Arudou Debito, activist, author, and Japan Times columnist, will be speaking at Iwate JALT on Sunday, November 30, on human rights in Japan (what else?). He won't just be talking about his old chestnuts of racial discrimination, but also how other groups and minorities in Japan, including the Koreans, Ainu, Burakumin, Brazilians, etc. are also trying to raise awareness of just how diverse a society Japan is. Stop by and see why people are taking issue with the "monocultural, monoethnic Japan" image, and trying to prepare Japan for a future as a multicultural society.
BIO
Arudou Debito (43) is an associate professor at Hokkaido Information University and a board member at JALT PALE SIG. His books include "Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants, and "Japanese Only -- The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan).
有道 出人と話し合いましょう
日本は単一民族と思いますか。そう思わない人もいます。帰化した日本人の有道 出人（あるどう でびと）は国内人種差別と戦う立場から日本社会の将来多文化共生と多様化について講演いたします。有道氏は単行本「ジャパニーズ・オンリー 小樽入浴拒否問題と人種差別」
と「ニューカマー定住ハンドブック」（２つとも明石書店出版）を共著し、英字新聞「ジャパンタイムズ」のコラムニストと共に北海道情報大学准教授を勤めています。４３歳、２１年間日本在住。
