- 著者
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白石 雅紀
酒井 美里
戸田 有一
- 出版者
- 学校法人 三幸学園 東京未来大学
- 雑誌
- 東京未来大学研究紀要 (ISSN:18825273)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.15, pp.79-92, 2021-03-31 (Released:2021-05-26)
- 参考文献数
- 38
This study examines issues and challenges confronting multiple minorities. The term “multiple minorities” refers to individuals who have more than two aspects of minority identities. In particular, it focuses on the situations surrounding those who are with minority statuses of Muslims/Muslimas in non-Islamic societies and SOGI. We tried to apply Identity Politics and Connolly’s Pluralism as frameworks for our discussion. With insufficiencies in the labor force, Japan is expected to receive many more foreigners including Muslims/Muslimas in coming years. Not only foreigners but also SOGI minorities have been increasingly recognized as new minority groups. These groups need support for their integration into Japanese society because their vulnerability and experiences of discrimination are too often disregarded. When we consider how best to support them due to their historical backgrounds, we should consider that those two groups are situated in tensions with each other, and most importantly, some belong to both minority groups. Identity Politics provides a framework to empower and visibility of multiple minority identities. However, it is necessary to overcome tensions among identity groups for inclusion. Concerning the identity of multiple minority groups and the position of minorities, this study has only provided some clues for locating them. For further research, a framework that goes beyond the significance and limitations of Identity Politics and Connolly’s Pluralism is necessary to consider multiple minorities.