Japan's hidden caste of untouchables

Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by tptacek on Saturday October 24, 2015 @09:07PM (#10445523)

Japan is very, very racist.

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by rangibaby on Sunday October 25, 2015 @10:06AM (#10446884)

How?

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by dennisgorelik on Saturday October 24, 2015 @09:15PM (#10445547)

But why?

Considering that racism is quite impractical.

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by krapp on Saturday October 24, 2015 @09:38PM (#10445607)

Japan and Korea share a long and unfortunate history[0,1,2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreans_in_Japan

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Korean_sentiment#Japan

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_issues_in_Japan#Korean_...

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by tptacek on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:42PM (#10445742)

It is not just Korea.

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by krapp on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:48PM (#10445753)

I know. But dennisgorelik's original comment was about prejudice against Zainichi Koreans specifically, so I was just addressing that. I probably should have commented up a level.

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by markdown on Saturday October 24, 2015 @10:12PM (#10445678)

Homogeneity. Japan has been shut off from the world for most of its history.

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Re:Japan's hidden caste of untouchables by sgdesign on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:51AM (#10446013)

I agree that a lot of people have preconceived notions and can be prejudiced, but I think "very, very racist" is going a bit overboard.

I don't think it would be very hard to find places that are a lot more racist that Japan. (Not that you'd want to go there…)

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