Views from the street

Today’s articles are about discrimination in Japan.

Six people suggest their own opinions about discrimination in Japan in first article, “Which minority groups face the worst discrimination in Japan”. They are differ in nationality, sex or job and their opinions also various.

In second article, Mike Dewood, the writer of “Ebb and flow of discrimination” suggests his idea with his experiences. In his case, he lives in Nagasaki and is annoyed about harassment from local people because he is American. So, he says the question which minority groups face the worst discrimination depends on where you live.

I agree with Mike. However I think a situation also become factors when you judge the question. For example, in case of Yuko Furusawa, she has a brother who has a Down syndrome and it is difficult for him to find a job, and the government does not give him chance, so she thinks minority group which face the worst discrimination is the handicapped. She takes a priority over them because of the situation that she has a handicapped relative. Conversely speaking, if her brother was not the handicapped, her opinion might be changed.

Each opinion that six people and Mike suggest is very convincing for me because they suggest them by showing their own experiences and these discrimination are actually happening in Japan. However, I think all discrimination are serious and we cannot make light of them. Therefore I think we cannot decide which minority group faces the worst discrimination in Japan.