An Introduction to the Buraku Issue Questions and Answers

1. Introduction, Alastair McLauchlan; 2. Does Discrimination against the Burakumin Still Exist, Even in This Day and Age?; 3. Is there An Easy Path to Understanding Anti-Buraku Prejudice?; 4. If People Would Just Forget about It for a While, Wouldn’t Discrimination Go Away?; 5. Buraku People are Discriminated against Because They Live in Their Own Little Communities; 6. Buraku Ancestry, Employment and Religion are Different from Ours, aren’t They?; 7. Why are We now Witnessing these Dōwa Initiative Projects?; 8. Talking about Buraku Liberation Activities, What is This Denunciation Committee?; 9. ‘Apparently there has been an Increase in Discriminatory Graffiti and Posters Etc..’; ch0010 What about the Ordinance to Regulate Personal Background Investigation Conducive to Buraku Discrimination?; 11. What about the Fundamental Law on Buraku Liberation?; 12. The Connection between Various International Covenants on Human Rights and Anti-Buraku Discrimination;

Biography

Kitaguchi, Suehiro; McLauchlan, Alastair

'This book is highly recommended reading for all who maintain an interest in what remains a sensitive issue in contemporary Japanese society.' - Florian Coulmas, The Japan Times