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TOMI-TALK: The Character of the Nisei Soldier
My name is Delia Tomino Nakayama and I wrote the English column “Tomi-Talk” for San Fra…

Delia Tomino Nakayama • March 14, 2013

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My Transnational, Hapa Identity in Question
I like to say that I have a transnational, multicultural, multiethnic identity. I am hapa, haafu, I…

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu • Feb. 22, 2013

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hapa Hawaii identity Japan Japanese Americans multiculturalism multiethnicity Nikkei racially mixed people transnationalism United States
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Timothy Teruo Watters: Following an Artist’s Footsteps
“When you walked into (my grandfather’s) house, you saw his paintings hanging like a ga…

Darryl Mori • Feb. 20, 2013

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artists hapa Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) painters racially mixed people Supernatural (exhibition)
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Hidden Hapa
“Hey, what are you doing over there with the Hapa?” Kathy and I looked over and ther…

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu • Feb. 11, 2013

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hapa identity racially mixed people
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Betwixt and Between: Embracing the Borderlands of My Mixed Heritage
For weeks I resisted beginning work on this essay. Then, synchronistically, I encountered two piece…

Mari L'Esperance • Jan. 23, 2013

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culture Eurasian hapa Hawaii identity Japanese Americans Japantowns multiethnicity Nikkei racially mixed people United States
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Book Review: Exploring the Borderlands of Race, Nation, Sex and Gender
Growing up in predominantly white Marin County, mixed-race yonsei Akemi Johnson hates her name and …

Nancy Matsumoto • Dec. 26, 2012

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Asian Americans hapa identity multiethnicity racially mixed people Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu When Half is Whole (book)
Asian Americans hapa identity multiethnicity racially mixed people Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu When Half is Whole (book)
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Menorah Musubi
It’s that special time of the year again when my family will gather around the menorah while …

Francesca Yukari Biller • Dec. 18, 2012

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Buddhism Christmas Hanukkah hapa holidays Jews Judaism multiethnicity racially mixed people religions
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Part Asian, Not Hapa
My mother is Japanese from Osaka; my father, American from a small town in Western Oregon. There&rs…

Mia Nakaji Monnier • Dec. 6, 2012

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hapa identity Kip Fulbeck multiculturalism racially mixed people
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
Loose Sushi
Standing in the kitchen grinding on bright yellow takuan straight out of the container takes me rig…

Jamie Asaye FitzGerald • Oct. 30, 2012

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Discover Nikkei food hapa Hawaii Honolulu identity Itadakimasu (series) Japanese Americans Japanese food Nikkei Nikkei Chronicles (series) Oahu racially mixed people recipes sushi United States
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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture
Family Meals That Integrate Rather Than Segregate
While growing up within two different cultures left my siblings and me with bittersweet challenges,…

Francesca Yukari Biller • Oct. 5, 2012

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Discover Nikkei food hapa Hawaiians (Polynesian) identity Itadakimasu (series) Japanese food Jews multiculturalism Nikkei Chronicles (series) racially mixed people recipes
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