Tessa Watanabe
Tessa Watanabe is a fourth generation Japanese American Muslim woman living in Seattle. She goals in life are to travel the world, learn Turkish, Arabic, and to ultimately have a farm with her Turkish partner.
Updated July 2018
Stories from This Author
As a Japanese American Muslim woman, I know the Muslim ban will affect future generations to come
July 26, 2018 • Tessa Watanabe
Bismillah irRahman irRaheem In the name of God, the Beneficent and the Merciful. Tuesday morning last week (June 26) a group of activists and allies from groups such as CAIR-WA, Densho, and faith leaders from multiple backgrounds and beliefs converged at the William Kenzo Nakamura building to deliver street-level dissent against the recent SCOTUS ruling regarding the latest Muslim ban. Having attended at short notice, I—a mixed-race, fourth generation Japanese American Muslim woman—did not prepare anything apart from my presence simply being …
