“as someone who looks Japanese/East Asian and has visited Japan 4 times in the last 15 months,
“as someone who looks Japanese/East Asian and has visited Japan 4 times in the last 15 months, I can tell you that almost everyone (including some tourists) expect/s me to speak Japanese and are often befuddled when I’m stammering around trying to figure out a cohesive sentence lmao. If I had the time and the resources to dedicate to learning the language, I would. If you’re not East Asian appearing, you will probably have a slightly different experience“Don’t you love when they pretend they never said things that there’s clear documentation of to try and invalidate POC/minorities in Japan’s experiences? -- source link
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