But then again, it's not always easy to tell. Can you tell the difference between someone from Czech or Poland? Romanian and Hungarian? Kenyan and Ethiopian?
The conflict between Korea and Japan can be trace to history. Japan has on numerous occasions tried to invade the mainland. To do this, they had to go through Korea, since Korea is a peninsula country. Also, probably because of WWII when Japan tried to destroy Korean culture when Japan occupied Korea.
This whole "race" thing is ridiculous. How the hell do you draw the border line? I think you're thinking everything in black and white terms. There are a lot of different shades of white, yellow, black, and brown "races".
How ya doing, buddy?