More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity
Posted in Asian Diaspora, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Papers/Presentations on 2010-07-28 03:26Z by StevenMore than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity
NCA 95th Annual Convention
Chicago Hilton & Towers
Chicago, Illinois
2009-11-11
Myra Washington
When Hines Ward was named MVP of Super Bowl XL, his Black and Korean biracial status became the touchstone for conversations about mixed-race people in Korea. His “homecoming” trip generated a frenzied discourse around the limits of Korean identity and the location of bi/multiracial individuals within it. Ward’s racial representation allows for the analysis of nationhood, citizenship, difference and race as imagined through blood metaphors.
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