Cute racism a la japonaise ?

[Mike Cash]

I mean, if we are going to be outsiders, instead of insulating ourselves, take the role of objective observer.

I don't isolate myself. I work in a Japanese company as the only non-Japanese person. My work environment is 100% Japanese. I have no real-life foreign friends or acquaintances, outside of once-in-a-blue-moon things like a JREF get-together. My children are monolingual Japanese speakers and attend our neighborhood public schools. I'm at a loss as to what more I'm supposed to do to not isolate myself.