Episode 28
What does it mean to be a US-American national who identifies as African American and gay? Listen to Genovio (alias) share his stories of growing up gay in the 90s in Atlanta Georgia and working in Japan, and his reflections on the intersection between sexuality and race.
Recommended sources:
On Ariana Miyamoto, the first half-Black Japanese woman to be named Miss Japan in 2015
Al Jazeera America, Miss Japan Challenges the Norm, 2015. [a video on public criticism towards Ariana Miyamoto and an overview of discrimination towards Hafus - a Japanese term referring to someone born of one ethnic Japanese parent and one non-ethnic Japanese parent - in Japan]
BBC News, “People Don’t Believe I Am Japanese” Says Miss Japan, 2015. [a video]
Martin Fackler, “Biracial Beauty Queen Challenges Japan’s Self-Image,” The New York Times, May 29, 2015. [an article]
