Category: こんけつじ
Japan’s Blackface Racist portrayal of great singer Shuri Eiko
Blackface and anti-black racism are still alive and strong in East Asia. In both Japan and South Korea, as well as in China, blackface is still considered “not racist” and even as television stations have been made to apologize, it continues. In this video, Shuri Eiko, one of my Japanese … Continue Reading Japan’s Blackface Racist portrayal of great singer Shuri Eiko
My Article: “Songs” on Hapa Japan site
Mizuko and Yokohama Mary
Now Showing in Theaters: うまれつき (Born With It)
A Black-Japanese student enters a Japanese school. The Japanese students are amazed, curious, condescending, afraid, finding ways to make him outcast. This Short Film, written and directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr., shines a lens onto a small town, and gives a picture of how Japanese-mix children and people, and black-mixed people and … Continue Reading Now Showing in Theaters: うまれつき (Born With It)
Militarized Mama Amerasia – an International Women’s Day Reflection
MY BOOK: The Layout and Proofs are Going! Yes.
New PUBLISHING DATE for my Book
2014 – VIDEO: Korean Hapa Tour – Homelands, New Lands, Healing
K-Pop Blorean Upcoming Star: Lee Michelle (이미쉘)
At USC – Sawyer-Mellon Seminar: Transpacific Approach
It’s Official! My BOOK will be PUBLISHED – Fall 2014! (Now delayed until 2017)
It’s official! My Book will be published in the Fall of 2014 – by 2Leaf Press. I will keep everyone updated. I have provided the Vimeo introductory video here. More will follow. While watching this video, there are two issues I want to mention. SORRY–THIS BOOK WILL BE DELAYED until … Continue Reading It’s Official! My BOOK will be PUBLISHED – Fall 2014! (Now delayed until 2017)