Hidden descrimination in Japan
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Photographer Masaru Goto has an interesting series of portraits up at Global Compassion that show every day Burakumin, an ethnically Japanese group of people descended from the untouchables of the feudal Japanese caste system. Even today, the Burakumin face discrimination – they live in segregated districts that are often neglected by city governments, and the general public still negatively stereotypes them as poor and backwards.
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Jael Friday 30 May 2008
always glad when photography highlights the forgotten… in a positive light… photography is powerful not just to the photographer… but for those whose photos are taken off… that moment of being in the spotlight, does wonders to the heart… that they are treasured too.