Category: Hapa
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.
VIDEO NEWS: Congolese-Japanese Children of Japanese Workers in the Congo: Survivors Tell
Great Blog! Black Asian-Amerasian Diaspora Perspectives: BAAD
Short Comment: Brown Babies, Denial & the International Order of Race
Many books and articles and blogposts, that mention racism in Japan, Korea and the Philippines, Vietnam, point to the racism of these countries, against mixed-black folk and black persons.
ARTICLE: Vintage Japanese Movies about Mixed-Black Japanese
Article: Amerasian children in Philippines are not recognized by the US government
Culture, Identity and Militarism: Part 2
Kokujo 黒女 or コク女, of Okinawa, also have their parallels in Japan and beginning to in South Korea. Not only, do the kokujo (women who date black-american men) form relationships with their desired gender object, a look is often adopted.
Documentary: Left By The Ship
Poem by San Francisco-based Blasian Hapa Poet Sabrena Taylor: Hair 2
Demilitarized Zones: Excerpt from a poem by Doug Rawlings
Stanza from: Demilitarized Zones by Doug Rawlings They came to torture us these children of the dust to torture us with their eyes with their lies with the hatred in their eyes the ice in their smiles the wretchedness of their lives
Insooni’s Reunion with GI friend: A great Blog Post by Cloud USA
Conference Paper by Ariko Ikehara: Black Amerasian “Mixed” Space
Insooni 인순이, Black-Korean Singer Finds Former American GI mentor
Article: Former Orphanage Resident Demian Akhan Revisits Japan 2009
Demian Akhan, a former resident of the Elizabeth Saunders Home for Mixed Race Children in Japan, who now resides in New York, visits again and talks to the Japan Times interviewer. For article – CLICK HERE.
The problem is . . . . . . . . . . .
Mixed race? Biracial? Multiracial? Isn’t that a problem for you? Wasn’t it confusing? Hard?