Believe me, they understand us far less than we understand them (know that this statement is way too generalistic… but I have very very often that feeling)

I dunno, I’ve seen some pretty stupid crap said about Asians by North Americans. The most frequent one is mixing up their ethnicity because one Asian is the same as another in their eyes. There’s also the intersection of racism and sexism with the “dragon lady” and “all women are submissive” meme. Simply because it’s my area of interest, I know that there’s a lot of misconceptions about the status of women in Japan made by foreigners. There’s also a lot of confusion over Japanese masculinity.