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Desaparecidos Nikkei: Reappeared in the Argentinian Conscience - Part 1
On the night of April 21, 1977, fourteen armed men wearing civilian clothes went to my dad’s …
Gaby Oshiro • March 23, 2016
My Life with the Anime Nerds
Last month, I worked at Kinokuniya Bookstore’s booth at Anime Expo for the second year in a r…
Mia Nakaji Monnier • Jan. 28, 2016
Jesus and Buddha
I was the youngest of a large family. When I was born, my parents were already old enough to be g…
Marta Marenco • Jan. 15, 2016
Neither One Nor The Other: Why I Love Being Mixed-Race
I love those parts that seem incompatible but that, in a person, come together.
During my first we…
Mia Nakaji Monnier • Oct. 20, 2015
How I Remet my Mother
When thinking of the journal theme of Nikkei families, I thought of how much my family has shaped m…
Chanda Ishisaka • Oct. 15, 2015
Nina Revoyr On Writing About Race and the Mountains - Q&A: Mixed-Race Japanese American Writer Discusses Her Latest Novel, "Lost Canyon"
I’ll always have a special love for Nina Revoyr’s writing. Her 2003 novel, Southland,…
Mia Nakaji Monnier • Sept. 21, 2015
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Don’t Worry Be Hapa
My sisters and I all have the same dry humor and vertically conservative height, but that’s…
Kimiko Medlock • July 24, 2015
To “Stand On Both Feet”: Cathy Tashiro and The Dimensions of Mixed Race Identity
Here is another story about being mixed: My friend Cathy and I were chatting a bit after yoga cla…
Tamiko Nimura • April 28, 2015
What are words worth: Hapa, Hafu, or Mixed-Race?
I’ve recently finished writing revisions for a new edition of my book, Being Japanese America…
Gil Asakawa • March 9, 2015
Becoming Yumi
I grew up hating my name. I wanted to change it to “Amy.” Amy sounds cute and it sounds…
Yumi Iwama • Nov. 18, 2014
