Re: Words

If ABC tried this here in the States, the ACLU would on their case,
up their butts and down their throats within 12.3 microseconds with
a miltimillion dollar class action lawsuit and we'd probably see
demonstrations, boycotts, riots, etc. Mm. What hijinx indeed!

Padraic.

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:

>Technically, of course. I never met a real, live black in Japan so I can't
>chronicle the experience, even as an outside observer. There was one
>game/variety show that featured mixed marriages between one Japanese spouse
>and a gaijin (oh, the zany hijinx) and in that context, the wide range of
>foreign nationalities got lumped into together as "gaijin" (there were also
>games to make the "gaijin" look like schmucks; foreigners were required to
>prance about like chickens, pigs, ducks, and [the perennial favorite]
>monkeys, [much hilarity ensued], while their Japanese spouses got to sit in
>chairs and "guess" what they were doing). Still, I contend that the "gaijin"
>prototype is white (preferably blond and blue-eyed), has an affinity for
>walking into walls, and talks like Goofy.
>
>Kou
>