{"id":16152,"date":"2020-07-06T15:56:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T22:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16152"},"modified":"2020-07-08T15:25:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:25:24","slug":"nhk-tvs-racist-explanation-of-black-lives-matter-to-kids-why-their-excuse-of-not-enough-consideration-made-at-broadcast-is-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16152","title":{"rendered":"NHK TV&#8217;s racist video explaining Black Lives Matter for a children&#8217;s news program:  Why their excuse of &#8220;not enough consideration made at broadcast&#8221; is BS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books, eBooks, and more from Debito Arudou, Ph.D. (click on icon):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11452\" title=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Guidebookcover.jpg\" alt=\"Guidebookcover.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/japaneseonlyebookcovertext-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"japaneseonlyebookcovertext\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Handbook2ndEdcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/inappropriate.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=12473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-12474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FodorsJapan2014cover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FodorsJapan2014cover\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<br \/>\n&#8220;LIKE&#8221; US on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/debitoorg<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embeddedrcsmJapan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/handbookimmigrants<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JapaneseOnlyTheBook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BookInAppropriate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0A couple of weeks ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we covered on Debito.org<\/a> a flap about TV network NHK (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NHK#History\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the BBC of Japan<\/a>\u201c) broadcasting a racialized anime to Japanese kids explaining the Black Lives Matter movement in America. \u00a0It portrayed African-Americans as scary, angry, thieving, sinewy stomping and guitar-strumming urban folk. \u00a0With a few more stereotypes thrown in. \u00a0(And note that there wasn&#8217;t even a mention of George Floyd.)<\/p>\n<p>Here is the video in question, with translation version afterwards:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkUy0aL9V9I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With translation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fhoa8UoGrGU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to the Mainichi<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>==========================<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On June 9, NHK apologized for the video, saying, \u201cThere was not enough consideration made at broadcast, and we apologize to those who have been offended by it.\u201d The program was removed from its online streaming services, and the tweet sharing the video also deleted.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Regarding its response, [a letter\u00a0submitted by academics in Japan and the United States to NHK on June 12] says NHK has not clearly elucidated what was problematic about the program, and criticized the broadcaster strongly for \u201ctrivializing the matter as a case of viewer interpretation.\u201d It went on to ask that NHK clarify both its understanding on the issue and the events that led to the problematic content being broadcast and tweeted.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>==========================<\/p>\n<p>The reason why NHK hasn&#8217;t made that clear is because they&#8217;re lying about &#8220;not giving enough consideration made at broadcast&#8221;. \u00a0In fact, NHK hired this production crew BECAUSE they are famous for creating these outlandish videos.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re the same people who did sequences for legendary\u00a0TV show &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koko_ga_Hen_da_yo_Nihonjin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koko Ga Hen Da Yo Nihonjin<\/a>&#8221; some decades ago. \u00a0(More on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here, page down<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Consider the similarity in style between the above NHK sequence and this segment, as analyzed by Kirk Masden (in Japanese, but you&#8217;ll get the point from the visuals). \u00a0Courtesy of Kirk Masden:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16152-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u300c\u3053\u3053\u3078\u3093\u300d\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u89b3.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u300c\u3053\u3053\u3078\u3093\u300d\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u89b3.mp4\">https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/\u300c\u3053\u3053\u3078\u3093\u300d\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u89b3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Also witness the tone of this &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=4508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">segment from February 28, 2001<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtR_DRGa3s4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Given that &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8221; routinely racialized and othered its foreign panelists for the purposes of entertainment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maintaining the constant Japanese media narrative of foreigners as scary outsiders<\/a>, I aver that NHK knew exactly what it was doing when it subcontracted out to &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8217;s&#8221; producers. \u00a0NHK just didn&#8217;t expect to be called out on it. \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>======================<br \/>\n<em>Do you like what you read on Debito.org? \u00a0Want to help keep the archive active and support Debito.org&#8217;s activities? \u00a0Please consider donating a little something. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=13748\">More details here<\/a>. Or if you prefer something less complicated, just click on an advertisement below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, we covered on Debito.org a flap about TV network NHK (\u201cthe BBC of Japan\u201c) broadcasting a racialized anime to Japanese kids explaining the Black Lives Matter movement in America. \u00a0It portrayed African-Americans as scary, angry, thieving, sinewy stomping and guitar-strumming urban folk. \u00a0With a few more stereotypes thrown in. \u00a0(And note that there wasn&#8217;t even a mention of George Floyd.)<\/p>\n<p>Here is the NHK video in question, with translation version afterwards.  Soon after, on June 9, according to the Mainichi Shinbun, NHK apologized for the video, saying, \u201cThere was not enough consideration made at broadcast&#8221;, and removed the program was removed from its online streaming services.  <\/p>\n<p>Debito.org cries BS about NHK&#8217;s claims of &#8220;not giving enough consideration&#8221;, because in fact, NHK hired this production crew BECAUSE they are famous for creating these outlandish videos. They&#8217;re evidently the same crew who did sequences for legendary\u00a0TV show &#8220;Koko Ga Hen Da Yo Nihonjin&#8221; some decades ago. Consider the similarity in style between the above NHK sequence and this &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8221; segment, as analyzed by Kirk Masden. \u00a0Also witness the tone of this &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8221; segment from February 28, 2001.  <\/p>\n<p>Given that &#8220;Koko Ga Hen&#8221; routinely racialized and othered its foreign panelists for the purposes of entertainment and maintaining the constant Japanese media narrative of foreigners as scary outsiders, I aver that NHK knew exactly what it was doing when it subcontracted out to those producers. \u00a0NHK just didn&#8217;t expect to be called out on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54,43,36,19,50,52,13,11,65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-pinprick-protests","category-bad-business-practices","category-bad-social-science","category-education","category-gaiatsu","category-hate-speech","category-media","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-racist-images-in-media","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16152"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16160,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16152\/revisions\/16160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}