When Asian American journalist Earvin Ilokano recurrently experiences the consternation of his newspaper's publisher despite the plaudits of his editor, he deals with the situaion constructively by penning a novel that recollects his lifelong attraction for Black culture and Black women. To stoke the recollection, he recruits Black women over the Internet to be his muse and what ensures are prolonged e-mail exchanges that chronicle his attraction for Black women and Black culture throughout his life, the daily challenges of navigating the cultural harmony / conflict of being Asian growing up and living among Black people and their culture while co-existing with his parents' Ilokano regional heritage as well as his pride for his Filipino national origin. In the tradition of Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth, this story also includes the Black and Asian voices that Ilokano is influenced by as he grows up. Ilokano's streetsmart diction and journalistic writings coupled with his application of Greed mythology to the Blasian relationship issue he writes about make for poignant and insightful polemics about BlAsian (Black women-Asian men) relationships.
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When Asian American journalist Earvin Ilokano recurrently experiences the consternation of his newspaper's publisher despite the plaudits of his editor, he deals with the situaion constructively by penning a novel that recollects his lifelong attraction for Black culture and Black women. To stoke the recollection, he recruits Black women over the Internet to be his muse and what ensures are prolonged e-mail exchanges that chronicle his attraction for Black women and Black culture throughout his life, the daily challenges of navigating the cultural harmony / conflict of being Asian growing up and living among Black people and their culture while co-existing with his parents' Ilokano regional heritage as well as his pride for his Filipino national origin. In the tradition of Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth, this story also includes the Black and Asian voices that Ilokano is...
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About Sam
Sam Cacas, a native of Washington, D.C., is a San Francisco-based writer who launched his first literary work, "BlAsian Exchanges, a Novel" (more info here and...







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