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Afro-Asian | Blasian : hapa collaboration
Often referenced by activists and intellectuals including W.E.B DuBois, Malcolm X, Yuri Kochiyama and Vijay Prashad, the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia brought together 29 African and Asian nations.
Bandung still survives in everyday lives...collaborations, political activism, and the hapa generation, specifically the self-proclaimed Afro-Asians or Blasians of mixed Black and Asian ancestry. Some familiar Afro-Asians / Blasians include: Charles Mingus (African American/Chinese/European | jazz legend), Kimora Lee Simmons (Japanese/African American | Baby Phat CEO and model), Amerie (African American/Korean | R&B chanteuse), Chris Won Wong (Chinese/African-Trinidadian | 2 Live Crew member), Foxy Brown (African American/Filipina | music artist), Cassie (Filipina/African American/West Indian/Mexican | R&B singer), Ashanti (Chinese/African American | R&B singer), Tyson Beckford (Jamaican/Chinese | model/actor), Hines Ward (African American/Korean NFL football player), and Tiger Woods (African American/Native American/Thai | golf player).
* BLASIAN FORUM www.angelfire.com/md2/blasian/
* Article about BLASIANS: www.asiazine.com: "Blasian relationships have always been the most unique of all interracial blends, but the biggest rarity is Asian men/Black women couples. It is very rare to see an Asian man walking down the street and holding hands with his Black girlfriend or wife. In cities such as Los Angeles and others on the west coast, you are more likely to see these couples. There has been an increase in these relationships. Some people say it may be due to the influence of movies such as 'Romeo Must Die', 'Catfish In Black Bean Sauce' and 'Fakin Da Funk'. Needless to say, these movies did have a considerable effect on both Asian men and Black women. For the first time on screen we saw a Black woman and an Asian man thrown into potentially romantic situations."
* Urban Dictionary definition of BLASIAN: www.urbandictionary.com/.
* COLOR Q website (Afro-Asian history): www.colorq.org
More notable Blasians:
* Wilfredo Lam (Chinese/African/Creole | Cuban painter), considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
* Kamala Harris (Jamaican/Indian) was elected as San Francisco's district attorney in December 2003. San Francisco Gate hails her as "the first black woman in California history to serve as a district attorney". AsianWeek anticipated her as "the first district attorney of Asian Pacific American descent".
* Michael Lee-Chin (Chinese/Jamaican) is a Canada-based billionaire, Chairman and CEO of AIC and Jamaica's National Commercial Bank (NCB).
* Yayoi Lena Winfrey (African American/Japanese) is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist. She directed Watermelon Sushi. She writes regularly for Northwest Asian Weekly and Asian-American Village. She is also the editor and publisher of Brothers and Others: An Esi Black Women Writers Anthology.
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* Halford Fairchild (African American/Hawaiian Japanese) is a noted psychologist and writer. When his mother married his father, her family disowned her for marrying a black man, telling her that when they returned to his home in California, she would find that "he has nothing". Fairchild is currently a professor at Pitzer College in California.
* Anthony Brown (Choctaw/African American/Japanese) is an internationally renowned percussionist, composer and ethnomusicologist. He previously served as curator of American Musical Culture and director of the Jazz Oral History program at the Smithsonian Institute. Brown leads a multicultural, musical ensemble called African Eurasian Eclipse.
* Jaya is a Filipino pop singer with African American ancestry.
* Allan Pineda Lindo (aka: apl.de.ap), member of The Black Eyed Peas (Filippino/African American). He is the main composer of Black Eyed Peas.
* Sharon Leal (Filippino/African American) is an actress notable for staring in Boston Public, and as Michelle Morris, Effie White’s replacement in the film Dreamgirls.
* Naomi Campbell (Chinese/Jamaican), the supermodel is said to have a Chinese great-grandfather, the father of her grandmother. Her mixed heritage is mentioned in BBC article Naomi 'quits' top catwalks.
* Crystal Kay, Japanese R&B singer, (Black American/Korean Zainichi)
* Kelis (Black/Chinese/Puerto Rican), hip hop artist
* The Rock, (Black/Samoan) Dwayne Johnson, known as the Rock, is the son of Rocky Johnson. He entered WWF under the name of Rocky Maivia; his mother's late father Peter Maivia was a Samoan high chief. According to mixedfolks.com, he is the "first Black Champion of the WWF and one of the most popular wrestlers in the world."
* Johnnie Morton (African American/Japanese) NFL Pro football player.
* A list of Afro-Asian identity terms, which differ by region:
- Africasian (African and Asian)
- Afrasian (African-Asian)
- Blackanese (Black/Chinese, Black/Vietnamese, Black/Japanese, Black/Saipanese, etc)
* Blinese (black and chinese) [pronounced blynese]
* Blackorean/Blorean/Borean (Black/Korean)
* Blackapina/Blackapino (Black/Filipino)
* Blietnamese/Afretnamese/Vietnamegro (Black/Vietnamese)
* Cablinasian (Caucasian, black, Indian, and Asian) Coined by Tiger Woods, professional golfer.*
* Carindian (caribbean and indian)[pronounced like caribbean not like car]
* Negrasian (Black and Asian)
Malegro (Malay/African and African American *similar to Afro-Filipino)
* Blindian (Black/Indian)[Pronounced bulindian]
* Indican (Indian and African)
* Indigro/Afrindian (Black/Indian)
* Chinegro/Chigro (Chinese/Black)
* Chack (chinese and black)
* Blindonesian (Black and Indonesian)[Pronounced like "in", not like "blind"]
* Blakistani (black and pakistani)
* Koregro (Korean and Black)
* Japegro (Japanese and Black)
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Your info about Tyson Beckford is wrong. His parents are Jamaica, and he has a grandmother who is Jamaican-Chinese (chinese from Jamaica)
Thanks for the tip. You're right...it is wrong. Tyson Beckford is from Jamaica. His dad is half Jamaican-half Chinese, and his mom is Jamaican. Tyson was, however, born in New York.
Very interesting!
Don’ t know why this made me laugh... hmm, maybe cuz it’ s such a FOXY BROWN thing to do. Those fracking tats is how I tell them apart actually. LOL, and just remembered that I was at the new MAC store in Rancho Mirage last night and they have a huuuuge photo of her, looks pretty hot I must say.
February 28, 2007 at 12:21 AM
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