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Teacher who helped with lisp
George Ariyoshi December 15, 2003
In the 8th grade, I had a very bad lisping. And I realized…I began to …
First work in America (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) I first went to San Pedro and worked in a cannery. Then I got …
Company in Tokyo burned down (Japanese)
Kazuo Funai October 14 & 17, 2004
(Japanese) Even if I want to go home, I can’t so it’s useless. There’s no …
Family interrelations between mother and father
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
And as a matter of fact, there had been interrelationship, in-law relationship, between my mother’s …
Nickname
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When I started grade school, there’s another, maybe one or two James’s in the class. …
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 …
Little interaction with parents
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When you ask me about my connections with my parents, at first, you know, when …
Politics in ethnic studies
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
At first I was the Chair of Asian American Studies and then I became the …
Center for Japanese American Studies in community
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
The reason I got involved was we had this Center for Japanese American Studies that …
Involvement with theater
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
Emiko Omori was around in San Francisco at that time, so I got involved in …