Blackness in the Pacific (East-West Center Insights)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2020-06-10

Language, diaspora and race in Hawai‘i and beyond.  The host for this episode is Karena Lyons.  The guest for this episode is Akiemi Glenn, Ph.D.

The host for this episode is Karena Lyons.  The guest for this episode is Akiemi Glenn.

What defines the Black experience in Hawai‘i, a state that has a relatively small African-American population but is roughly 75% made up of people of color? hat role does language play in cultural identity? Is the rennaissance we've seen in Hawaiian culture and language happening in other Pacific cultures as well? How does the diaspora of Pacific peoples intersect with cultural re-learning?

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