Culture Clash – Black & Japanese Popular

Culture: Interactions, Intersections and

Impacts

Tracey Salisbury - Wabash CollegeEast/West Center Presentation – Summer 2013

The Projects• Research Paper(s)

• African American History Course

• Hip Hop Culture/Rap Music

• Art

• Anime/Manga/Comics/Animation

• Fashion

• Film/Television

• Media/Social Media

• Culture Themes/Ideas

• Language/Slang

The Work• History

• Culture

• Space/Place

• Identity/Identities Politics

• The Model Minority

• Collaboration/Competition

• Relationships

• Cultural Relationships

• Cultural Respect

• Cultural Understanding

• Cultural Commodification

• Cultural Education

• Cultural History

• Cultural Identity

• Cultural Misunderstandings

• Cultural Mimicry

Race/Gender/Identities

The Power & Influence of Mis-Identification in Culture

• The Black Monolith

• International/Global Stars

• Perception/Exposure

• Everyone’s Chinese/Japanese

• Racism/Prejudice/Discrimination

• Bruce Lee/Jackie Chan/John Woo

• Speed Racer/Kimba

• Gigantor/Giant Robo

• Johnny Sokko and Giant Robot

• Super Sentai/Power Rangers

• Akira

• Jin

Who Influences Who?

Kata/The Fifth Element: Knowledge

Pam Grier/Meiko Kaji

Kill Bill

Kill Bill

Harajuku Girls/B-Girls

Identities• Ganguro

• Yanmanba

• Manba

• “Center Guy” – Shibuya Station

• Blackface

• B-Style

Nicki Minaj

Samurai/Black Gangster Codes/Anti-Hero

Yakuza/Gangster Rapper

Blade/Nemuri Kyoshiro/Snipes/Raizo

Afro Samurai/Shaft

Manga/Comics

Jero/Kokujin Tensai aka Black Genius