The Burakumin, the lowest caste in the traditional Japanese social hierarchy, were legally liberated 150 years ago. However, stigma and discrimination persists. Land prices in historically buraku areas are substantially and persistently lower than in otherwise similar areas. 🏯📉🚫
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The hidden cost of discrimination: Why land in Japan’s former outcaste neighbourhoods still costs less 150 years later
The land prices of the former outcaste neighbourhoods in Japan remain substantially lower, suggesting persistent stigma despite the legal abolition of discrimination more than a century ago.