As a young boy in school, Masaki Sashima would be dragged out of his classroom and beaten by his fellow students.
Masaki, now 72, was different to the other kids.
He was Ainu, an Indigenous people from the country's northern regions, most notably the large island of Hokkaido.
"During recess, the hallway door would open, and several guys would yell at me to come out," he said.
"I clung to my desk in the classroom and kept quiet.
"Everyone would surround me and beat me."
Japan has long portrayed itself as culturally and ethnically homogenous, something that some have even argued is a key to its success as a nation.
More than 98 per cent of Japanese people are descendants of the Yamato people.
But the Ainu are distinct, with their own history, languages, and culture.
But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation, and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost.
PASSION. WORSHIP. INFATUATION.
can our dogs play together
Elden Ring — Guardian and Mistress
re-reading the manga rn so have some gem doodles
seeing everyone just mindlessly sign up for threads despite all the clear warning signs feels like I’m living in Sailor Moon or a magical girl anime episode where the Monster of the Day just set up shop over night and their product is literally draining your lifeforce for the Dark Kingdom but people keep going there
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I have always been useless
if someone has a take about the relationship between capitalism and disability that you disagree with, then it is perfectly fine to, well, disagree with it. however, to see a difference in interpretive practice and to decide that this is not someone interpreting things differently than you do and thus reaching a different conclusion, but in fact "misinformation" that they just "didn't realise" was "harmful" and that you need to use your "platform" (lmao) to "educate" (!!?) them out of—thus presenting what comes down to a different interpretive model than your's as something objectively incorrect, while you are objectively correct—well, it is extremely obnoxious and condescending.
especially since it's clear that this person is not well-informed enough about the social model of disability to know what it is, much less to effectively argue against it
The remake reboot prequel sequel industrial complex is killing me but the good thing is I don't have to watch any of that. I can just think "that sounds boring or otherwise doesn't interest me in any way" and do something other than watch it