Discover Nikkei's Web Editor, Victoria Kraus, writes about her Hapa/Nikkei/American identity in her column, "Half Enough." She talks about being raised by a Japanese mother, white Jewish American father, and growing up in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Her column explores the fluid nature of the term Nikkei through her experiences as a young ethnically mixed American.
Victoria Kraus is Web Editor for www.DiscoverNikkei.org. She is a half Japanese half Caucasian currently residing in the predominantly Hispanic neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. She graduated from Soka University of America with a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts. "Half Enough" is her first regular column series. Opinions expressed in this column are not necessarily those of Discover Nikkei.
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