"We Need Work That is Impossible to Describe": Kimi Takesue on Onlookers

When I first met Kimi Takesue, I saw a flash of recognition from her that my eyes reflected. It was clear we understood something very specific about each other--being biracial is, as she said, "a particular sensibility." Takesue's father is Japanese American, and her mother is Italian and German; my father is Filipino American, and my mother is also German. I've seen this same immediate recognition disarm other half-white, half Asian Americans. Each other’s familiar look and way of carrying t...