【Summary】
The Japanese soccer team Gamba Osaka’s Brazilian striker Patric was faced racial discrimination. He is considering taking Japanese citizenship to play for Japan at the 2018 world cup finals. But on Twitter, one of the Urawa supporter criticized him as black. Patric said, “I was very disappointed. I’m proud to be black, and I really like Japan. Japan is the most well-mannered country, so I’ve never dreamt to be received racial discrimination in this country.”
【Opinion】
I’m very sad to hear this news. As Japan is an island country, it doesn’t have a lot of races from ancient times. So maybe it was difficult to recognize as a “Japanese” when they saw the parson whose skin color is different from theirs. However, now the world globalization is increasing and it is natural for various people to live in Japan. Many people work in Japan and contribute for Japan. Like this article, there are lots of foreigners who wanted to play in Japan as Japanese. Though It is hard how to consider to a person as a Japanese, I think if they have their mind to play for Japan, make a contribution to Japan and like this country, they are Japanese.