Race in Cultures where Diversity is Minimized Diversity in Japan is also erased by dominant majority 10% of Japan’s population minorities of various sorts Intrinsic racism – belief that perceived racial difference is a sufficient reason to value one person less than another American culture ignores considerable diversity as it socially constructs race within U.S.
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Race in Cultures where Diversity is Minimized
Diversity in Japan is also erased by dominant majority
10% of Japan’s population minorities of various sorts
Intrinsic racism – belief that perceived racial difference is a sufficient reason to value one person less than another
American culture ignores considerable diversity as it socially constructs race within U.S.
Race in Japan
Valued group in Japan is majority (“pure”) Japanese, who are believed to share “the same blood”
80-90% of population
From Japanese wedding designer Yumi Katsura’s2006 Collection; Credit: english.peopledaily.com.cn
Race in Japan
Japanese culture regards certain ethnic groups as having a biological basis, when there is no evidenceBurakumin or "mura-no-mono" ("village
people") – descendants of a low-status social class; genetically indistinguishable from the dominant population; treated as a different race
Discrimination against Burakumin strikingly similar to discrimination that blacks faced in U.S. or “low castes” in South Asia
• Majority Japanese (~110 million) define themselves by opposition to others
Minority Ethnic Groups of Japan Ainu (15k) Kikai (15k) Korean (670k) Kunigami (5k) Miyako (68k) Okinawan (2