Debito Arudou, Ph.D.

Author (Embedded Racism 2nd Ed. 2022, Handbook for Immigrants to Japan, Japanese Only); columnist (SNA/Japan Times); human rights advocate, scholar, educator

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SECOND EDITION of "Embedded Racism" (Lexington Books, 2022), completely revised and updated with 100 extra pages of new material, on sale 11/15. What's new and how to get your discounted copy (or download a flyer to take to your library to get a copy) at https://t.co/cAoLLzhkmK

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Blogged for comments with links to sources at https://t.co/hvMXYyj4vB

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Debito's SNA VM column 78: “Kimi Onoda and the Trauma of History”, on how Japan's Cabinet Minister in charge of “foreigner policy” is removing them from Japan. I see it as the natural outcome of Japan’s legacy of abuse towards its Visible Minorities
https://t.co/UqJg8bsk9N

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Blogged for comments with links to sources at https://t.co/hvMXYyj4vB

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Debito's SNA VM column 78: “Kimi Onoda and the Trauma of History”, on how Japan's Cabinet Minister in charge of “foreigner policy” is removing them from Japan. I see it as the natural outcome of Japan’s legacy of abuse towards its Visible Minorities
https://t.co/UqJg8bsk9N

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@KarthausLab @HokkaidoOlaf

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Debito's latest SNA VM column 77: A throwback summer essay in a breezier style reminiscent of my "Dave Aldwinckle in Sapporo" days: About the treasures of "Sodai Gomi no Hi" (Big Garbage Day) and the capers certain foreign dumpster divers get up to...
https://t.co/p0h38mfpzE

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https://t.co/8GtlFn5M1v blogged version for comments at
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@ShingetsuNews Blog with more photos and links to local print and video reportage: https://t.co/XysKsWf6wT

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Finger Lakes Times video on the event:
https://t.co/74sa4BcaM5

https://t.co/8GtlFn5M1v blog with more photos:
https://t.co/XysKsWf6wT

FLT print article on the event:
https://t.co/h6Yrd8FPBD

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My SNA VM 76, comparing 1976 US Bicentennial with 2026 Semiquinc yesterday. Prompted by a hometown visit last month to Geneva NY to open a 50-year time capsule our fifth grade class created. https://t.co/yQB8RebBD5

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Archived for comments at
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Debito’s Shingetsu News Agency Visible Minorities col 75: “Japan’s Foreigners and the Four Worst Words”, on how Japan’s recent public policies making NJ Resident lives more miserable is what happens when NJ continuously self-disenfranchise (May 28, 2026) https://t.co/9hBojkzJDX

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Archived for comments at
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My latest Shingetsu News Agency column 74: "Letter from America: Life under a mad king". (Apr 7, 2026) Subtitle: Everyone is learning what happens when the world’s most powerful man goes crazy
https://t.co/JP613ek5CR

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@jt_mag_os Or just calmly show them the word in the dictionary. That usually settles it. On a miraculous day they might even say「おみそれしました。」But don't hold your breath.

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Debito's Shingetsu News Agency column 72: “Confronting AI in Higher Education”, with decent primary source data on the harm being done to universities — by enabling students in the Social Sciences to cheat (Jan 27, 2026)
https://t.co/STzDwz7sVO

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Debito Arudou: Something very bad is happening around me in higher education: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Link: https://t.co/l0Fm6bS8zj

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Here's the entire 60 Minutes CECOT program that got spiked by CBS admin. https://t.co/Cf1xIHt7gg