I am AGAINST racism and discrimination. O___O That is my humble position.

2 days ago, i was talking to one of my friends who went to Japan to study there ( it was for student exchange) .

While shopping in a famous shopping mall in Tokyo, she was stopped by some policeman and they asked her to show her passport and they kept interrogating her. There were many light colored foreigners there with her but they only stopped her alone. At first, everyone thought maybe it was because my friend might look similar to someone wanted by the police, so she let go of the incident.

Then, she went to the university in Chiba and attended the class there. However, she told me, she couldn't stand Japan, after staying there for almost a year. She told me the guys in her class always make fun and do not respect her. They kept calling her names because she has a very dark brown color skin and because she is a Muslim. So she was left out in the class on her own though she was supposed to befriending her classmates for the exchange.

I also found out later from my brother who has dark skin that when he was in Japan, he was also interrogated at the airport and shopping malls by the police.

I told them, it is just those guys who are like that. Not everyone in Japan is like that since i have Japanese friends who are really nice to me (but then again, they said it is because i am quite fair x_____x).



I don't know about other countries, but in Malaysia, racism issues rarely occur ( though they happen sometimes). Hmm, i wonder about people from other countries.


Have you guys ever experienced discrimination or racism?Do you know what causes it?