Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf2.xephion.ne.jp!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: grunt100@msn.com (grunt100@msn.com) Newsgroups: soc.culture.korean,soc.culture.japan,fj.soc.politics Subject: Re: Why Japanese So Ethnocentric Self-Conscious Racists? Date: 15 Jun 2003 11:15:12 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 25 Message-ID: <5ba2f89c.0306151015.60e36bed@posting.google.com> References: <5ba2f89c.0306081300.1b6fb8ff@posting.google.com> <4q7Fa.68$6W4.59487@news.uswest.net> <5BgGa.1$vb7.444@news.uswest.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.148.108.43 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1055700913 27174 127.0.0.1 (15 Jun 2003 18:15:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Jun 2003 18:15:13 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.soc.politics:3195 shuji__matsuda@hotmail.com (shuji matsuda) wrote in message news:... > You do not have to "believe" my words. If you do some research > you can find out the fact that the vast majority of Korean residents > in Japan use Japanized names. > > Probably they did change their names for whatever convenience > they believe. However, they are not forced to change their name. > Actually, modern Japanese legal system does not deal with the > names of foreigners. Has it ever come to you that the Koreans > under Japanese administration did the same choice, as the Korean > residents in Japan are doing right now? > > It is a common myth that the Korean residents in Japan are using > Japanized name to avoid "discrimination." This is often asserted > by the Zainichi Koreans themselves, the representative of whom is > Shin Soo Gok. However, she is called Setsuko (her Japanized name) > by her own grandfather at her home. > How do you explain why the Korean residents are using Japanized name > in their own home? Are they discriminated by their own family? Like, would you also accuse African Americans of voluntarily adopting "white" names instead of their own native names? I know no 2 cases are same, but your underlying instinct is unmistakable.