{"product_id":"embedded-racism-japan-s-visible-minorities-and-racial-discrimination-9781793653956","title":"Embedded Racism: Japan’s Visible Minorities and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite domestic constitutional provisions and international treaty promises, Japan has no law against racial discrimination. Consequently, businesses around Japan display “Japanese Only” signs, denying entry to all 'foreigners' on sight. Employers and landlords routinely refuse jobs and apartments to foreign applicants. Japanese police racially profile “foreign-looking” bystanders for invasive questioning on the street. Legislators, administrators, and pundits portray foreigners as a national security threat and call for their segregation and expulsion. Nevertheless, Japan’s government and media claim there is no discrimination by race in Japan, therefore no laws are necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does Japan resolve the cognitive dissonance of racial discrimination being unconstitutional yet not illegal? Embedded Racism untangles Japan's complex narrative on race. Starting with case studies of hundreds of “Japanese Only\" exclusionary businesses, it carefully analyzes the social construction of Japanese identity through laws, public policy, jurisprudence, and media messages. It reveals how the concept of a “Japanese\" has been racialized to the point where one must look “Japanese\" to have equal civil and human rights in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompletely revised and updated for this Second Edition (including landmark events like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Covid Pandemic, and the Carlos Ghosn Case), Embedded Racism is the product of three decades of research and fieldwork by a scholar living in Japan as a naturalized Japanese citizen. It offers a perspective into how Japan's entrenched, misunderstood, and deliberately overlooked racial discrimination not only undermines Japan's economic future but also emboldens white supremacists worldwide who see Japan as their template ethnostate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revised edition, Debito Arudou offers more trenchant explication of what it means to be able to identify as “Japanese” in today’s Japan—and not. Arudou's analysis underscores that even with the guise of “diversity,” Japanese government policies themselves undermine the future health of the nation. Contrary to expanding Japan’s future possibilities, the “embedded racism” sponsored by the country’s elite is leading only to Japan’s economic and social decay. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Alexis Dudden, University of Connecticut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Why Such a Long Introduction? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: The Context of Racism in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Racial Discrimination in Japan: Contextualizing the Issue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: How Racism “Works” in Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: “Japanese Only”: Examples of Racial Discrimination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Case Studies of “Japanese Only” Exclusionary Businesses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: The Construction of Japan’s Embedded Racism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Legal Constructions of “Japaneseness” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: How “Japaneseness” is Enforced through Laws\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: A “Chinaman’s Chance” in Japanese Court\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Fetishization and Fear of Foreigners in the Japanese Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four: Challenges to Japan’s Exclusionary Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Maintaining the Binary despite Domestic and International Pressure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Five: Discussion and Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Putting the Concept of “Embedded Racism” to Work \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: “So What?” Why Japan’s Embedded Racism Matters: Japan’s Bleak Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Conclusions for the Second Edition: Japan’s Embedded Racism Undermines the World’s Democracies\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042698854743,"sku":"9781793653956","price":107.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/embedded-racism-japan-s-visible-minorities-and-racial-discrimination-9781793653956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}