In the chapter of When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization
of the Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan, the author focuses on Japanese
Brazilians transmigrants in Brazil and Japan and the notion of “return”
migration and how their very own identity changes with the flow of their perspective
environment. In other words, the subject possesses a dual identity that is constantly
being renegotiated within the sphere of location context. I think that what the chapter presents not
only applies to that of Japanese Brazilians but also to those living within the
diaspora. For example, myself being an Asian American or more specifically
Hmong American puts me into this sphere of renegotiation in the social and
cultural context. And what is more is that
this identity renegotiation doesn’t just happen between nation states but also
within the community itself. The switch of identity happens nonstop as we
constantly participate in this type of racialization.
Question: In what ways have you felt that you have engaged
in this form of identity crisis? And if so, how were you able to work along
with both sides?
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