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A Partial and Personal Timeline of Asian American Men on Stage and Screen
Teahouse of the August Moon (1979) I’m dressed in a long dyed-purple tunic that comes down t…

Tamiko Nimura • May 9, 2023

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acting actors artists Asian American actors entertainers movies stereotypes TV shows
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Aloha 'Oe, Dr. Franklin Odo: Remembering a Brilliant Scholar and a Special Mentor and Friend - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> At the time of his passing, Franklin was working with Honolulu attorney Wil…

Karleen C. Chinen • Jan. 26, 2023

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Asian American studies ethnic studies Franklin Odo Hawai'i Honolulu Oahu scholars tributes United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Aloha 'Oe, Dr. Franklin Odo: Remembering a Brilliant Scholar and a Special Mentor and Friend - Part 1
“If you don’t control your own culture and your own vision of life, and your own part…

Karleen C. Chinen • Jan. 25, 2023

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Asian American studies ethnic studies Franklin Odo Hawai'i Honolulu Oahu scholars tributes United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Asian American studies ethnic studies Franklin Odo Hawai'i Honolulu Oahu scholars tributes United States universities University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Asian American Studies 101: How I Learned Grandpa Was a Badass!
For whatever “academic inadequacies” the fledgling ethnic studies was accused of back i…

Mary Uyematsu Kao • Sept. 14, 2022

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Asian American studies family histories genealogy Jiro Morita
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The JABA Legacy Project: Justice Sabrina McKenna—The First Openly LGBTQ Asian American to Serve on a State Court of Last Resort
As the first openly LGBTQ Asian American to serve on a state court of last resort, Justice Sabrina …

Lana Kobayashi • Sept. 2, 2022

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Asian Americans Hawai'i LGBTQ+ people United States
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Asian representation: It’s getting better, but still has ages-old challenges
Japanese Americans and the wider Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities are seeing…

Gil Asakawa • Dec. 22, 2021

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Asian Americans Madama Butterfly (play) opera stereotypes
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'Hit' After Hit for Ally Maki
JA actress talks Toy Story, Asian American representation and her newest project, Hit-Monkey. Ally…

Gwen Muranaka • Dec. 9, 2021

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Ally Maki animation anime Asian American Girl Club (firm) Hit-Monkey (TV) Toy Story 4 (film)
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Fighting Hatred With Song
“Your eyes tell the story of your family.”  Through its long history, Sesame St…

Gwen Muranaka • Sept. 2, 2021

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Alan Muraoka I Am Here (song) music Sesami Street (TV) violence
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Japanese American Soldiers in World War II Fought the Axis Abroad and Racial Prejudice at Home
Imagine being forced from your home by the government, being imprisoned in a detention camp under a…

Susan H. Kamei • June 18, 2021

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armed forces Asian Americans Hawai'i Japanese Americans retired military personnel United States United States Postal Service veterans World War II World War II camps
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My Name is Neal
Journal Entry #First Aired 3/30/64: "What's the Question?"
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 10, 2021

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Asian Americans cartoonists cartoons humor racism
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