r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/flyingcatwithhorns • Sep 01 '22

Image As Japan's economy was projected to surpass US economy in the 1980s, anti-Japanese sentiment in the US was so high that a Chinese man was beaten to death before his wedding just because he looked Japanese. In 1987, a group of US congressmen smashed Toshiba products on Capitol Hill.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

America being racist AF. What’s new?

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u/NotPipeItToDevNull Sep 01 '22

Do you even see the irony in your comment?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

What irony? The last time I checked, America is a country, not a race.

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u/NotPipeItToDevNull Sep 01 '22

Weird because last time I checked, America is a continent, not a country. And hating on a group of people, most of which are innocent bystanders, is just as bad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

North America is a continent. The United States of America is a country. LMAO, if you’re going to try to be PC, at least get your facts straight. Apparently it’s racism to call a country racist.

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u/NotPipeItToDevNull Sep 01 '22

America is a continent that contains 3 sub-continents, North America is one of those sub-continents. Whether it's considered racist or not, it doesn't make you look too intelligent to call an entire country racist because of the actions or beliefs of a small group of people.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Bold move doubling down on stupidity to try to prove a point. Lmao

Americas not America is what you’re referring to when you include North America and South America continent.

From wikipedia: The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a transcontinental country primarily located in North America.

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u/NotPipeItToDevNull Sep 01 '22

From wikipedia: Where the Americas are viewed as a single continent (America), it is divided into two subcontinents (North America and South America) or three (with Central America being the third). I can copy and paste wiki snippets too :)

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '22

of a small group of people.

Dude it's not small, it's at least half of USA and part of the "other" side enable them by "reaching" to them.