Embedded Racism - Japans Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination

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

By Debito Arudou

Product details

• Authors: Debito Arudou, Arudou Debito
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2021
• EAN: 9781793653956
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-395-6
• No. of pages: 514
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism