I am a white girl. I mind my own business.

[destroyingangel]

I was raised in a semi-rural section of the northeastern United States. I have never felt like anyone saw me as a threat

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[regalia31]

Wow.. I thought the japanese were all about being non-confrontational. I guess there are exceptions to everything. Just try and forget about it because chances are you will never see that person ever again, thus she is insignificant in your life.

[konoichi]

I often felt, but never actually experienced hostility like that. It really felt awful when I got the occasional distrusting look, or people talked about how scary my neighborhood was. (In actuality, it was just where a lot of foreigners lived.)

[chibichan03]

From what I have heard, it is usally the older Japanese population that has not quite accepted caucasians. They were alive during the bombings and thus still carry a bit of hate for our country in them. I wish I was over there to console you, but I hope my words help. You are over there to help internationalization of the students to prevent actions like you have witnessed from happening. So, do your best at work and maybe even use this experience as fuel for teaching in the new semester.

[lost_innocenc3]

When we were in Japan we got the normal - we're not going to sit near a westerner routine. People changed tables at a restaurants.

But this is the first time I've heard of something like this happening. I can understand how you feel after that incident but don't think its because of you you don't deserve any of this.

Its because of horrible people and their stupid misconceptions.

[lanku]

Yeah, it's things like that that make me nervous to visit Japan. Fortunately, not everyone in Japan is like that. I get the feeling that the no one intervening was less about mutual agreement and based more on the fact that the Japanese tend to want to blend in with the crowd and not step up unless someone else does first.

Do your best! (This has been a random comment, thank you.)