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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Xenophobe's Guide to the Japanese
Author: Sahoko KajiPublisher: Oval Projects Ltd
ISBN: 9781906042400
Category : National characteristics, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"The quintessence of unspoken mutual understanding is to be found in the word yoroshiku: 'You have understood what I want you to do. I have understood that you have understood what I want you to do. Therefore I leave it up to you to finish the task and I expect it to be done in the way I want it to be done. And I thank you for understanding me and agreeing to take the trouble to do the task.' All this in four syllables." "For all the apparent worship of the way of the warrior, being yasashii, which means being gentle, tender, caring, yielding and considerate, is very important in Japan. Asked what a Japanese values most in a potential spouse, both sexes tend to put being being yasashii at the top of their list of desirable virtues. The concept is even applied to the inanimate. For instance, a car or shampoo can be yasashii to you, to the eye, and to the environment."
Author: Sahoko KajiThe Xenophobe's Guide to the Japanese
Author: Anne TautePublisher: Ravette Publishing
ISBN: 9781853045745
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Surprisingly perhaps, this XENOPHOBE'S GUIDE shows the Japanese as a mutable people. In spite of centuries of history, the Japanese don't always follow tradition, but welcome new ideas that help them attain a goal--in today's world keeping up with the latest technology. The beauty of not holding a grudge, the virtue of going with the flow, the wisdom of knowing that everything is temporary all are advantages the Japanese have over Westerners.
Author: Helen Dyrbye
Author: Tarja Moles
Author: Antony Mason
Author: Paul Bilton
Author: Louis JamesAmerica for Americans
Author: Erika LeePublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 1541672593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist). The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, Erika Lee shows that an irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era. Benjamin Franklin ridiculed Germans for their "strange and foreign ways." Americans' anxiety over Irish Catholics turned xenophobia into a national political movement. Chinese immigrants were excluded, Japanese incarcerated, and Mexicans deported. Today, Americans fear Muslims, Latinos, and the so-called browning of America. Forcing us to confront this history, Lee explains how xenophobia works, why it has endured, and how it threatens America. Now updated with an epilogue reflecting on how the coronavirus pandemic turbocharged xenophobia, America for Americans is an urgent spur to action for any concerned citizen.
