What is Debito Arudou?
{{BLP sources|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Debito Arudou | image = ArudouDebitoheadshot.jpg | image_size = | caption = Debito Arudou in 2014 | birth_name = David Christopher Schofill | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|01|13}} | birth_place = [[California]], United States | nationality = [[Foreign-born Japanese|Japanese]] | other_names = David Christopher Aldwinckle, Sugawara Arudōdebito, Debito Beamer | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| * [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]) 1987 * [[University of California, San Diego]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) 1991 * [[Meiji Gakuin University]] ([[Ph.D.]]) 2014}} | known_for = Human rights activism | website = {{url|debito.org}} }} '''Debito Arudou''' (born '''David Christopher Schofill''' on 13 January 1965) is a writer.<ref name=Schofill>{{Cite web | last = Arudou | first = Debito | author-link = Debito Arudou | title = Holiday Tangent: My Schofill family roots include Cherokee and lots of American South skeletons | publisher = Debito.org | url = http://www.debito.org/?p=6847 | access-date = 2011-09-07}}</ref> He became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2000. He lived in [[Japan]] until 2011, after which he returned to America. He is a social [[activist]] who tries to change the situation of non-Japanese people in Japan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/11/01/issues/tackle-embedded-racism-chokes-japan/#.XBZB62gzY2w|title=Tackle embedded racism before it chokes Japan|last=Arudou|first=Debito|publisher=The Japanese Times|date=November 1, 2015|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> He also reclaimed his American citizenship after leaving Japan. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.debito.org/?page_id=2 Home page: website and blog] {{DEFAULTSORT:Arudou, Debito}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from New York (state)]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:1965 bi