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Tamales for Christmas

Two days before Christmas Eve, I saw a news clip on television about a popular tamale place in East…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 30, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

A Meditation on Nikkei Style

How do we define "the way of the Nikkei"? As Japanese Americans assimilate into the wider society t…

Sheridan Tatsuno • Dec. 27, 2006

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Nikkei Heritage

Still Swingin'

I had no misgivings about my 65th birthday. But when the day finally arrived, an overpowering feeli…

George Yoshida • Dec. 27, 2006

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music World War II

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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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Half Japanese Christmases

Christmas before finding out the truth about Santa My father told me there was no Santa Clause wh…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 22, 2006

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To be a circle

My mother has a circle metaphor. I don’t think the metaphor is originally hers and when I ask…

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 16, 2006

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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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Which comes first - moving out or growing up?

Paying rent is a costly way to learn to grow up. I’m left with very little disposable income …

Victoria Kraus • Dec. 9, 2006

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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

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Japanese American National Museum Store Online

The Art of Gaman: Enduring the Seemingly Unbearable with Patience and Dignity

Looking through the pages of Delphine Hirasuna’s The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the J…

Sigrid Hudson • Dec. 1, 2006

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