Pat Kitano
@pkitanoPat Kitano é o fundador do Domus Consulting Group , uma consultoria que trabalha com empresas e associações para desenvolver estratégias de engajamento comunitário e de mídia social. Pat é o autor do popular blog de mídia Media Transparent e do blog imobiliário Transparent Real Estate.com .
Atualizado em dezembro de 2009
Stories from This Author
American Burakumin – an untold story
7 de Dezembro de 2009 • Pat Kitano
This Thanksgiving, I broached a topic with my Japanese American cousins about a heritage issue they weren’t too familiar with. Few Americans know that the Japanese historically has an underclass of untouchables similar to other Asian cultures like India. The “burakumin” are descendants of a feudal outcaste that worked in occupations handling dead bodies – butchers, leather workers – and considered unclean. They are indistinguishable in physical appearance from other Japanese, and live mostly in the western half of Japan. …