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BETRAYED TRUST: The Story of a Deported Issei and His American-born Family during World War II - Foreword Part 2

Read Part 1 >> As one who was a close friend of Michi Weglyn’s, I am quite sure th…

Arthur A. Hansen • Jan. 31, 2013

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Caring for Transnational Grandparents

When I walk in the park near my house in Palo Alto, California some of the elderly Chinese and Indi…

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu • Jan. 30, 2013

families transnationalism

Cultivating remembrance: An interview with filmmaker Kenneth Kokka

The phrase “Richmond, California, 1942” might call to mind the patriotic bustle of nava…

Fiona Potter • Jan. 29, 2013

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Blossoms and Thorns: A Community Uprooted: New documentary portrays a vanishing industry

Richmond, California, in the year 1942 calls to mind the bustle of naval shipyards and a whirlwind …

Fiona Potter • Jan. 28, 2013

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Journal Entry #Serialized From 1881-1883: "Is Your Nose Growing?..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 26, 2013

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Supernatural and the Salon Pop Series: Engaging Next-Generation Audiences with Art and Pop Culture

“The opening was mind-blowing,” says Clement Hanami. “People came out of the wood…

Darryl Mori • Jan. 25, 2013

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BETRAYED TRUST: The Story of a Deported Issei and His American-Born Family During World War II - Foreword Part 1

Betrayed Trust: The Story of a Deported Issei and His American-born Family during World War II is a…

Arthur A. Hansen • Jan. 24, 2013

Betrayed Trust (book) California concentration camps Michi Nishiura Weglyn Motomu Akashi Tule Lake concentration camp United States World War II World War II camps Years of Infamy (book)

Betwixt and Between: Embracing the Borderlands of My Mixed Heritage

For weeks I resisted beginning work on this essay. Then, synchronistically, I encountered two piece…

Mari L'Esperance • Jan. 23, 2013

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Inouye Death End of Era

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 17, 2012) — The passing of Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawai&lsqu…

Asian American Press • Jan. 22, 2013

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Why Orange County's Japanese community built a church in Wintersburg

The century-old document below is held in the archive of the present-day Wintersburg Presbyterian C…

Mary Adams Urashima • Jan. 21, 2013

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