This problem certainly isn't unique to Japan either. In India, the Dalit class are quite literally untouchable.
Hell, the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was basically started out of fear that soldiers had made themselves untouchable by swallowing pig/cow fat that greased bullets.
It will basically always be a problem as soon as a culture starts parodoxically viewing something as "necessary, but forbidden." It happens frighteningly often.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;52583127]This problem certainly isn't unique to Japan either. In India, the Brahmin class are quite literally untouchable.
Hell, the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was basically started out of fear that soldiers had made themselves untouchable by swallowing pig/cow fat that greased bullets.
It will basically always be a problem as soon as a culture starts parodoxically viewing something as "necessary, but forbidden." It happens frighteningly often.[/QUOTE]
You mean the Dalits. Brahmins are on top of the caste system.
[QUOTE=ParoshWasHere;52583145]You mean the Dalits. Brahmins are on top of the caste system.[/QUOTE]
Fuck me. Yes. Goofed pretty hard there. Ill change it so people dont get confused but boy am i dumb.
It's not all that rare to have little to no upward mobility in socioeconomically poor neighborhoods due to negative influences, like crime or stagnating/declining local economy, that cycles back in to the neighborhoods.
This affects education and business prospects to the point that cities became reknown nationwide for being a bad area.
The areas around Chicago are especially affected.
Japan is not as bad with this as America. In America, many middle-class and upper-class homeowners tend to move to greener pastures when they see their community going rotten. The resulting drop in housing valuation only encourages this behavior. In the South, there were many cases where racism to new black neighbors creates a spark to this migration.
[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;52583329]It's not all that rare to have little to no upward mobility in socioeconomically poor neighborhoods due to negative influences, like crime or stagnating/declining local economy, that cycles back in to the neighborhoods.
This affects education and business prospects to the point that cities became reknown nationwide for being a bad area.
The areas around Chicago are especially affected.
Japan is not as bad with this as America.[/QUOTE]
No, Japan is worse than US with this... The same description you have occur, except the government many time less willing than US to help. There is no bound for the marginalized now, if you live in such doomed places.
[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;52583329]It's not all that rare to have little to no upward mobility in socioeconomically poor neighborhoods due to negative influences, like crime or stagnating/declining local economy, that cycles back in to the neighborhoods.
This affects education and business prospects to the point that cities became reknown nationwide for being a bad area.
The areas around Chicago are especially affected.
Japan is not as bad with this as America. In America, many middle-class and upper-class homeowners tend to move to greener pastures when they see their community going rotten. The resulting drop in housing valuation only encourages this behavior. In the South, there were many cases where racism to new black neighbors creates a spark to this migration.[/QUOTE]
The context is completely different, these people are considered non-entities in [i]every[/i] aspect, and have almost always turned to crime to survive.
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