FJ Quickie Quickie Eew Wee – BLM in Nihongo
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A quick primer on ways to say Black Lives Matter in Japanese. [Kokujin no inochi wa taisetu] – Black Lives Matter (are important with no implied too) [Kokujin no inochi koso taisetu] – It is Black Lives that Matter, Black Lives Matter! (Indeed!), more so than others [Kokujin no inochi mo taisetu] – Black Lives Matter (too), closest to English in implication, and nuance Note: I am an advanced speaker, but Japanese is not my first language. Constructive feedback welcome.
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Please excuse the episode’s long intro; I’ve been up to things and I talk about them. This one gets heated in the best possible way as Stefhen and I discuss Black/African identity vis a vis Japan and what it means to live a biracial/multicultural life and so on. Stefhen’s done some cool...
Published 01/22/21
Published 01/22/21