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 \nWhen discussing the wartime incarceration sites\, we speak almost exclus
 ively of Japanese Americans. This works to erase the fact that there were 
 also a significant number of individuals Okinawan descent who were incarce
 rated. While some Okinawans may prefer to identify as Japanese American\, 
 this must be understood in a context where Okinawans were navigating anti-
 Asian racism from the United States government as well as anti-Okinawan ra
 cism from the larger Japanese community. The camps\, along with many other
  sites across time and space\, have been places where Okinawans have had t
 o fight double colonialism at the hands of both Japanese and American nati
 onalisms.\n\nAfter doing basic research I found that there was little to n
 o information about the experiences of Okinawans as a collective in the in
 carceration sites. This conversation will attempt to conjure our Okinawan 
 ancestors and give space for them to live and breathe in their full comple
 xity - acknowledging this means navigating many omissions and silences.\n\
 nFurthermore\, as Okinawans come to terms with their colonized status with
 in a Japanese context\, this ancestral strength might help us to better un
 derstand our personal complicity in the violent mechanisms of Japanese Ame
 rican settler colonialism that continue to impede on and do harm to the In
 digenous Nations upon which we have settled and developed our lives. How c
 an we use our stories to help us confront our ongoing role as settlers on 
 this continent? How might we stand in better solidarity with the Indigenou
 s communities whose land we are actively colonizing?\n\nThis program will 
 include poetry by Sho and a sanshin performance by Joseph Kamiya.\n\nPoste
 r by Joseph Kamiya featuring art by Okinawan Kibei-Nisei Hideo Kobashigawa
 \n\nFeaturing:\n\nJoseph Kamiya is a sanshin artist and fourth-generation 
 Asian American with Ryūkyūan (Tamagusuku/Awase) and Japanese (Fukuoka) r
 oots.\n\nSho is a Yonsei writer and wanderer. His grandmother&amp;rsquo\;s fam
 ily（⼭城）immigrated to the Los Angeles area from Taminato\, a villag
 e in the Yanbaru rainforest in northern Okinawa. His grandfather&amp;rsquo\;s 
 family（⽥中）emigrated from Buzen Shoe\, Fukuoka to Tlingit territory
  settling in Juneau\, Alaska. He believes that through sharing food and st
 ory we can work to heal legacies of violence that have accumulated within 
 our collective body\, mind\, and spirit.
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SUMMARY:ONLINE: In Search of Incarcerated Okinawans : A Conversation On Dec
 olonizing Japanese America
URL:/en/events/2020/08/15/online-in-search-of-incarcerated-okinawans-a-co/
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