ニコール・スミダ
(Nicole Sumida)
ニコール・スミダは、アジア系アメリカ人による、またはアジア系アメリカ人に関する芸術作品や文学作品の宣伝を目的とした雑誌「riksha」の共同創設者であり、元発行人です。
2007年3月に更新
この執筆者によるストーリー
On Being Japanese American...
2007年3月23日 • ニコール・スミダ
Growing up in the 1970’s in Chicago’s near west suburbs, there were few people like me. In fact, my sister and I were the only half Japanese, half Swedish/German girls on our block (or in our community for that matter). Most people thought I was Chinese and it didn’t take long to realize that “chink” was not a friendly word. As a kid, I gravitated towards the “others”, the few kids in the neighborhood who were Puerto Rican, Mexican or …