“Mannnn! 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...
View ArticleNothing But Love for THIS Love Hotel!
One of my favorite areas in Yokohama is called Shin-Yokohama. It doesn’t have a lot to offer, but what it has, it has in spades. For one there’s the ramen museum. Y’all know I’m big fan of ramen! (You...
View ArticleCould ‘Black Panther’ Change Japanese Perceptions of “Blackness”?
After a one month hiatus (the reason for which is explained in the article) #BlackEye is back! Yay, right? Thanks for all the love and messages of concern. My soul is on the mend. Thanks in part to the...
View ArticleFrom the US to the UAE to Japan: This Brother be Ballin’!
Samir St. Clair, the subject of this month’s #BlackEye, started his basketball coaching journey on a humble, helping his friend run a team of pre-teens. Little did he know his love of leading and...
View ArticleAre Blacks Dangerous for Japan?
The latest #BlackEye for The Japan Times is up and atcha! This time around we respond to the alarming increase in racist SNS content aimed at the presence of people of African descent living here in...
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