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Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire – and then …
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“I recognized that the heartbeat, historically, of racism, has been denial.” — Ibram Kendi Brokenness. There are times to write normality and there are times …
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I was driving on the highway one night some years back between Denver and Boulder, when I got harassed by a couple of young white …
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OK, now I’ve heard everything. It’s enough that for the past few years, we’ve had to grit our teeth over white and black actors playing …
In 2009, I published an article about Japanese Americans in the Interior West, a field earlier pioneered by two Arizona State University doctoral students, Eric …
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Like many people, and especially many Japanese Americans, I’m a big fan of George Takei. I’ve followed his career since I first saw him in …
“I will never forget seeing my great-grandfather’s photograph in his immigration case file,” Marisa Louie Lee recalls. “The moment I opened the folder and saw …
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, which prompted the U.S. government to imprison 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry (two-thirds …
Last week was a big week for Big Hero 6. Not only did the film take home an Oscar, but its DVD and Blu-Ray releases …
There’s a new ABC sitcom being aired starting in February that I can hardly wait to see. I’m hoping Fresh Off the Boat will finally …
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