Role of the Japanese American National Museum

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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The [Japanese American National] Museum is not only about the past, but it’s about the present, and it’s about the future—for the future generations to look at what we’ve done, to understand it, and to make their cogent decisions depending upon what their assessment of their conditions will be in the future. So I think that’s what we’re all about and which we should be 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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