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Not bringing shame to family
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
Of course we were raised in a Japanese American community, so that we were always …
Past ties to present situation in Middle East
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
The government interpreted whatever they saw of the Japanese Americans, in terms of their framework, …
Helping soldiers
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
On the grass outside, there weren't even enough blankets for the soldiers. And so all …
Okinawan discrimination
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
Like Okinawan people, those days they were sadly discriminated. I remember that they lived in …
Didn't have rights that whites had
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
We didn’t have all the rights that caucasians had, and it was because of racism. …
Californians didn't know about evacuation
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
You would think most Americans would’ve known, but even people in California didn’t know what …
Father as prisoner of war in hospital
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
My mother made calls to see if she could visit her husband, and then she …
Camp as a positive thing
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
Everything in camp could be a positive thing. Every person you meet, you know, that …
Rounding up Issei and Nikkei
Yuri Kochiyama June 16, 2003
The first 48 hours, I think about 3,000 Isseis were picked up. And the first …
Importance of education in achieving redress for incarceration
Grayce Ritsu Kaneda Uyehara August 28, 1998
I feel that the major contribution has to do with the educational process, which is …
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