Embedded racism : Japan's visible minorities and racial discrimination

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Embedded racism : Japan's visible minorities and racial discrimination

Debito Arudou

Lexington Books, c2022

2nd ed

  • : cloth

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Summary: "Revised and updated for this Second Edition, Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of work by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Despite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display "Japanese Only" signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile "foreign-looking" bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrators, and pundits portray foreigners as a national security threat and call for their segregation and expulsion. 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 untangles Japan's complex narrative on race. Starting with case studies of hundreds of "Japanese Only" exclusionary businesses, it carefully analyzes the social construction of Japanese identity through laws, public policy, jurisprudence, and media messages. It reveals how the concept of a "Japanese" has been racialized to the point where one must look "Japanese" to have equal civil and human rights in Japan. Completely revised and updated for this Second Edition (including landmark events like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Covid Pandemic, and the Carlos Ghosn Case), Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of research and fieldwork by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's entrenched, misunderstood, and deliberately overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide who see Japan as their template ethnostate.

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Table of Contents Introduction: Why Such a Long Introduction? Part One: The Context of Racism in Japan Chapter One: Racial Discrimination in Japan: Contextualizing the Issue Chapter Two: How Racism "Works" in Japan Part Two: "Japanese Only": Examples of Racial Discrimination Chapter Three: Case Studies of "Japanese Only" Exclusionary Businesses Part Three: The Construction of Japan's Embedded Racism Chapter Four: Legal Constructions of "Japaneseness" Chapter Five: How "Japaneseness" is Enforced through Laws Chapter Six: A "Chinaman's Chance" in Japanese Court Chapter Seven: Fetishization and Fear of Foreigners in the Japanese Media Part Four: Challenges to Japan's Exclusionary Narratives Chapter Eight: Maintaining the Binary despite Domestic and International Pressure Part Five: Discussion and Conclusions Chapter Nine: Putting the Concept of "Embedded Racism" to Work Chapter Ten: "So What?" Why Japan's Embedded Racism Matters: Japan's Bleak Future Chapter Eleven: Conclusions for the Second Edition: Japan's Embedded Racism Undermines the World's Democracies

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