
From the BBC
With a Japanese mother and African American father, Ariana Miyamoto has become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan.
The question of whether a person of mixed race should be eligible to win the competition has since provoked a heated argument on social media,
Oh I can so believe the kind of comments Ariana is getting. Japanese culture is so future focused in some things and ever so in the past for others. I understand the history of Japan, but I can’t help but say its 2015!
I honestly can’t imagine how bad the Japanese view on mix race relationships… Hopefully this will start to sway things.
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Author: Ianforrester
Senior firestarter at BBC R&D, emergent technology expert and serial social geek event organiser. View all posts by Ianforrester
Japanese culture conflicted. You go and be proud @arianamiyamoto http://t.co/B4RpVcR1M5 http://t.co/Mvsy11trw9