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Living While Black, In Japan

NPR    15 September 2021

Living While Black, In Japan

All Things Considered        Video        NPR        15 September 2021

In the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd,

African-Americans and others mounted ongoing street protests.

But African-Americans living abroad felt the anguish

as profoundly as their families and friends back "home."
 

Some have chosen to live in Japan,

one of the most homogeneous nations in the world.

Despite being in a smaller minority in Japan

than in their home country,

they express feelings of safety and freedom.

Yet, racism in the U.S. still plays a role in their lives.

In this short film,

several African-Americans living in Japan discuss

how their encounters with police and racism in the U.S.

played into their decision to live abroad

and how leaving the U.S. changed their perceptions of who they are

and their connection to the country of their birth.

YT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMpxLmMnS6M
 

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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/
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arts/akira-toriyama-dead.html

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perfect-days-review-wim-wenders-koji-yakusho-tokyo-toilet-cleaner

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for-arson-attack-at-japanese-anime-studio-that-killed-36

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/03/
japanese-earthquake-aftermath-in-pictures

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japans-deadly-earthquakes-spark-fires-and-destroy-buildings-in-pictures

2023

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/07/
1061188442/drive-my-car-review

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1215837807/the-boy-and-the-heron-review-hayao-miyazaki

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1190900066/japanese-food-diet-healthy-eating

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/02/
ryuichi-sakamoto-
the-avant-gardist-who-became-a-groundbreaking-pop-star

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/mar/27/
japanese-poster-pictures-20th-century

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t-magazine/noh-mask-makers-women.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/
1163040120/maki-kashimada-book-love-at-six-thousand-degrees-
explores-trauma

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/13/
kenzaburo-oe-nobel-prize-winning-japanese-writer-dies

2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/
books/review/hayao-miyazaki-shunas-journey.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/oct/03/
today-in-focus-podcast-
assassination-shinzo-abe-political-scandal-japan - Guardian podcast

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/
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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/21/
the-spirit-within-photographer-kenro-izus-impermanence-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/18/
utoro-is-my-identity-
can-a-museum-heal-the-scars-of-korean-migrants-in-japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/
abe-shooting-why-gun-violence-is-so-rare-in-zero-tolerance-japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/jul/08/
shinzo-abe-a-life-in-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/
1110948421/japan-is-examining-its-security-and-defense-policy-
as-russia-continues-war-in-uk

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/07/11
10242307/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-dead

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imperial-artwork-early-photographs-of-life-in-japan-in-pictures

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/02/
world/asia/japan-covid.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/27/
garbage-island-no-more-
how-one-japanese-community-triumphed-over-a-toxic-waste-dump

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/
1107748722/tokyo-warned-of-power-crunch-as-japan-endures-heat-wave

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/
movies/anime-belle-your-name.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/
world/asia/japan-plan75-hayakawa-chie.html

2021

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/dec/22/
swiss-wanderer-soul-of-japan-werner-bischof

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japan-death-row-inmates-sue-over-same-day-notification-of-execution-report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2021/nov/01/
tokyo-subway-knife-attack-video

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seven-samurai-review-cinema-akira-kurosawa

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1035513463/whatever-happened-to-the-ww-ii-sex-slaves-fighting-for-justice

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business/japan-anime.html

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world/asia/japan-deaths.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/
world/asia/japan-women-suicide-coronavirus.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/
japans-ruling-party-invites-women-to-meetings-but-wont-let-them-speak

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an-uncertain-future-for-japans-love-hotels-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/19/
hospitals-japan-close-collapse-serious-covid-cases-soar

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/
japans-suicide-rate-rises-16-in-second-wave-of-covid-study-finds

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coming-of-age-day-japan-covid-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/07/
japans-pm-declares-state-of-emergency-in-tokyo-amid-covid-crisis

2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/25/
japan-reports-cases-coronavirus-variant-spreading-across-uk

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world/asia/japan-birthrate-shrink.html

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japan-covid-cases-reach-daily-record-as-third-wave-hits

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but-remember-toyama-too

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contact-tracing-japan-coronavirus-covid-19-patients-social-etiquette

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japan-lifts-state-of-emergency-after-fall-in-coronavirus-cases

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the-swamp-by-yoshiharu-tsuge-review-powerfully-strange

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/
from-near-disaster-to-success-story-how-japan-has-tackled-coronavirus

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/
japan-suicides-fall-sharply-as-covid-19-lockdown-causes-shift-in-stress-factors

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/03/
commuted-sentence-covid-19-spares-the-japanese-salaryman-from-ritual-exhaustion

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japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

2019

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the-tokyo-neighbourhood-where-people-come-to-disappear

2018

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japan-executes-sarin-gas-attack-cult-leader-shoko-asahara-and-six-members-
reports

2017

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world/asia/japan-lonely-deaths-the-end.html?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/
japanese-woman-dies-overwork-159-hours-overtime

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549295524/poor-in-miami-hoping-to-ride-out-irma-on-bread-and-cans-of-tuna

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business/japan-population-births.html

2016

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490687505/a-dying-japanese-village-brought-back-to-life-by-scarecrows

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people-who-live-sleep-tokyo-internet-cafes-japan-video

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479747302/after-hiroshima-bombing-survivors-sorted-through-the-horror

2012

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japan-manhunt-sarin-suspects-completion

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tokyo-subway-nerve-gas-suspect-arrested

2011

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fukushima-nuclear-workers-inexperienced

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fukushima-fears-nuclear-angle-japan-suffering

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fukushima-nuclear-plant-reactor-explosion-video

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japan-fukushima-nuclear-power-station-explosion

2008

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japan.socialexclusion

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japan

2006

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japan.justinmccurry

2003

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/19/
japan.justinmccurry

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/16/
pressandpublishing.japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jun/21/
japan.jonathanwatts

1995

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1995/mar/21/
japan.martinwalker

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/20/
world/poison-gas-fills-tokyo-subway-six-die-and-hundreds-are-hurt.html

1989

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/31/
world/wave-of-vietnamese-refugees-straining-japan.html

1970

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/15/
archives/a-us-marine-in-japan-becomes-an-antiwar-symbol-perplexing-problems.html

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