Museum of Chinese in America

Julio Chan Sanchez, a Chinese born in Peru, talks about his experiences growing up in a small town and being one of the few Chinese children in the neighborhood. He discusses how old Chinese traditions affected his perception of people. All through his childhood his Chinese father told him not to trust Peruvians. Julio then goes on to talk about the subtle instances of racism that were present in his everyday life in Peru. Further he extrapolates about the history of his family based on information he has gleaned from relatives since they are all very tight lipped about the past. Later he comes to the United States to escape from his family after he realized that he was gay. He came to the US to study. He talks about how his father and most of his family have an insistence that they marry Chinese, which caused some of his siblings to get married after their father had died to avoid his scrutiny.