In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?
by /u/Raptor_be in /r/AskHistorians
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