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Originally Posted by dogsbody70
The thing is-- How can others detect what nationality anybody is until they speak to them?
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Pointing at someone on the street and saying 'gaijin' is a slightly different issue to people who have met you still opting to use 'gaijin' rather than an actual nationality. Of course people on the street can't tell nationality for sure, but the people I meet and am introduced to, even people I don't know well, know my nationality outright. It's information exchanged within the first few breaths of conversation. The point is that, in Japan, people tend to be referred to as "gaijin" first, and then whatever they actually are second and thats where some of the controversy lies.