Show threadStrypeyJan 7, 2025

1/200 also made the point that the nation-state model doesn't work for New Zealand, because it fundamentally relies on the mythos of a unified nation. Most of Aotearoa has openly rejected this myth since the 1980s in favour of bi-culturalism, which if you really take it seriously, requires us to acknowledge that NZ is a multi-nation country.

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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Oct 22, 2023

"Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity" - new upload to Humanities Commons, which has a Mastodon instance.

Dual nationality is in the news again in Japan, where parents of happy-go-lucky haafu kids don't want the light to shine (haafu has a mostly positive meaning). Deeply in Japanese culture, custom is stronger than law, and so is unspoken consensus. Nearly everyone benefits from dual nationality. Though it is against the law, no country wants to lose productive young citizens by forcing them to choose. The issue has been smoked out by cases of famous people. In the 2020 Olympics, haafu Sky Brown - raised in Japan - competed for the UK. Naomi Osaka renounced her American citizenship to compete for Japan. She illustrates the strain of having to choose between national allegiances or parts of one's multicultural identity.

Download the article from: https://doi.org/10.17613/myhj-yk78 or directly:
https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:60050/CONTENT/dual_nationality_in_japan_updated.pdf

#biculturalism #multiculturalism
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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Feb 23, 2023
Regarding Japan's longstanding ban on dual #citizenship, an Asahi Shimbun editorial https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14846327 is fine as far as it goes, but it focuses on the type of #Japanese #expatriates in #Europe who are suspected of changing #nationality to evade taxes. To us #immigrants in #Japan, it is more important that our half-Japanese "haafu" kids and others should not feel forced to choose one cultural allegiance simply because #biculturalism is not recognized or understood here. See "Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity" at https://www.academia.edu/38566597 or https://shingetsunewsagency.com/2019/03/17/dual-nationality-in-japan-learning-to-love-ambiguity
The law is not enforced in Japan, so it can be like a joke that vaccination makes three passports. Our happy-go-lucky sons have no conception of what it would be like to be an outsider or to agonize over their cultural #identity.
Once I tried to explain "What it Means to Be Bicultural" - at https://www.academia.edu/36008217 or https://www.childresearch.net/papers/language/2010_02_01.html
How about this issue in your country or region?
@Bilingualism
EDITORIAL: Japan’s ban on dual citizenship outdated in globalized world | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

The nationality law, which directly affects individuals’ human rights, may be out of tune with today’s world, where countless Japanese cross borders regularly for business or daily life activities.

The Asahi Shimbun
Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Dec 13, 2022

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Steve McCarty, Osaka Jogakuin University, International and English Interdisciplinary Studies Department, Adjunct. Studies Japan, Japanese, and Bilingualism. Steve McCarty was born in Boston and became a full Professor in Japan. He currently lectures