Have you encountered discrimination or prejudices in Japan ?

**Mikawa Ossan** · Oct 20, 2007, 06:36

Originally Posted by Pachipro

It's a sad person and situation who would sell themselves as media whores for a few pieces of silver and make their own countrymen look like fools. Sadly, it still goes on today and I just shake my head.

I thought that's what talento were supposed to do. Japanese comedians and talento do the craziest things all the time, so why should we get upset when some foreigner does the same thing?

That makes no sense to me.

**doinkies** · Oct 20, 2007, 08:39

Originally Posted by Mikawa Ossan

I thought that's what talento were supposed to do. Japanese comedians and talento do the craziest things all the time, so why should we get upset when some foreigner does the same thing?

That makes no sense to me.

Yeah, there are lots of Japanese comedians/tarento who also act crazy/dumb/odd, dressing in doinky-looking costumes and making doinky jokes. I think a lot of foreign tarento simply do the same things as their Japanese counterparts. Of course, if the point of the tarento's act is to try to make himself/herself look like a bigger doink than the Japanese ones, then that can be considered problematic.

**Mikawa Ossan** · Oct 20, 2007, 10:39

Originally Posted by doinkies

Of course, if the point of the tarento's act is to try to make himself/herself look like a bigger doink than the Japanese ones, then that can be considered problematic.