![]() ![]() Nichols also explains why covering undocumented immigrants safeguards the health of all U.S. We speak with Nation magazine national-affairs correspondent John Nichols about his post-debate article, Last Night’s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All. Sanders wrote the Senate version of the Medicare For All bill, as he pointedly reminded Tim Ryan when the latter accused him of not knowing what Medicare for all would cover. Much of the first half of the debate was taken up with opponents of Medicare for All going after Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, egged on by the debate moderators. The first in the second round of the Democratic presidential debates happened on Tuesday, July 30. Thomas Lockley is Associate Professor at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo, where he teaches courses about the international and multicultural history of Japan and East Asia. In so doing, African Samurai offers a new perspective on race in world history and a vivid portrait of life in medieval Japan. Now, in his book African Samurai, co-authored with Geoffrey Girard, Thomas Lockley presents the never-before-told biography of Yasuke, recounting his journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society. Hokkaido Highway Blues, Will Ferguson (1998) Though it’s almost 20 years old, Hokkaido Highway Blues by the hilarious Will Ferguson is a fantastic and unique insight into Japan and the everyday people that make it. In the four hundred years since, Yasuke has been known in Japan largely as a legendary figure. Soon, Yasuke was learning the traditions of Japan’s martial arts and ascending the upper echelons of Japanese society. Cover image for the book Immigration, the Borderlands, and. He was so taken with Yasuke that he made him a samurai in his court —the first foreigner ever to attain that status. Cover image for the book African Immigrants in the United States: The Gendering Significance of. ![]() Among those who were drawn to his presence was Lord Nobunaga, head of the most powerful clan in Japan. Nissin Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Has Naomi Osaka’s rise to stardom been a turning point for how Japanese view hafus (mixed-race people) I don’t think her ascension has had much of an impact on. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before. Inspiration for the book came from a 1996 exhibit of African-American culture on Des Moines Center Street at the Iowa State Historical Society. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia. ![]() When the African warrior Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. His article for the Nation is “Last Night’s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All.” Then, who—or what—won at Tuesday’s Democratic debate? Political analyst John Nichols of the Nation magazine joins us with his take. When Japanese are introducing youself, they always say 'watashi' for example: 'watashi wa Rin desu' Never in my life I heard a japanese person say 'Boku wa Rin desu' or 'Ore wa Rin desu' Is it weird in japan to use boku or ore for that purpose. It’s about the first foreigner and the only African to ever become a samurai. We talk with Thomas Lockley about his book, African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan. ![]()
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