Asian girl with albinism
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Book is behind bullying of mixed-race children
Ouch.
A children’s picture book by Miyoko Masutani has been implicated in the bullying of dark-skinned children in Japanese schools. The book retells a Japanese folktale originally intended to encourage kids to wash properly. In the story, a red (orange) carrot, a black burdock, and a white radish bathe themselves. Scorched by the hot water, the burdock leaps out of the bath and decides to remain dirty rather than subject himself to further discomfort. As a result, he is still black at the end of bath time, whereas the radish is clean, white, and lovely.
Apparently, the story has led to some mixed-race children being labeled “dirty” and “burdock” by their classmates. Despite receiving complaints from the parents of the bullied children, the publisher of the book has refused to recall the book. The book’s editor has gone on record saying that the book is not racist, “and anyway, there are not many black children in Japanese preschools.”
*cringe*
Based on my experiences in Japan, I would chalk this up less to out-and-out racism and more to extreme ignorance and racial insensitivity. Still, the effect is the same. What do you guys think? Should the book be banned?
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