Biala, Kathy (12/12/2022)

Biala, Kathy (12/12/2022)

Kathy (Nakamoto) Biala, a Sansei born in Chicago, speaks about the tight-knit community of Sansei professionals who were involved in redress efforts for the Chicago JACL and describes her efforts to convince her uncle Hiro (Hiroshi) Kadokura to testify at the Chicago CWRIC hearings, where he spoke publicly about his incarceration experience for the first time. She draws connections between Japanese American incarceration and systemic racism towards other marginalized groups, and describes parallels between her experience identifying and preparing witnesses during the redress movement and her work activating low-income minority communities around Marina, CA to speak up against social and environmental injustices.

2022-12-12

video

Nagasawa, Katherine

Biala, Kathy

Sansei

Model minority

Systemic racism

Ccultural appropriation

Intergenerational collaboration

Solidarity

Healing

Marina, CA

Coalition for Asian Justice

Asian Communities of Marina

Codeswitching

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