Haha, the reason I asked is because I don't often see anyone writing 'gaijin' in italics besides very earnest white people who read James Clavell. It's used as a punchline more often than not by English speakers living here (ie 'gaijin card' or 'gaijin smash,' or anything on the site https://www.therisingwasabi.com/).
Any insights I may have are probably more based on being a highly privileged immigrant than otherness or Japan, but I'm very happy to share!
Apologies if this is irrelevant or eye roll-inducing, but have you been following the Contrapoints drama?
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Haha, the reason I asked is because I don't often see anyone writing 'gaijin' in italics besides very earnest white people who read James Clavell. It's used as a punchline more often than not by English speakers living here (ie 'gaijin card' or 'gaijin smash,' or anything on the site https://www.therisingwasabi.com/).
Any insights I may have are probably more based on being a highly privileged immigrant than otherness or Japan, but I'm very happy to share!
Apologies if this is irrelevant or eye roll-inducing, but have you been following the Contrapoints drama?