08/10/12 13:15:05
Just informing them and letting them go on their own is O.K.
Enthusiastically forcing them to correct sometimes go
reverse unless we don't have powerful interest group
like blacks and koreans...
As for gaijin, gaijin doesn't have strong and offensive
meaning. It's just that abbreviation is an idle thing and can be
rude term for people and refrained from at news and newspaper
and as such.
We don't feel anything particular when gaijin is refered.
Rather gaikokujin sounds wierd cos it's so formal like NHK news.
Gaijin is not refering to particular ethinic group.
Gaijin is most likely to point at white or caucasian people, sometimes blacks.
It's just that gaijin look pretty different from average japanese.
And Japanese are most vulnerable to westerners. Look
half-breed models on the cover of model magazine.
No racist, xenophobic connotation. We tend to aspire for the difference.