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Today on the way to work the police stopped me. My crime WWW. Walking while white. As I walked toward the station a small Japanese man politely stepped in front of me and said "Excuse me.." and reached for my hand with his while with his other hand he produced a badge. If it wasn't for the badge I would have just kept walking. I knew what he wanted and as he spoke I dug into my pocket and got out my wallet and fumbled while attempting to produce my gajin torokosho. Ya my alien registration card. It took about 10 minutes for him to copy my information down and ask a series of questions, that by the third one he realized he could ask in Japanese and I would still be able to answers in Japanese no less. I tried hard not to look at him. I did not want him to see the pure outrage in my eyes. I am no saint, but I still go with the idea of innocent until proven guilty, and the police do not have the right to stop you and ask for ID with out a reason. Any ways I have Japanese Lesson homework to work on. E./