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The extent to which burakumin discrimination still exists is itself a hotly debated topic. One of the two main buraku rights groups disbanded in 2004 because t
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
The extent to which burakumin discrimination still exists is itself a hotly debated topic. One of the two main buraku rights groups disbanded in 2004 because they felt the issue had been resolved, and (IMHO) at least in Tokyo literally nobody cares anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin#Buraku_Liberation_League_and_the_Zenkairen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin#Buraku_Liberation_Le...
- unsignedint 7y agoI won't say all, but good portion of buraku discrimination is driven actually by these buraku rights group. There are bit of concessions exist (via affirmative action for instance) and there are some incentive that some of those groups want keep this issue alive for the sake of that, rather than try to actually resolve the issue somehow. Like you said, a lot of people don't care, especially in urban regions, because the concept of buraku itself is fairly foreign to people living there. Maybe this is but more prominent in rulal areas.