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Grace Izuhara
“I remember my father saying how angry he was and that he would never again vote. And he ne…

Emiko Tsuchida • Nov. 17, 2017

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bullying California Clearfield concentration camps Grace Izuhara Manzanar concentration camp racism sugar beets United States Utah World War II World War II camps
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Full Disclosure: How My Ambiguous Looks Mean I’m Constantly Coming Out as Biracial
Some years ago, an old friend stopped in L.A. for her summer job, driving across the country in a c…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Sept. 12, 2017

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Jichan in America
The grandfather of my heart will always be my father’s father, Grandfather Araki (born a Ka…

Susan Yamamura • June 27, 2017

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families Japanese Americans labor migration race United States Washington
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Not Just a Single Man: Christopher Isherwood's Nisei Connections
Christopher Isherwood’s short novel A Single Man, which has won increased sales and attenti…

Greg Robinson • June 26, 2017

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authors Christopher Isherwood fiction LGBTQ+ literature minorities novels people race
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Her Grandfather Was Sent to an Internment Camp—And Never Returned
This is what Regina Boone knows about her grandfather: His name was Tsujiro Miyazaki. He came to …

Nancy Kaffer • April 27, 2017

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anti-miscegenation laws Arkansas concentration camps families family histories genealogy hapa journalism journalists racially mixed people Raymond Boone Regina Boone Rohwer concentration camp Suffolk (Va.) Tsujiro Miyazaki United States Virginia World War II camps
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Who are Nikkeijin?
Who does “Nikkeijin” refer to? Answering this question is not easy. Today they are defi…

Shigeru Kojima • April 21, 2017

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Brazil hapa Hawaii identity Japanese Americans migration Nikkei Oregon population Portland (Or.) racially mixed people terminology United States
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Facing Forward: Mixed-Race Japanese Americans in Chicago
“So, one of the questions that mixed people get asked a lot is ‘What are you?’&rd…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • Feb. 9, 2017

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Chicago communities identity Illinois Japanese American Citizens League race racially mixed people racism United States
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Scholars Showcase Future of Diverse Nikkei Community
During my involvement in Japanese American studies, from 1972 to the present, I have been struck …

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 1, 2016

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Nikkei Heritage
The Evolving Japanese American Identity - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Connected to Japanese Society and Culture Many Shin-Nisei (children of post …

Jane H. Yamashiro • Oct. 19, 2016

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communities diversity hapa identity Japanese Americans migration race racially mixed people
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Nikkei Heritage
The Evolving Japanese American Identity - Part 1
Slideshow above:  The few remaining urban enclaves of Japanese American culture and identity. …

Jane H. Yamashiro • Oct. 18, 2016

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communities diversity hapa identity Japanese Americans migration race racially mixed people
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