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A comment on Japan's hidden caste of untouchables. Parent comment

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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