A double standard of inequality and 'meritocratic discrimination'

• Published in: Education Reform and Social Class in Japan pp. 88 - 97
• Main Authors: Kariya, Takehiko, Burtscher, Michael
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2013; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Educational strategies & policy; Social classes; Society & culture: general; Buraku Children; Father's Occupation; Buraku Discrimination; Dummy Variable; Social Reproduction; Vocational Higher Schools; Life Score; Talk Of The Town; Buraku Background; Inde Pendent; Path Coefficients; Buraku Districts; anti-Buraku Discrimination; Scholastic Achievement Tests; Logistic Multiple Regression Analysis; Basic Scholastic Ability; Japanese Education; Educational Inequality; Emancipatory Education; Scholastic Ability; Inequal Ities; Scholastic Achievement
• ISBN: 1138851779; 0415556872; 9780415556873; 9781138851771
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203076996-7

Social inequality in education, as seen in Chapter 3, fell out of educational debate. However, that rule had exceptions. One was inequality suffered by Buraku districts. 1 In that case, 'discrimination' in education was addressed with attention paid to facts. But if the problem of Buraku inequality could be them-atized and intensely discussed, why did social inequalities in Japanese education at large disappear from sight? This second supplement to Chapter 3 will draw attention to this contrast, and analyse perceptions of the complex of class and education from this viewpoint.