Racial Equality Proposal
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The Racial Equality Proposal was an amendment to the Treaty of Versailles that was considered at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
Baron Makino Nobuaki
Lord Cecil
Yamato people
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The Yamato or Wajin, also known as the Japanese, are an East Asian ethnic group that comprises over 98% of the population of Japan. Genetic and anthropometric studies have shown that the Yamato people
Racial Equality Proposal
…Equality Clause inserted into the covenant of the League. Despite the proposal, Japan itself had racial discrimination policies, especially towards non-Yamato people. After the end of seclusion in the 1850s, Japan signed unequal treaties, the so-called Ansei Treaties, but soon came to demand equal status with the…
Wedding ceremony of the Japanese imperial family (current Emperor Naruhito and current Empress Masako pictured) wearing kimono