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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #1: "The Facts"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • Nov. 24, 2007

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cartoons comics generations humor identity Neal Yamamoto Yonsei
cartoons comics generations humor identity Neal Yamamoto Yonsei
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On Being Japanese American
The U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II resulted in the largest cohort of Japa…

Curtiss Takada Rooks • Oct. 26, 2007

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communication Curtiss Takada Rooks families hapa identity racially mixed people sociology
communication Curtiss Takada Rooks families hapa identity racially mixed people sociology
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Growing up as a Japanese person in Peru
It is difficult to remember exactly what it was like to be Japanese in Peru. My ethnicity mattered …

Shigueru Julio Tsuha • May 24, 2007

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families identity Okinawans Peru Peruvians in the U.S.
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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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What is a Jewpanese?
Someone recently asked me if I celebrated Passover because of my half Jewish heritage. I said I did…

Victoria Kraus • April 7, 2007

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hapa identity Jews racially mixed people
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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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Boars and fortune cookies
2007 marks another year of the boar since its last turn of the animal wheel twelve years ago. I am …

Victoria Kraus • Jan. 6, 2007

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Chinese zodiac fortune cookies identity personality psychology
Chinese zodiac fortune cookies identity personality psychology
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Nikkei Heritage
Threads
A quiet revolution is underway, led by young Japanese-American visionaries who are redefining urban…

Nina Kahori Fallenbaum • Dec. 27, 2006

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Blacklava (firm) clothing fashion identity Kenshin Ichikawa Nina Kahori Fallenbaum Ryan Suda Zulu Williams
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Koji's Column
To my unborn child: Tojo Sakai
I am going to name my future unborn child Tojo Sakai. My first generation mom thinks it’s not…

Koji Steven Sakai • Dec. 13, 2006

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families identity names
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