{"id":8458,"date":"2022-05-05T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/?p=8458"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:35:59","slug":"japanese-brazilians-during-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/japanese-brazilians-during-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Brazilians During WWII\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><i>&#8220;<\/i><i>Resisting Racism: Japanese Immigrants and Japanese Brazilians, 1930-1954&#8243;<\/i>, given by\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/history.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/lesser-jeffrey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Dr. Jeffrey Lesser<\/a>\u00a0(Emory University)\u00a0on Wednesday, May 11 (2pm Central) via Zoom, will be the final event in\u00a0a series on\u00a0Japanese Latin Americans during WWII.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/wisconsin-edu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJAsduqgpzotGdQZVTSsC593ex-qAtVDLUb9\" href=\"https:\/\/wisconsin-edu.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJAsduqgpzotGdQZVTSsC593ex-qAtVDLUb9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Click here to\u00a0register<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/japanese-latin-americans-and-wwii\/\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/japanese-latin-americans-and-wwii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">click here to find out more<\/a>\u00a0about the series and the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseummilwaukee.org\/exhibits\/then-they-came-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"3\">related exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dr. Lesser is the author of multiple books on Brazilian ethnic identity, such as\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/A-Discontented-Diaspora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"4\">&#8220;A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese-Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/ve\/academic\/subjects\/history\/latin-american-history\/immigration-ethnicity-and-national-identity-brazil-1808-present\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"5\">&#8220;Immigration, Ethnicity and National Identity in Brazil&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0which may offer relevant passages for coursework.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The National Diet Library of Japan has a series on the history of Japanese Brazilians for an overall approach,\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndl.go.jp\/brasil\/e\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"6\">found here<\/a>.\u00a0The film\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/matsubayashi.asia\/?works=works-91&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"7\">&#8220;Okinawa\/Santos&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0directed by\u00a0Yoju Matsubayashi, looks at the 1943 deportment of Japanese Brazilians and other Axis Powers immigrants from\u00a0port city Santos in Brazil&#8217;s S\u00e3o Paulo. Find an article\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mainichi.jp\/english\/articles\/20210814\/p2a\/00m\/0na\/013000c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"8\">on the film here<\/a>. Mario Jun Okuhara, a filmmaker from S\u0101o Paulo,\u00a0directed\u00a0&#8220;Yami no Ichinichi &#8211; O Crime que abalou a Col\u00f4nia Japonesa no Brasil&#8221; exploring the brutal conditions that Japanese Brazilians endured during this time. The film is\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QDf_egB3MG4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"9\">available on YouTube in Portuguese<\/a>. Discover Nikkei\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discovernikkei.org\/en\/journal\/2018\/11\/7\/shindo-renmei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"VerificationFailed\" data-linkindex=\"10\">has an article on the\u00a0Shindo Renmei<\/a>\u00a0group, an organization originally created to unify Japanese Brazilians but that later\u00a0\u200bcommitted acts of violence against its own community. 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