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What is Social Justice
I believe social justice is the equal access to privileges. To live with privileges is the basis of happiness for human beings.

What is Leadership?
To bring joy of living to other people.

A Leader Who Has Social Justice
helps people to live with privileges.  Also, the leader should work for people regardless of racism.

Style of This Leadership
I believe that it is not always many people support this leader. The leader who works for social justice sometimes fights against policies of the society.  So, this leader should be a decisive and patient person.  Also, this leader does not control people but give a sliver of life and live with people.

My philosophy is similar to the idea given by Davis, Gooden, Hall, Lee, and Spikes (2018).  They mentioned that "we offer that anti racist school leaders are those who not only advocate for children of color but also empower others to acknowledge, interrupt, and dismantle racism" (p. 2).

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Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986)
A Japanese consul stationed in Lithuania

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Sugihara is not the very famous person among young Japanese people because most of history textbook do not introduce his contribution to social justice.  I was one of the teenagers, but my mother gave one book about him and learned that he saved about 6000 Jews fleeing from the Holocaust during World War II.  Although the Japanese Foreign Ministry did not allow him to issue visa to allow the Jewish refugees to drop Japan and go to the US and Shanghai, Sugihara went against the order from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and continued to issue visa to save their lives.

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About Chiune Sugihara｜The Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall

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Sugihara was born into an average family in 1900 and grew up in an ordinary environment. He had dreams of becoming an English teacher and studied hard to achieve his goal, but financial difficulties arose and halted his studies.

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Saving a life: Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara

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Even though Sugihara's decision was against the order from the Foreign Ministry he never gave up giving visa in Lithuania.  The refugees who got visa from Sugihara were able to take the Trans-Siberian Railway and get to Vladivostok in Russia.  However, the Japanese Foreign Ministry ordered the Japanese consulate in Vladivostok not to permit the refugee who had visa issued by Sugihara.  However, the other leader with social justice, Sabro Nei who was a Japanese consul general stationed in Vladivostok decided to refuse the order to save the lives.  Both Sugiura and Nei learned in the same school before they become consuls, and they kept the lesson which they learned in their school in mind.  Takayuki Emiya (2013) introduced the lesson which their school taught:

"Try not to be taken care of by others, try to take care of others, and do not expect any rewards" (p. 51).

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Sabro Nei (1902-1992)
A Japanese consul stationed in Vladivostok

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Sugihara and Nei were not regarded as the great leaders in Japan at that time.  Also, there is not any page about Nei on Wikipedia.  However, their episodes were made into a movie in 2015.   About 70 years passed since he issued visa to save lives, and finally he became to be known by more people.

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SUGIHARA CHIUNE - Official Trailer (28 April 2016)

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I believe what Sugihara did is the same as the following which Dantley and Tillman mentioned, "We must put into practice our socially just ideologies"(p. 31).

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Dantley, E. M. & Tillman, C. L. Social justice and moral transformative leadership. 19-34.

Davis, W. B., Gooden, A. M., Hall, L. D., Lee, L., & Spikes, D. D. (2018). Leaders changing how they act by changing how they think: applying principles of an anti-racist principal preparation program. Teachers College Record, 120, 1-26.

Emiya, T. (2013). A diplomat who permit visa and fought against the foreign ministry, Rekishi Kaido, 307, 50-54.

Gooden, A. M. (2012). What does racism have to do with leadership? Educational Foundations, Winter-Spring 2012,  67-84.

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However, what Sugihara and Nei did was illegal at that time.  They knew it was against the Foreign Ministry and their family would be in danger.  In order to work against the national or federal policy, leaders need to be patient and have to make a great decision to complete their mission.

In the class of EOL 568, the class readings mentioned that the educational leaders such as principals also have the similar conflicts.  Gooden(2012) said that "The major challenge is the stress. The reality is these leaders are working so hard in these types of positions as urban principals to save the school because they are passionate about it and seem to care for the students" (p.82).