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Being Blasian
In the midst of the global pandemic, Sascha Koki discovered something unexpected—her curls. S…

Summer Nakaishi • Feb. 14, 2023

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Asians Black people Blasians culture hapa Hawaii identity Japan racially mixed people Sascha Koki United States
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Appreciating Wat Misaka
Appropriately, as the National Basketball Association (NBA) celebrates its 75th anniversary, it inc…

Chris Komai • Feb. 7, 2022

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basketball minorities race sports United States Utah Wat Misaka
basketball minorities race sports United States Utah Wat Misaka
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A Family of Artists - Part 2: The Goodenow Brothers Make Their Own Marks
Read Part 1 >> Although their father Kyohei Inukai achieved the greatest renown as an arti…

Greg Robinson • July 8, 2021

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artists arts hapa intermarriage interracial marriages Kyohei Inukai marriages painters racially mixed people
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Kiyoko Sugimoto and Sakura Yoshida Explore Mixed-Race Identity in New Podcast
VANCOUVER — Kiyoko Sugimoto and Sakura Yoshida take a deep dive into what it means to be a mi…

Kelly Fleck • July 1, 2021

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Canada identity Kiyoko Sugimoto podcasts racially mixed people Sakura Yoshida The Hafu It (podcast)
Canada identity Kiyoko Sugimoto podcasts racially mixed people Sakura Yoshida The Hafu It (podcast)
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Chiru Sakura-Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Book Review
“My mother had, throughout it all, kept a diary as many of her generation were doing; thus …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 19, 2021

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authors book reviews Grace Eiko Thomson reviews
authors book reviews Grace Eiko Thomson reviews
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Different Perspective: A Nikkeijin's Questions on Humanity's Responses to Economic Uncertainty
Is ignorance really bliss? What does it mean when people say, “I can’t wait for things …

Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels • March 25, 2021

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communities COVID-19 economic anthropology economics economies ethnology pandemics race racially mixed people racism
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Farms of the Future: The Work of Laurence I. Hewes, Jr. - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> The incarceration experience left a deep impression on Hewes. He later recoun…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 22, 2021

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American Council on Race Relations (organization) farmers Farm Security Administration imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Laurence I. Hewes, Jr. World War II
American Council on Race Relations (organization) farmers Farm Security Administration imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Laurence I. Hewes, Jr. World War II
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I Matter: A Personal Reflection
On the news the other day, an interviewer was asking people on the street this question: “Whe…

Carolee Okamoto • Dec. 10, 2020

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generations identity Japanese Americans race Sansei
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What is it to be a Black Japanese American? What should I tell you? What should you know?
Every story has a point, a narrative, and a conclusion, but when I sat down to write this I couldn&…

Mariko Fujimoto Rooks • Sept. 3, 2020

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Black people Buddhism California communities identity Japanese Americans Los Angeles race racially mixed people religions United States
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Eden Kai, a musician and actor who was featured in Terrace House
A high school student in Hawaii who speaks Japanese beautifully I started watching Terrace House a…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 20, 2019

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Eden Kai Hawaii musicians racially mixed people Terrace House (TV) United States
Eden Kai Hawaii musicians racially mixed people Terrace House (TV) United States
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