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Collected Item: “Sachiko Mortia-Mulaney Oral History, 2020/10/17”

Title

Oral History interview with Sachiko Morita-Mulaney, a Third Year College Student

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Emma Hynes

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Sachiko Mortia-Mulaney

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

enhynes@fuse.net

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

HIST3158

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

University of Cincinnati, Testing, Healthcare, United States, Family, Friends, College, University, Small Business

What is the format of your recording?

Audio

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

45219

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

Female

What is the age of the interviewee?

18 to 24

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

Japanese-American

Describe the oral history.

This is an Oral History interview with University of Cincinnati student Sachiko Morita-Mullaney. Sachiko discusses her experience as a student at the University of Cincinnati. She brings up her identity as a Japanese-American woman and how that has affected her personally during the pandemic due to anti-Asian racism. She also talks about her small online business, and the different ways her and her family’s employment have been affected by Covid-19. Sachiko, a Political Science major at the University of Cincinnati, is very informed about the government’s response to Covid-19. She shares her opinions about healthcare in the United States and how racism and classism have affected the United States’ response to the coronavirus. Finally, we talked about the future and the quality of the US response to the coronavirus.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-10-17
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