The Despised Ainu People - Japan

October 1994 - An insightful report on racial discrimination in Japan. A small boy denies his Ainu ancestry for fear of being bullied in a society where conformity is valued above all else. The Ainu people of the northern island of Hokkaido are despised by the rest of Japan. Different in appearance and language they have suffered more than a century of discrimination. They are denied their traditional fishing rights, their sacred sites are being destroyed and tourists come to gawk at their culture in museums. Now, the Ainu are fighting back. They have at last won a seat in the Japanese parliament and many are re-learning the Ainu tongue. The Ainu are struggling to preserve their unique heritage in the face of an urbanised and uncaring modern Japan.

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[mst3k4evur]

I couldn't be happier to see Ainu culture surviving within Japan.

[RochecousteML]

One Japanese asked me "What did you Australians do to the Aborigines?" I asked, "What did you do to the Ainu?" He looked at his feet and wouldn't answer!

[toki1221]

i guess he just waited for your answer.

[PayMoneyToMyPain92]

@carl137 Don't you eat pigs?

[PayMoneyToMyPain92]

I remember when J-melo featured about Ainu culture. Melody (host) laughed (just a little) when the Ainu old man started to sing. I said "What the fuck is wrong with you, Melody" while laughing. She did it while hundreds of people were watching. What a shameful act. But I think she enjoy some of Ainu culture like the traditional dance and dressing up their clothes. She was so cute. And I think this video is not new. Yes, of course

[eurofootball42]

Ainu are brown skinned, Aboriginal looking people. Haplogroup D = 100% of Andaman Islanders (black negrito group).

[randyreal574]

Again the same global story of Peaceful Brown Hunters and white violent racist agriculturists!!! Why!!!

[shiroironin1]

@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag Ok, whatever. It's obviously not worth the while trying to make sense of what you are saying. Still, I am a bit interested in just who are you and what connections you have to Japan?

[SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

@shiroironin1

The Japanese are bunch of fucking weirdos who basically just go along with whatever the spirit of the times are. They prefer to go along rather than have their own convictions. Japanese may seem like socialists at first but they are basically an adolescent, conformist culture with no regard for personal freedoms or justice.