Memory and Mourning in the Black Pacific
ブラック・パシフィックの記憶と嘆き
Bios
He, Fredrick, I was born in Japan, in a small mountain town called 青梅 Ōme, west of Tokyo. Mother was a Japanese national and father identifies as African-American. Much of my time in Japan was spent living in 立川 Tachikawa, where there was a U.S. Air Force Base that has since been reverted to Japan's Self Defense forces.
Educated in Japan, Hawaii, and Albuqerque New Mexico, primarily in military base primary schools.
After attaining a Masters Degree in Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation from an accredited private university in San Francisco, California, I continued teaching Japanese/English language and cultural difference, facilitating diversity training and intercultural communication workshops, and working with immigrant communities on social justice community-building. As well, worked as head coach and organizer for several Junior Olympic volleyball clubs across the United States.
Entered a Ph.D. program specializing in Postcolonial Cultural Anthropology with a strong emphasis in advocacy community-building in 2001.
Enjoy my love of steam trains, coffee shops, ethnic dining, the arts, and anything having to do with social justice issues linked with postcolonial thought.
I, he, Fredrick - regularly gives presentations, gives readings, facilitates workshops, and participates in discussions about history-in-the-present, social justice and the various forms of dominance and oppression concerning the Pacific Rim.
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Photo: Old station platform sign board of the main train station in Ōme where with my mother, I came and returned on many trips as a child. This station sign I remember distinctly, still hangs on a post at the station. This signboard, along with most of the old station, has been renovated and is considered a landmark. I was delighted to find this image by Laurel.
Photo courtesy of Laurel Wilson (Flickr)
