For those who may not know, Peru has a big population of Afro-Peruvians. Blackness and racial identity have always been a struggle for Afro-Peruvians as they continue to fight for equal rights in Peru. Here’s their story. Video source: The United States Of Africa Facebook Continue reading
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Miss Japan is NOT Japanese enough?
She was born in Nagasaki, her first language is Japanese, her mother is Japanese, but even so, the candidate for the Miss Universe contest, Ariana Miyamoto, is accused of “not being Japanese enough.” The twenty-year-old model became the first Miss Japan who was bi-racial as her parents – a Japanese mother and African American father. … Continue reading