“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” Randy Pausch
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So is the United Kingdom, and yet they chose completely different paths.
The fact is, there were, and still are, a diverse group of different tribes and ethnicities when people first arrived at those territories. It's just that those people have been conveniently "forgotten", pushed aside or forcibly assimilated due to an ideology of ethnic homogeneity. Also that Japanese, Koreans and Chinese have frequently inter-mingled with one another, but of course that has also been forgotten.
However geography might play into a psychological role of these countries, as UK doesn't feel like it's much part of "Europe", and Japan doesn't feel very much that it's part of "Asia".
Those diverse group of different tribes and ethnicities pale in comparison to the vast differences between different ethnic groups that come from different continents. The way I see it, countries should be allowed to choose the path they want whether that is homogeneity or diversity. Diversity or multiculturalism shouldn't be the default go to option for every single country in the world. It also shouldn't be pushed as aggressively in the countries that it's been accepted in. Japan has chosen to be homogeneous then they should be accepted for wanting to retain their ethnicity instead of being forced to become multicultural or diverse because it is the 21st century.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” Randy Pausch
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And what about all the ethnic minorities that do actually live there? Should they be just forgotten?
I would say that it's unjust, because then the ethnic minorities will be at the mercy of the arbitrary whims of the ethnic majority. And I doubt that the ethnic majority will be so good and merciful that they would be treating the ethnic minorities well for very long, especially during the hard times.
Then there will be persecution and ethnic cleansing, and history would repeat itself all over again.
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” Randy Pausch
Ne-IEE
6w7 sp/sx
6w7-9w1-4w5