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- noun The burakumin, a Japanese
minority group descended from feudaloutcast communities
Etymologies
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The January report came nearly six months after Diene, at the invitation the International Movement Against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism Japan Committee, traveled around the country meeting with representatives of the Ainu, "buraku" descendants, and Korean communities as well as foreign migrant workers.
debito.org 2008
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"buraku" outcast class, and about specific incidents of government and corporate discrimination against foreigners.
debito.org 2008
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Burakumin are the untouchable caste of Japan who lived in separate settlements, or buraku.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife 2010
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Burakumin are the untouchable caste of Japan who lived in separate settlements, or buraku.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife Margaret Dilloway 2010
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Burakumin are the untouchable caste of Japan who lived in separate settlements, or buraku.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife 2010
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There are still apparently buraku, though legally, the caste system is not recognized.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife 2010
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There are still apparently buraku, though legally, the caste system is not recognized.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife 2010
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There are still apparently buraku, though legally, the caste system is not recognized.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife Margaret Dilloway 2010
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Despite being racially and ethnically Japanese through and through, the "people of the buraku" still face discrimination today.
Boing Boing 2008
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Burakumin are the untouchable caste of Japan who lived in separate settlements, or buraku.
Margaret Dilloway: The Japanese Untouchables in How To Be An American Housewife 2010
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