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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #33X: "Not Nationality, But..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Jan. 5, 2008

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cartoons comics ethnicity generations group identity humor identity languages stereotypes Yonsei
cartoons comics ethnicity generations group identity humor identity languages stereotypes Yonsei
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JET Tales from Aomori
Oily Smile
“What’s that word in English again? You know, when you try and make excuses for somethi…

Allison Reed • Sept. 21, 2007

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languages
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Koji's Column
Marrying Japanese
My mother has given me a preference list on which races I should/could marry. First on that illustr…

Koji Steven Sakai • May 16, 2007

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families marriages parents race stereotypes
families marriages parents race stereotypes
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Nikkei Heritage
Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview - Part 1
To be biracial and Japanese American means having many different labels from which to choose. For t…

George Kitahara Kich +3 • May 11, 2007

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brides families hapa marriages racially mixed people war brides wives
brides families hapa marriages racially mixed people war brides wives
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My part-time job at a Japanese grocery store
I got my first real job when I was 16. I was a cashier at a family-owned Japanese grocery store in …

Victoria Kraus • April 21, 2007

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California Enbun Market grocery stores identity languages Little Tokyo Los Angeles stores United States
California Enbun Market grocery stores identity languages Little Tokyo Los Angeles stores United States
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Koji's Column
Sticks and Stones
For the last year I have been working on a feature length screenplay that deals with Asian American…

Koji Steven Sakai • April 18, 2007

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identity languages racism
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Japanese American National Museum Store Online
Pure Beauty: Rebecca King-O’Riain’s Look at Japanese American Beauty Pageants
Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain has written a fascinating book, Pure Beauty, about Japanese Amer…

Leslie Yamaguchi • March 30, 2007

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beauty contests identity
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Living in the "barrio"
I can get away with being Hispanic or Latina without even trying. In my neighborhood, known as the …

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 2, 2006

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Boyle Heights California hapa identity languages Los Angeles racially mixed people United States
Boyle Heights California hapa identity languages Los Angeles racially mixed people United States
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Nikkei Heritage
The Good Fight: Betty Kano and Nina Fallenbaum
Last summer, soon after President Bush declared the war against Iraq “officially over,”…

Margaret Schulze • May 4, 2006

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activism California concentration camps daughters families mothers Nina Kahori Fallenbaum pilgrimages social action Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Pilgrimage United States World War II camps
activism California concentration camps daughters families mothers Nina Kahori Fallenbaum pilgrimages social action Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Pilgrimage United States World War II camps
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日系人社会における市民権の問題について：「N・R・A・の米國」を読んで思ったこと
ロサンゼルスで1931年に加州毎日新聞社を立ち上げた藤井整は、1934年11月に「N・R・A・の米國 附在米日本人の産業」を出版しました。1 彼がこの本を出版した主な目的は、世界恐慌のさな…

Takamichi "Taka" Go • May 5, 2014

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citizenship Hawaii international marriages Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei United States
citizenship Hawaii international marriages Japan Japanese Americans Nikkei United States
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