Entrevistas

1. Family’s Japanese roots and values

2. The lack of discussion about family’s incarceration in Amache

3. Her desire to help at-risk and dependent youth

4. Her motto came from her mother

5. Unique perspective that a judge can bring to community organizations

6. How she transitioned from anthropology to law

7. Mother founded Japanese language school in neighbors’ backyard

Wasserman,Fumiko Hachiya

Juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles na Califórnia

Mother founded Japanese language school in neighbors’ backyard

I went to Japanese language school. My mother actually founded the Japanese language school. In our neighborhood, since we were the only family initially — our neighbors were Dutch. And they had a back guest house type of area, where the Buddhist reverend came all the way out to where we lived in the suburbs, and there were three of us in the Japanese language class: my sister, myself, and I can’t remember who the third person was.

Eventually my mother went to a different Buddhist church where she knew people, and she knew the bishop, and they were willing to come out to try to start a Japanese language school. So we were in a nursery area, and then people were from outlying areas coming into it, and they eventually were able to raise funds and build an actual building where the Japanese language school still remains. And when I had children later in life, my sons did go to that Japanese language school briefly.

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Data: July 27, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Kiya Matsuno

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American Bar Association

Entrevistados

A juíza Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman é uma juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia. Nasceu em Torrance, Califórnia, e cresceu na cidade de Harbor, Califórnia. Foi a primeira mulher asiática-americana contratada pelo escritório da Procuradoria dos EUA na Divisão Civil, a primeira autoridade minoritária eleita no Conselho Escolar de Torrance e a primeira juíza a servir no Instituto de Pesquisa Biomédica de Los Angeles. Atualmente, atua no tribunal de Los Padrinos como juíza local. Ela cresceu em um bairro diverso e acolhedor e sentia-se segura em ser nipo-americana. Ela é envolvida com a comunidade nipo-americana, trabalha para promover a diversidade e é mentora de advogados e juízes. (Junho de 2018)