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

Parents leaving Peru to move to California

In the eighties Peru’s economy wasn’t as great as it is now. And so in order to…they were about to start a life together; have children, have a family, and so this idea of the “American Dream” is so true and so real of being an immigrant and come from somewhere else and make it on your own and have a house and all that good stuff. Whereas at the time, in the eighties – nineties, Peru’s government wasn’t the safest environment for folks. And so, because of that my parents decided to immigrate to the United States – to California and L.A. in particular.

There’s a pretty big community in the Gardena, Torrance, south bay area. A lot of them are my relatives. Yeah, I would say that my father came, my mother came, and then all my aunts and uncles came as well. And then just through…as I’ve continued to work in community and get involved in community, it’s so awesome how many folks that I’ve met that say, “oh actually my family’s from Peru too” or my family’s from Argentina or Brazil. And so that’s been interesting getting to know more and more people that have that background.

comunidades Peruanos japoneses migração Okinawanos Peru Estados Unidos da América

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)