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Re:A proposal to roll back exclusionary zoning would make ho... by corey_moncure on Thursday September 13, 2018 @04:57PM (#17982500)
Below is a discussion of Burakumin and ethnic Koreans in Japan, which doesn't appear to be racially predicated, unless you're operating under an unusual definition of race. You've specifically claimed that "Japan" is "intensely racist". Are you going to claim that Koreans and/or Burakumin are racially distinct from Japanese?
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Re:A proposal to roll back exclusionary zoning would make ho... by tptacek on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:31PM (#17982806)
Whatever semantic thread you're trying to cling to in order to keep this argument alive, I'm not interested.
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Re:A proposal to roll back exclusionary zoning would make ho... by corey_moncure on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:37PM (#17983659)
No, please, it's not semantics, I'm directly refuting your claim. If burakumin and ethnic Koreans in Japan aren't racially distrinct from Japanese people, then discriminatory treatment of those people isn't racism. Your example doesn't support your claim. I'm inviting you to please explain how the example supports your claim. Maybe a good start would be providing an operational definition of "racist", as in "Japan is intensely racist".
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