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Japan already has formal stigmatizing of groups: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin ... this is how caste systems

Japan already has formal stigmatizing of groups: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burakumin ... this is how caste systems develop. Burakumin: "They were originally members of outcast communities in the Japanese feudal era, composed of those with occupations considered impure or tainted by death (such as executioners, undertakers, workers in slaughterhouses, butchers, or tanners), which have severe social stigmas of kegare (穢れ or "defilement") attached to them." Add to this now "medical professionals".

the_af 6y ago
This phenomenon is sadly not exclusive to Japan. In Argentina nurses and health care personnel have been abused by their neighbors. In one case, a nurse was harassed and threatened until she was forced to leave the apartment she was renting (yes, she filed a complaint with the law). Unfortunately fear drives some people to get very nasty, even against people who could save them. Or maybe they always were nasty.
masklinn 6y ago
This specific issue is hardly limited to japan. You can sadly find this sort of cases in the US, in India, in Germany, in France, in Belgium, Australia, … From cars getting degraded to harassment to eviction to assault and battery.
- viklove 6y ago
  I don't think the US has a history of confining them to villages though...
  - masklinn 6y ago
    It certainly didn't call them villages. Rather preferred "plantation", "ghetto", "reservation", "inner city", "hazardous housing inventory". It also has a history of owning them as furniture, of killing them in many manners, of breaking treaties with them, of hanging them as town event, of not treating them, of banning them from states, cities, neighborhoods, of excluding them from society, public places, social benefits, … and I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.
    - viklove 6y ago
      Are we still talking about doctors and medical staff here? Sounds like you just want to drag a whole host of other issues into this conversation, but I urge you to try and stay focused on the discussion we're having, and not the one you seem to want to have...
      - masklinn 6y ago
        > Are we still talking about doctors and medical staff here? I assumed not since Japan does not have “a history of confining [doctors and medical staff] to villages” So your comment could only apply to the treatment of burakumin. > Sounds like you just want to drag a whole host of other issues into this conversation You’re the one who made mistreatment of minorities the issue, it’s not really my problem if it also makes you uncomfortable.

the_af 6y ago

This phenomenon is sadly not exclusive to Japan. In Argentina nurses and health care personnel have been abused by their neighbors. In one case, a nurse was harassed and threatened until she was forced to leave the apartment she was renting (yes, she filed a complaint with the law). Unfortunately fear drives some people to get very nasty, even against people who could save them. Or maybe they always were nasty.

masklinn 6y ago

This specific issue is hardly limited to japan. You can sadly find this sort of cases in the US, in India, in Germany, in France, in Belgium, Australia, … From cars getting degraded to harassment to eviction to assault and battery.

viklove 6y ago
I don't think the US has a history of confining them to villages though...
- masklinn 6y ago
  It certainly didn't call them villages. Rather preferred "plantation", "ghetto", "reservation", "inner city", "hazardous housing inventory". It also has a history of owning them as furniture, of killing them in many manners, of breaking treaties with them, of hanging them as town event, of not treating them, of banning them from states, cities, neighborhoods, of excluding them from society, public places, social benefits, … and I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch.
  - viklove 6y ago
    Are we still talking about doctors and medical staff here? Sounds like you just want to drag a whole host of other issues into this conversation, but I urge you to try and stay focused on the discussion we're having, and not the one you seem to want to have...
    - masklinn 6y ago
      > Are we still talking about doctors and medical staff here? I assumed not since Japan does not have “a history of confining [doctors and medical staff] to villages” So your comment could only apply to the treatment of burakumin. > Sounds like you just want to drag a whole host of other issues into this conversation You’re the one who made mistreatment of minorities the issue, it’s not really my problem if it also makes you uncomfortable.