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I found the article confusing and somewhat pompous, especially when in the last paragraph he conflates ‘multiculturalism’ with having a multiplicity of ethnicities – they are entirely different things. Smith is one of the worst offenders among western observers of Japan who insist on trying to frame every Japanese problem as if Japan was America.
The first time I travelled to Japan I was struck by how varied the faces I’d see on streets in Japan were compared to China or Vietnam, which are both far more homogenous, at least in terms of how people appear. The Japanese are ethnically quite clearly a mix of East Asian, Polynesian and Siberian. The Ainu are of course one strong element (they were pretty much self governing in Hokkaido up to the late 19th Century), and yes, they’ve been strongly discriminated in the past, as have ethnic Koreans, ethnic Okinawans and the Burakumin, who are essentially a ‘lower caste’, but who many Japanese consider a distinct ethnicity (they
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17 States Urge Supreme Court to Review Texas Bid Challenging Election Results in 4 States | 09 Dec 2020 | Seventeen states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Texas s request to challenge the 2020 election results in four battleground states. The states, led by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Dec. 9, underscoring that the case filed by Texas is of great public importance and requires the attention of the nation s top court. Texas on Dec. 7 filed a motion asking for permission to sue Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin in an attempt to protect the integrity of the 2020 election. The Lone Star state alleges that the four key battleground states unconstitutionally changed election laws, treated voters unequally, and triggered significant voting irregularities by relaxing ballot integrity measures.