Watanabe, Anne (8/19/2017)

Watanabe, Anne (8/19/2017)

Japanese--Canada--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Anne Watanabe is a Japanese Canadian Yonsei and Shin-Issei born in the Midwest and raised on the East Coast and in Canada. She shares her experiences with intergenerational trauma and healing. Anne discusses the challenges of younger generations collecting their family stories. She talks about learning in her early 20s how silence and assimilation were a common part of the internment experience. Anne concludes with reflections on connecting the incarceration to other white supremacist projects such as the model minority myth. She also talks about understanding her family's story as part of a larger story and experience of the Japanese community in North America.

2017-08-19

video

Takada, Anna

Watanabe, Anne

Yonsei

Shin Issei

Intergenerational Trauma

Addiction

Isolation

Tashme

Lillooet

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