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Jane Aiko Yamano
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Lack of language skills

(b.1964) California-born business woman in Japan. A successor of her late grandmother, who started a beauty business in Japan.

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Enson Inoue
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Disadvantages of looking Japanese

(b. 1967) Hawai`i-born professional fighter in Japan

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Kip Fulbeck
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Discomfort at being labeled by others

(b. 1965) filmmaker and artist

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Susumu “Sus” Ito
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Feeling prejudice while looking for jobs

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

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Michelle Yamashiro
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Prejudice against Okinawans from mainland folks

Okinawan American whose parents are from Peru.

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Takayo Fischer
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Facing Prejudice as a Japanese American Teenager in Chicago after the War

(b. 1932) Nisei American stage, film, and TV actress

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Mia Yamamoto
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Influence of Mexican culture after returning from camp

(b. 1943) Japanese American transgender attorney

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