Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels

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Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels is a Typologist and English Instructor studying the connections between organometallic poisoning, dopamine, and different types of fear. Multiple functions are inhibited, including the abilities of retaining information, recovering from fear, thinking clearly, and making decisions confidently.

Updated May 2023

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Ancestry and Toxicity: Breaking Free From Old Patterns and Toxic Relationships

Por Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels
20 Mar 2023

When “unconditional loyalty” goes wrong... Over the years of putting together the pieces of my family’s history, I was eager to find out the circumstances that led to the patterns that still impact my family to this day. Understanding my distant Japanese, Bukharan-Jewish, and Black American history has been nothing less than challenging. While reflecting on the last two centuries of family history, I have managed to find one common denominator: My family members were involved in toxic situations. I’ve identified ancestors from the last two centuries who’ve suff…

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How Going Backward Helped Me Move Forward

Por Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels
6 Jan 2022

After being born and raised in the Black American community, years ago I had the opportunity to confirm my genetics through testing. I found out that I had Bukharan-Jewish and Japanese ancestry. I wanted to know about my ancestry ever since I was a child. However, in spite of America’s claims of embracing Diversity, there is an implicit tendency for Americans to put others in “boxes” and define them. I often heard the saying, “act like how you look like.” In the best case scenario, people will present “boxes” to you and tell you to choose the &l…

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Radiation and Rejection: Stigmatized in Japan and America

Por Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels
22 Out 2021

RADIATION AND THE ORIGIN OF HIBAKUSHA Radiation from the atomic bombs, black radioactive coloring from the black rain, and contamination from the dead bodies impacted the water supply BEFORE other victims experienced a thirst that became unquenchable. At this point, the victims who were clinging to life were so thirsty and disoriented, that all they could do was beg for water. Instead, they received a toxic contaminated mixture that should've no longer been called water. Perhaps in Hiroshima, bomb victims were exposed to a chemical reaction in their bodies that created Hydrogen gas and Ur…

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Kizuna 2020: Bondade e solidariedade nikkeis durante a pandemia da COVID-19

How UNICEF Information Helps Us Observe Nikkei Children Living Through a Pandemic and Economic Crisis

Por Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels
25 Mai 2021

While I was observing and communicating with Japanese UNICEF Advocates on the street, some questions came to my mind: —Do the current pandemic and economic challenges affect the Nikkei communities in different countries the same way? How do the Nikkei communities in different countries perceive economic challenges, racism, prejudice, and even vaccinations? —For example, do Japanese Peruvians, Japanese Columbians, or Japanese Mexicans face more challenges than Japanese Americans, Japanese Canadians, Japanese Brazilians, or the Japanese in Europe? Or all groups treated the same no…

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Nikkei and Praying for Good Fortune and Success: How an Ancient Story Teaches resilience for Economic Uncertainty and Opportunity

Por Tuney-Tosheia P. McDaniels
13 Abr 2021

As is customary in Japan and throughout the Japanese diaspora, many Nikkei Entrepreneurs pray for good fortune in business, success in life, and divine protection. From an Economic Anthropological perspective, praying allows entrepreneurs and business professionals to strengthen themselves from the worries surrounding economic instability, and even tune out the negativity they constantly hear on the news. While the traditional custom of Hatsumode (初詣), or the first shrine or temple visit of the new year, is to pray at the altar for Protection and Prosperity, a special festival—known as …