squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to Ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 18 days agoMega Jynx Is Real And Still Kinda Racistaftermath.siteexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareSamvega@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-218 days agoI’m not an expert on this, but I do believe I have heard that Japan has a difficult history with racism. Being isolationist for a long time will not help. Also, embracing working with fascist Germany during WWII will not help.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days agoIt’s also based on ganguro fashion, which itself is influenced by tanned, valley girl fashion. The blackface connection is a coincidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro
I’m not an expert on this, but I do believe I have heard that Japan has a difficult history with racism. Being isolationist for a long time will not help. Also, embracing working with fascist Germany during WWII will not help.
It’s also based on ganguro fashion, which itself is influenced by tanned, valley girl fashion. The blackface connection is a coincidence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro