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Nothing close to what Robinson went through, but there is something there. Racism is too strong a word, but there is a slight cultural unacceptance of foreigners.
Just yesterday at O'Hare airport, an asian lady was trying to board a plane with her children, and the flight attendant practicularly tore her head off for being 'slightly early'. She boarded the plane (with a Group 3 ticket) just tad earlier than the last portion of Group 2. She is forced to wait for all of Group 3 to pass on the side and a "Next time I'll charge you twice" remark afterwards without any humor intended.
With all that Ichiro accomplished over here, he still had green rookies like Jeremy Reed looking down on him. "Ichiro just does his own thing." Maybe Reed could have learned something from Ichiro's preparation. Theres a segment of the fanbase that still hates him for personality/cultural/philosophical differences. You never felt that he commanded the kind of respect he had earned.