A group of Japanese citizens launches a lawsuit against the police to stop alleged 'racial profiling'
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/797034
A group of Japanese citizens, including a man of Pakistani descent, is suing the country’s police, accusing authorities of racial profiling and discrimination.
https://apnews.com/article/japan-police-lawsuit-discrimination-0b474ea7222ba3924e8e5abafa3981b5Open linkView original on lemmy.world
This is why, unless you plan on running for office, you don’t naturalize in Japan. You’re forced to renounce your first citizenship and after doing so you’re still considered a foreigner for all practical purposes. You become effectively nationless, regardless of your passport or what it says on paper.
Good for these citizens, but there is less than zero public pressure on officials to change these shitty policies/procedures.
“It’s not racism, it’s just that (insert the most racist thing you’ve ever heard in your life).”