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Was It Racism?

Last summer my brother was riding a public bus in Palo Alto, California, and, when the driver stopped to let him off, the rear exit …

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 4

Read Part 3 >> For the next twenty years, there was little in the way of Japanese American literature that included any mention of African …

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> Throughout the postwar years, up until the late 1960s and 1970s, there was a relative dearth of Japanese American literature in …

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> The coming of World War II and the mass confinement of West Coast Japanese Americans under Executive Order 9066 shuttered the …

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African American images on a Nikkei Canvas: Black Characters in Japanese American Literature - Part 1

It is a commonplace that the presence and contributions of racial minorities have been too long and thoroughly erased from the writing of America’s history. …

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The Power of Words: They Are Stronger Than They Seem

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, President Trump was quick to call this virus the “Chinese virus” or “kung-flu”. The use of these …

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My Story (Once Again)

I was orphaned in my 60’s. I do not have the luxury of that place Robert Frost describes: ‘Home is the place where, when you …

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On Nikkei and Cross-Racial Solidarity: Three Seattle-Area Artist/Activist Perspectives

In a heightened wave of anti-Asian racism, including attacks on Asian elders and the murders of 8 Asian women in Atlanta, I have felt the …

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #First Aired 3/30/64: "What's the Question?"

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Idiot Jeopardy” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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‘One mistaken and semi-Fascist regulation’ : The Debate over McGill University’s Wartime Exclusion of Japanese Canadians

One remarkable story that comes out of the wartime removal and dispossession of Japanese Canadians is that of their exclusion at McGill University. In fall …