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Read Part 2 >> Forging Asian Canadian Identity JT: Being someone who prides himself on having the name Chink, I feel that people of the modern …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Weight-Challenged Heroes (because not everyone is built like Schwarzeneggar)” Check …
Haunting drumbeats from the soundtrack of Lost in Translation put me into a nostalgic trance as I sped through the Japanese countryside at 178 miles …
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Read Part 1 >> Shimizu, who is 36 years old, said he enjoys working with older Deaf people around his parents’ or grandparents’ or godparents’ …
Shaun Shimizu lives in two worlds. In one world, he’s an American Sign Language interpreter, both personally and now professionally. Shimizu, who grew up as …
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Para los peruanos mayores de 45 años, 1989 fue probablemente uno de los peores años de la historia de su país, asolado por una inflación …
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Read Part 1 >> Dear Grandpa, I read that Japanese Americans in the 100th/442nd were credited with breaking through the Gothic Line in Italy. And …
After my father died in 1948, my mom used the bus to go from place to place including taking her children when occasions demanded. Fortunately, …
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日系人を日本に連れて行くツアーガイドに 親が日本生まれの新一世は別として、日本語が堪能な三世以降の日系アメリカ人に出会ったことがほとんどない。子ど…
Read Part 1 >> Jiro’s Parents Remembering his father who has since passed on, Jiro shares his own experiences. JT: He was a wonderful man, who …
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