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      The second doesn’t have the coveted “thigh gap”, signaling that you are sufficiently anorexic. The third has the faintest shadow of muscle definition in her biceps and calves. The fourth remembered to wear socks, a thing only tall people do

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      Not entirely. But when you live in an ethnically homogeneous society you notice more subtle differences in people.

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        when you live in an ethnically homogeneous society

        Japan isn’t ethnically homogeneous. Westerners simply aren’t interested in learning the history and social makeup of the island, or even acknowledge anyone lives outside Tokyo.

        The Ainu, the Ryukyuans, and the Yamato are all distinct cohorts. And that’s before you get into the post-Meiji cultural divergences.