{"id":57343,"date":"2019-01-22T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T16:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57343"},"modified":"2019-01-22T18:37:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T18:37:29","slug":"backlash-over-ad-depicting-naomi-osaka-with-light-skin-prompts-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57343","title":{"rendered":"Backlash Over Ad Depicting Naomi Osaka With Light Skin Prompts Apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backlash Over Ad Depicting Naomi Osaka With Light Skin Prompts Apology<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2019-01-22<\/p>\n

Daniel Victor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nAt left, a cartoon version of Naomi Osaka<\/a> in an ad for Nissin<\/a>, a Japanese instant-noodle<\/a> brand; at right, the real Ms. Osaka at the Australian Open<\/a> this month.
\nNissin; Lucy Nicholson\/Reuters<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Naomi Osaka<\/a>, the half-Haitian, half-Japanese tennis champion, is the star of a new Japanese anime<\/a>-style advertisement.<\/p>\n

The problem? The cartoon Ms. Osaka bears little resemblance to her real, biracial self.<\/p>\n

Her skin was unmistakably lightened, and her hair style changed \u2014 a depiction that has prompted criticism in Japan<\/a>, where she has challenged a longstanding sense of cultural and racial homogeneity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ad<\/a> \u2014 unveiled this month by Nissin<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s largest instant-noodle<\/a> brands \u2014 features Ms. Osaka and Kei Nishikori<\/a>, Japan\u2019s top-ranked male tennis player, in a cartoon drawn by Takeshi Konomi<\/a>, a well-known manga<\/a> artist whose series \u201cThe Prince of Tennis<\/a>\u201d is popular in Japan…<\/p>\n