「外国人＝呼び捨て」についてどう思いますか？

In response to this open-ended part of the survey . . .

“Please feel free to add any thoughts you may have on this question / この問題についてご意見などがありましたら、ご自由にお書きください”

. . . we’ve received four comments thus far (I’ve checked to make sure that they is nothing that might lead to the identification of any of the writers – I won’t share anything that might compromise the privacy of the writer):

Personally, I don’t mind if people I’m fairly close with, like my friends and coworkers, leave off the -san. But if strangers do it, it feels really rude, because why are you treating me different from anyone else? Also, strangers don’t know where I’m from and what my first language is - it’s entirely possible that I could have grown up in Japan and have Japanese citizenship. Just because I look different isn’t a reason to treat me different. If we’re speaking Japanese, we should follow the rules of Japanese. If we’re speaking English, we should follow the rules of English.
Addressing foreigners without the san or Mr. /Ms. shows not only lack of respect, but also discrimination (referring to them as something lower than a pet animal that would get a - chan)
You should follow the rules of the language you are speaking regardless of the nationality or race of the interlocutor. Would you refer to another human as an ‘it’, if they were different to you?
If speaking Japanese, they should also follow the custom of [family name]san and not assume that because a stranger is a foreigner, they want to be called [given name]san. (Which would never be done with native speakers of Japanese)

So far, all those who took the time to write a comment have been on the “follow the norms of the Japanese language” side but that may change. Divergent opinions are welcome! 日本語もOK!!

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– Kirk