Entrevistas

1. Family’s Japanese roots and values

2. The lack of discussion about family’s incarceration in Amache

3. Her desire to help at-risk and dependent youth

4. Her motto came from her mother

5. Unique perspective that a judge can bring to community organizations

6. How she transitioned from anthropology to law

7. Mother founded Japanese language school in neighbors’ backyard

Wasserman,Fumiko Hachiya

Juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles na Califórnia

The lack of discussion about family’s incarceration in Amache

My family had albums of photographs from camp because my mother, who was fluent in French, English, and Japanese, was hired to work for the military person who was in charge of Amache in Colorado. We therefore had access to even aerial photographs of the camp. And so we as children were able to see what it looked like—we saw the barracks; we didn’t really understand the hardships as children, but there wasn’t a tremendous amount of discussion of camps other than when you were with other people, and something came up that they knew somebody, a neighbor in camp, there was not an extended conversation at the dinner table about the internment camps.

Campo de concentração Amache Colorado campos de concentração aprisionamento encarceramento fotografias fotografia Estados Unidos da América Segunda Guerra Mundial Campos de concentração da Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: July 27, 2018

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Kiya Matsuno

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American Bar Association

Entrevistados

A juíza Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman é uma juíza Sansei do Tribunal Superior do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia. Nasceu em Torrance, Califórnia, e cresceu na cidade de Harbor, Califórnia. Foi a primeira mulher asiática-americana contratada pelo escritório da Procuradoria dos EUA na Divisão Civil, a primeira autoridade minoritária eleita no Conselho Escolar de Torrance e a primeira juíza a servir no Instituto de Pesquisa Biomédica de Los Angeles. Atualmente, atua no tribunal de Los Padrinos como juíza local. Ela cresceu em um bairro diverso e acolhedor e sentia-se segura em ser nipo-americana. Ela é envolvida com a comunidade nipo-americana, trabalha para promover a diversidade e é mentora de advogados e juízes. (Junho de 2018)