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Writing a novel on the 442nd
Jewish Japanese American journalist

Being Denied as a Japanese American Lawyer
(b. 1934) The First Japanese American Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.


Feeling prejudice while looking for jobs
(1919 - 2015) Nisei who served in World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Generosity of the Italians
(1919 - 2015) Nisei who served in World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Invited to teach at Harvard by his boss
(1919 - 2015) Nisei who served in World War II with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Discrimination faced in San Francisco (Japanese)
(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

Accepted by Japanese society as I learned more Japanese (Japanese)
(b. 1979) Sansei Nikkei Brazilian who lives in Oizumi-machi in Gunma prefecture. He runs his own design studio.


Being Confused about Racial Identity in Postwar United States
(b. 1932) Nisei American stage, film, and TV actress

Understanding anti black racism in high school
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney

Racial discrimination prepared her in becoming the first transgender trial lawyer
(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney
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