Discover Nikkei Logo

https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/interviews/clips/297/

Interviews

Starred at wide receiver for Dartmouth College, now a patent attorney. Brother of Johnnie and Chad Morton.
en
ja
es
pt

Addressing multiracial identity can be difficult

People don't always -- like for me, people don't always know what my mix is. Like when they hear I'm Japanese, like 'Oh, really?' they never knew that before. But then once they know, it opens things up. So that's another good point, it opens it up to people they had never seen before. But it's just... I guess, finding where you fit in with people can be a little difficult sometimes.

hapa identity racially mixed people

Date: January 6, 2000

Location: California, US

Interviewer: John Esaki

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.

Interviewee Bio

Eric Morton is the son of an African American father and Japanese American mother, Johnnie Sr. and Katsuko Morton. He is the brother of Johnnie and Chad Morton, both professional football players. He starred at wide receiver for Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Morton is now a patent attorney after attending law school at George Washington University. (August 10, 2005)

Explore More Videos

Robert A. Nakamura
en
ja
es
pt

Creating Culture

(b. 1936) Filmmaker

en
ja
es
pt
Stan Sakai
en
ja
es
pt

Cultural influences

(b. 1953) Cartoonist

en
ja
es
pt
Robert A. Nakamura
en
ja
es
pt

Formula for Freedom

(b. 1936) Filmmaker

en
ja
es
pt
Evelyn Yoshimura
en
ja
es
pt

Commonalities

Community Activist

en
ja
es
pt
Evelyn Yoshimura
en
ja
es
pt

Understanding Gidra's Context

Community Activist

en
ja
es
pt
Evelyn Yoshimura
en
ja
es
pt

Gidra's Content

Community Activist

en
ja
es
pt
Evelyn Yoshimura
en
ja
es
pt

Youth and Gidra

Community Activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Struggle and Activism

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Gidra's Editorial Process

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Gidra - Community Newspaper

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Common Cause

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Content Conflict

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Camp Experiences

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Mike Murase
en
ja
es
pt

Staff and Struggles

Community activist

en
ja
es
pt
Terry Janzen
en
ja
es
pt

Marriage during anti-miscegenation laws

(b. 1930) Half Japanese and grew up in both Japan and the United States.

en
ja
es
pt

Discover Nikkei Updates

SUPPORT THE PROJECT
Discover Nikkei’s 20 for 20 campaign celebrates our first 20 years and jumpstarts our next 20. Learn more and donate!
SHARE YOUR MEMORIES
We are collecting our community’s reflections on the first 20 years of Discover Nikkei. Check out this month’s prompt and send us your response!
PROJECT UPDATES
New Site Design
See exciting new changes to Discover Nikkei. Find out what’s new and what’s coming soon!