Entrevistas

1. Early Childhood

2. The meaning of his middle name Yaichio

3. Discrimination in San Francisco

4. Life in Yamato Colony

5. Social life in Livingston versus San Francisco

6. Becoming head of the family at age 8

7. Advice from his mother

8. Attending San Francisco City College

9. Celebrating his birthday on December 7, 1941

10. Starting a YMCA program in camp

11. Leaving Topaz

12. Leaving a camp to attend college

13. Getting a job in Honolulu

14. Feeling free and accepted in Hawaii

15. Getting fired from a job

16. Marriage and Family

17. Becoming involved at JANM

18. Volunteering at JANM

19. Defining “Nikkei”

Hoshiyama,Fred Y.

(1914-2015) Líder Nissei da YMCA e da comunidade nipo-americana

Marriage and Family

I did get married late. I got married when I was 34 years of age. I did get a younger wife however, but I was lucky to find somebody who is willing to say, “yes.” It took me a long time. But I – so she said, “yes,” I think I met her and I got married within six months. I didn’t want to lose Irene, so we tied it down. It was tied good, because we have been 56 - 57 years now, and we are happy together. And she still tried to change me a little bit here and there, but she is succeeding pretty well.

Now, I – when I first got my daughter - the first child, in 1952, I became a father for the first time. That was a tremendously, wonderful experience for me. Because for the first time I realized that I’m now part of God’s world. That, I’m part of that many parents that help keep the world going, and part of that of process of continuation, of perpetuity. So I felt a distinct being part of that process, and God’s world. When Matthew came in 1957, a son, that was another good experience for me. I feel very good. I wanted to have more children, but my wife thought two was enough, and so...usually if you want a happy marriage life, you have to agree with your wife more often than disagree, I learned.

famílias casamentos

Data: March 4, 2005

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Florence Ochi, Art Hansen, Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Fred Yaichio Hoshiyama foi o primeiro de seis filhos de trabalhadores isseis rurais imigrantes que eram membros da pioneira Yamato Colony de Livingston, Califórnia. Seu pai morreu quando ele tinha apenas oito anos de idade e sua família lutou para manter a sua fazenda, que acabou perdendo e mudando-se para San Francisco, em 1929. Depois de obter o grau de bacharelado pela Universidade da Califórnia, Berkeley em 1941, foi confinado no campo de concentração Tanforan, em San Francisco e no "Centro de Realocação" em Utah em 1942, com milhares de outros nipo-americanos inocentes - vítimas de sua semelhança racial com o inimigo que havia atacado a base naval americana em Pearl Harbor, Havaí.

Mesmo em confinamento, Fred continuou sua associação ao longo da vida com o YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) [Associação de Jovens Cristãos], ajudando a estabelecer programas recreativos, educacionais e sociais, muito necessários. Depois de conseguir uma liberação antecipada do Topaz para obter seu mestrado em Springfield College, em Massachusetts, trabalhou como diretor do programa de jovens do YMCA em Honolulu antes de voltar para a Califórnia, onde continuou a trabalhar em programas para a juventude urbana. De 1976 a 1983, ajudou a formar a Associação Nacional de Estudantes YMCA. Na aposentadoria, ele contribuiu com sua experiência e conhecimento em planejamento financeiro, desenvolvimento e gestão de várias organizações sem fins lucrativos. (Fevereiro de 2016)