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It was a warm summer day in August 2022, but I could feel my feet and hands growing colder, a scratch in my throat developing. …
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In July-August 2019, the National Convention of JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) will be meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Up for consideration is Resolution …
The World War II American concentration camp experience was the darkest time in Japanese American history. It was also a black mark on America, as …
Read Part 1 >> THE OUTBREAK OF WAR I bid farewellto the faces of my sleeping childrenAs I am taken prisonerInto the cold night rain …
It’s unfathomable that the affable white-haired Nisei with the quiet laugh could ever be accused of being unpatriotic or cowardly. There’s nothing about this active …
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I want to thank the author of this study for putting a name to the sense of purpose I felt in writing an essay for …
These books by Ellen Wu and Kristin Hass both assess a contested facet of Japanese American studies from a comparative perspective; and both are judiciously …
After Bryce’s dad, Tameo Kanbara, was released from the prisoner of war camp in 1946, there were only two choices: move east of the Rocky …
Read Part 1 >>3. Internee or Incarceree: Say What You Mean In the 1960s and 1970s, an attempt was made to move away from the …
Words can reveal truth or hide it. It is one thing when a poet employs unusual and imaginative phrases for artistic effect but quite another …
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