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Thoughts on the post-9/11 atmosphere in the U.S.

The FBI going to the, to the Muslim community and going to their house and checking them. And so I was thinking, Oh, here we go again, that the government never learns. Same thing's gonna happen. You know, it is happening.


discrimination interpersonal relations racism

Date: October 26, 2003

Location: Washington, US

Interviewer: Alice Ito

Contributed by: Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

Interviewee Bio

Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930 in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work company camp. Drafted into the army in the 1950s, even though considered an illegal alien, and served in Germany. Raised a family in Chicago, Illinois, and San Jose, California after military discharge. In recent years, attended several pilgrimages to Tule Lake incarceration camp, California, as well as reunions of Japanese Peruvians. Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans. He passed away on July 31, 2018 at age 88. (July 2018)

*The full interview is available Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy Project.

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Reaction to a 1942 speech by Mike Masaoka, Japanese American Citizen League's National Secretary

(1915 - 2011) Nisei florist who resettled in New York City after WW II. Active in Japanese American civil rights movement

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Lorraine Bannai
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First learning about the incarceration experience in college

(b. 1955) Lawyer

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Lorraine Bannai
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Feeling angry upon reading of Supreme Court case, 'Korematsu v. United States'

(b. 1955) Lawyer

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Dale Minami
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Reasons for conformity and competitiveness in Gardena, California

(b. 1946) Lawyer

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Mako Nakagawa
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Search of family home by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

(1937 - 2021) Teacher

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Dale Minami
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Reflections on the importance of history

(b. 1946) Lawyer

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George Yamada
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Japanese American railroad workers are fired following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

(b. 1923) Chick sexer

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George Yamada
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A racist encounter at a movie theater following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

(b. 1923) Chick sexer

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George Yamada
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Losing job with railroad because of being Japanese American

(b. 1923) Chick sexer

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Norman Yoshio Mineta
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“No racial profiling”

(b. 1931) U.S. Former Secretary of Transportation

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William Marutani
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Impressions of student relocation in South Dakota

Judge, only Japanese American to serve on CWRIC.

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Clifford Uyeda
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Treatment by Chinese students

(1917 - 2004) Political activist

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Clifford Uyeda
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Attempts to sign up for military service

(1917 - 2004) Political activist

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Kazuomi Takagi
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No discrimination in Argentina (Spanish)

(1925-2014) La Plata Hochi, Journalist

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