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my musings on okinawa, race, militarization, and blackness
Nappy Routes and Tangled Tales II (Dialogue through Questions)
Please join me for the second installment of Nappy Routes and Tangled Tales in Ginowan at Cafe Cotonoha. It’ll take place at 6:30pm. Please visit the special event page for more information: gritsandsushi.tumblr.com The inspiration One of the problems of communication for people across the fences and especially for mixed people in Okinawa is that there is very little […]
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Old Oomine–remembering the pre-war community
September 15, 2012
The other day I had to pick up a copy of my mom’s koseki (family registration) for some personal reasons down at the city office in Naha. I stopped by my auntie’s house to pick her up in Oroku-Uebaru. I’m so glad she came with me because I wouldn’t have been able to answer some […]
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Hip hopping Okinawa with Unqle Kaya and Awich
September 6, 2012
I don’t tend to do any blog posts about the interviews I do for my fieldwork but last night I had the fabulous chance to break it down with someone who welcomed the opportunity to be on this site. He even brought some pics for me to upload. I’d like to introduce to you the […]
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Mixed Communication
July 18, 2012
Last Friday, I gave a talk at Kyoto University. Edward Sumoto of Mixed Roots and Professor Yasuko Takezawa (of the Takezawa Research Lab) organize these very interesting seminars on Japanese mixed race issues through the Institute for Research in Humanities. Using the theoretical work of one of my professors at Berkeley, I talked about how […]
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