17 Am. misconception of "uniquely Japanese concepts": amae, honne/tatemae ... keiretu, ... (wabi, sabi, koku, mattari?)
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This article is from the Japanese FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu and Olaf Meeuwissen olaf@IMSL.shinshu-u.ac.jp with numerous contributions by others.
17 Am. misconception of "uniquely Japanese concepts": amae, honne/tatemae ... keiretu, ... (wabi, sabi, koku, mattari?)
the most racist of the white Americans
(Reischauer, Jared Taylor, Nicholas Kristof)
emphasize the uniqueness/inscrutability of the Japanese
and claim that AMAE etc are uniquely Japanese concepts.
--- amae: to act like a baby, to be dependant, immature,
mollycoddle
--- uti/soto: insider/outsider, us/them, inner circle
--- honne/tatemae: hypocrisy; extremely common
behavior/attitude among white Americans.
to have a double standard. e.g., to *SAY* that
they are against racism and to *MEAN* something
else: to condone (do nothing about) ubiquitous
racism in the USA.
therefore, when you see an American newsreport
(TV, newspaper, magazines) that flippantly mentions
these Japanese words in English text, you should
question the motive or hidden prejudice.
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