Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they facedPosted in Articles, Arts, Asian Diaspora, Media Archive on 2017-03-27 15:32Z by Steven |
Half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers sing about prejudice they faced
The Mainichi: Japan’s National Daily Since 1922
2017-03-26
Hiromi Nagano, Los Angeles Bureau
 The Yano Brothers, from left, eldest brother Michael, middle brother David, and youngest brother Sanshiro, are seen in Los Angeles, on Feb. 22, 2017. (Mainichi) |
LOS ANGELES — Three half-Japanese, half-Ghanaian brothers who moved from Ghana to Japan as young children and grew up experiencing prejudice and feeling they were different have put their experiences into song.
Forming a musical unit called the Yano Brothers, the three men, born to a Japanese father and a Ghanaian mother, say they were discriminated against as “gaijin“ (foreigners) since they were young, due to their dark skin. Last month, the three spoke about these experiences and sang at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Drawn in by their words and their heart-moving music, I could not bring myself to move from my spot for a while…
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