Francisco Gomez Week 8 Blog

In K. Scott Wong’s article, “Diasporas, Displacements, and the Construct of Transnational Identities”, the aspect of identities in terms of diaspora. The stress of identity is present in any Asian immigrant regardless of their location. In Brazil their Asian immigrant population are an example of how identity, in Brazil Asian immigrants and their descendants are seen as foreigners even though some have been living there for awhile. They have assimilated a lot to the Brazilian culture, even though elders try to keep their home culture alive at home. Their socioeconomic status even though it is at a middle class standard they are still seen as the minority. There is a clear differentiation between Brazilians and Japanese Brazilians, they are treated socially, economically, and racially different.

Question: How does a second generation Asian Brazilian from immigrant parents see their “home” culture and to what extend to they embrace their parents?

Work Cited: "When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization of the Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan." Asian Diasporas: New Formations, New Conceptions. Ed. Rhacel S. Parrenas and Lok C.D. Siu. Stanford UP, 2007. Print.