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James and Inja Yates are founders of Soul-2-Seoul scholarship foundation. They have been married since 1968 and have three children and seven grandchildren. Their foundation provides financial and academic assistance to deserving students who are working to bring unity and friendship among the diverse peoples within their respective communities. As of May 2015, they have awarded 24 scholarships of $2000 each. They were featured in the documentary short film, “Seoul II Soul”, which was released in 1999.

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Jero, ¾ African American, ¼ Japanese starred in the 2010 J-Drama, 天王寺ブロードウェー (Tennoji Broadway) as the boyfriend of the heroine played by Aira Taira (平愛梨), shown in the picture above. Jero is mainly known as the first Black Japanese Enka singer, a popular Japanese music genre, but he also appears as an actor in various Japanese television and movie projects.

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Thanks to AMBW for Life for sharing this ad showing a BMAW couple. Nice to slowly see more Blasian couples being used for advertisements. These kind of public pictures of Blasian couples can slowly but surely help improve general perceptions. Check out our friends at AMBW for Life at: facebook.com/ambwforlife

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The exponential growth of Blasians and hence, Blasian couples in the United States. 50% of all US Blasians are under the age of 19 and 80% of all US Blasians are under the age of 40. Read more at http://asianblackcouples.com/whats-driving-the-growth-in-blasian-couples-and-blasians/

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Brennan Cleveland, African American, and Yun Mikyung, Korean, star in this Korean short movie, “House Hunting” featuring a BMAW couple. Korea rarely features Blasian couples in its movies - check it out!! https://youtu.be/eMfNSAZ6peE

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Dear #Classof2023,

If you were a college freshman/rookie in 2019, you didn't complete your first year in-person as the world & life as we knew it changed on March 11th 2020 due to #COVID19.  You spent all of the 2020-2021 school year online & portions of 2021-2022 (and likely some of 2022-2023).  

Your first semester (Freshmen in Fall 2019) may have been your only 100% in-person Fall & your last semester (Seniors in Spring 2023) may have been your only 100% in-person Spring.

You overcame a once-in-a-century calamity to cross the stage as a college graduate - congrats on this accomplishment as a truly historic graduating class 👩🏻‍🎓🧑🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓

P.S. I gave my first #Zoom lecture on March 11 2020 for my Statistics/SPSS students at California State University San Marcos

#CSUSM #Cougars #Graduation #TeacherLife

(and in a few weeks: #UCSD #Tritons UC San Diego)

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Dinner with L&K at @sdminsokchon (the best South Korean restaurant in Convoy) on January 12th 😌 #SDSU 👩🏻‍🎓 to #UCSD 👩🏻‍💼 🇲🇽 #TeacherLife 👩🏻‍🏫 🇨🇱 Special thanks to #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 for continuing to create the best content on Netflix @netflixkr (at Min Sok Chon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOoVRVLX_c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#Thanksgiving 2022 with Laila 🇰🇿 & Kiyomi 🐈 #Multiracial #Eurasian #Harvard #Postdoc 🧬 #IvyLeague #WesternBlot 🐁 🧠 #iVF #UAWstrike #intersectionality #SouthKorea #Aespa 🇰🇷 (at Village, La Jolla, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOgSkLPR53/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Halloween sunset before April’s 🇨🇳 / my first #bestie in Cali’s @aprilzzzz #birthday on November 4th 🎃 Sidenote. The Pumpkin emoji is the only fruit that isn’t in the fruit emoji section. Also, pumpkin spice doesn’t contain any pumpkin 👀 #Penn #IvyLeague #Leader #Guangzhou #CantonTower (at UC San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOaaZJPtZB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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September 28 2022 with Lizeth 🇲🇽 before her #birthday on October 10th 👩‍👧 🥰 Also my brother Tazewell’s birthday 🎈 & my Grandma turned 102 🎈 #SDSU #Aztecs #SuperMom #UCSD #AdminLife #TeacherLife @lkgo10 #LatePost (at UC San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOEoNly096/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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September 25 2022 hike with Laila 🇰🇿 (Very) #LatePost #Harvard #IvyLeague #PostDoc #UCSD #CSUSM #TeacherLife #Vaccinated (at La Jolla, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOCHADyEaN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #ValentinesDay 💘 (at UC San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/CorPBQgu1ve/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#LatePost #LaborDay #bff #IvyLeague #Harvard 🇷🇺 🇰🇿 (at UC San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHR6rqvgSv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Rose Canyon hike with Laila 🇷🇺 🇰🇿(August 7) #LatePost #Hiking Are there any universal truths? Ai may accurately predict human behavior even if for different reasons/variables than humans consider. Confucius & Laozi suggest balance (like these train tracks). Perhaps it's good if most people reduce sugar intake, but this idea is too agnostic to variations in insulin to be considered a moral value. Once again, balance ☯️ (at Rose Canyon Hiking Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkohxNSyO_Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Liz Karina & I were introduced to each other a year ago today. I've become a bit of a #LizEnthusiast since then 🥰 @lkgo10 🇲🇽🧸 From #Aztecs 👩🏻‍🎓 to #Tritons 🔱 (at San Diego State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkBrj40P_ol/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Grief is the price we pay for love” - Queen Elizabeth II (September 13, 2001)

Star Spangled Banner played at Buckingham Palace- Sept 13, 2001