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Learning American cooking
Peggie Nishimura Bain September 15-17, 2004
There was a neighbor by the name of McDonalds, Mrs. McDonald was teaching us how …
Identifies as Japanese, but home is San Francisco
Nosuke Akiyama January 26, 2005
I’m still Japanese. Yeah, I am…I am Japanese. I can’t run away from that. I …
Growing up in Waikiki
Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004
I didn't grow up in a plantation town like many of my brethren did. And …
Activities growing up in Peru
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
In 1940, I think, when they took census, there were twenty-six thousand Japanese and Japanese …
Family's deportation from Peru to U.S. after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
Every time a U.S. transport came into the port of Callao, words got around and …
Denied redress as a Japanese Peruvian
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
I got a letter from Office of Redress saying that I was denied because I …
Depicting issues of ethnic identity through childhood artwork
Roger Shimomura March 18 & 20, 2003
Thirty-five or forty years later, I found these manila envelopes at my mom and dad's …
Starting over after the war: denial of all things Japanese
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
One of the notable things was after the war, many Japanese, I think Issei and …
Have compassion for all of humanity
Frank Yamasaki August 18, 1997
I think what we talked about a little earlier about having compassion. Being aware that …
Thoughts on post-9/11 atmosphere: what it means to be American
Frank Yamasaki November 5, 2001
This is my personal opinion, but people, majority of people, unfortunately, I don't think understand …