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Racism against Asian Americans has been in the news recently. There’s often discussion as t…

Thomas M. Nishi • Dec. 28, 2023

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Bill Mauldin – An Artist with a Cause

Few artists captured the wartime experiences of American GIs like Bill Mauldin. One of the most p…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Feb. 10, 2023

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I’m so disappointed to see stereotyped snack packaging in my supermarket

Racial stereotypes used to be part of the American consumer landscape – everywhere you turned…

Gil Asakawa • May 25, 2022

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Was It Racism?

Last summer my brother was riding a public bus in Palo Alto, California, and, when the driver stopp…

Alden M. Hayashi • Feb. 22, 2022

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The Power of Words: They Are Stronger Than They Seem

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, President Trump was quick to call this virus the …

Laura Kato • July 20, 2021

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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities

The sociocultural impacts of Japanese immigration in Peru

How has Japanese immigration influenced Peruvian society? The hypothesis of this research is that J…

Ana Claudia Higashi Suárez • July 19, 2021

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‘One mistaken and semi-Fascist regulation’ : The Debate over McGill University’s Wartime Exclusion of Japanese Canadians

One remarkable story that comes out of the wartime removal and dispossession of Japanese Canadians …

Greg Robinson • April 6, 2021

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Mika Kurose Rothman: Perspectives from a Third Generation of Family Activists

This is the second article of a two-part interview series. The first part was with Ruthann Kurose (…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • March 31, 2021

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The Elephant in My Rooms

One day I was walking around my house, and something stopped me. . .in fact, startled me. I suddenl…

Carolee Okamoto • March 30, 2021

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Erna P. Harris: An African-American Champion of Equality

One part of the history of Japanese Americans that has been curiously neglected is the disproportio…

Greg Robinson • Nov. 26, 2019

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