Entrevistas

1. Grandfather migrating to Colombia

2. Family having to hide guns during World War II in Colombia

3. Stories of Grandfather at a concentration camp in Fusagasuga

4. Keirokai, the biggest celebration in the Cali Nikkei community

5. Food preparations for Keirokai

6. Japanese reputation in Colombia

7. Her definition of Nikkei

8. Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese

9. Interracial marriage trends

10. Her grandfather in a concentration camp in Fusagasuga (Spanish)

11. Japanese were treated with dignity during WWII (Spanish)

Teisher,Monica

(n. 1974) Colombiana japonesa que actualmente reside en los Estados Unidos

Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese

Japanese has a lot of layers, and formalities, and unspoken languages that are both verbal and behavioral that I don't understand. They completely go over my head. Americans are more Latin in that sense. Even though I feel I have Japanese values, culturally, I am very Latin American. I consider myself culturally very Colombian.

Colombia cultura identidad colombianos-japoneses

Fecha: September 22, 2019

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Monica Teisher nació de un padre issei y de una madre nisei en Cali, Colombia en 1974. Ella y su familia vasta eran activos en la comunidad japonesa de Cali, la más grande en Colombia. Ella se mudó a los Estados Unidos tras casarse con un ciudadano estadounidense de ascendencia judío europea del este. Ellos y sus hijas pasan las vacaciones en Colombia, en donde participan en eventos de la comunidad. (Mayo de 2020)