{"id":29022,"date":"2013-02-23T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=29022"},"modified":"2013-02-23T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T15:13:23","slug":"washington-post-jet-teacher-under-fire-from-right-wing-for-lessons-on-japans-history-of-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/23\/washington-post-jet-teacher-under-fire-from-right-wing-for-lessons-on-japans-history-of-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post:  JET teacher under fire from right-wing for lessons on Japan\u2019s history of discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em> article about <strong>Okinawa<\/strong> JET <strong>Miki Dezaki<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2013\/02\/22\/american-teacher-in-japan-under-fire-for-lessons-on-japans-history-of-discrimination\/\">American teacher in Japan under fire for lessons on Japan\u2019s history of discrimination<\/a>&#8220;)\u00a0describes how a lesson he taught his students about discrimination that was appreciated by his students and his school has turned into a major controversy and drawn attacks from a right-wing Japanese group called\u00a0<strong>netouyo<\/strong>\u00a0after Miki posted a video of his lesson online to share with others.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Miki was also the creator of the &#8220;Shit Japanese Students Say&#8221; 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