Day: April 20, 2015

  • “I was born in this country and I grew up here, and I could only speak Japanese. This is my home country; it’s not a matter of ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes,’ ” she said simply. “Since my dad is an American, I look like a foreigner, so I used to think, ‘It’s cool having U.S. citizenship,’…

  • Race and Republicanism Books & Ideas 2015-02-23 (Originally published in laviedesidees.fr on February 17, 2014.) Dominique Schnapper, Director of Studies École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France Translated by (with the support of the Florence Gould Foundation): Michael C. Behrent Though race is socially constructed, it nonetheless really exists: consequently, Magali Bessone argues,…

  • Meeting Miss Universe Japan, the ‘half’ who has it all The Japan Times 2015-04-19 Bay McNeil Star-struck: Baye McNeil meets Miss Universe Japan, Ariana Miyamoto, at The Japan Times offices in Tokyo. | OLGA GARNOVA I felt an almost star-struck excitement at the chance to interview the newly crowned Miss Universe Japan, Ariana Miyamoto. I…