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.

Juez sansei en la Corte Superior del condado de Los Ángeles en California.

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.

educación familias abuelos (hombres) abuelos idiomas progenitores enseñanza Segunda Guerra Mundial

Fecha: July 11, 2019

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Kayla Tanaka

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

Entrevista

La juez Holly J. Fujie es una juez sansei en el Tribunal Superior del condado de Los Ángeles en California desde 2012. Creció en West Oakland, California, en un vecindario diverso. Sus padres fueron encarcelados cuando eran niños durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero no compartieron sus experiencias con ella hasta que creció. Esto afectó su punto de vista sobre las leyes y el gobierno y la motivó a seguir una carrera como abogada y luego como juez.

Como abogada, se involucró con varias asociaciones de abogados de minorías, incluyendo el Colegio de abogados japonés-americanos y programas de tutoría. Fue la primera presidenta asiática-estadounidense del Colegio de abogados de California en 2008. (Julio de 2019)