How to Destroy People: Japan's Untouchables

[@RareEarthSeries]

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[@EmtFox]

Rare Earth thank you for you kind service on showing everyone the things that most people over look. You give hope to all people and I hope that one day, your videos will make someone do something to change the future.

[@patriotretiree903]

+singerliljermz - Just the opposite. All societies the world over require an underclass or servant class. A belief system is a tool to maintain the social tiers.

[@idleeidolon]

This video needs japanese subtitles. And then try to get other japanese youtubers, to react to it.

[@robotnoir5299]

@David. [Leviticus 25:44-46] _"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves."_ Everyone loves christian equality - except for the surrounding nations - who your bible say you can enslave. Want to sell your daughter as a sex-slave? [Exodus 21:7-11] tells you how. For equality! Remind me, what did Jesus say to the Canaanite woman who begged for a cure for her daughter? [Matthew 15:21-28] _“It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs”_ Oh, so Jesus thinks the Canaanites are dogs! I guess being equal to dogs is _a type_ of equality.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Web Rookie Only a person who has no idea what it takes to make these videos would say this isn't work. I spend more time and effort working now than I did when I worked construction. Just because people support art directly doesn't mean the artist isn't working. I am not on vacation just because I'm working in a different country. Just because a show on TV isn't sponsored by a company doesn't mean the people who made the show didn't do work.

[@eleveneleven572]

My wife worked for a Japanese company in England during the 90's. The office administrator was what the others called a village person. He got all the low grade work and was treated like a gofer. Very nice guy though and before he was transferred back to Japan I took him for a walk with my dog in the local forest and for a few beers in my local Tudor pub. He was so happy that he was nearly crying. I didn't think he experienced friendship very often.

[@googleuser7454]

That's tragic

[@vinceb4380]

That is how Sempai - Kohai works. A lot worse if you are female.

[@blakleyfriend]

That shows what a beautiful person you are. We need more people like you in this world of hatred my friend.

[@alinice82]

Sad to hear how people have gone immorally. Thanks for sharing.

[@leesteal4458]

I hope you kept in contact with him. You did a good deed.

[@crookedpaths6612]

“I am constantly surprised how little value we place on the well being of others but how much value we place on others opinions of ourselves”. Tacitus

[@arpitkumar4525]

Almost all societies are built on the idea of shame. As children, we are actively told by our parents and teachers to not do anything that would bring shame.

[@johnisaacburns7260]

Pretty interesting

[@jeremiahjohns5258]

@@arpitkumar4525 I wouldn't say "actively", i think "indirectly implied" is more fitting. Maybe it's different where you are?

[@wasntanythingmuch]

If you think of Mankind as a medium in which individual humans exist, it becomes clear that Tacitus' paradox here really is a truth about the medium. That's how it is. We can do without any specific other, but require access to Mankind in general, individually.

[@chapiit08]

I shared a room in a Vancouver hostel for a few of days with a cool Japanese young man who in his bad English told me he was a cook and was visiting Canada to improve his English. As we became friends he revealed to me that in Japan he was shunned even by his family because he had some kind of "smell" which I certainly couldn't notice at all, at one point the poor guy broke down and cried in despair. It really broke my heart, I hope he never went back to Japan.

[@soko4710]

too much indulgence in western culture, maybe?

[@chapiit08]

No. Too much senseless discrimination and bias in Japan instead.

[@forexalised9053]

"Right wing whites love Japan because it is their ideal. They want a white only society where only white people are allowed to freely enter a Western nation. Things will only get worse in the future I'm afraid". All I read what "every time I mention white people and the right wing being bad, I pat myself on the back for being so clueless".

[@forexalised9053]

Racism was and is bad. Racism needs to be stomped out. Making white people feel what people felt in the past isn't stomping out racism, it's reversing racism. Attacking white people for the colour of their skin is just pushing more people to far right nationalism (that scares me). I'm white, I was born in the mid 90's, I never colonised a nation, I never chose to be born white, I treat everyone how I wish to be treated, yet people tell me I need to feel guilty? Why? Why can't we move away from the past and go towards the future? Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream.. he wanted a society where his kids and anyone else for that matter were treated on their character and not the colour of their skin. So here's me, dude struggling to pay his rent, works full time, lower class me, with my five year old clothes in my mid twenties, can't afford the latest tech, can't afford a car, can't afford to visit my family, never been on holiday/vacation... here's me trying my damn hardest to try and better my life and while I'm struggling to do it, I get inner city dude who drinks coffee more expensive than the meals I cook for myself at dinner tell me I'm privileged for being white? Privileged? Cops treat me like shit because I'm young, not because of my skin. Ethnic Nationalist is on the rise because people are blaming whites for all their problems. It's just like Nazi Germany... Nazi's blamed Jews who were on average, more privileged (yet they worked more obviously), demonised them and blamed them for all of Germany's problems and that led to one of the biggest massacres of any people in Human history. This scares people into Ethnic Nationalism now because the way you people talk about white people is the exact same way the Nazi's talked about the jews before the Nazi's even got into power... Obviously if you shit talk a group of people they will band together with people like themselves and defend themselves.

[@The_Gnome_Chomskee]

lordlors actually it’s really an economic problem that affects class. Minorities typically in capitalism fall into this class. Now that whites are experiencing the same thing the establishment uses its greatest tool in dividing us: pointing the finger of blame upon those with no money or power. But this video to me is really a testament to how ingrained history and culture could be. For instance many common Japanese greetings translate to various forms of ‘don’t kill me’ or ‘I’m harmless’, reflecting their feudal roots, just as a handshake in western culture was to check for hidden weapons. Basically human culture has always been savage with the most violent and cunning rising to positions of power. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large this narrative remains the same.

[@bedohy]

I knew you were going to talk about burakumins just by the title. We Koreans also had a similar caste system but then our country became a colony of the Japanese Empire for 36 years, and after that we had a thing called the Korean War. Basically the whole society was fucked up and everybody got too poor to care for that meaningless shit. That's how we got rid of our caste system.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

Caste system has an advantage ya know? No matter how poorly your place lies on society ladder. as long as you are common people, the "untouchable" class is for you to stand on their heads. When you despise or torture the untouchable people, you forget how badly your government treated you.

[@withastickangrywhiteman2822]

The Chinese and Vietnamese also have untouchable class, For them, they are "Boat people" not fishing-man. fishing-men still live on land, but boat people entirely live on boat. that caused them can never learn to read characters. so they have no chance become scholars and change their fates.

[@ericzhang489]

WithAStick AngryWhiteMan what?

[@spattermann5809]

@@withastickangrywhiteman2822 All too often it takes a disaster to occur before the surviving rulers will face up to the results of their actions. For generations the elites kill in public prophets who point out their crimes, and laugh and ridicule the prophets as they kill them. When this is seen to happen often, it is a strong indicator to find someplace else to live.

[@RyoKasai25]

That's interesting and fucked up. By suffering under Japanese tyranny the Koreans could unite and set all differences aside. Pain and oppression was necessary for true national unity.

[@onlinemole6572]

When I lived in a small town in Japan in the early nineties, I had a drinking buddy who was blind. One day my employer took me to one side and in a very low voice told me not to be seen in public with this man. When I asked why I got a one world answer 'burakumin' and my employer was obviously embarrassed and distressed, so I did not pursue the matter (nor did I stop our drinking evenings). I asked my friend and he said he was not actually burakumin, but because he was disabled, he was so poor he could only afford to live in the burakumin quarter (a tight group of shanty houses on the edge of town), which combined with his disability made him unacceptable to Japanese society. His only other friends were his neighbours, a few Koreans and me. Even other gaijin found it hard to believe when I told them.

[@evanabbott2737]

Very interesting. I never knew about this minority group before...🤔

[@artificialgravitas8954]

It seems Japan didn't get the democracy memo... unfortunate

[@Gstrangeman96]

But how can this be, everyone at my uni sais Japan is a promised land where the people are perfect and no bad intensions are allowed to exist!

[@HxH2011DRA]

I'm glad ya stuck by him. Not many can keep their ideals when given pressure like that despite what they like to claim

[@bennolee348]

@@Gubers I dunno I remember in the 90's associating with gay people or even just acting in a way that was percieved as effeminate was pretty socially damning in high school and middle school.

[@WinterMadness]

When the placenta hits you in the eye like a big pizza pie, that's Kigare.

[@Viper4ever05]

LMAO

[@hopperhelp1]

*falls off chair wheezing in laughter. Oh that was good. Thanks.

[@wan9473]

@@hopperhelp1 that's kigare

[@pwnorbepwned]

Shut up and take your like!!

[@andrewradloff1282]

Definitely going to have this pop into my head at the wrong time sometime in the future

[@hamtaru]

So prostitutes and meat cutters were considered untouchables but those who eat meat and pay prostitutes to sleep with them were completely pure and bullcrap? Hypocrisy at its finest

[@veryfrozen3271]

No Name yea humans are stupid as shit. Open up any history book ever written from anywhere, and it'll talk about humans killing humans for reason X

[@rasputin3879]

I think it´s amazing how asians view almost everthing as "shameful" but they still do a lot of shameful things. Japanese should be worried about too much work, too much suicide, but they only care about "bad manners". Serious, this would be ridículous if it was not disgusting. They don´t care about people dying but they become snowflakes if someone had "bad manners".

[@Sand_1995]

You should come see India. Everybody from your barber to your sanitory worker is considered untouchable and are not even allowed to drink water from public wells.

[@daksh8747]

@@Sand_1995 Dunno where you live in india dude but I've never seen that sort of practise here. Castism while undeniably still present isn't that extreme in most places anymore.

[@oquitbootz]

Rasputin 38 you think this only happens in Asia? This is dominant everywhere, Looksim dominates everywhere so Ettiquete and being Civil is the only way to differentiate “Good” and “Bad” people (subjective views)

[@josh656]

I was appalled when I learned the Hiroshima survivors were untouchable outcasts, even those who had no outward side effects.

[@boxbird5723]

Unfortunately the people of the Sendai disaster was kind of seen similarly.

[@antoniovasquez9946]

josh656 me too :(

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

josh656 Japan is very weird country. It’s Opposite Day in that country.

[@kayann3]

@@boxbird5723 you mean the 2011 tsunami casualties???

[@Ivan-td7kb]

Meanwhile they continue to honor class-A war criminals. What a messed up logic

[@SaudiHaramco]

Japan be like "we had no ethnic minorities to oppress, so we made one up"

[@miri283]

naw Japan has the Ainu and the Ryukyuans that they oppress too lmao

[@amrxazn3781]

And zainichi koreans

[@woopdedoop4811]

@@miri283 But many Yamato Japanese are part Ainu and Ryukyuan lol their an admixture though they refuse to believe it

[@LM-ki5ll]

@@woopdedoop4811 Yamato have Jomon ancestry but Ainu are a distinct cultural and demographically minority. Ainu have Jomon ancestry but they are not Jomon.

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

They actually do have ethnic minorities they have conquered and oppressed for a while.

[@NuUnlimited]

"All it really takes to destroy a people is to take away their future" that line

[@furrane]

Good advice, I'm gonna castrate my enemies, thanks pal !

[@madscientistshusta]

Ioannis Polemarkhos yeah it's not easy living in an Asian country with such strict rules and social standards

[@nataliakruschev5078]

Wrong. They're traditional as fuck. They're going to solve their economic problem of a declining birthrate with AI and automation. They're going to be juuust fine.

[@fauxman1]

Jas. Strong-Oak Jas. Strong-Oak but hasn't their future been tarnished/destroyed? These people from Japan have been oppressed for centuries and are still treated like dirt no matter their circumstances/occupation. They shouldn't be upset? I sure as hell would be. Wouldn't you? Groups of people being "slighted" is common throughout history and is usually the reason for unrest. It is absurd and unreasonable to ever expect a group of people to be okay with these scenarios. Look throughout human history and you'll see this.

[@fauxman1]

Jas. Strong-Oak "accept responsibility" for wrongfully having your future taken from you. That seems like a prelude to inevitable conflict. Fighting is a great way to "take responsibility" for being wronged

[@mickyc4003]

I lived in Japan for 5 years. Without doubt they are the most hospitable, loyal and honest people I have ever met. Even the Yakuza stick to their word.There was always this sense or humanity and helpfulness that is hard to put into words. They truly look out for each other and work together to solve problems in way that is seldom seen in Western societies. While I was there, there was a distinct lack of disabled people you just didn't see them, ever! Elderly, yes foreigners occasionally, disabled never. Then one day I was exploring on my mountain bike and rode into this rural area around lunchtime only to see a sight that will stay with me until the day I die, a group of 100 or more disabled people all together going back to their living quarters after a walk. All shabbily dressed, being herded is a better description. One look and it was obvious they were being treated more like animals than people. It really shook me up, that the most defenseless people in society would be treated that way and brought me to tears on the ride back. I really despaired for us as a species. It honestly felt like an out of mind, out of sight arrangement. I talked to my Japanese mate about it and he explained that the problem is compounded by the Buddist religion where it is widely believed that you come back to this world disabled or disfigured if you have done something horrible and/or dishonorable in a previous life which only exacerbates the alienation. All I know, was, there was no honour for anyone unlucky enough to be caught in this arrangement. Now, this was 15 years ago so I hope things have progressed since then.

[@Gstrangeman96]

You should plaster this comment on the walls of the bedroom of everyone that thinks japan is some sort of idyllic promised land.

[@AIWARAS619]

@BARBATUS 89 Here in the Baltic region during the olden' times we would pull old people on a sleigh to a forest during winter and leave them there, that's some evil shit.

[@pablovi77]

Damn religion always bring out the worst in people. Religions should end.

[@lorrie9462]

BARBATUS 89 North Koreans aren’t atheists. They believe or are made to believe that the ruling family are gods. Their nation is their religion. Atheism does not propose anything beyond a lack of existence of god. It is not a way of life nor does it say anything about nature.

[@MS-pz9wd]

@BARBATUS 89 lmao your life sounds incredibly sad

[@robcamacho2324]

"...they could pray to trees and rocks and stuff. And, everybody agreed that that was kinda awesome" lmao

[@rosyrooroo352]

That sentence had mad Bill Wurtz - History of Japan/the world vibes, and I love it.

[@captain0080]

The only ocasion i heard of someone comunicating with trees was when a guy in my section got so high he saw trees waving him goodbye in a mocking manner and it made him so pissed he started picking fights with every tree he came across. Its been 20 years i wonder if he still does hardcore drugs.

[@stargazer162]

Shintoism is pretty cool to be honest, I'm glad it still exists and is still being widely practiced nowadays considering how many countries and cultures have lost their autochthonous religion in favor of adopting a foreign one or got conquered into adopting it.

[@JoJo-yc8cm]

@@stargazer162 why does acountry need some sort of main religion in the first place?

[@stargazer162]

@@JoJo-yc8cm It doesn't, but I appreciate the cultural aspects of the religion, and how the country's culture haven't been lost due to colonization. Think of how many religions are now regarded as mythology or simply lost alongside that people's original culture when they got colonized by a stronger nation. Japanese culture has survived through time alongside Shintoism, even today you see how strong of a cultural influence Shintoism has in Japanese media, comparable to the influence Christianity has in the west.

[@berke2336]

Holy cow, this is the kind of content that needs to be on the trending page, not generic vlogs my gawd.

[@voleNTV]

This channel as well as Tom Scott are what I look forward to watching when I come to KZbin at this point. The informative, thought provoking videos.

[@Jerrodbasketball]

What you watch is what KZbin recommends. ;)

[@thomasanderson5929]

Fast forward 4 months and KZbin pushed Logan Paul doing suicide forest videos.

[@klaas9522]

Incest is wincest

[@alex73217]

Well it showed up in my recommended feed without me having watched sth similar :D

[@hulakan]

An important point you missed, which really should be mentioned in a simple primer, is that, before the Meiji "reforms", the burakumin held a monopoly on those "unclean" occupations: butchers, leather-workers, undertakers, etc. Even though they were marginalized, segregated, and frowned upon, they still were fairly economically well off. After the "reforms" however, they lost their monopolies. Corporations were quick to move in on lucrative markets in meat, leather, etc. Then, the burakumin lost their economic benefits but continued to suffer discrimination.

[@taewan11g]

hulakan wait but don’t those corporations become burakumin then? Cuz those are u clean jobs right?

[@taewan11g]

*unclean

[@stephensakuta4120]

They as a group were classed as unclean because of their employment. Even if they no longer held those jobs they were bound by family name. When it was made law that all Japanese were equal they were still held as less than human no matter what they did. But that opened the way for corporations because the practise was no longer "soiled" or 'unclean'. The truth is these they provided an important part in society. The Samurai Armour was mostly made of leather, and death and everyday security ( also a job of this group as prision guards and excecutioners ) was important in society at one point., the problem is that they still bear the stigma, but currently co-operations now recieve the profits.There are many discrimination problems in Japan but this remains a focus point.

[@binal-flecki2387]

Are fishmongers classed the same as butchers?

[@TheHuntermj]

Bin al-Flecki As I understand it, the Japanese don't classify fish as animals as vegetarian cuisine there can include fish

[@pajamawolfie]

"This sucks. I should fix it!" --- Confucius, c. 500 B.C.

[@jessstuart7495]

That's basically how I run my life.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Proceeds to screw entire generations for thousands of years in China, India and Japan.

[@ImpudentInfidel]

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

[@reelo4211]

-Michael Scott

[@mechasentai]

Words to live by! XD

[@X33Ultras0und]

*"There goes Bhuddism travelling up the silk road, I wonder if it'll reach China before is collapses again."*

[@themigthyhowitzer3213]

@divine hooman No, no, at 2:12 he clearly said: "We could make a religion out of this" So its the same channel.

[@WereDictionary]

"To distinguish them from the rest of the population, the government made them wear their own clothes, moved them into their own neighborhoods and even sometimes tattooed them" Living in germany, kinda feeling called out in a historical sense.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

Reaperonatricycle nothing new under the sun

[@Niriixa]

Right? When I heard that line, I went "Well, that sounds familiar."

[@Fosuya]

Sweden has had similar treatment of people in the past. It's a reoccurring theme wherever you might go in the world sadly..

[@ambarneelamhazarika6385]

Not only Germany every1 did that for eg the world best opressor British with the apartheid

[@kengatewood9769]

I'm

[@Tesis]

"All it really takes to destroy a people is to take away their future, to take away the potential of their children. It's so easy to pinpoint problems on the characteristic of the subgroup, to say that it's race, religion, country of origin." That is the most important part of it really. The core of half of world's problems.

[@SS-lp8fu]

Yes , you are right. People are bred to be like this. Then everyone comes and says "What's wrong with them??"

[@RockHudrock]

Nicely said. What’s the other half?

[@_Muzolf]

The worst of this was bruoght on by religion, but somehow that cannot be pointed out as a reason for problems? Have you thought this trough?

[@argonianaccount1876]

@** ** shut up troll, put some content on that channel!

[@argonianaccount1876]

YES, exactly what is trying to be done in ALL white countries at the moment.

[@chunkymonkey7175]

so you're saying that even if you breed everyone into a single race, people will still differentiate?

[@BigRedR-o7h]

Yep!

[@ghostflames1501]

Us vs. Them, a tale as old as time. We work best as tribes, we're wired that way. If we have no one to hate, we'll hate each other. It's not right, it's just the way we are formed in every society I've ever seen. Socialists and communists hate wealthy and powerful, capitalists hate the poor and unproductive, Japan hates those that perform unclean work...everyone has a hang up it seems.

[@toximan2008]

@@ghostflames1501 I think people oftentimes forget that humans are still animals, and the many facets that governed our primitive and animalistic behavior have not and will not ever fade.

[@itsjustanapple5452]

No much. But still a little bit.

[@kazaddum2448]

Class does not care about race.

[@Shararamosh]

Heck, now I understand why Munehisa Iwai's airsoft shop is called Untouchable and why it's located in a very unpopular location.

[@dorjjodvo1992]

Ah, the persona 5 reference...

[@daviddamasceno6063]

You just blew my mind in so many levels....

[@Sofiaode18]

Gun daddy

[@iamfourmana]

Yeah... that's a really loose connection. Most likely it's called that due to Iwai's ties to the yakuza and his overprotective nature towards Kaoru.

[@doomdegree2584]

I for some reason never thought of it like that until now.

[@ayahojo9527]

My family is Burakumin...I searched 部落民 (Burakumin) on Japanese Google and there are a lot of discriminatory comments and stereotypes. I lived most of my life overseas so I'm curious if I would have gotten, or will get discrimination being Burakumin in Japan. The whole idea is ridiculous. We look and talk the same way. Even if we don't, discrimination of whatever kind is disgusting.

[@vandagylon2885]

Exactly. Well said.

[@tomasbyrom3954]

As someone who has lived in Japan a long time, I'd suggest that you are more likely to be treated differently because you grew up outside of Japan and yet identify as Japanese (a lot of Japanese don't understand that), than because you are descended from Burakumin.

[@tomasbyrom3954]

This is Japan, not India. I have no idea about how things are there, but I know that Japanese are very very uncomfortable about overseas born Japanese.

[@Ivosazar]

@@tomasbyrom3954 thats the same for any nation.

[@xandr13]

@@Ivosazar Nope, it's not.

[@Jo-yo7mw]

The founder and CEO of Uniqlo is burakumin. Thats pretty cool considering the social stigma attach to that word.

[@gautamk4990]

Brock is that true ?

[@gautamk4990]

Pretty cool if it is

[@stwmbae3013]

​@@gautamk4990 Seems to be: everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/Burakumin/ Under "Notable burakumin"

[@suchanhachan]

I've lived in Japan for over 20 years, and it's impossible to overstate how important public image and reputation are to Japanese people. To a certain extent it's understandable, especially in their professional lives. But it can also absurdly extend to the smallest details of their lives...A few years ago a former student of mine was telling me about her elderly mother-in-law who lived with them and used a walker in the house. She was worried about her because she liked to go out in the neighborhood, but her son (my student's husband) refused to let her use the walker outside because he found it embarrassing...Another student told me about a memory from her childhood when her mother was quite ill one winter night, and her father was going to call an ambulance. But her grandfather, with whom they lived, absolutely refused to have the neighbors see an ambulance come to their house, so her father had to take her to the hospital by bicycle... As an American, these and many other stories I've heard seem ridiculous, but I didn't grow up in a culture where all of one's success, social or professional, is based on belonging to and conforming to your group, and where deviating from this group's norms or expectations can have serious consequences...

[@user-03-gsa3]

Amazing insight...thank you

[@BongoSeason]

As an American, you’re absolutely delusional/willfully ignorant if you think that isn’t how things work here.

[@paulforder591]

Well--reasoned: gives a window into Japanese cultural norms. 😼

[@vsssa1845]

The barakumins case sounds suspiciously similar to Untouchable Castes of Indian Hindus. Same class of workers(meat cutters, leather makers etc) ostracized.

[@miameow4833]

same with Gypsies...which were often those who worked in the entertainment field as dancers, musicians, fortune tellers...yup, some are thieves and some kidnap kids to sell them as slaves or child brides. So which came first...the class or the crime?

[@capitalb5889]

Oh absolutely - it is more than a coincidence - all goes back to religion, Buddhism especially.

[@jasonnung2645]

It was more than a coincidence, the Eta class as a concept is imported from the caste system of India through Buddhism, while the ostracising of the Hinen class (actors, prostitutes etc.) was brought to Japan through Confucianism from China.

[@capitalb5889]

Any job that is to do with death is still seen as unclean in Japan. Undertakers for example (see the movie Departures), or pathologists. There is a shortage of the latter - being a doctor is already a well-paid job, so it is hard to attract people to work in this unclean area

[@capitalb5889]

@@jasonnung2645 - even today showbiz is seen as a suspect profession. Quite a lot of popular talents are of Korean heritage. If you haven't seen the excellent Ghibli anime Only Yesterday (or "Omoide poro poro"), there is a great scene in which the father refuses his daughter the chance to play a part in an amateur dramatics performance on the grounds that actors are a bad lot.

[@hamsteralliance]

Check out the 2008 Japanese film "Departures". "the film follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a nōkanshi-a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from those around him, including from his wife, because of strong social taboos against people who deal with death. "

[@irimac1806]

The Hamster Alliance I think we watched it here in germany during our 1 year training to become certified old peoples nurse helpers The movie really got me thinking back then.

[@delilah28100]

Ooh...this is so true. I forgot the name of this Japanese drama but she works in forensics and during an arranged marriage meeting, the guy backed-out because forensics works involves dealing with the dead

[@DAToft]

I was actually thinking about this film!

[@RatelHBadger]

Interesting... my father owns a funeral home. They really try to personalise every funeral/wake to try move away from the morbid and Gothic image of everything, more a celebration of the deceased. Despite this, any Chinese or Japanese families continue to go with bare bones service, get in & out. For the longest time we thought it was them being stingy or frugal regarding their family. It makes sense now that they are trying to minimise their bad energy from being around death too long... also makes sense why sushi is such a big thing, that butchers are looked down on.

[@stevesheldon8616]

I agree. That movie had a major impact on me.

[@annonnie]

As a Japanese, I had never heard of this at all. Thank you for sparking me to look into this further.

[@dudehuhu7803]

Thomas Schmidt I love ice cream

[@thomasschmidt6424]

#Bish Tomane Yes, icecream is delicious!

[@mikhailzaruykin663]

Focaccia bread is also nice

[@Cainite]

And this is how letism spreads to the last free "western" Nation...

[@Cainite]

That is why I wrote "western" and not western. Because of the same LvL of technology and ethics while the culture itself is wastly supirior.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Another example of Humanity's seeming unlimited capacity to shoot itself in the foot.

[@pureenergy5051]

Pockets I blame God because we are always being shot in the proverbial foot just by being on earth. It is not humanity. We don't know any better. If we knew better, we would not be doing the shooting of any kind.

[@gin3868]

we know better, you just showed we do, it's time to become aware and not fall for the same mistakes

[@paxwallacejazz]

Pockets MacCartney Couldn't have put it better myself.

[@drg8687]

Pure Energy you blame an imaginary sky daddy for the woes of humanity? You are apart of the problem.

[@blugaledoh2669]

mm kk In this case, it much more than simply feeling "better".

[@althea888YT]

thanks for doing this short video. as a zainichi korean from japan, and working very closely with Burakumin activists for our shared vision of human rights and equality in japan, i just wanted to chime in to suggest that the places shown here are very heavily populated (historically, and today) by zainichi koreans as well as burakumin, and depending on where in osaka, also the okinawan immigrants. also the statistic on the yakuza... actually if you look at the top echelons of very big established yakuza groups, you will always find a zainichi korean and a buraku. this isn't to further validate the negative prejudice of our inherent criminality -- but as you suggest, a result of being pushed to the alleys and the 'outside' the reach of rights and opportunities based on racialized identities that justified (and justifies, to this day) our sujugation.

[@floflo1645]

always nice to see more insights in the comments. Thanks for sharing it

[@kayann3]

Thank you for the work that you do. I hope things will change for the better soon.

[@dddaveism]

Is this Tennoji ward in Osaka, looks like the place I stayed at before.

[@Karen-pk3uv]

Can you recommend any reliable sources?

[@JakkFrost1]

_"They kinda went overboard"_ No shade because I love the country, but that's kinda Japan in a nutshell.

[@creaturedanaaaaa]

*A N I M E*

[@ImSoHoodie]

Just as he said in the video, you can find examples of this in EVERY country. That is society and human nature in general.

[@missjul8]

I'm So Hoodie Not humyn "nature" per say, socialisation.

[@ImSoHoodie]

Yup, basically it isn't isolated to just Japan.

[@Dualidity]

Jakk Frost they went overboard on raping and enslaving my ancestors

[@elwoodziggurat]

This concept exists in Bangladesh and India as well. I remember seeing something where a baby was stillborn, and nobody would dare touch it's body to bury it and the mother had to hire some outcast drug-addicts to bury the baby since it was considered impure and dangerous to touch it.

[@sorayacatfriend]

Victoria L I don't think that's a thing.

[@aricente]

Prakhar Tiwari honestly,i feel like strict hindu practices would demand this. But im talking about hardcore hinduism

[@YamiKisara]

Yeah but the casts of India are well known globally, since they've been medialized before, I believe.

[@mightymo7607]

Victoria L Im bengali and thats hindu culture, not hugely a part of bangladesh. In burma, they skin bengali babies alive until they die in pain.

[@marutanray]

What you assert is untrue. There are mid-wifes who belong to many castes in India, including upper castes.

[@steveprice33]

So the takeaway I get from this is that discrimination is EVERYWHERE, and isn't a problem endemic to specific races, but to humanity as a whole. It's pretty demoralizing, actually. :(

[@fryphillipj560]

Steve Price Just keep on popin and be nice to all the people, you'll get through it.

[@librom5542]

Steve Price Yes, but I noticed something weird in all of this bad treatment of others. Those who are persecuted, antagonized, discriminated, marginalized seem to develop a greater understanding of the best attributes of what it means to be human. On the whole they will be kinder, more aware, more compassionate, and of greater inner strength and character. They know pain to a deeper level so they are more receptive to other people’s pain. Even if the behavior of some seems brutal or does not appeal to what is the norm, there are layers upon layers of feelings and way they react.

[@Losshe]

Ya. If you think about it, even in an all Caucasian society people will still find ways to discriminate people who are different from the majority (for example in the past people discriminated those who wore glasses, were overweight, red heads, just to name a few) That's what humanity has been doing, although there are more and more people who start to realize it but it's still very present in many societies

[@johjoh1203]

Lib Rom no, take the Hutus for example. They were an oppressed class for year, who then carried out the famous Rwandan Genocide. Also, the Israelis. They were the victims of the largest genocide and history and are now frequently condemned for they're actions in Palestine. All in all, humans are doomed to do evil.

[@Randalftown]

Yes, discrimination and racism are both xenophobia manifested, a survival mechanism that all species have, and something that humans will hopefully breed out at some point. But for now, we are all dispositioned to dislike strangers and when there are no brown people around, we find another excuse.

[@blind_drunk_chris]

"You can make a religion out of this!"

[@aaclovern9804]

The sun is a deadly lazer

[@marshmelows]

Some stuff he said seemed influenced by Bill Wurtz history vids

[@trapconnoisseur7393]

No dont.

[@Zikeal-d4l]

@@trapconnoisseur7393 References were supposed to be known

[@davidb5205]

"You touched placenta during childbirth... oh you _know_ THAT'S KEGARE!" I shouldn't be laughing this hard...

[@ryanfritts9120]

David Boucard got me a bit as well.

[@jonathantan2469]

Today, that's what an ob-gyn does & they earn shitloads of money.

[@CaridorcTergilti]

David Boucard In italian Kegare has similar sound to "make crap" (literally) I laughed so much...

[@Kj16V]

"oh you know THAT'S KEGARE!" Future mean spotted

[@adancewithgod]

No man, YOU are Kegare!!! :)

[@bbee8829]

Finally a historically analytical approach to this topic. We never even touched on this .

[@misterminty4095]

B Bee I guess you could say the topic was... UNTOUCHABLE

[@mjtechnoviking44]

Mister Minty GODDAMMIT BARB

[@RareEarthSeries]

Anthony Yen-Kai Chen My name is Evan and Greater India is a term applied to the historical subcontinent. Using the word India in English is entirely accurate.

[@deankumar]

wrong. buddhism originated in India. you need to correct your knowledge

[@TripHazzard96]

Dean Kumar DK i think he said the influence came from China and Korea, not the origin.

[@mevert87]

So here's a fun fact about this video - all of the action shots where the narrator is talking directly into the camera are all taken in the Kamagasaki neighborhood of Osaka, which is home to tons of Yakuza, burakumin and other lower-status groups. I know this because I've been there and walked around the area. Kudos to the narrator for keeping it real.

[@MrPingn]

Every society has a dark side and past. Those who act otherwise should be questioned.

[@ThomasRSkillman]

At a "black site"?

[@zhouwu]

Which questions would you ask them?

[@zhouwu]

@Suyash Adhikari Brilliant! I'll try that, next time, provided I don't get myself punched in the face. Actually, I can't imagine not getting punched in the face. Oh well. I'll see if I feel up to it.

[@vallinorean-akl]

This reminds me so much of the caste divide in India. We had our own system of caste division into classses one was born into which were divided on the basis of working sub-groups. Extremely complicated but it led to great destitution and ingrained discrimination against a large portion of the population for eons. Buddhism was seen by many as a means of escaping such discrimination.

[@VicodinElmo]

Ankit Kumar Lal Had? Don't you mean have? I thought the caste system was still a thing?

[@leemageit8170]

+Lucas Williams No, it was constitutionally abolished in 1950. India now actually has the problem of reverse discrimination. The issue is a bit complex to delve into on a KZbin comment section, however, imagine affirmative action in the USA but SIGNIFICANTLY more extreme.

[@comradebear9477]

"Only a Brahmin by birth can become a Buddha" The Buddha didn't discriminate. Yeah, right. Rolfmao. And let's not start on the stuff he said about women who hasn't given birth yet.

[@SushmitaAnantaramkrishnan]

Lee Mageit calling it "reverse discrimination" is a stretch imo. constitutional abolition does not guarantee a change in cultural attitudes. inter-caste marriages, for example, are still largely taboo. while the reservation system is necessary and has given oppressed classes a chance at a better life, it is largely imperfect and open to manipulation in its current form which has prevented it from benefitting the people who truly need it the most. excluding the creamy layer of OBC families (having an annual income of ₹8 lakh and greater c. 2017) from reaping the benefits of reservation is a step in the right direction. an ideal system would be based on the principles of intersectionality so as always, there remains work to be done

[@deltaforcedf]

+Ankit Kumar Lal How can you be so sure that caste-based discrimination existed for eons? What great destitution and ingrained discrimination took place before the arrival of British or Islamic invaders? Please enlighten me. Sounds like you are simply speaking the language of your colonial masters whose sole objective was to systematically destroy and dismantle India's backbone which was its culture and heritage for total domination. And they succeeded in that because there are so many fools like you who blindly believe everything they read and conclude it as evidence. I see so many of you guys are ashamed of you native language but take pride in knowing English, you consider your culture inferior and outdated but see western culture as modern and fashionable, you blame the caste system without divulging in the depths of Manusmriti but neglect racism, discrimination, white supremacy, and slavery that is ever present. I bet Macaulay must be proud of you! But for a change search the truth for yourself!

[@radiofrog]

In retrospect, it's interesting how obvious the vicious cycle was. It fed itself into this illusion that the people were actually lesser human beings. People viewed as inferior>treated poorly>forced into crime and poverty>viewed as inferior, and so on. And I think it's a cycle that continues today in many places around the world.

[@fggf803]

I always wondered why the mafia exists in japan. With this added piece of information it makes so much more sense now.

[@opforind]

fg gf Yakuza is older than the Mafia. So we should actually be calling Italian organized crime the Italian Yakuza ;)

[@goodolmeplant5809]

Because the mafias a badass movie?

[@Nowhy]

Officially there is no crime with the Yakuza, because they are part of what Japan represents and Japan is perfect. That is also why those minorities here don't "exist"...

[@baukepoelsma]

So these poor guys who where nobodies in society formed criminal groups and are now one of the most influencial people in their country...RIGHT BACK AT YA!

[@ShanonField]

Agreed

[@humanrightsadvocate]

It took 7 years for the KZbin AI to recommend me a video from this channel... Sorry for subscribing so late.

[@jacobmortimore]

Welcome to the club of intellectuals

[@matiasfpm]

😎

[@pushkard9377]

7 months or years? Time Machine?

[@humanrightsadvocate]

@@pushkard9377 This channel has been uploading videos for seven years! Learn to use the internet, asshole! Every stupid fuck feels the need to reply to my comments! And then I have to waste time muting them.

[@jf3715]

@@jacobmortimore iNtellEctUalS 🥴

[@IronheadOfScroteus]

Even Japan's slums look kinda nice.

[@s.y.7866]

IronheadOfScroteus standard of living in japan is so high that street walls with graffiti signs on them is considered a slum

[@joshuapearson135]

that is considered fine art if its in a US cities

[@s.y.7866]

Black Troy McClure *EDGY*

[@Highspeedoffset1]

Yeah, I noticed - plants available to be stolen ( But they aren't), little trash, etc. Those people are still Japanese .

[@sumatoborukiSaru]

Kinda 'fitting' that the majority of this was filmed in Nishinari.

[@BigRedR-o7h]

I am successful, but get very dirty, working at my business. I have encountered people in town I know, outside of work, but when they saw me in my work clothes, wouldn't really even talk to me. I don't care. We all end up as dirt, and goo, eventually.

[@John-jc4om]

But the problem is that those who control all the wealth believe a much different way of life awaits them and that is they go to a paradise and take 7 of us others with them as slaves

[@jasonbelstone3427]

Eh, much like the Jews, you'll be laughing it to the bank when the next major disruption comes.

[@sambryce321]

Jason Belstone Execpt all the Jews who are also working class and all the rich people who aren’t Jewish. Oh wait... you don’t actually care about the unjust nature of our society but just hate Jewish people.

[@ziggymon2529]

Maybe a distinction >< Zionist and "The Jewish People" needs to be made.

[@chemicsky2772]

In Mexico it ain't really like that probably in those countries

[@kangaskhan7164]

Japan: we are an honorable and tolerable nation nobody could ever compare Also japan: *ewwww meat cutters*

[@Marcusjnmc]

who ever told you japan was a tolerant society ??

[@-----------------------------]

Also the Japanese, see that village over there? Let's rape and kill it. It's weebs that make Japan seem like a perfect country. Tbf it has its flaws like all the other ones. Granted some have more...but that's a different topic.

[@CarburetorThompson]

Japan is not tolerable nor do they ever claim to be. Probably the most racist nation I can think of.

[@friendoftellus5741]

???

[@rockydee7499]

lol. tolerant is the bit least on our culture I assure you that.

[@rithurajsudhan5452]

The way you described it reminded me a lot about my country India and our caste system. Japan is looked upto in our nation and so this was very educational about another side of Japan. I guess it just shows that narrow minded people exist on every part of this planet. On the flip side, rational people too exist on every corner of this planet. So as long as the voice of reason exists, I am not willing to give up hope.......just putting it out there ✌🏾✌🏾

[@reycamilox]

"We could make a religion out of this"

[@richardscathouse]

C Rey Islam?

[@pakichart]

richardscathouse today is islamic calender new year too. did you see rich poor first and last front to the back all facing same direction even standing on top of black building we house of Allah ..equality at all level n no terrorist in the site. islam frees you from kind of slavery except Allah who u belong too

[@afroplasm5956]

*THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER.*

[@kainevittulainen]

No don't

[@TheICEgirl6100]

black troy mcclure, so was christianity

[@aidensmith6277]

*we can make a religion out of this*

[@mohammedabahussain4562]

Aiden Smith Allah says in his noble book (49:13) O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. From that we can see that discrimination originate from people thoughts

[@princess_hd]

we can make a religion out of bill wurtz

[@elpachonisimoSOS]

no

[@FoxWeaver]

No don't.

[@requiembeeblebroxx]

Scrolled down to the comments specifically looking for this reference

[@nataliemendelsohn1317]

My japanese wife taught me about this japanese class division in society and how it got banned by the government, but warned me NEVER to talk about it in public as it is MEGA offensive. She lived nearby but not in a location that had Burakumin in them and talked about how they were receiving government support and not to come in those neighborhoods if possible for safety reasons. Of course i was like: Eh, i thought all Japanese were the same. (I still do, and think people should consider them as such). But seemingly such a sensitive issue does exist, although it's a relic from the past.

[@cnadiajasmine]

Natalie Mendelsohn that's why issues like this take so long to fix in japan :( because everyone's sensitive about it, and don't want to deal with it. They all just want to be passive and stay in the background, blending in with everyone else, to avoid being different

[@artificialgravitas8954]

The past bites

[@johnhfox9213]

As a "workman" here in the USA, I have seen the same response in city dwellers when our crew showed up to work at their homes or offices. They needed our abilities, but resented our presence. It was obvious it wasn't "racial", though elements of that bled through. What they resented was our being a reminder that no matter how they tried to master the world, the world resisted. We "workers" smudged their rosy, entitled view of life. Our very existence spoke of their impotence. And for this reason the "entitled" of the world despise all others, in varying degrees.

[@johnhfox9213]

@Kaptain Kid Sorry, but it's foolish to embrace the cancer, to become one with the ravisher. And my level of education is an assumption you make baselessly. Agronomy may be lacking in flashiness to the younger generation, but bear in mind that every morsel you consume has a history with a human hand involved, even the gathering of so called wild edibles. My rejection of the self importance people attach to themselves isn't based on my lack, but instead on their puffed up self important attitude. An attitude you exemplified artlessly. Thank you.

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

Kaptain Kid Yes because a poor or working-class person just has $100,000 laying around, and four years of spare time, that they can attend university with. Scholarships are a option, but the whole point of scholarships is that they’re only available to the absolute cream of the crop, which are usually people who had advantages to start out with either economic, or genetic.

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

John H Fox I agree, let the hipsters shingle their own damn roofs, half of them probably can’t even change a tire.

[@IncitatusConsul]

@chris easly he could be right. My parents are lower middle class, and I see the same behaviour in them, looking down on the working class and generally being uncomfortable whenever around 'em. I've even been told, when telling them I don't plan on going to university, that "without a university degree, you are nothing and nobody". Some people are just like that

[@nickjimenez6138]

Well said John. Ive watched similar vids about the people in india who clean the streets, sewers, stuff like that. But the ones that despise the others sooner or later needs the other.

[@BobSmith-tm2kj]

We learned about the burakumin in Japanese Culture class at my college. Apparently a lot, if not most, Japanese people don't even acknowledge that they exist. One of my half Japanese classmates asked his grandma (native Japanese) about it, and she flat out denied it was a thing.

[@Hakajin]

I wonder if maybe a lot of them really don't know? I don't know if it's still the case, but I've heard that, until the recent past, at least, Japanese kids weren't taught about atrocities committed by the Japanese military in WWII, so they thought it wasn't true. Kinda makes you wonder about what your own country might be hiding...

[@shoheitakishima9387]

I was born and raised in Japan and learned in class that burakunin existed and am sure that everyone in my generation (anyone born in 90’s or later) has learned about it in school. But I do know that there are some Japanese that think that treating burakmin differently from others is not discrimination. When the ideas are deeply ingrained in the culture or religion, people don’t recognize their existence. Or it could be that the concept of “kegare” is so strong that people turn a blind eye unconsciously and believe that burakumin doesn’t exist so as to protect themselves from “kegare”.

[@BobSmith-tm2kj]

Thanks for your insight! :3

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Bob Smith why are you saying we deny it? Maybe we just don't know? I am japenese and I never heard about this 'barakumin' system. I think this system will phase out as the older generations die because all my japanese friends never heard about this either (I'm 17)

[@BobSmith-tm2kj]

10,000 subscribers without any videos because I've met people who deny it?

[@meganemaster207]

I wish I could walk backwards as smoothly and confidently as that camera man

[@ChinchillupaGuy]

I actually doubt he/she is walking. Most likely on something with wheels to get a smooth shot like that.

[@sweetsour3689]

Or just he used a stabilizer

[@Miyankochan]

It must be a very useful skill later in life :D

[@henriccarlsson9052]

Steady cam 😉

[@silverspecter2101]

I wonder if they tripped on something once or twice lol. Probably not, but it's still funny to think about.

[@JodyBruchon]

I subscribed because of how well-done this video is and how educational and interesting it was to watch. Thank you for making videos like this.

[@sharkythomas4026]

Jody Bruchon Agreed me too, quality work.. Thank you. 😘

[@chohawk1]

Same...

[@Zash21]

same

[@chitwnhood]

Jody Bruchon me to

[@sveinungj]

Me to, confirmed what I knew must be happening!

[@jojo94101]

Ah Japan. On the surface pure and honorable, yet under the veil deceitful and downright seedy. Never change...

[@ЖанболатМырзашов]

Same as usa

[@wastedoxys]

Same goes for any country

[@jj0493]

Just like humanity

[@areaxisthegurkha]

@@ЖанболатМырзашов USA usually seems like a hellhole to live in, but all honest, it's just California

[@belphiespillow2268]

@@areaxisthegurkha Why California?

[@wasabimonkie]

Googled "burakumin " and one of the most notable burakumin is the founder of UNiQLo.

[@junamboqcg2369]

He mentioned tanners falling under that group. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

[@eddenoy321]

Junambo Right ! Many of Uniqlo's products are rendered from the hide of the 'Okja' giant pigs.

[@artificialgravitas8954]

Nobody has ever said racism made sense [or, it seems, requires any genetic difference..]

[@test-mm7bv]

that may explain why tadashi yanai is close to masayoshi son. they are the two richest people in japan, and both from oppressed backgrounds.

[@NataChen7]

He's still untouchable anyway

[@ramjeesaradi]

I see a lot similar to India

[@karansena]

Ramanuja Rao yes but one thing is they are go guys no bullshit

[@nikobellic3716]

kt cool not really most of lower castes holds job now n even our pm is from lower caste.

[@jagneettaneja6765]

Yup. India's PM is from a low caste background while our President is a dalit.

[@---hi7jt]

only japanese don't shit in streets

[@tonyennis3008]

People are the same everywhere.

[@dudeonthasopha]

It's weird cause one of the original reasons for Buddhism was to abolish the Hindu caste system. But in east Asia they ignored that and incorporated it with their own caste system.

[@araghav3921]

dudeonthasopha that was not the original reason of Buddhism.

[@WeAreSMC96]

Not when they took it from China lol. All these social class discriminations are still well alive in Chinese society

[@missjul8]

Sad how humyns use "religion" for all the wrong reasons.

[@mingyuegao9050]

Tri Poloski But the biggest change in the modern Chinese society would be now the society encourages people to change their social status that they were born in through hard work and education. Although the discrimination about certain social class lies around subconsciously, it is more attributed to the opinion of individuals, the officials of Chinese society honours every profession and social class.

[@Lexender]

ar ra It was, Buddhas principal teaching was the acention to Nirvana in order to scape the endless cicle of rebirth, wich was the religious origin of the hindu caste system.

[@Disappointed739]

I was born and raised in rural Japan, and I can assure viewers that this video is accurate enough. The overall problem of poverty, equality in opportunities for advancement, and discrimination are, of course, far more complex than the historical issues surrounding outcasts, but this is a good introduction to a ugly historical reality in Japan. It is important to note that societal wealth, medical care, psychiatric care, universal education, higher education opportunities, radical improvements in legal and civil rights, and explicit governmental programs to address these historical wrongs head-on for outcast people in Japan has improved their collective lot radically, an issue impossible to cover in so brief a video. That said, discrimination is usually a multi generational problem that requires multiple generations of concerted effort to solve, and Japan's is no exception.

[@Fosuya]

I was born into a family which was suffering from mental illness, poverty and being outsiders of the social structure of our nation. I can relate to what you've described as these burakumin for myself and my family! We live in a Scandinavian nation and still see the same social problems described in this video!

[@ashknoecklein]

Thank you for making this video. It's such a taboo topic that it can be difficult to get detailed information.

[@jayal5771]

Everyone knows ,nothing new 😑

[@lovescomedy619]

I didn't know. Don't assume, it makes an ass out of you... and you alone.

[@ordinarytree4678]

Jay Al I didnt know, pretentious bark-muncher. I am not japanese nor do I study "glorious nippon".

[@c.morganfree1970]

Jay Al I've never heard of this. Speak for yourself next time please.

[@lucasgill7819]

I didnt know any of this either

[@ethanoffenbacher4829]

There was a similar group in parts of France and Spain called the Cagots. They where heavily persecuted and not allowed to touch anything for use by everyone else. They had to enter churches through separate low doors and use separate fountains. In some places, they could be killed for walking on the street barefoot, and received the Eucharist in church from a long spoon. The persecution of them slowly faded away in the 19th century, and no one now knows exactly how or why it started. They where the same religion and looked the same as their neighbors.

[@dutcheastindies8354]

I have read about this before. Funny how the concept of caste is often seen to have only existed in India when in reality, many countries had and continue to have such systems in place. In some countries, caste hierarchy, although called by different names such as race and ethnic group, still plays a significant role in the life of the individual.

[@Revivalism23]

​@@dutcheastindies8354cagots are extinct

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

Several years ago, a homeless man asked me for money. I said I didn't have any to spare. He called after me, politely, and said, "Thank you. You looked me in the eye and saw my face." It shook me.

[@preceptor3082]

The Star-Bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars, but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches had none upon thar's.

[@drmodestoesq]

My favourite part of that story is they guy who drives off with a truck full of money after exploiting the Sneetches racial prejudices.

[@alexiskiri9693]

@@drmodestoesq sounds like President Trump. Exploiting racial prejudices and making money from his position.

[@g-manatstarbucks2718]

@@alexiskiri9693 can we not drag current politics into this

[@alexiskiri9693]

@@g-manatstarbucks2718 but we can't live in fantasy land forever. The "real" world keeps intruding in in very harsh ways, for so many people. I'm sorry to disturb your bubble.

[@blakchristianbale]

Mond why learn history if you're not willing to apply it?

[@ErikGiovani]

Damn bro. Such a great message, done so eloquently

[@DaveTrippin]

Awesome video man. Well edited and very eloquent.

[@The_Paddle_Smith]

Yeah, he explained it very well

[@aokspage]

It's sad how we are so full of hope when we are young , only to figure out life is no good here on earth. Good for some. But so many suffer.

[@picketf]

Since our reproduction rate as a whole is unsustainably high I much prefer that we never reach a consensus. I shudder at the thought that we could become a highly efficient population of ants, working hand in hand in a society were everyone is valued more or less the same. I'm pretty sure once that stage is reached it will be only a matter of time that our behavior and unsustainability will reach exponential levels and lead to our unavoidable extinction.

[@Nickknows00]

'us and them' is ingrained into humanity

[@free22]

Nick ward An old biological impulse that may be our undoing one day.

[@serglian8558]

@@free22 it was a great ides. A working functional to stay safe! But then it broke

[@s.a.8548]

freemayo Aw. That sounds sad.

[@artificialgravitas8954]

Hey now! Primal instincts can be suppressed in a rational, democratic society. It's just that historically that's a very new thing

[@AIWARAS619]

@@artificialgravitas8954 You need to put in some real work to suppress natural born human tribalism, mental conditioning on indoctrination levels stuff even. And even then everyone that lacks that conditioning can naturally become "the enemy" in your mind, it seems that human mind out right demand for an "enemy" to exist.

[@AleksandrMotsjonov]

Iron balls for filming Yakuza on a beach )

[@richardscathouse]

Aleksandr Motsjonov stock film I'm sure

[@RareEarthSeries]

richardscathouse Nope. Filmed in Ogasawara. As mentioned below, they were friendly and gave us no trouble. Just a couple dudes on vacation going scuba diving.

[@Kagemusha08]

Not really. I live in Japan and most Yakuza are either friendly or could care less about people filming them as long as you aren't rude or confrontational. As nasty as they can be when taking care of their buisness they are still part of Japanese society and act as such, as opposed to most Western mafia groups who act like completely seperate societies/entities.

[@FlankCobra]

Somewhere I heard that Yakuza was the first ones to help people after 2011 tsunami.

[@holatio4028]

+FlankCobra They were, actually. In fact, many in JP talk of the Yakuza as a necessary evil. That void/vacuum (for 'evil' lol) in a country of 126 m people will always be there, and many prefer to see the Yakuza - which honestly are not THAT terrible - rather than the Chinese or Russian mafia operate in Japan.

[@deviousimpulse]

WHEEEEEEN YOOOOOOUR Harvest yields nine And your neighbor has five THAAAAAT'S KEGAREEEEE

[@starprince6341]

I am from India... We still have untouchability and caste system. People from lower castes are treated as inferiors and subservient. I could never imagine how it feels to them.

[@SuryaMusings]

False. We don't have untouchability anymore, we have caste discrimination in the matters of marriage

[@RupeshKumar-ni1vd]

​@@SuryaMusings said like a guy who never faced discrimination

[@ThePanacon]

I've been to Japan many times but didn't know there is such a thing like untouchables in Japan..incredibly informative content. Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[@orangedac]

Look up Burakumin. Many who are employed go to great lengths to hide their family history for fear of being fired once discovered to be a Burakumin.

[@AprilStar431]

Yes because even speaking about them is not acceptable in Japan. this is the real untouchable part o Japan.

[@GutsLikesItInTheAss]

Typical weeb. Only wants to see the good and positive sides of a country. Not willing to accept that their anime wonder land also has dark sides

[@jasonirwin4631]

i don't think that is a typical weeb thing. japans a country that is very aware and concerned about it's image. the society there works very hard hide these people from tourist. think about it how many travelers are told come to the us and see Detroit rotting away and then book a flight to LA see the gang violence of Compton.

[@silverfeathered1]

You see hints of it in many places. I was given bandages to cover my tattoos at an onsen. They tell foreigners that it's because of the image it projects relating to gangs. It's actually that people don't want to take a bath in the same water that a "filthy" person did. Even though that's what a bath is for. In Western society, you can relate it to banning athletic shoes at dance clubs. Even though they are the more appropriate shoe to wear, they represent a social wall that must be overcome before you can enter.

[@maximusdarkultima]

8:27 japanese guy: did someone say FOUR?? *translators note: four is bad in eastern culture

[@heavyrain5949]

Lol

[@emossg]

I am surprised random japanese people picked up english four in a street.

[@BenjiQ575]

Japan has a pretty good education system, and English is the world language. I'm Australian and I can count to 10 in Japanese and Italian. They probably had English teachers in his primary school.

[@WelcomeToNevaad]

No, he actually said FORE. Props to the guy, good reaction, didn't get hit.

[@akfox19D]

Japanese for 4 is “shi” which is a homonym for the word “death” so it and 9 “kyu/suffering” are considered unlucky numbers. That said since their English counterparts are not unfortunate homonyms for any Japanese words no one would get bent out of shape if you uttered them. The old guy probably just did a double take when he realized he was being filmed.

[@yusuke280]

Thanks for making this video. I'm from Kobe, I've always heard my parents talking about it but never really understood anything about it. Think it'll probably take a generation or two until it slowly disappears.

[@NoctLightCloud]

Kobe?♡ I did an exchange semester there in 2015 and will do another one next year~ I am in love with Kobe!! Love from Austria♡

[@bride2492]

it wont disappear as long as we live in a class society and under capitalism

[@maroonroon]

It could start with you.. :)

[@-haclong2366]

That's what they've been saying since the 1870's...

[@Lizzie-sp5dq]

@@bride2492 Phhtt... Move to China, see how that works for you...

[@Appachoppa112]

I love japan but im glad my ancestors hail from the ryukyus (okinawa). The mainland japanese used to discriminate us as well and is why we sent people to china to learn kung fu and came back to start te aka karate.

[@Appachoppa112]

yeeeeeeeeeth well now that you said it 😂

[@42_10_]

interesting..why mainland japan dicriminate you guys?

[@Appachoppa112]

42 10 it was kinda like the ainu but more so because it was out of mainland’s reach and was open to trade whereas japan was for the longest closed off to the world

[@john1701q]

Miagi Do?

[@avadhutpatil9]

WTF this seems like India's Caste System 2.0

[@HG-hg1rb]

Their government did away with discrimination in 1860. Here we use them as vote bank.

[@soulscanner66]

Or U.S. racial segregation. It's and example of historical prejudices being so ingrained in a society that even changing the laws can't root it out.

[@umbrell4m4n]

Yeah. Did we export chaturvarna with buddhism? This def sounds like that. India historically discriminated against the same occupations. Still does.

[@tanmeysrivastava]

@@umbrell4m4n TRUE !!

[@harryb7505]

It kind of is

[@charliecastillo2011]

I thought you were going to talk about the Ainu people, but thanks for shedding light on this issue.

[@UnthawedGuitarist]

At least Ainus got a bit acknowledged later on. Still would have been an interesting topic though, you're right.

[@LeCatte]

Charlie Castillo From what I know, despite some acknowledgement from the government, socially they are still shunned. Those outside the system have no where to go. The system is too rigid to serve well in the long term.

[@nntflow7058]

ewww

[@exmaarmaca]

My only idea of Ainu people was Horo Horo from Shaman King, like a group from northern Japan.

[@meepwolf]

WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE LIKE A BIG PIZZA PIE THAT'S KEGARE

[@Vagabond671]

Graham Powers Doing God's work. 👏👏👏

[@Kjersten_w]

Graham Powers youve saved me

[@mannyema1034]

Kegare sound like the Italian slang word CAGARE which means shitting! it made you comment 9 000 time funnier.

[@Nieieieee]

When the world seems to shine like you're born into crime That's Kegare~

[@ergogray3143]

OH DANNY BOY, THE BURAKUMIN, THE BURAKUMIN ARE CALLING

[@oratokotomemu2176]

Thank you so much for talking about Burakumin部落民問題. It is a serious and profound problem that surely exists in this country but no one really talk about it. Every time when I see Japanese people say they are not racist because they only have one race here, I always make my best WTF face. Japanese society has been ignoring these Burakumin and the immigrants. Again, thank you for spotting light to the people even Japanese don’t talk about.

[@woozhi9218]

Burakumin mondai???

[@alexwebster8915]

It's same as Indian caste system where Dalits are known as Lower Caste or untouchables and Upper Caste known as Higher caste. Lower caste can't marry in higher caste and in some places Dalits (Lower caste) can't even sit or eat with higher caste. Indians call themselves that there is no caste system or we don't believe in caste system but they marry according to their caste. Many Higher Caste Indians want to talk about on Reservation and nobody has dare to talk about how to abolish caste system which is the root of inhumanity, inequality and atrocities against Dalits (lower caste).

[@HashSl1ng1ngSlasher]

interesting that this idea is so heavily avoided in culture today. I'd never learned about this before, despite being so familiar with world society. You'd think that when you learned about slavery, about the castes in South Africa, about the inequality in the middle east, you would also learn about these issues. Perhaps now, in the digital age, we can finally shine light on this issue.

[@Doomroar]

Is not that westerners worship Japan, is that Japan is really proficient at hiding its bad side, they are not the country with the less crime, they are the country that know how to hide and ignore crime the best.

[@MrAntieMatter]

RoarOfDamnation Japan has a really low crime rate, though.

[@WildBillCox13]

No; it doesn't. Japan is run at the community level under the auspices of the big Yakuza families and these are tied directly to the government. In this way, crime statistics are all falsified, all cops are on the take, and every government official is corrupt as BP. Crime-especially assault, rape, and robbery+beatings-is as common in Japan as it is in any major nation. The difference is that the traditional Japanese system hides the evidence.

[@frankgarner1415]

Lucy Kelly You are a racist ignoramus.....

[@saddenedwiseman810]

DANKUS MEMEUS RENATUS If an injustice exists one is obligated by our very essence as humans to do all we can to rectify the injustice. Note I said "if".

[@edwardsmith3022]

🎶 When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's kegare 🎶

[@CJusticeHappen21]

Commenting on KZbin? That's Kegare. Watching KZbin? That's Kegare. On the Internet? That's Kegare. I need this to become a Meme, if it isn't already.

[@VicodinElmo]

CJusticeHappen21 PADDLING THE SCHOOL CANOE? Oh, you better believe that's Kegare.

[@CJusticeHappen21]

Lucas Williams You must purify!

[@nimay13]

CJusticeHappen21 Farting? That's kagare!

[@AexisRai]

hello, we already have this meme and it's called "absolutely haram"

[@robertshuxley]

fapping to tentacle porn? that's kagare

[@MedievalFantasyTV]

Man, you transmit such an inner peace and seem and soun so grounded. I get strong zen vibes from your videos. Maybe being in Japan is a contributing factor to this "vibe"? Anyway, thanks for your videos, I am sorta binge watching them right now.

[@MegaAnswerer]

My friend came down with an infection and the doctors didn't know what to do. So they brought in the janitor. He was a doctor. And a buraku. One of Japan's untouchables. His ancestors had been slaughterers, gravediggers. And this guy, he knew that he wasn't accepted by the staff, didn't even try. He didn't dress well, he didn't pretend to be one of them. The people around that place, they didn't think he had anything they wanted, except when they needed him. Because he was right. Which meant that nothing else mattered... This quote is what this video reminds me of

[@newpage4096]

This is from House MD right? The reason House become a doctor is because of buraku janitor doctor guy

[@jamiegodman715]

I enjoy that you walk around Japan while filming so I can see Japan in its natural state , since I've never been to Japan.

[@xgh1000]

That disclaimer at the end, tho... Really well done

[@Mr_Wiley]

Glad I saw this comment. I missed it the first time.

[@gracemcculloch2633]

yo those credits at the end got me wheezing so hard man. thanks for educating me on something i would have remained unaware of

[@IKENAK]

Every single nation on this planet has its own untouchables.

[@hagenabe]

Mark Karm Yup...slums, hoods, projects, buraku, favela...different name but all the same thing

[@karl-oppa5261]

the philippines also has many of this so called untouchables (basically slum people). Only difference is, they can climb up the social ladder thru education (yes, i know it is hard to invest in your children's education especially if you are poor but at least, you are given a chance). whereas the burakumin, the choices are: become a criminal or be a slum people, which is really saddening.

[@BgnrMdl1]

Karl -oppa also Negritos

[@arnowisp6244]

Karl -oppa Yeah, lower class because of poverty and wealth but hey at least it means you arent stuck like other folks.

[@foxmoulder7724]

Mark Karm lol to me india is entirely untouchable

[@ryanrodrigues6127]

It is same to caste which dominate in India.

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

Caste system is Abolished 50 yr back in 1960 & it Just a name tag more like a STAR SIGN, people barely, I DON'T MINE ONE ONLY, I don't know why most of WEST is so OBSESSED with it

[@megalith7796]

jeet sasmal bro, it all came back with the "reservation system" plus it also came packed with rampant corruption in all government sectors. It looks like the people who made it actually turned a blind eye to the potential for its abuse since it used caste and race (which can be manipulated very easily since it didn't mean much in society after the reforms and a generation gap) to offer jobs and benefits and that too without background check. And it is ruining the future of our new generations by providing them sub-par education and services. In my opinion reservation should have only been provided upon economic and financial status of the individuals.

[@vasistas.b.9140]

Ankit Kashyap Okay. Please do a little more research.

[@alwaysbored47]

jeet sasmal It might only be a name tag, but marriage(arranged) is still only done between two people of the same caste. It takes years to come out of the social stigma and each generation is fed with a little lesser poison than the previous one.

[@rajivshirk3852]

jeet sasmal caste system is abolished??

[@forgetfulfunctor1]

"You can make a religion out of this"

[@fairy5668]

This feels like History of Japan by Bill Wurtz but less musical. Also this is like the caste system in Hinduism/South Asia

[@fairy5668]

@Gunasagar KJ What

[@karlinchina]

For a society as educated and civilized as Japan, there seems to be a lot of denial of this issue.

[@TheKiroshi]

Japan (like every country) isn't a heaven for education and civilization.. Japan has many different hurtles to overcome with education, many of them being completely alien, or simply understated to places like the US. or China, or India, Or Russia. Africa... So on, so forth. As for 'denial'. You can't quite take the face value of the government anywhere. All counties have evidence of denying their past mistakes. Canada, Australia, Czech republic..

[@karlinchina]

For denial, I'm talking more about the average person rather than the government. I've asked a few Japanese people about this issue and the said something like, "It used to be a problem, but not anymore", or "those are the people that take out the trash".

[@cyvilleish13_12]

Oh maan its worse than that. The japanese government denies any of the war crimes they committed during ww2. The average japanese arent educated about it

[@blip808]

cyvilleish13 _ not all, but most. And their war apologies, are only directed to the appease the US, and there wasn't any proper war recompensation to really any of the Asian nations. And they don't admit that unit 731 existed, but I do believe they're slowly adapting, despite their strong right wing support.

[@supermanboy1255]

Jeffery Li What's wrong with being right wing the right wing doesn't stop people from apologizing and it doesn't make them ignorent yo the outside world, the right wing doesn't exist in Japan that's Japan with it's pseudo sorry culture they fear people being mad so they give them a fake sorry.

[@ssh83]

Confucius established the basic ethical guidelines that most religions also preach. He just convinced people to do the right thing via peer pressure instead of fear of hell/god. He outlined the four branches of profession for people to aspire toward, it is NOT a caste system. Anyone can change their profession from their birth. Many dynasties even held country-wide exams where a farmer's son can become nobility by studying into government positions. Japanese turned it into a caste system and added the untouchable. In China, butchery are done by farmers who raised the livestock, merchants who sell meat in wet market, and the cooks who sell food. Japan's caste system was created by the warlords who try to hold on to their power/wealth instead of sharing with the peasants.

[@cheungch1990]

This video is quite confused about Confucianism, but is otherwise quite good.

[@pterocardio]

Not Pulverman that's not true for all catholic practices, fear of hell/god is still very much present in catholic teachings. there's even a thing called indulgence which are payments you make to the church to reduce the punishment you receive for sins. it's not as common today but it definitely existed and Catholicism is definitely not the free will religion you describe it to be. whatever your church is teaching you is diluted down from more dogmatic catholic practices. it doesn't apply to every Catholic practice out there.

[@severinearuzhan6772]

ssh83 thanks for telling about confucius. this video could make people get the wrong idea about it since many people dont know about confucius . I was like : did the old dead guy unknowingly created a caste system after his death?

[@phillip76]

I am actually quite surprise people know this stuff. I obvious know it, but it is not obvious to me that normal people know it. LOL...

[@iliketurtles2531]

You know, liberty, equality and philanthropy are pretty much new stuff. Go back only one century and boom, women aren't allowed to vote. And do you know when religion started? Of course they're evil in today's standards.

[@joeyjamison5772]

Lawyers. You forgot to add lawyers to the undesirables list.

[@osemudiame123]

Joey Jamison really? Fascinating

[@dennisklomp2361]

Basicly a mix between meat handlers, handling deseased, actors and criminals. If that aint uncleansable I dont know what is

[@carloreneeventura8714]

haha.. senators and politicians as well

[@aelix56]

Nah, senators and politicians being scumbags happens when you don't put undesirables in a ghetto and force them to cease existing :)

[@ayyyyylmao]

aelix56 wtf did I just read

[@anondoggo]

I don't see how this video has so many dislikes. Just discovered your channel and I love it.

[@socrat33z]

Slums of Japan are cleaner and nicer than the best parts of Chicago.

[@TheKiroshi]

The homeless in Japan have a completely different mindset/ability to pretty much any other modernized country. You can thank the homeless a lot for those, and regular citizens.

[@davidmenlo9305]

Haha, yeah. I still love Chicago though.

[@illbill5904]

Blaming the homeless for making cities a mess* Go to any theme park see how many people throw their shit on the ground instead of throwing it away. In other countries people just don't give a shit about anything that isn't their's because why would they?

[@VitaSineLibertatenih]

Well, Chicago is inhabited by the kind of people who would give these barakumen a run for their money ) Literally.

[@davidmenlo9305]

VitaSineLibertatenih I hope that was a joke, if it wasn't it's a horrible generalization of a very diverse city. Poverty is linked with crimes, and Chicago is very diverse in income levels.

[@ArielMelton]

This was the second Rare Earth video I watched and immediately became a patron. After my spate of unemployment ends I will increase my level of support. Journalism apparently isn't quite as dead as I had feared. Well done. Seriously.

[@4144758]

Nice!

[@sachinrkrishnan6680]

Here in India we've been doing this over a millenia now...😕

[@chrisr311]

Annoying Guy you know how much a millennia is right?

[@Harry-9696]

Is the caste system still a thing though?

[@fumanchu4785]

It is and will be still a long time. Maybe you have heard of Gandhi. This indian guy was not the best friend of people of lower castes, too. But western people don't know anything about that.

[@cs-mi8ur]

Annoying Guy vedic age didn't have discrimination on birth identity,it came hundreds of year after probably in gupta empire.

[@Harry-9696]

Oh yeah, I definitely know Gandhi is not a saint either but it's been such a long time since the caste system was created in India so I would think things would change by now. Especially with the introduction of the internet. For example, a lot of beliefs in Vietnam (where I'm from) have changed ever since it was exposed to the Western's idea and culture so I would think similar cases are happening in other countries. I'm some what surprised it's still a thing.

[@SaifTheKnife]

Thank you for making this video. The people of the world must make it a priority to confront and challenge oppression at every front.

[@zhouwu]

Good luck with that.

[@SaifTheKnife]

@@zhouwu especially China.

[@zhouwu]

@@SaifTheKnife exactly.

[@SaifTheKnife]

We should never give up.

[@zhouwu]

@@SaifTheKnife if you manage to keep that attitude up until the day you die (and it has to be to a ripe old age, and of natural causes, or it'll be a cop out. And that includes martyrdom), then you'll have my respect.

[@emanueleg.4651]

I found myself in Sanya district of Tokyo, after having lived for 10 years, and speaking fluent Japanese... and, man, I wrote an article about it. Fact is, on Japanese media nobody is talking about this. This stays a topic for social scholars or for bureaucrats. I mean, when is the last time NHK talked seriously about convicts and the Japanese prison system? I was in a bar a couple of weeks ago and I was talking about this to some people at the counter: "NHK never talks about people in prison" - People would stare me utterly flabbergasted... "talking about people in prison? WHY?" These topics are totally out of the layman horizon (because is never discussed about, because of the lingering kegare (btw the accent goes on the last E) idea, because of Confucian "don't discuss order" type of culture (of course most people cannot even name these concept, nor actually know who Confucius is or when he was born, everything is just internalized, they breathed their culture in... much like we do the same in our countries). Let's hope nation aging become so bad that they will be forced to do something (or that something will happen anyway).

[@wolfgangsimonsiv9444]

God I wish you people would stay the fuck of japan.

[@carolynschrotenboer6049]

Emanuele G. is the term ‘kegare’ similar in meaning to taboo?

[@RKthehedgehog]

@@carolynschrotenboer6049 Technically yes

[@GuillaumeDrolet]

@@wolfgangsimonsiv9444 what's with all the hate and vulgarity.

[@TheAlps36]

It's like anything that reflects poorly on Japan or Japanese society is ignored or censored

[@icecoldrugby]

Ugh actors

[@darkapothecary4116]

Such fakers

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

what

[@brickpig]

You never know who that really are.

[@JGVIllustrations]

lmaooo

[@HL-xz8zf]

Would the Kardashians fit into this category?

[@theworldisnotenough]

"All it really takes to destroy a people is to take away their future. To take away the potential of their children" On that note search for "75% of black California boys don't meet state reading standards" Being form California I always thought discussions of the incarceration rate were assuming the wrong conclusion. The debate caused me to ask "Why is California so good at making criminals?" Well there is your answer.

[@fucker661]

Onitz because southern states like Mississippi are such utopian havens.

[@fucker661]

The answer is also that we were putting in non violent first time offenders in prison for a plant which will change with it being legal

[@digs1223]

IQ is mostly genetic. Blacks are good at jumping... not thinking.

[@binal-flecki2387]

Isn't schooling mandatory?

[@Mystickrage]

Bin al-Flecki yes but after a a certain age or point u can drop out with parent consent