Regional discrimination

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Regional discrimination or geographic discrimination refers to prejudice or unfair treatment based on where a person lives or was born. Regional discrimination can arise from various factors; while it may stem from differences in race, ethnicity, or language, it can also occur between regions sharing the same ethnic background due to cultural, political, and economic disparities.

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Incidents by country

China

Japan

Regional discrimination in Japan manifests primarily through historical prejudice against specific communities, such as the Burakumin and Okinawans, and through enduring stereotypes about residents of different prefectures. [1]

South Korea

Regional discrimination in South Korea is related to rift between Jeolla and Gyeongsang Provinces, and rupture between Seoul and other regions. In particular, discrimination against Jeolla provinces is remarkable, which is evaluated as an instance of internal colonialism promoted by the right-wing military dictatorship. [2] [3]

Taiwan

Hoklo Taiwanese and Taiwanese indigenous peoples suffered cultural oppression and discrimination, including suppression of the language, under the "White Terror" of the Kuomintang (KMT), also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. As a reaction to this, Hoklo chauvinism emerged in regions where Hokkien speakers predominantly resided.

Vietnam

From ancient times to modern times, Vietnam had geographical and cultural differences between the north and south: the north has a conservative Confucian culture under the influence of China, and the south has a relatively open tendency under the influence of other cultures such as the Champa Kingdom and Western world. Political division into communist North and capitalist South from 1945 to 1975 has had a lasting impact on regional conflict and discrimination in later unified communist Vietnam.

United States

Historical regional discrimination may include discrimination against southern people by Northern people. [4] The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, but an individual's regional or state citizenship is not explicitly protected under that law.

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References

  1. ↑ THE 16TH EAST ASIA JUNIOR WORKSHOP 2024: The Department of Sociology, Kyoto University. (August 20-23, 2024)
  2. ↑ "Korea's division runs deeper than South and North". The Korea Herald . 15 November 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "A Twisted Self-Portrait: South Koreans, Korean-Chinese and Internal Colonialism". East Asia Foundation. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Alex Beaudin; Elizabeth Kristian; John Robert Warren (25 March 2022). ""You're Not from around Here": Regional Naming and Life Outcomes". Cammbridge University Press. 46 (3): 671–691. doi:10.1017/ssh.2022.7.
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