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Is It Racist?
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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discrimination interpersonal relations racism stereotypes
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 8—The Way Home
Yayoi and I walked across a university campus admiring its historic gate, patinaed statues, and p…

Lon Kurashige • Nov. 24, 2023

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Japan Japanese Americans minorities racism
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Continental Drift: How anti-Japanese sentiment in Australia affected Nikkei Communities in the US and Canada
During World War II, Japanese communities around the Pacific rim and elsewhere were subjected to di…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Nov. 20, 2023

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Australia Canada imprisonment incarceration Loveday internment camp racism Tatura Tatura internment camps United States Victoria (Australia) World War II camps
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On Nikkei
39th Racism: Structural Discrimination
Read "Racism in America" Even today, discrimination and conflict over "race" c…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 10, 2023

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book reviews reviews
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Jiro’s Parents Remembering his father who has since passed on, Ji…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 24, 2023

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Canada Chinese Chink (slur) elementary schools Jiro Takai Northern Ontario Ontario Parkland Public School racial slurs racism schools slurs
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Death of Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is a set of policies and practices aimed at promoting diversity and equal opport…

Drew Yamamura • Aug. 6, 2023

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affirmative action education governments law policies racism students United States Supreme Court
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Love in the Library—A story for children, a lesson for grown-ups
Maggie Tokuda-Hall is an award winning author of children’s and young adult (YA) books. Her…

Esther Newman • June 23, 2023

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Idaho Maggie Tokuda-Hall Minidoka (city) racism Scholastic, Inc. United States
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Home Leaver: A Japanese American Search for Belonging
Chapter 2—Role Reversal
Yujin’s was the first familiar face I saw after arriving in Tokyo. Our reunion was on a str…

Lon Kurashige • May 26, 2023

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families Japan Japanese Americans prejudices racism World War II camps
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Fresno Stories
Dutch Leonard - The Ballplayer who challenged Fresno's racism
“Dutch” Leonard is no longer a household name, but he left behind an enduring reputat…

Jonathan van Harmelen • March 6, 2023

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baseball California Fresno racism United States
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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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Bill Mauldin cartoonists discrimination interpersonal relations racism World War II
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