Interview, JapanReview.Net (2001-11-17)
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I guess the clarification I should make here is that Japan is as potentially racist as anywhere else, but for a developed country, the legal and social protections and recourses afforded to people of differences are lacking comparatively. Racial discrimination is still not illegal in Japan, and this is something the Japanese government promised to fix when it signed the UN Convention on it in 1995. In short, Japan is not an outlier in terms of racism, but it is in terms of protections against it.
— Debito Arudou
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About Debito Arudou
Debito Arudou (有道 出人 Arudō Debito; born David Christopher Aldwinckle in 1965) is a naturalized Japanese citizen who is a teacher, author and activist.
About Debito Arudou
Debito Arudou (有道 出人 Arudō Debito; born David Christopher Aldwinckle in 1965) is a naturalized Japanese citizen who is a teacher, author and activist.
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