How ethnic studies strike affected him

Family interrelations between mother and father Christian gatherings in homes Nickname Not bringing shame to family Little interaction with parents Life in camp as teenager Politics in ethnic studies Center for Japanese American Studies in community Involvement with theater Involvement with ethnic studies Involvement with strike Relationship with S.I. Hayakawa How ethnic studies strike affected him Context affects meaning Past ties to present situation in Middle East Role of the Japanese American National Museum Gordon's parents' experience in prison Testing assumptions of Japanese scholars

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Ethnic Studies strike turned my world upside down. I thought I had achieved my goals, you know? And I was just going to ride it out. And then I found out that what I was doing was just, I was back to square one again. And I did get a lot of experiential learning from what the students are doing.

Date: January 7, 2004
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Art Hansen
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.

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