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Baye McNeil氏によるワークショップを実施しました
グローバル教育センターでは、7月15日（水）に市ケ谷キャンパスＧラウンジにて、「異なる背景を持つ人々との 共生」をテーマとしたワークショップを開催しました。 ゲストスピーカーとして、ニューヨーク・ブルックリン出身で、現在、日本を拠点にコラムニスト・作家として活躍しておられるBaye McNeil氏をお迎えし、ご本人の実体験に基づく講演とグループワークを実施しました。...
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One-on-One: The Interview with Baye McNeil via Metropolis Magazine
One on One: The Interview with Baye McNeil via Metropolis Magazine Here’s a link to catch the full (30 minute) version: http://metropolisjapan.com/podcast-one-on-one-baye-mcneil/ Here’s a a lnk...
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‘Are you serious, God? An Asian dude? Really???’
My latest article for Black Eye is up! In my continuing efforts to give the black experience here in Japan its due, here is the 2nd instalment on black women finding love, home, and happiness here in...
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Guess Who’ll be Presenting at the Japan Writers Conference?
Well, it’s officially official! Yours truly is on the Program! Yep, I’ll be doing a presentation at the Japan Writers’ Conference on Saturday, October 24th at 2pm in Kobe Japan! If you’re a writer (or...
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Grits and Sushi: Musings on Okinawa and Blackness
Well, you knew it was coming, and now it’s here: my FIRST piece for Metropolis Magazine will hit the streets tomorrow morning (September 4th)!! I’ve written a feature on a very inspiring and brilliant...
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What The Hell is Going On in Yokohama???
Well, here’s one way to find out: You can SUBSCRIBE to my brand new Newsletter. That’s right! Finally, I’ve done it! I’m calling it: Locohama I will endeavor to make it a source (and resource) of not...
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What’s it like to be “Black” in Japan?
New video by Rachel and Jun. Well done guys!! About this video, I will say this though: the black male experience in Japan is vastly different from the black female experience (as is the case in the US...
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The Radiant Ariana Miyamoto Knows How To Keep a Secret!
As I mentioned in my brand new Locohama Newsletter, today’s issue of Metropolis Magazine features an interview and photo shoot with Miss Universe Japan, Ariana Miyamoto— my first cover story! First...
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“Don’t Sell Your Soul For A Japanese Man…”
So says Rashidat Amanda Oumiya, the lovely subject of the third (and last…for now) instalment in my black women married to Japanese men, raising biracial children series for my column, BLACK EYE in the...
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Man, You Come Right Outtavah Comic Book!
Seven-year old me sat in a rat infested cat patrolled theatre with my brothers, eating stale popcorn and sipping watery sprite, watching Chinese men have their eyes ripped from the sockets by other...
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An ex-Con, an ex-Pimp, a Black Panther and a Message from God
I started collecting Marvel Comic books when I was about 8. My first ambition in life was to be a motor man on a train, but soon tabled that dream and shot for the stars: I decided I would be Spider...
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Two Black Leaders We’ve Stupidly Thrown Under The Bus!
In my home office back in NY, I had a number of posters on my wall. Most were of ideas or people who inspired and motivated me; you know, pithy quotes like “Teach, don’t preach” and “Carpe diem!” At...
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Dan’s The Man Sitting With the Big Shots!
The latest #BlackEye is up and this month we focus on a gentleman who I can say is a role model of mine here in Japan. The man came here with little and built an thriving career, step by step. I...
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The “Let’s Fuck with a Foreigner” Show
So, I get off the Shinkansen at Shin-Kobe station at 9am and I make my way to the subway, kinda decompressing from the long bullet train ride, excited to be in a new city and anxious about my...
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“Can I Say ‘Nigger’?”
So, I’m at the Japan Writers Conference yesterday fiending for some caffeine. So I’m headed for the coffee table to cop a cup of Joe when I spot another black person (that made two) standing in front...
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Happy 7th Anniversary, Loco in Yokohama!
It was back in October 2008 that I first launched this enterprise known as Loco in Yokohama. Can’t believe 7 years have passed. And nearly a thousand posts, averaging upwards of 800 words each. Just...
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Some Superfly Bad Motherfuckers
I want to talk a little about a couple of cats who put the “bad motherfucker” in blaxploitation, and left an indelible impression not only on me and my generation, but on the entire film industry for...
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Call me MISTER Loco!
At the close of class, my co-worker, as is her custom, told the class to thank us…and as usual she screws it up. Something I’ve corrected her on EVERY time (except the other day). But I was back to...
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Yes I Am: A Biracial Japanese Boy Tackles Identity Issues–in the Classroom!
There are two biracial (what the Japanese refer to as ハーフ hafu meaning half- Japanese, Half un-Japanese) kids in one of my first-year classes. One is half-black. The other is half-white. The...
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What are the Rules Regarding the Use of the N-Word (for White People)?
Unfortunately, I know there are some white people who use the word with impunity. I’m not addressing those people here cuz they don’t give a damn what black people think or feel anyway. This is mostly...
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