On November 26, 2023, the 3rd Diversity Presentation Contest hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was held at the Tokyo International Forum (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). Five seminars in total from Chuo University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Women’s Christian University, Hosei University, and Meiji University participated under the theme of “Diversity and Inclusion: Ideas for the Future of Tokyo by University Students.” After each team made a 10-minute presentation with a five-minute question-and-answer session, the YAMAWAKI Seminar at the School of Global Japanese Studies won the Grand Award. The MATSUO Seminar of Tokyo Women’s Christian University won the Excellence Award. The YAMAWAKI Seminar accomplished the feat of winning the Grand Award for three consecutive years.
The presentation contest was held as part of the Human Rights Festa TOKYO 2023 sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The aim of the event was for the teams to make recommendations to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on effective efforts to realize an Inclusive Tokyo City, a society of coexistence where people with various backgrounds and values interact and support each other while acknowledging their differences, leaving no one behind.
The YAMAWAKI Seminar made a presentation under the theme of Microaggressions: words and actions based on unconscious bias. Microaggressions are defined as negative speech and behavior towards minorities, which are embedded in everyday life. When you hear the word minority, many of you may think of foreigners living in Japan or people with disabilities. However, most people have the aspect of both majority and minority, so everyone can be a victim and offender of microaggressions.
Then the YAMAWAKI Seminar proposed the creation of original cards of collected examples of microaggressions and the use them for a parent-child event called Mi-agoodbye to think again about the mindset of adults and to provide opportunities for children, who forge the future, to learn about this concept. They abbreviated microaggressions to “Mi-ag” so that children can remember it. The term “Mi-agoodbye” encompasses the meaning of “microaggressions” and “goodbye.”
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The presentation contest was held as part of the Human Rights Festa TOKYO 2023 sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The aim of the event was for the teams to make recommendations to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on effective efforts to realize an Inclusive Tokyo City, a society of coexistence where people with various backgrounds and values interact and support each other while acknowledging their differences, leaving no one behind.
The YAMAWAKI Seminar made a presentation under the theme of Microaggressions: words and actions based on unconscious bias. Microaggressions are defined as negative speech and behavior towards minorities, which are embedded in everyday life. When you hear the word minority, many of you may think of foreigners living in Japan or people with disabilities. However, most people have the aspect of both majority and minority, so everyone can be a victim and offender of microaggressions.
Then the YAMAWAKI Seminar proposed the creation of original cards of collected examples of microaggressions and the use them for a parent-child event called Mi-agoodbye to think again about the mindset of adults and to provide opportunities for children, who forge the future, to learn about this concept. They abbreviated microaggressions to “Mi-ag” so that children can remember it. The term “Mi-agoodbye” encompasses the meaning of “microaggressions” and “goodbye.”
≪Japanese version≫