Category: Asian Diaspora

  • Nikkei Heritage: Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview – Parts 1 and 2 Discover Nikkei (Japanese Migrans and Their Descendants) Republished from Nikkei Heritage (The quarterly journal of the National Japanese American Historical Society) 2007-05-11 George Kitahara Kich, Senior Trial Consultant Bonora D’Andrea Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Lecturer in Sociology National University of Ireland, Maynooth Larry Hajime…

  • An Evening with Kip Fulbeck-artist, slam poet, filmmaker Event Type: Lecture Sacramento State University University Union Ballroom 2010-02-18, 19:00-21:00 PST (Local Time) Contact:  (916) 278-6997  An Evening With Kip Fulbeck, artist, slam poet, and filmmaker- addressing issues on identity, multiraciality, and pop culture through spoken word, stand-up comedy, political activism, and personal stories, University Union…

  • Fulbeck inspires students to be proud of their heritage The State Hornet The Voice of Sacramento State 2010-02-09 Jennifer Siopongco Kip Fulbeck will launch the Multi-Cultural Center’s mixed-heritage series at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Sac[ramento] State’s University Union with his lecture titled “Race, Sex and Tattoos: The Kip Fulbeck Experience.”   Spring semester…

  • Colonial Proximities: Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, 1871-1921 University of British Columbia Press 2009-05-15 288 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780774816335 Paperback ISBN: 9780774816342 Renisa Mawani, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia Contemporary discussions of multiculturalism and pluralism remain politically charged in former settler societies. Colonial Proximities historicizes these contestations by illustrating…

  • Nooksack Tribe member explores multiracial culture The Bellingham Herald 2009-09-28 Dean Kahn Louie Gong grew up eating American Indian bread for breakfast and Chinese dinners cooked on a camp stove. In the evening, his Chinese and native relatives got together for mah-jongg. Gong’s mother was of French and Scottish descent. His father was half Chinese,…

  • The Amerasian Problem: Blood, Duty, and Race International Relations Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2007) pages 86-102 DOI: 10.1177/0047117807073769 Sue-Je Lee Gage, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ithaca University The concept of ‘mixed blood’ is not a new one; however, it was not until 1982 that an unprecedented policy entitled ‘The Amerasian Act’ was created by…

  • Blurring Racial and Ethnic Boundaries in Asian American Families: Asian American Family Patterns, 1980-2005 Journal of Family Issues Volume 31, Number 3 (March 2010) pages 280-300 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09350870 Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo University of California, Santa Barbara Carl L. Bankston, Professor of Sociology Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana In this work, the authors use statistics from…

  • Half vs. Double: Hybrid Mathematics Column: Little Momo in the Big Apple Discover Nikkei: Japanese Migrans and Their Descendants 2008-03-28 Simone Momoye Fujita My mother is Japanese American, and my father is African American. According to this equation, most would assert that this fact makes me exactly one-half Asian and one-half Black, right? I whole-heartedly…

  • Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness – Curtiss Rooks Revelations & Resilience: Exploring the Realities of Hapa-ness Japanese American National Museum Presented by Discover Nikkei 2008-04-12 Curtiss Takada Rooks Loyola Marymount University Introduction: Revelations and Resilience Part 1 Part 2

  • Reloaded: Representing Asian Women Beyond Hollywood Thursday, 2010-01-28, 16:00-17:30 PST (Local Time) University of California, Berkeley Center for Race & Gender 691 Barrows Hall Elaine H. Kim, Professor of Asian American Studies University of California, Berkeley Join Prof. Elaine Kim for a screening and discussion of the new 30 minute documentary film, Reloaded: Representing Asian…