A Singaporean woman's solo trip in Japan turned sour when a local man started heckling her and behaved aggressively. Stomp contributor Jann said the incident took place at Hakone Shrine on the morning of Nov 19, when she was posing for photos at the iconic spot, being "very mindful of the three-minute rule". She was referring to a rule about...
      • Large Cane ToadEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago

        To be fair, it wasn’t like racism suddenly became a thing in Japan once they became a US vassal.

      • ComradeSalad
        11·
        1 year ago

        Japan absolutely hated the Chinese well before the US arrived on the scene.

        • 小莱卡English
          5·
          1 year ago

          i know but this exact situation, calling a singaporean chinese, is something the US recently did in the tiktok hearings.

  • Mzuark
    20·
    1 year ago

    Always awkward when racists get your ethnicity wrong

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      I’m reminded of when senators, people who are supposed to act professional, were repeatedly asking the TikTok ceo if he was Chinese and the guy had to repeatedly tell them he’s Singaporean.

      Absolute children running the country.

    • DengsCats
      20·
      1 year ago

      Not to be annoying, but Singaporean is not an ethnicity but a nationality, the main ethnicities that makes up Singapore are Chinese, Indian and Malays. Not that the racist in question cared about any of these