Some readers' responses to last month's Just Be Cause column by Debito Arudou, headlined " Charisma Men, unite against the identity enforcers" (March 1):
Debito Arudou has made an excellent point about immigrants. A high percentage of the ancestors of the populations of North America, Australia, and New Zealand were "losers" who couldn't thrive in their own societies, and underwent considerable hardship to find a new life and identity outside the "old country."
The jokey image of Charisma Man ignores the fact that most Westerners relocating to Japan have a hard time adapting before they are able (if ever) to settle down and feel comfortable. The "identity police" ought to judge themselves before they judge others.
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