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For a random example of racism in Japan's shools that simply don't accept that other ethnicities exist, here's a story about students required to dye their hair
by PeterisP 7y ago
For a random example of racism in Japan's shools that simply don't accept that other ethnicities exist, here's a story about students required to dye their hair black in order to match everyone else - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/27/japanese-student-sues-over-schools-order-to-dye-hair-black https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/27/japanese-stude... - in this particular situation the student had naturally brown hair, which most likely means a non-Japanese parent, and was bullied by the authorities because of that.
- concerned_user 7y agoBut it is not racism, it would be if they had to change hair color because of their race, but they would all the same require japanese person to dye their hair. If it is not based on race it is not racism, this case it is based on hair color so its "hair color"-ism I guess.
- Iv 7y agoThe mixed Japanese-African girl I know was forced to straighten her hair because her natural hair is "extravagant".
- claudeganon 7y agoMy mother-in-law, who was fully Japanese but had naturally, slightly curly hair, was accused by her school of getting a perm, in violation of school rules, until her parents provided photographs proving it had always been curly.