{"id":17089,"date":"2022-06-20T09:13:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=17089"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:48:00","slug":"archiving-sna-vm10-the-guestists-and-the-collaborators-may-18-2020-on-how-long-term-nj-leverage-their-newfound-privilege-against-other-nj-residents-e-g-donald-keene-tsurunen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=17089","title":{"rendered":"Archiving SNA VM10: \u201cThe Guestists and the Collaborators\u201d, May 18, 2020, on how long-term NJ leverage their newfound privilege against other NJ Residents (e.g., Donald Keene, Tsurunen Marutei, and Oussouby Sacko) (Link to full text)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi Blog. \u00a0Here’s my Shingetsu News Agency<\/a> monthly “Visible Minorities” column<\/a> 10, from two years ago, talking about how some minorities in Japan sell out to authority as soon as they are granted any privilege. \u00a0I mention former Diet Member Tsurunen Marutei<\/a>, Japan scholar Donald Keene<\/a>, and Kyoto Seika University President Oussouby Sacko<\/a>, and how they are now ironically perpetuating problems they once faced. \u00a0Here are the opening paragraphs with a link to the full text elsewhere on Debito.org. Debito Arudou, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

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Visible Minorities: The Guestists and the Collaborators<\/h2>\n
DEBITO ARUDOU<\/a><\/span><\/header>\n

SNA (Tokyo) \u2014 In a recent SNA Speakeasy on \u201cForeign Residents in the Coronavirus Era,\u201d<\/a> I argued that Non-Japanese (NJ) must band together and be vocal about claiming what\u2019s due them as taxpayers. We shouldn\u2019t wait for the government to deign to divvy out what it thinks foreigners want, as if it\u2019s the omotenashi (hospitality) Japan offers any guest. Instead, NJ residents should be telling the government what they want, on their terms; trying to influence policy agendas that affect them by, for example, participating in local government forums and policy deliberation councils (shingikai).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

People have been advocating this for years. Why isn\u2019t it happening as often as it should? Because NJ (especially those in the English-language communities) collectively suffer from something I call \u201cguestism\u201d: falling for the fiction that they are merely \u201cguests\u201d in Japan subject to the whims of the Japanese \u201chosts.\u201d Their mantra is \u201cIt\u2019s their country, not mine. Who am I to tell them what to do?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Still, eventually some NJ live here long enough, develop deep connections and language abilities, and even become Japanese citizens. Some transform into community leaders, prominent business owners and spokespeople, media mavens, and elected officials. They are definitely no longer \u201cguests.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But once they earn due respect and authority, another problem comes up: Many squander their position by becoming \u201ccollaborators.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead of using their power for good, such as showing other NJ how to follow in their footsteps and to assimilate and enfranchise themselves, collaborators pull the ladder up behind them. They actively consort with the powers-that-be to preserve their privilege and to undermine other NJ Residents.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For example, consider Marutei Tsurunen, Donald Keene, and Oussouby Sacko…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Full text is now archived at https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=16075<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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SNA: In a recent SNA Speakeasy on \u201cForeign Residents in the Coronavirus Era,\u201d I argued that Non-Japanese (NJ) must band together and be vocal about claiming what\u2019s due them as taxpayers. We shouldn\u2019t wait for the government to deign to divvy out what it thinks foreigners want, as if it\u2019s the omotenashi (hospitality) Japan offers any guest. Instead, NJ residents should be telling the government what they want, on their terms; trying to influence policy agendas that affect them by, for example, participating in local government forums and policy deliberation councils (shingikai).<\/p>\n

People have been advocating this for years. Why isn\u2019t it happening as often as it should? Because NJ (especially those in the English-language communities) collectively suffer from something I call \u201cguestism\u201d: falling for the fiction that they are merely \u201cguests\u201d in Japan subject to the whims of the Japanese \u201chosts.\u201d Their mantra is \u201cIt\u2019s their country, not mine. Who am I to tell them what to do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, eventually some NJ live here long enough, develop deep connections and language abilities, and even become Japanese citizens. Some transform into community leaders, prominent business owners and spokespeople, media mavens, and elected officials. They are definitely no longer \u201cguests.\u201d<\/p>\n

But once they earn due respect and authority, another problem comes up: Many squander their position by becoming \u201ccollaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of using their power for good, such as showing other NJ how to follow in their footsteps and to assimilate and enfranchise themselves, collaborators pull the ladder up behind them. They actively consort with the powers-that-be to preserve their privilege and to undermine other NJ Residents.<\/p>\n

For example, consider Marutei Tsurunen, Donald Keene, and Oussouby Sacko…
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