What Is True Inclusion? Think About Tolerance

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yohei Nishimura

Tolerance does not mean just putting up with something. It is not tolerance if a person with discriminatory feelings refrains from hate speech. It is also different from merely accepting everything or being indifferent. Tolerance means to evaluate and respect the ideas and lifestyles of others from a variety of value standards, even when you find their ideas and lifestyles unacceptable. We think about tolerance as the key to achieving true inclusion.