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Photographs of 19th Century Japan

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444 points merothwell | 2 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hoseyor ◴[10 Apr 25 02:24 UTC] No.43640040[source]▶
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damnitbuilds ◴[10 Apr 25 09:44 UTC] No.43642321[source]▶
Hmm. If we want to preserve our diverse cultures, then we have to do more to defend our own cultures against immigrants imposing their cultures over them.

How you do that without being outright racist is the tough part.

And I say this as a migrated child of migrants.

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1. tjpnz ◴[10 Apr 25 10:35 UTC] No.43642569[source]▶
Don't see much imposition in Japan and this year will mark ten years living here. People who can't or won't assimilate quickly find themselves living on another plane of existence and eventually leave. Language plays a big part with that too. If you can't speak Japanese or have someone with you who can there are countless everyday situations where you're SOL.
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2. damnitbuilds ◴[10 Apr 25 12:17 UTC] No.43643066[source]▶
Yes.

But is that a good thing?

And if it is, should we be trying to promote it elsewhere where immigrant imposition does occur? And how?!