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This 3 page paper discusses the status of and minorities in the UK, Japan and Germany with regard to identity politics. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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that characteristic as a means to deal with the group as a whole. Whether its denying gays the right to marry; subtly making sure that women never earn as
much as men; or denying blacks equal rights, identity politics gives governments a way to transform certain blocs of citizens into undesirables and treat them as such. In a
speech in London in 2003, President Clinton described the way in which the current Republican leadership is using identity politics: "They are clinging to identity politics, devaluing others because of
differences of religion, race, ethnicity, tribe or political philosophy" (Clinton, 2003). Although of course Mr. Clinton was speaking from the point of view of someone who strongly disagrees with
current policies, his point is valid. We do tend to use identity against people if it suits our purpose. This paper discusses the status of minorities in the
UK, Japan and Germany with regard to identity politics. Discussion Japan is "the chief instance of a country which is racially homogenous with small ethnic minorities, strong shared
culture, a national religion and national myths, historical isolation and identity within a defined and well-separated territory" (Allott, 1998). In addition, the Japanese language "is an extremely powerful and
cherished force in creating the national identity" (Allott, 1998). Minorities, therefore, seem to be less important in this context than women; and when we consider the treatment of women
in Japan, we find that they "have long appropriated the language of rescue, developing it into the convention of ... the narrative of womens internationalism ... the basic tenet of
[which] is that Japan is oppressive to women and hence not up to the universal standards of the liberated West" (Hirakawa, 2004, p. 424). But for the last 30
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