{"id":16888,"date":"2021-11-22T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16888"},"modified":"2021-11-23T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T19:18:31","slug":"my-sna-vm28-japans-fast-breeder-reactor-of-racism-summarizes-book-embedded-racism-first-and-second-editions-nov-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16888","title":{"rendered":"My SNA VM28: \u201cJapan\u2019s Fast Breeder Reactor of Racism.\u201d Summarizes book “Embedded Racism” First and Second Editions, Nov 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0my Second Edition of “Embedded Racism in Japan” (Lexington Books, 2022) has just come out, and I summarize both editions in my latest Shingetsu News Agency “Visible Minorities” column.<\/p>\n

Since the First Edition is probably well-known by frequent readers of Debito.org, let me excerpt the new arguments of the Second Edition. \u00a0Read the whole SNA column for the full context. \u00a0Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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Visible Minorities: Japan\u2019s Fast Breeder Reactor of Racism<\/strong>
\nSHINGETSU NEWS AGENCY, NOV 22, 2021 by Debito Arudou<\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/shingetsunewsagency.com\/2021\/11\/22\/visible-minorities-japans-fast-breeder-reactor-of-racism\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(Excerpt) In my new Second Edition of Embedded Racism (2022), I\u2019m now arguing that Japan\u2019s long-ignored racial discrimination undermines the rest of the world, especially its liberal democracies, because Japan is in fact a fast-breeder reactor of radioactive racism.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the end of World War II, the capitalistic side of the world, particularly the United States, willfully ignored and indulged Japan\u2019s explicit expressions of racial and ethnic superiority. After all, the conservatives of the world would rather Japan be right-of-center and anti-communist. So they funded conservative governments and offered favorable access to international markets, ensuring that Japan got rich and deferential.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For what do the conservatives care if Japan violates its human rights treaties or inflames regional tensions, through historical denialism and the arrogance of racial superiority? As long as Japan keeps hosting the bases, buying the weapons, and acting as America\u2019s unsinkable aircraft carrier in Asia, they have in them a harmless and controllable ally.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Except that it\u2019s not. Here\u2019s where the chickens come home to roost.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

One axiom in this field of study is that if you ignore racism, it spreads. Bigots exist in every society, and if they realize they can get away with discriminating against people, they\u2019ll gleefully do it, especially if they have templates to follow.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan offers those templates… In short, embedded racism has made Japan into the world\u2019s template \u201cethnostate.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That is to say, to numerous white supremacists worldwide, Japan is the model for a society organized along beliefs of its own ethnic purity. As one of the richest and most-respected countries in the world, Japan, unlike other rich countries, has prospered while keeping minorities and migrants to a minimum…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The conclusion is that my second edition of Embedded Racism is a clarion call for liberals and progressives to wake up, and get ready to defend democracy from the ethnocentrists. Fight with all your might the fiction that the way to deal with a race problem is to exclude and cleanse races from your society. That\u2019s the Japan template. Don\u2019t let it be yours.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, if you leave discrimination alone, it spreads. Leaving Japan alone to practice its embedded racism has finally reached the point of blowback. It\u2019s time for a new set of templates to fight racial discrimination in the world, including and especially Japan\u2019s.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Overseas policymakers should also be ready to make Japan take responsibility for what it\u2019s wrought upon the world. It\u2019s time to pressure the Japanese government to observe its treaty promise to the United Nations more than 25 years ago\u2014passing a law against racial discrimination\u2014and begin the process of enfranchising its minority voices.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

That includes doing more than just scolding or issuing strongly worded letters. I suggest putting pressure where Japan\u2019s elites care\u2014limiting access to overseas markets. Or else Japan will remain a fast breeder reactor of racism irradiating the rest of the democratic world.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

EXCERPT ENDS. \u00a0Full article at https:\/\/shingetsunewsagency.com\/2021\/11\/22\/visible-minorities-japans-fast-breeder-reactor-of-racism\/<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are interested in reading the fully revised and updated Second Edition, please download this publisher promo flyer (with discounts), take it to your local library, and have them order a copy. Then you can borrow and read it for free.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/debito.org\/EmbeddedRacism2ndEdFlyer.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Excerpt: In my new Second Edition of Embedded Racism (2022), I\u2019m now arguing that Japan\u2019s long-ignored racial discrimination undermines the rest of the world, especially its liberal democracies, because Japan is in fact a fast-breeder reactor of radioactive racism…<\/p>\n

The conclusion is that my second edition of Embedded Racism is a clarion call for liberals and progressives to wake up, and get ready to defend democracy from the ethnocentrists. Fight with all your might the fiction that the way to deal with a race problem is to exclude and cleanse races from your society. That\u2019s the Japan template. Don\u2019t let it be yours.<\/p>\n

Again, if you leave discrimination alone, it spreads. Leaving Japan alone to practice its embedded racism has finally reached the point of blowback. It\u2019s time for a new set of templates to fight racial discrimination in the world, including and especially Japan\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Overseas policymakers should also be ready to make Japan take responsibility for what it\u2019s wrought upon the world. It\u2019s time to pressure the Japanese government to observe its treaty promise to the United Nations more than 25 years ago\u2014passing a law against racial discrimination\u2014and begin the process of enfranchising its minority voices.<\/p>\n

That includes doing more than just scolding or issuing strongly worded letters. I suggest putting pressure where Japan\u2019s elites care\u2014limiting access to overseas markets. Or else Japan will remain a fast breeder reactor of racism irradiating the rest of the democratic world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,75,28,18,43,34,50,20,5,12,4,16,60,11,64,7,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-japanese-only-signs","category-anti-discrimination-templates","category-academia","category-bad-business-practices","category-exclusionism","category-gaiatsu","category-history","category-human-rights","category-immigration-assimilation","category-japanese-government","category-labor-issues","category-nj-voices-ignored","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-sitys","category-united-nations","category-unsustainable-japanese-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888","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=16888"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16895,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16888\/revisions\/16895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}