Re: Eastmans are not made with slave labor

ken wrote:
On Jan 23, 8:57 am, Steven Bornfeld <dentaltwinm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I should be careful treading on this water--don't know why it would
seem better to a foreigner making his home in Japan.

Because they are treated differently there. You see many people
there who become stars just because they have blue eyes and speak
Japanese fluently. It's a strange thing.

When I was in college, I was able to teach English for at least $50/
hour, do translation work etc... They treat you very differently when
you are a fluent English speaker...

Foreigners love that; I used to hang out with a lot of "gaijins" in
Tokyo who had no skill whatsoever but was able to make a decent living
just because they spoke English and was able to teach English
conversation, which is a huge market over there.

People who probably can make no more than minimum wage here can make
at least $50/hour teaching English over there. This opportunity is
not available to most typical Japanese people. Of course foreigners
'love' it. I used to love it too when I lived there. I always out-
earned my native Japanese peers in college (who had to take minimum
wage part-time jobs).

Anyway, Japan is no Zimbabwe. There are many good things about it,
but there is another side that people generally don't notice and
that's really my point.

Despite the awful statistics about the U.S., I think in terms of
wanting to live here, I think it's still close to the top of the list.

Ken

p.s. You can also google Taro Aso about his problems as a buraku.


I don't get it. The NY Times article, writing of Hiromu Nonaka states that “Are we really going to let those people take over the leadership of Japan?” Mr. Aso said, according to Hisaoki Kamei, a politician who attended the meeting. The article didn't say Aso was a buraku.
BTW, are there many Ainu on Honshu? Are they accepted these days?

Steve

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