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Read Part 2 >> How many other “Farouks” are still being detained? One of the horrible and destructive aspects of ICE is its lack of public accountability, …
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Talk given at the Placer County Ceremony Honoring Japanese American Veteran Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, and Recipients of the Bronze Star, in World …
Read Part 1 >> How did 9-11 change your thinking of yourself as a JA? The larger JA community? 9-11 was undoubtedly a galvanizing moment for the …
Who among us has not wondered if the World War II internment of the Nikkei community or, indeed, any other religious or ethnic one, could …
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Read part 3 >> By late December of 1941, the armed services ceased accepting Japanese Americans either as volunteers or draftees, even though the Selective Service …
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A recent film on Santa Fe, Prisoners and Patriots: The Untold Story of Japanese Internment in Santa Fe, according to the film’s writer/director/producer Neil H. …
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Read part 1 >>REVISITING THE PASTIt took a visit to a cemetery in his father’s hometown in Hawaii—where he learned that his middle name commemorated …
Little Tokyo one of my favorite places feels like I’ve come home when my mom was young my grandfather took her thereto eat Chinese food we went …
John Christgau had just finished his first book, a novel called Spoon, when he began to search for a good story idea for his next …
Part 1 >>Second World WarThe relatively tranquil life of the Japanese in Oregon came to an abrupt halt with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on …
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