Entrevistas

1. Four sisters had international marriages (Japanese)

2. Disrespectful Child (Japanese)

3. Discrimination faced in San Francisco (Japanese)

4. Missing Home (Japanese)

5. The Kids and Japanese Language (Japanese)

6. Regret (Japanese)

7. How she met her husband (Japanese)

8. Public views on marriage with non-Caucasian (Japanese)

Calloway,Terumi Hisamatsu

(n. 1937) Novia de guerra de Yokohama

Four sisters had international marriages (Japanese)

(Japanese) Two older sisters, a younger sister and I - 4 of us ended up living in America.

The eldest sister got married. And, how can I say it? Back then there weren’t too many international marriages. So my mother used to be in tears. As I saw her cry, I never imagined I would come to America myself, too. But for some reason, it was some kind of luck. We didn’t all come together. Each one of us met someone individually. Two of them married white men, and two black men. It’s a little unusual, I think. One lives in Wisconsin, another in New York, and the two of us in California.

My parents were never prejudiced. So all of us children were very friendly and had many friends. Half of us were born in Yokohama, which may be the reason, but we didn’t have any prejudice since our childhood. So I’m proud that my parents were not prejudiced.

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Fecha: February 6, 2015

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Izumi Tanaka

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

La quinta hija de diez niños, Terumi Hisamatsu Calloway nació en 1937 en Yokohama y creció en los suburbios de Tokio durante la guerra. Conoció a Edward. E. Calloway, quien era un ingeniero civil que trabajaba en la base militar estadounidense en Tokio, y se casó con él. En 1960, luego de tener 2 hijos, Terumi se mudó a los Estados Unidos con su familia y se estableció en el Área de la Bahía en donde tuvo dos hijos más. Más tarde, se mudaron al área de Lompoc en donde sus 4 hijos -2 niñas y 2 niños- crecieron. En 1977, se mudaron a Inglewood en donde ella reside ahora. Terumi enviudó en el 2009, y actualmente trabaja como niñera. (Abril de 2016)