A Yonsei’s Reflections...on How I Was Transported by Redress

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A Yonsei’s Reflections...on How I Was Transported by Redress

By Vicky K. Murakami-Tsuda

My first car was a Toyota Tercel – frosted mint (a pale whitish-green color), two doors, and fairly bare-boned. It didn’t have power windows or doors, but it was all mine. Practical and functional, I had it for ten years before I traded it in for a Toyota Matrix. I rarely had any problems with it...dependable, it took me where I needed to go.

My parents purchased it for me using part of my father’s reparations money*. The reason why they purchased it was primarily practical — so my parents didn’t have to drop me off and pick me up from school. Without the $20,000 check from the government, they likely wouldn’t have been able to buy it for me, at least not in cash. I chose the Tercel because we are a family of Toyota owners (a story I’ll save for another time), and it was the least expensive Toyota model available at the time.

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A Yonsei’s Reflections...on How I Was Transported by Redress