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In the Meiji at 150 Podcast, host Tristan Grunow (UBC) interviews specialists of Japanese history, literature, art, and culture. For more, visit: https://Meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca, or see the episode guide at: https://meijiat150.arts.ubc.ca/podcast-episode-guide/.
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Friday Jul 13, 2018
Friday Jul 13, 2018
In this episode, Dr. Timothy David Amos discusses the impacts of the Meiji Restoration on Japan's Burakumin outcaste communities, detailing continuities in discrimination alongside the positive and negative effects of emancipation. We discuss the lineage of Buraku communities, their racialization and discrimination, commoners' resistance to emancipation, and challenges facing Buraku communities today.
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