Samoan Angeleno: Culture & Identity in Los Angeles
Left to right: Uncle Tasi, Aunty Tia, Mom, Aunty Nema mid 90s
“Growing up with parents of multiethnic backgrounds the world I knew as a child was colored in with every crayon Crayola manufactured… although I was born in the islands, I spoke the language, I knew the culture, I dressed the part and I never was accepted amongst my brown peers as being my Samoan half.”
Early in my design career I was interviewed by Ophelia Chong for KCET’s SoCal Focus. I was only a few years out of art school, and so most of the discussion is a reflection of what concepts I was thinking about at the time.
This is a two part series; read the full interview by following the links below: