2014 – VIDEO: Korean Hapa Tour – Homelands, New Lands, Healing
In the Fall of 2014, a group of Mixed-Korean Amerasians, mostly adoptees from Mixed-race orphanages in Korea, went on a small tour organized by the tour group Me & Korea, back to Korea, to the orphanages, and to meet Insooni 김인순 — Black-Korean pop-star/diva, who was partially responsible for this event.
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 2017.
OUT NOW! New Book by Walter Hamilton!
Walter Hamilton has come out with his great book: Children of the Occupation: Japan’s Untold Story.
Music Video: Vintage Japanese Movie Song: Mongrel Marie 混血児マリー
Teresa Cabio was 14 years old at the time she was cast in the movie in 1971, singing the song that was somewhat of a popular hit, called Ainoko Mari 混血児マリー (Mongrel/Love Child Marie).
Quick Thoughts: Amerasian? Black Nippon-jin? ブラック日本人
When people use labels, they are used in certain ways. They have certain meanings, certain meanings, certain trajectories, certain assumptions.
Article: Selling Mixed Race Babies: The Koreas Example
This article LINK from the Asia Times from July 17, 2002 by Aidan Foster-Carter entitled: Adopting, Adapting: Korean Orphans is an excellent beginning overview of how mixed-race bodies are used, especially in the context of orphanages.
Article: The Color of Fame in Asia – Mixed Race Entertainers in Thailand
Thailand mirrors many of the same phenomenon happening around much of Asia, related to US and European globalization/colonization histories in relation to colorism, Blackness and Whiteness.
ARTICLE: Vintage Japanese Movies about Mixed-Black Japanese
