nineteen sixty nine: an ethnic studies journal

This research project is an investigation into the lives of Asians and Asian Latinos who came to the United States after living in Latin America. It focuses on the questions of experience and identity for these individuals and their families, at an intersection of places and cultures. In particular, this project attempts to compare the relative experiences of Asian Latinos as an ethnic minority in two different social situations: the Latin American country to which their family emigrated from Asia, and the United States (all participants moved to California). Also, this research seeks to better understand the ways in which these various experiences impact the racial self-identification process for each individual. After interviews with participants with varying experiences and opinions, the themes of language, childhood experience, racial misidentification and self-identification, and a sense of unchangeable racial identity come to light. It is hoped that this research may be placed in conversation with other studies on transnational experience, mixed identity or mixed race, and diaspora studies.