You made me think of the people in Japan we call "Japanophiles" based on your description of the people who are obsessed with the country/the people and just turn a blind eye and act like everything's peachy and that racism/discrimination never happens because it never happened to THEM. Even so, just speaking for Japan, I have been much better treated by Japanese compared to what I have faced in my native area in the U.S. It's more a matter of xenophobia with the Japanese, before racism, at least as it pertains to Westerners. I plan on going to China, which I know will be a horse of a VERY different color but it will be interesting to compare.