Issues regarding discriminatory language

We have mentioned that discriminatory words (broadcast-prohibited words) in "MIDORI" were deleted by the Eirin censorship.
We have also written that "Zashikiro" contains many discriminatory expressions (broadcast-prohibited expressions).

In back issues of "Anime Report," the journal of "Eisanro," a labor union to which Harada belonged, it was investigated and reported that many discriminatory words (sounds) and expressions (videos) were cut from TV anime in the 1970s.

In the 1970s, citizen enthusiasm increased, and protests against various forms of discrimination, such as discrimination against burakumin, people with disabilities, and people affected by atomic bomb disease, intensified.
This in itself is not a bad thing.
However, at that time, some people took advantage of this momentum and made large-scale, radical protests against TV stations.
Also, groups such as "Kaido" appeared that used violence as a means of protesting discrimination.
At that time, Japanese student movements and the Security Treaty protests also became radicalized, but radicalization also occurred in various other fields.
In the world of Terayama and other experimental theater groups, fights and clashes broke out day and night.

TV stations became frightened of the radical protests and started to remove banned words before broadcasting.
The problem is that TV stations did not clearly express their intentions regarding discrimination and anti-discrimination.

This atmosphere continues to this day.

Recently, NHK aired a program about the Kurdish issue, which has been targeted mainly by right-wingers and racists, but suddenly stopped reruns and internet broadcasts.
NHK did not provide a clear explanation.

This "not explaining the reasons" and "being silent" are one of the characteristics that are widespread in Japan, and they continue to have a negative impact on ordinary citizens, companies, and young people.

Since the Abe administration came to power, right-wingers and online racists who admire him have sent a large number of emails to public institutions against culture they consider to be left-wing, such as "Barefoot Gen" and "The Diary of Anne Frank," which appealed against war, and have had "Barefoot Gen" and other works removed from libraries. There was also an incident in which books such as "Barefoot Gen" and "The Diary of Anne Frank" were torn up in libraries.
Of course, the government and police kept quiet, so public institutions became afraid and began to give in to violent protests.

Even in Japan, where there are many taboos, Akahata, some media, the former Eisanro, Japanese antifa and protesters continue to speak out.
Eisanro's "Anime Report" also reports on the shooting of Mushi Productions' "Cleopatra" and "Belladonna of Sadness," where people died from overwork and committed suicide, and how big companies took away the film rights after Mushi Productions went bankrupt.

In another issue, an accusation was published about the sponsorship of the children's anime "Ikkyu-san" by Ryoichi Sasakawa, a major right-winger and Class A war criminal who founded the "International Federation for Victory over Communism."

However, it seems that many people, both in the past and now, do not like grotesque political talk.

reference：https://anirepo.exblog.jp/32673699/