Darrell Hamamoto

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Darrell Y. Hamamoto is an American writer, academic, and specialist in U.S. media and ethnic studies. He was a scholar of Asian American media and professor for almost 23 years at the University of California, Davis before retiring in 2018. [1]

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Education

Hamamoto received his education at CSU Long Beach, Bowling Green State University and UC Irvine. [2]

Influential works

He created a 50-minute erotic film named Skin on Skin, which starred Asian American actors and actresses and addresses the desexualization of Asian American males. Hamamoto created another piece called Yellowcaust: A Patriot Act, which includes clips from Skin on Skin and information regarding atrocities committed against Asian Americans in the U.S.'s history. [3] His work has generated controversy for producing porn movies as research. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Hamamoto was featured in both The Daily Show [8] and Masters of the Pillow, [9] which is a documentary about Skin on Skin.

Conspiracy Theories

Professor Hamamoto has promoted several conspiracy theories in both his academic and personal life. He has made several appearances on the far-right InfoWars radio program, hosted by Alex Jones, where he has promoted the white genocide theory, as well as a theory that U.S. Senator John Kerry and the Obama Foundation were involved to a plot to split Hurricane Lane into two separate storms via a secret directed-energy weapon housed in Antarctica. [10] Professor Hamamoto also made a 2014 appearance on the Red Ice Radio program.

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References

  1. "Presenting Our Retirees, Class of 2017-18". 20 August 2018.
  2. "Asian American Studies, UC Davis". Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  3. "Darrell Hamamoto - Davis - LocalWiki".
  4. Masters of the Pillow Robert Koehler, May 26, 2004 Variety.com
  5. Yellow Porn Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Harry Mok, October 10, 2003 Salon.com
  6. Research Stirs Interest Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine Susanne Rockwell, November 7, 2003 University of California Davis, Faculty Dateline News
  7. Porn as commentary Film on Asian issues grabs attention, stirs debate Archived 2010-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Dorothy Korber, November 3, 2003 - Sacramento Bee
  8. "Home". thedailyshow.com.
  9. "Masters of the Pillow". IMDb .
  10. "Infowars host: Hurricane threatening Hawaii has been split in two by energy beam shot from Antarctica". Media Matters for America. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-09-21.