This is the image I think about whenever people start talking about segregation and apartheid. When people like Ayako Sano spout nonsensical ideas like “aparthied…
Posts published in “Commentary”
Blackface is once again in the news in Japan. The last time I ran a story on Rats & Star, I presented Epic Records Japan’s…
Black History in Japan: Did You Know?
It is time to bring to light long-ignored Japanese readings of African American history, literature, and struggle and investigate why the story of Japanese interactions with African Americans has been muted rather than celebrated.