Kai Mitsuru Wilkin
@kaimitsuru.bsky.social
Researcher of race and multiraciality with a focus on Japaneseness and Asianness and their transpositions in so-called Canada.
@tatamiroom.bsky.social
@tatamiroom.bsky.social
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Starter pack for researchers of multiraciality and others interested in the multiracial experience! Haven’t found very many people interested in Critical Mixed Race Studies yet and would love love love to connect. Please share and tag others! #CMRS #mixedrace #multiracial
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go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
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Programme, which started after Korean War as a way of removing mixed-race children from society, violated human rights.
South Korea president apologises for abusive foreign adoption scheme
Programme, which started after Korean War as a way of removing mixed-race children from society, violated human rights.
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Programme, which started after Korean War as a way of removing mixed-race children from society, violated human rights.
Remember her? This computer-generated woman appeared on the cover of Time in 1993. As a teen, her face brought some comfort. Seeing her again 30 years later felt entirely different. This short piece reflects on the New Eve’s hollow fantasy of a post-racial future. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
The Dawn of the New Eve
In 1993 — the year I was born — Time magazine ran a special issue titled “The New Face of America.” The subheading read: How Immigrants Are Shaping the World's First Multicultural Society. Its cover f...
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August 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Remember her? This computer-generated woman appeared on the cover of Time in 1993. As a teen, her face brought some comfort. Seeing her again 30 years later felt entirely different. This short piece reflects on the New Eve’s hollow fantasy of a post-racial future. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
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In August 2024, my article "Multiraciality & Racialized Politics in the United States" (Capili 2024, doi.org/10.1080/1070...) was published in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. I examine the intersection of race and politics through multiracial identity.
Multiraciality and racialized politics in the United States
In the United States, political ideology and political party affiliation provide important indicators of multiracial individuals’ place in the historic racial order. I ask the following research qu...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In August 2024, my article "Multiraciality & Racialized Politics in the United States" (Capili 2024, doi.org/10.1080/1070...) was published in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. I examine the intersection of race and politics through multiracial identity.
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My presentation title was "Okinawa In Triple Racial Formation: The Okinawan Mixed-Race Experience as Amerasians".
I’m also grateful for the opportunity to learn so much and to begin forming new academic networks and connections.
I’m also grateful for the opportunity to learn so much and to begin forming new academic networks and connections.
July 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My presentation title was "Okinawa In Triple Racial Formation: The Okinawan Mixed-Race Experience as Amerasians".
I’m also grateful for the opportunity to learn so much and to begin forming new academic networks and connections.
I’m also grateful for the opportunity to learn so much and to begin forming new academic networks and connections.
@tatamiroom.bsky.social In this article, we explore definitions, the idea that mixed race isn’t real (but the experience is), and multiraciality as permutational. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
August 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
@tatamiroom.bsky.social In this article, we explore definitions, the idea that mixed race isn’t real (but the experience is), and multiraciality as permutational. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
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@kaimitsuru.bsky.social Distorted childhood memories, family love, mixed race realities, ancestral reverbs, intergenerational loss, quiet resistance…
If that strikes a chord in any way, check out my latest short story on Tatami Room. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
If that strikes a chord in any way, check out my latest short story on Tatami Room. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
Koi Pond
A short story offering.
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
@kaimitsuru.bsky.social Distorted childhood memories, family love, mixed race realities, ancestral reverbs, intergenerational loss, quiet resistance…
If that strikes a chord in any way, check out my latest short story on Tatami Room. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
If that strikes a chord in any way, check out my latest short story on Tatami Room. open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
@stevenforth.bsky.social thank you for your reposts steven! very much appreciate the support.
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@stevenforth.bsky.social thank you for your reposts steven! very much appreciate the support.
@tatamiroom.bsky.social In case you missed it, here is the first introductory post for Tatami Room — a mixed used space for thinking about multiraciality and moving towards a more comprehensive and disruptive understanding of race, mixed race, and racism in Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@tatamiroom.bsky.social In case you missed it, here is the first introductory post for Tatami Room — a mixed used space for thinking about multiraciality and moving towards a more comprehensive and disruptive understanding of race, mixed race, and racism in Canada.
open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
Me, crying, because race is not that fun to talk about. Second post is out now on Tatami Room! open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
Talking about race is just not that fun.
On why talking about race is deceptively difficult and often uncomfortable.
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Me, crying, because race is not that fun to talk about. Second post is out now on Tatami Room! open.substack.com/pub/tatamiro...
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the most embarrassing part of being a “100 tabs open at once” guy is when you inadvertently close them and don’t even notice and there are absolutely no negative consequences
December 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
the most embarrassing part of being a “100 tabs open at once” guy is when you inadvertently close them and don’t even notice and there are absolutely no negative consequences
I’m trying something new! Subscribe to Tatami Room where I explore mixed race research, discuss my own research findings, and offer my continued thoughts on the mixed race experience. Subscribe and the first post will land in your inbox next week. tatamiroom.substack.com
#multiracial #mixedrace
#multiracial #mixedrace
Introducing Tatami Room, a mixed use space for thinking critically about multiraciality and moving toward a more disruptive understanding of race in so-called Canada. I’ll be sharing mixed race research, writings, and personal reflections. First post next week—subscribe now! tatamiroom.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 AM
I’m trying something new! Subscribe to Tatami Room where I explore mixed race research, discuss my own research findings, and offer my continued thoughts on the mixed race experience. Subscribe and the first post will land in your inbox next week. tatamiroom.substack.com
#multiracial #mixedrace
#multiracial #mixedrace
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“We provide evidence that the multiracial boom was largely a statistical illusion resulting from methodological changes that confounded ancestry with identity and mistakenly equated national origin with race.”
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
The Multiracial Complication: The 2020 Census and the Fictitious Multiracial Boom
Article: The Multiracial Complication: The 2020 Census and the Fictitious Multiracial Boom | Sociological Science | Posted December 3, 2024
sociologicalscience.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:55 AM
“We provide evidence that the multiracial boom was largely a statistical illusion resulting from methodological changes that confounded ancestry with identity and mistakenly equated national origin with race.”
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
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'Multiraciality and #racialized politics in the United States'
New from #Identities, by Christine M. Capili
Online ⬇️
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#race #multiracial #racialpolitics
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
New from #Identities, by Christine M. Capili
Online ⬇️
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#race #multiracial #racialpolitics
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM
'Multiraciality and #racialized politics in the United States'
New from #Identities, by Christine M. Capili
Online ⬇️
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#race #multiracial #racialpolitics
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
New from #Identities, by Christine M. Capili
Online ⬇️
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
#race #multiracial #racialpolitics
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
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🚨 Excited to share my new article published at Social Problems that rethinks the field’s engagement w/ Liberation Sociology! When interviewing Black Millennials about their racial, religious, & political lives during Black Lives Matter, liberation came up a lot. This study examines those narratives.
November 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM
🚨 Excited to share my new article published at Social Problems that rethinks the field’s engagement w/ Liberation Sociology! When interviewing Black Millennials about their racial, religious, & political lives during Black Lives Matter, liberation came up a lot. This study examines those narratives.
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All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual - Available now
Available episodes of Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
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"Simply trying to understand race is now, more than ever, an act of political resistance." -Claire Jean Kim (2022)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Asian Americans and Anti-Blackness
Published in Politics, Groups, and Identities (Vol. 10, No. 3, 2022)
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 PM
"Simply trying to understand race is now, more than ever, an act of political resistance." -Claire Jean Kim (2022)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Starter pack for researchers of multiraciality and others interested in the multiracial experience! Haven’t found very many people interested in Critical Mixed Race Studies yet and would love love love to connect. Please share and tag others! #CMRS #mixedrace #multiracial
go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
November 18, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Starter pack for researchers of multiraciality and others interested in the multiracial experience! Haven’t found very many people interested in Critical Mixed Race Studies yet and would love love love to connect. Please share and tag others! #CMRS #mixedrace #multiracial
go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
go.bsky.app/NTSoSK
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We're also putting together our own starter packs for our fave people plus long-time supporters of UJ. Here's our first. We'll keep adding to this as more folks migrate over.
go.bsky.app/Eno5eAX
go.bsky.app/Eno5eAX
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
We're also putting together our own starter packs for our fave people plus long-time supporters of UJ. Here's our first. We'll keep adding to this as more folks migrate over.
go.bsky.app/Eno5eAX
go.bsky.app/Eno5eAX
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I made a Japanese Studies starter pack! Film, literature, sociology, history, cultural studies, translation, academic and academic-adjacent. Please reply if you want to be added (or removed)! go.bsky.app/AXJLiEA
November 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
I made a Japanese Studies starter pack! Film, literature, sociology, history, cultural studies, translation, academic and academic-adjacent. Please reply if you want to be added (or removed)! go.bsky.app/AXJLiEA