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I moved my half-Black, half-Japanese daughter to Charlotte from Tokyo.

November 7, 2020488 Views

For CharlotteFive, I wrote about becoming a Black father in Japan and raising my daughter in Tokyo and Charlotte, North Carolina. Read the piece here. …

I was in Japan when COVID-19 hit. Here’s what it’s like to return to racial unrest.

October 2, 2020829 Views

Tracy Jones

Three weeks after landing in Charlotte, NC, here’s my first story featured on the front page of Charlotte Five for The Charlotte Observer. Read it here. …