Embedded Racism Arudou Debito
Embedded Racism Arudou Debito Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Employers and landlords routinely refuse…
Specifikacia Embedded Racism Arudou Debito
Embedded Racism Arudou Debito
Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Consequently, businesses around Japan display "Japanese Only" signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight.
Legislators, administrators, and pundits portray foreigners as a national security threat and call for their segregation and expulsion. Japanese police racially profile 'foreign-looking' bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Nevertheless, Japan's government and media claim there is no discrimination by race in Japan, therefore no laws are necessary.
How does Japan resolve the cognitive dissonance of racial discrimination being unconstitutional yet not illegal? Embedded Racism carefully untangles Japanese society's complex narrative on race by analyzing two