Outrage at “No Japs Allowed” Korean Cafe
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Aug 21, 2012 05:27 JST
- Tags: Gaikokujin, Internet, Korea, Marketing, Net Café, Politics
Korean net cafe signage informing patrons that the establishment enforces a strict “No Japs Allowed” policy – unless the prospective customer shouts “Dokdo is Korean territory!” three times – is currently attracting much attention online.
The sign was introduced by a South Korean net cafe in response to the continued existence of Japan and its nefarious insistence that the sovereignty of the islands in question should be determined by impartial UN adjudicators, and was soon proving popular on major Korean forums (although the absence of Japanese wording did not escape comment).
As with Japan and most of East Asia, Korea has no real laws against racial discrimination, let alone any official willingness to enforce them, and the sort of xenophobia Korea is known for makes even the likes of Japan look like a European-style multi-cultural paradise.
The Japanese Internet is as ever full of kind words for their excitable peninsular brethren and their unique approach to fostering goodwill amongst the Yamato, not least thanks to their mighty president’s recent and highly successful charm offensive:
“These guys are insane…”
“Who would go there anyway?”
“Nobody is going to Korea anyway, so who cares what they get up to.”
“Please do it over here in the pachinko parlours!”
“What a crude people.”
“Nice move – nobody who dislikes Korea would be going there anyway, so the only ones who’ll see this are the ones who didn’t dislike the place, not a state of affairs likely to continue with such a welcome.”
“More anti-Japanese marketing?”
“Could you actually get way with this in Japan?”
“If only they’d put this up at immigration.”
“This sort of crass racism only exposes you to ridicule.”
“Not embarrassed at all by this racist marketing of their cafe?”
“Not the first time they have been putting up ‘no Japanese’ signs…”
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Just like the "No Foreigners" signs in some Japanese shops.
Why is this getting down voted? It's true. I love Japan, but they certainly didn't make me feel welcome when I was there even though I'm fluent in Japanese and did my best to respect every known courtesy. And I'm just a petite white woman.
petite white american 120kg woman?
:D
49kg and European, or where you describing yourself?
Sorry to say that being a woman probably made it worse...
Actually : are you American by any chance?
Because that would have meant you had 2 strikes against you before you even started talking to people.
Sad but true.
Sorry to say that being a woman probably made things worse.
Sad but true...
:(
lol... dood took a guess and ended up sounding like an asshat virgin.
To be fair to Pirateking, it does look like his remark was meant to be funny / a joke.
Original Anonymous poster was a real woman though - never make fun of their weight!
Lesson learned I guess...
:P
males can joke about 120 kg, but to females, it's no joke
Can't say I have had quite the same experience over the last couple of years. I've always been treated just as well as most Japanese. Only they seem to be a bit cautious at first because they fear they're going to have to speak English. And this is in not just in large cities, even the very small towns.
You sir, have no idea what you're talking about. It has nothing to do with "Oh no, I might have to speak English" and everything to do with "Those damn foreign devils need to get out of here". Always has been, always will be.
@08:52 That's bullshit. YOUR experience may have been bad, mine was terrific.
those japs sure are racists.
@08:52
where the fuck did you get that from?
just a korean trying to spread that propaganda again?
seriously get off sankaku complex if you hate japan so much.
08:52 don't just assume western racism translates into Japanese because it doesn't. There's a fear of what foreign people might be like because they don't know us, but you would be extremely hard pressed to find someone who actually hates white people.
the arabs hates white people.
Thought in most anime, the suppose'd perfect (broken English) speaking japs with blond dyed hair were the cool ones and foreigners were cool... anime is never wrong!!!
You don't know many old black people do you?
@12:11
Morgan Freeman,
only old black guy we should know.
@12:36 dont forget James Earl Jones, he did darth vaders voice (old skool)
@10:13
Everyone hates Arabs
It was probably getting voted down because people have no problem pointing fingers and accusing other races as being racist, but don't like to acknowledge that their own race can be that way too. I have been witness to and have been told of fist-hand accounts of one non Caucasian race being racist against another.
Bullshit. There are racists everywhere, but in most countries, this sort of attitude is not generally acceptable.
Criticizing anything Japanese on this site gets a down vote.
Um, no. This site is usually pro-Korean.
japs get butthurt easily.
watch it, they might get upset and stab their mothers now.
I'm sorry, did you say Japanese get butthurt easily?
Look at the actions korea and china are doing right now. They are so angry like a child all they do is protest and smash Japanese cars that belong to the chinese while the Japanese shake heads at their action. It seem like korea and china are the ones to get butthurt easily like a little whiny kid.
"Um, no. This site is usually pro-Korean."
No wait it is pro-Chinese!!!
Felt the need to say something as absurd as you did there ANON 8:58.
"I'm sorry, did you say Japanese get butthurt easily?"
No, anon 9:29 I didn't. But you did prove my point with regards to the weeaboos and this site.
The difference is, the Chinese dont really care (about almost everything). They are just finding excuse to throw a riot.
@06:13
I see where your problem is. If you speak fluent Japanese they just treat you like any other Japanese.
From my experience white people get special treatment in Japan and get away with stuff all the time even if they mess up, and I knew a lot of Americans that took advantage of that.
Hehehehehehehe. Just pretend you don't know any Japanese or their customs. Their smug wannabe superiority leads them to believe you can't be expected to know any better. :D
Then they will accept you and welcome you, but wish you away ASAP.
Then again, if you know only a little of the customs and do not understand them, it might feel like mocking or otherwise be worse.
When accompagnied with Japanese friends, though, it's a bliss.
that is great advice.
Every Japanese person I met in Japan fucking loved me. Maybe you just have a shitty personality...
If you don't understand Japanese, then your statement is a big sack of balls.
Actually what they really did was enjoy mocking the fat white pig with the chisai no jinji.
"Petite white woman"
Looooool I smell a liarrrrr..
Funny i know lots of people that went to Japan and their experience is alot different than yours and other dumb pseudo japan visitors here.
I'm not a foreigner. I'm a barbarian!
then you should be welcome everywhere.
except japan, they're racists against everyone.
you would be too if the foreign devils came to take your lolis
You don't have to welcome or invite barbarians. They invite and welcome themselves.
Except China. They've built The Great Wall.
But I heard that only keeps out those damn Mongolians.
Yep, there are shops that don't want Korean customers either. They should all get off their high horse.
society of hypocrites.
Yet they don't make you shout something three-times like a damn fool...
Koreans really are fucking insecure.
Try telling that to the Dutch back when Japan was a closed nation.
@08:24 at least they are allowed in, not like some Japanese shops which bans foreigner no matter what they do.
So true, I don't know why they're so mad about it lol. They do it all the time in Japan. God forbid the Koreans would do the same. And IMHO, Japanese are way more xenophobic than Koreans. Yes, they both think they're the best, but Koreans like it when people flock to their country/cultures, unlike Japan.
Koreans: "Yeah, we're better than you, come, look and embrace."
Japanese: "Yeah, we're better than you, you want some of it? Too bad. Create your own culture and don't taint our's."
This is funny because quit a bit of Japanese culture is borrowed from places like Korean and China.
@08:53
Um Koreans ripped off Chinese culture, so don't try to take credit for Japanese ripping off Chinese culture cuz it was Chinese culture to begin with cuz we have the longest civilized history in Asia.
In fact, Korean was part of China and had to answer to Chinese government and pay us money.
Korea didn't become it's country really until end of WWII cuz it was always owned by somebody else.
@11:17 <<< speaks the truth. Korea descended from China and was owned by China since ancient times.
I'd love all the weaboos to get out of this post.
...and then we'll see how many people are left over....
That's how you keep cultures pure and untouched, cultures aren't there to entertain foreigners you dumbass, it's for the indigenous people.
People from countries that think going to Mcdonalds and eating steak is culture don't know shit about real deep rooted ancient culture that hasn't been tainted by tourist groups and in your face foreigners.
Here's a wonderful process that will make your day. The ones that hate Japan and Japanese, don't go there, ever easy as that. And the people that are not weaboos but are interested in Japan and genuinely respectfully want to learn or know about the culture then they are welcome to do so.
It's so simple yet some people act like they're getting forced on a plane to go to Japan, when they've never been there to actually experience the good and bad parts of it.
*slaps head* oh but that's right, logic doesn't work in some peoples minds anymore.
who cares about ancient cultures? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Build on what you have and work toward the future. Its the 21st century, maybe by the 22nd one Asia can get along with itself.
Isolation bred contempt, probably.
thing is asian countries are not multicultural like the western countries. yeah there is some, but not even close to the point where in a crowed of 100 people their is atleast 10 different races.
Mind your tongue. Not all western countries are multicultural.
I know how you feel... The Japanese are racist and hostile against anyone who is not a pure-blood Japanese or load with cash!!
I know based on eye-witness, internet, and first-hand experience!! A white foreign walks on Japanese train to sit down and a whole group of Japanese got up move to the next cart! One of the most intelligent races on the planet still living like cavemen and woman!
VERY DISAPPOINTING!!
RESTORE PEACE! KILL IGNORANCE!
Cavemen?
Its a sound, intelligent choice to recognize a gaijin and have the urge to stay away.
The caveman would probably bash the gaijin's head in with a club at first occurrence.
I think its also pretty "caveman" to go to a foreign land where people really dont look like you and have a want to live there.
"Its a sound, intelligent choice to recognize a gaijin and have the urge to stay away."
"I think its also pretty "caveman" to go to a foreign land where people really dont look like you and have a want to live there."
Are you listening to yourself?
You should other judge other people based on their actions, not their appearance. I'm
disappointed in your statement.
@11:52
"I think its also pretty "caveman" to go to a foreign land where people really dont look like you and have a want to live there."
In that case you'd end up with a bunch of Koreans and Chinese... is that what you really want? Caucasians are often much more pleasing people last time I checked... and yes I am Asian, just for the info.
They certainly do stick out like sore thumbs in Japan though.
There sure is alot of liars here on sancock.