Entrevistas

1. Neighbor took care of her mother after grandfather was taken by FBI

2. Her grandfather was pressured to teach Japanese

3. Camp stories impact on her career

4. Japanese American identity

5. Importance of overcoming Asian American stereotypes

6. Challenges faced by female judges

7. Becoming first AA State Bar President in California

8. Receiving support from Sonia Sotomayer to run for the bench

9. Advice to young lawyers

Fujie,Holly J.

Juíza sansei na Corte Superior do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia

Her grandfather was pressured to teach Japanese

My grandfather was imprisoned and he was being pressured to agree to teach Naval officers Japanese, and he wouldn’t do it. He said apparently in part because he thought they were going to get him agree to do that, and then ship him back to Japan as a traitor… so, but at some point, he figured it can’t get any worse so he agreed to to teach, and so he taught in Colorado and my mother was able to move out and attend Boulder High School in Boulder and then went to the University of Colorado before she came back and graduated from Berkeley.

avós( avôs educação ensino famílias línguas pais Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: July 11, 2019

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Kayla Tanaka

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

Entrevistados

A juíza Holly J. Fujie é juíza sansei na Corte Superior do Condado de Los Angeles, na Califórnia, desde 2012. Ela cresceu em West Oakland, Califórnia, em um bairro diverso. Seus pais foram encarcerados quando crianças durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, mas não compartilharam suas experiências com ela até se tornar adulta. Isso afetou sua visão sobre leis e governo, levando-a a seguir uma carreira como advogada e mais tarde como juíza.

Como advogada, ela se envolveu com várias associações de advogados minoritários, incluindo a Japanese American Bar Association e programas de orientação. Tornou-se a primeira presidente asiática-americana da Ordem dos Advogados da Califórnia em 2008. (Julho de 2019)