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Revised and updated for this Second Edition, Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of work by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Why Such a Long Introduction?
Part One: The Context of Racism in Japan
Chapter One: Racial Discrimination in Japan: Contextualizing the Issue
Chapter Two: How Racism "Works" in Japan
Part Two: "Japanese Only": Examples of Racial Discrimination
Chapter Three: Case Studies of "Japanese Only" Exclusionary Businesses
Part Three: The Construction of Japan's Embedded Racism
Chapter Four: Legal Constructions of "Japaneseness"
Chapter Five: How "Japaneseness" is Enforced through Laws
Chapter Six: A "Chinaman's Chance" in Japanese Court
Chapter Seven: Fetishization and Fear of Foreigners in the Japanese Media
Part Four: Challenges to Japan's Exclusionary Narratives
Chapter Eight: Maintaining the Binary despite Domestic and International Pressure
Part Five: Discussion and Conclusions
Chapter Nine: Putting the Concept of "Embedded Racism" to Work
Chapter Ten: "So What?" Why Japan's Embedded Racism Matters: Japan's Bleak Future
Chapter Eleven: Conclusions for the Second Edition: Japan's Embedded Racism Undermines the World's Democracies
About the author
Debito Arudou is author of Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan and Japanese Only: The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan. www.debito.org.
Summary
Revised and updated for this Second Edition, Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of work by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide.
