latino-diversity:Brazilians of Okinawan descent partake in a...

latino-diversity:

Brazilians of Okinawan descent partake in a festival celebrating their ancestral heritage

When the Japanese of Okinawa began to immigrate to Brazil, they were often othered and discriminated against by immigrants from the Japanese mainland. This discrimination survived well in to the second and even third generation of Japanese Brazilians, a fact examined and confirmed by researcher of the Japanese-Brazilian diaspora, Francisca Vieira. In the 70’s and late 90’s, Vieir...