In reading and thinking about this article, it always amazes me how \u2018racial hierarchies\u2019 continue to hold sway within some migrant populations. It\u2019s obvious that what the author explores does not hold true for all Nikkei, be them Peruvian or Brazilian; but I wonder how long it takes for it to become \u2018true\u2019? Apparently, not long at all since the author mentions the racial hierarchy based on some level or \u2018purity\u2019 depending on the generation you belong to, combined, in this case with the hierarchy of nations that exists, even if these hierarchies are mostly based on stereotypes. It takes along time to get to know a neighbourhood, let alone a country, but I always find it interesting how assumptions of the \u2018Other\u2019, more often than not win the day.<\/p>\n
I found the author\u2019s finding on the self-segregation by Japanese-Brazilians and Peruvians to be interesting. It reminded me of my work on how Peruvians in Madrid separate themselves from other Peruvians because they maybe too indigenous, and do have enough Spanish blood in them.<\/p>\n
The issue of becoming the \u2018Other\u2019 in a place where you think you ought to belong is a very prominent one. Even if by descent you may belong to an ethnic group, by growing up in a different area of the world, your cultural baggage is extremely different, even if you physically \u2018look\u2019 like one of them. This never ceases to amaze, when second generations go back to their parents\u2019 homeland, a gap opens between what one perceived themselves to be (insert ethnicity or nationality) versus how these groups actually reside in a specific geography.<\/p>\n
I found the article as a whole a good introduction Latin American migrations to Asia. It provided a shift in geographies, but also informed us on topics that do not seem to change much throughout different continents, which is the idea of the \u2018Other\u2019 and how they are not only perceived by majority populations, but also by other minority populations that supposedly have the same ethnic heritage.<\/p>\n
We will continue next week on this subject with the case of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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