{"id":52969,"date":"2017-03-27T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T15:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=52969"},"modified":"2017-03-28T20:09:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T20:09:22","slug":"half-japanese-half-ghanaian-brothers-sing-about-prejudice-they-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=52969","title":{"rendered":"Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they faced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they faced<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Mainichi: Japan’s National Daily Since 1922<\/a>
\n2017-03-26<\/p>\n

Hiromi Nagano<\/strong><\/a>, Los Angeles Bureau<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nThe Yano Brothers<\/a>, from left, eldest brother Michael, middle brother David, and youngest brother Sanshiro, are seen in Los Angeles<\/a>, on Feb. 22, 2017. (Mainichi)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

LOS ANGELES<\/a> — Three half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers who moved from Ghana<\/a> to Japan<\/a> as young children and grew up experiencing prejudice and feeling they were different have put their experiences into song.<\/p>\n

Forming a musical unit called the Yano Brothers<\/a>, the three men, born to a Japanese father and a Ghanaian mother, say they were discriminated against as “gaijin<\/a>“<\/em> (foreigners) since they were young, due to their dark skin. Last month, the three spoke about these experiences and sang at the Japanese American National Museum<\/a> in Los Angeles. Drawn in by their words and their heart-moving music, I could not bring myself to move from my spot for a while…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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