Comments on: Overcoming hidden discrimination in Japan

By: aernest

aernest — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:38:31 +0000

compasion must include all sentienent beings, including the buraku community in japan,

By: tanja

tanja — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:03:19 +0000

Very nice work, in every way. Thank you

By: punkoioi

punkoioi — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:38:22 +0000

be proud of your origin.100 years ago..we are known as headhunter tribes…but now most of us educated,went to the city to find jobs.so don’t be ashame of yourself.don’t be surprise that we even can speak in 4 languages competently.Thus respect you neighbour as you respect yourself.learn from one another in order to get more mature.

By: Beekeeping

Beekeeping — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:54:54 +0000

Deprivation of right is really such an inhumane character. To Tomoe Kawasaki, I salute your courage to trace your origin even if the discrimination for Buraku exists. We are all human, and we should all live equally.

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By: afan

afan — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:37:04 +0000

For an apparently ethnically homogeneous society such as Japan, caste system existed and still existed in the human mind. I guess it is basically a dark human characteristics for human kind – to look for someone else to discriminate against so as to feel psychologically more superior for mental gratification. It is widely expressed in Western countries as racial or ethnic discrimination. It is always that secretive genie lurking in the deep recess of the human mind.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:57:52 +0000

So it comes down to the haves and the have nots.
After reading these articles it seems that the have nots(burakimin), do not have opportunities to break into higher income brackets. That is just sad seeing how the ancestors of most millionares today in the USA were low wage earners or unemployed.

By: doug torney

doug torney — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:25:29 +0000

Today I learned for the first time of the isolation and prejudice in Japan towards the Burakumin people. The beauty of this website to contradict the negativity of prejudice towards these people has touched me deeply. I am grateful for the testimony of the wonderful men and women pictured above. Another group, the Sonderkommando’s, are in great need of understanding, mercy, and compassion too.