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Records at the National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region Relating to the Japanese American Internment Experience

The wartime removal of 110,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans living along the West Coast of the U…

Eric Bittner • May 22, 2008

Betrayal on Trial: Japanese American "Treason" in World War II - Part 3 of 4

>> Part 2E. Criminal Intent Vanishes on the Road to TrialIt was also the last day that anyone…

Eric L. Muller • May 20, 2008

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Journal Entry #1+1=3: "Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 17, 2008

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Four Hirabayashi Cousins: A Question of Identity - Part 1 of 5

The sudden onset of World War II on December 7, 1941, thrust the issue of identity to the forefront…

James A. Hirabayashi • May 17, 2008

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Little Momo in the Big Apple

Culture Clashes from Coast to Coast - Part 1 of 2

The Academy Award-winning 2004 film Crash was touted as a painfully honest and true-to-life portray…

Simone Momoye Fujita • May 16, 2008

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Their Pride - Filmmaker documents the story of Black Japanese in Georgia

Yohei Suzuki is a 30-year old documentary filmmaker based in New York, NY. In 2006, he produced an…

Bobby Okinaka • May 15, 2008

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Analyze My Face: Hapas, exoticism and the entertainment industry

I have hazel eyes. My skin is pale, my nose is tall and my hips are hopelessly wide. At first glanc…

Leah Nanako Winkler • May 14, 2008

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Betrayal on Trial: Japanese American "Treason" in World War II - Part 2 of 4

>> Part 1At first, the photographs seemed little more than a curiosity to the state and feder…

Eric L. Muller • May 13, 2008

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Journal Entry #MACH 5: "My Dream Car..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • May 10, 2008

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Embracing History

From the day I set foot on the campus of UCLA for the first time, I have been mistaken for every et…

Joey Tadashi Furutani • May 9, 2008

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