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@Dowito @japananon
So I found a more in depth source on the Yasuke scam timeline and what happened
https://japanese-with-naoto.com/2024/07/17/dreamy-history-assassin-1/
The first published source from Lockley came from himself editing wikipedia in 2015 for a future paper in 2016. There was obviously intention to introduce original research as fact, something that is not allowed on Wikipedia. But all subsequent hype over Yasuke came after the published book in 2019.
As to why Lockley did this... If you're a conspiracy theorist then here's some food for you:
-2015 was the year when a half black half Japanese woman won miss Japan.
-in 2019, we have the lead up to the Olympics in Japan, very convenient timeframe for a book like this to come out.
-april 2019, Lockley's book gets published
-may 2019, Chadwick Boseman (marvel black panther guy) gets tapped for a Yasuke movie.
-covid messes with all of this though. And Chadwick Boseman dies leaving plans for this movie in limbo.
Circumstantial evidence leads me to believe that there was an organized effort to push this propaganda. Ain't no way a movie gets planned a month after the Yasuke book gets published. :back_from_the_cia: