Japanese Language School

Japanese Language School Mentality of Issei and Nisei Treatment by Chinese students Attempts to sign up for military service Recruited for the National JACL Redress Committee Criteria for who gets redress Changing "reparations" to "redress" Appointing John Tateishi as National JACL Redress Chair Inouye’s strategy for educating the American public JACL reaction to the idea of a commission Redress clash between Senators Inouye and Hayakawa Recalling President Carter’s signing of the Commission bill Poignant story from the CWRIC hearing in San Francisco John Tateishi plays a role in changing people's minds The unheralded help from beyond the community Legacy of redress Different races have to live together and interact

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I remember very well, there was one Nisei in our class who lived way out in the suburbs in Tacoma. So, therefore, he went directly home after school. And I remember, this was in the sixth grade, Miss Peterson, who was teaching geography at the time, she really blasted him for not going to Japanese language school. This was very common. It was the American school that told us to go to Japanese language school, not the Japanese teachers. They really didn’t care, but at least the Caucasian community really told us to go to Japanese language school. This is a rather strange thing.

Date: July 1-2, 1998
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Mitchell Maki, Darcie Iki
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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