Entrevistas

1. General reasons why people left Japan for Peru

2. Great grandfather Asato was a sumo wrestler

3. Grandfather loved to tell her stories of her great-grandfather Arakaki

4. Prosecution of Japanese Peruvians during the war

5. Where parents went to school in Peru

6. Parents leaving Peru to move to California

7. Reflections on childhood

8. Okinawan cultural appreciation

9. Prejudice against Okinawans from mainland folks

10. Okinawan Americans

11. Parents identification as Peruvian Okinawan

12. On Nikkei identity

13. Japanese values that she aligns with

14. American values she aligns with

15. Working together in Okinawa using three languages

Yamashiro,Michelle

Norte-americana Okinawana, cujos pais são peruanos

Prosecution of Japanese Peruvians during the war

The only people that were really targeted were folks who were in a community leader…similar to here…community leader powers who were educated; scholars, or who had some sort of power in either the business world or the community world. And I think besides my great-grandpa Arakaki, the other folks were able to lie low pretty well. I have heard of a story though from a group where there was a Japanese Peruvian person working in the…was it…in some government office, I don’t know if it was like an ambassador’s office or something like that, but he got a list of Japanese Peruvian folks who were supposed to be kidnapped and taken to the United States, and he was sort of like a “Schindler’s List” and he would take some of these folks and just sort of try to hide them as best as possible or try to find a way to make sure that they escaped or that they got fake IDs or fake whatever identification in order to stay. So I have heard stories like that.

Peruanos japoneses Okinawanos Peru Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: August 30, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Sharon Yamato

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Cresceu em Gardena, Califórnia. Seus pais se mudaram de Lima, Peru, para os Estados Unidos, onde eles cresceram na comunidade japonesa e peruana Okinawana. Devido a esse contexto diverso, ela foi exposta a uma mistura de diferentes tradições culturais. É envolvida com a Associação Okinawa da América e visitou Okinawa e Peru.

Ela recebeu suas credenciais de ensino com uma oportunidade no Instituto Cultural Japonês Gardena Valley (GVJCI), ela passou a se dedicar ao trabalho sem fins lucrativos e é voluntária no GVJCI e na Associação Okinawa da América. (Agosto de 2018)