The World from PRX

Natasha VarnerNV

Natasha Varner

Densho
Natasha Varner, PhD is a Seattle-based historian and writer whose work explores the intersections of race, gender, identity, and representation in the US and Latin America. She is the Communications and Public Engagement Director for the Japanese American history non-profit, Densho.
A fence strung with signs and paper cranes
Immigration
Immigrant detention centers are a grim reminder of Japanese American history
A solider with a rifle watches while men carrying suitcases line up next to a train.
Immigration
The US imprisoned Japanese Peruvians in Texas, then said they entered ‘illegally’
Modeling
Arts
Meet Doña Luz Jiménez, the forgotten indigenous woman at the heart of Mexico’s cultural revolution
black and white photo of group of young boys, faces smudged
Justice
The curious origins of the ‘Irish slaves’ myth
black and white photo of people holding up signs of location names
Justice
New immigration policies are convincing more Japanese Americans to engage in the radical act of remembering
People line up in front of a bulding
Justice
Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II could still vote, kind of
A man holds up a box of berries in a field, waiting in a queue to load them onto a truck.
Justice
The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union
A group of workers pose in a farm, wearing their work clothes. Top row standing, bottom row sitting. Black and white photo.
Justice
How Japanese and Mexican American farm workers formed an alliance that made history
A man with a bullhorn stands in front of a line of protesters
Economics
The workers who pick your summer berries are asking you not to buy them
Two kimonos in the wind on a laundry line
Justice
These images of Japanese American incarceration were embargoed for almost 30 years
Protesters show solidarity with Black Lives Matter by holding a sign on the street
Justice
Despite history, Japanese Americans and African Americans are working together to claim their rights