Cultural Diversity Eth/125 Japanese American
Japanese Americans
When my Great Grandfather was sixteen, he emigrated from Japan in order to support his parents and to learn skills that would benefit his country. He chose California, rather than Hawaii; another common port of call for Japanese immigrants, as his destination and settled in with his fellow immigrants working in agriculture. In 1907, two years after he arrived, the United States passed the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” forbidding any new laborers from entering the country. This law did not prohibit the immigration of current immigrant’s children or spouses. My Great Grandfather worked very hard for many years before he had enough money to marry. The first time my Great Grandfather saw my Great Grandmother was in a photograph! His parents and her parents arranged their marriage while she was still in Japan, they met in person for the first time already considered husband and wife. In their first picture taken together in 1911, they look a little afraid, but......
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