Statement:We Won’t Forgive Hate Speech Against Minorities

We, the #Ainu , #Korean-Japanese , #Burakumin , #Ryukyuans , #LGBTQ+ , the physically challenged and differently abled, women, and resident foreigners are considered “minorities” in #Japan .. to share our anger, sadness and frustration at the recent series of discriminatory and defamatory remarks by politicians, top-level bureaucrats, university professors and others in positions of power...

https://www.jca.apc.org/no-g7-hiroshima/rally-statementwe-wont-forgive-hate-speech-against-minorities/

#hatespeech

Via @zaichishka "Not Even Human: The Birth of the Outcaste in Tokugawa Japan" by James Miura. PDF. #history #japan #samurai #tokugawa #burakumin #eta #hinin

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/hohonu/volumes/documents/NotEvenHumanTheBirthoftheOutcasteinTokugawaJapan.pdf