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39th Racism: Structural Discrimination
Read "Racism in America" Even today, discrimination and conflict over "race" c…

Ryusuke Kawai • Nov. 10, 2023

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Keeping the Beat: The Story of Legendary Drummer Paul Togawa
As part of my ongoing series on Japanese American jazz musicians, I now turn to the fascinating sto…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Oct. 31, 2023

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Arizona concentration camps drummers generations jazz music musicians Nisei Paul Togawa Poston concentration camp The Paul Togawa Quartet United States World War II camps
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One Fighting Irishman — A Conversation With Filmmaker Sharon Yamato
Wayne Mortimer Collins is an important name for my family. I first learned about this heroic, brash…

Tamiko Nimura • Oct. 17, 2023

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California civil rights concentration camps documentaries filmmakers films Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) lawyers One Fighting Irishman (film) renunciation Sharon Yamato Tule Lake concentration camp Tule Lake Segregation Center United States Wayne Merrill Collins Wayne Mortimer Collins World War II camps
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Forging Asian Canadian Identity JT: Being someone who prides himself …

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Oct. 1, 2023

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Aichi Prefecture Asian Canadians Canada Canadians First Nation indigenous peoples Japan Nagoya racial slurs slurs Windsor (Ontario, Canada) Windsor University
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Dr. Jiro Takai's Journey of Becoming From the Soo to Nagoya University — Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Jiro’s Parents Remembering his father who has since passed on, Ji…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Sept. 24, 2023

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Canada Chinese Chink (slur) elementary schools Jiro Takai Northern Ontario Ontario Parkland Public School racial slurs racism schools slurs
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Identity in the Music Industry with Musician & Two-Time Grammy Nominee Nick Lee
Introduction LA Native Nick Lee has amassed quite the resume during his time in the music industry…

Kyra Karatsu • Aug. 30, 2023

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awards composers Grammy Awards music musicians Nick Lee producers songwriters trombonists
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Augusto Ikemiyashiro, memories of a life dedicated to service
Augusto Ikemiyashiro does not seem like a man of this era. Their vocation for service and their st…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 21, 2023

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Augusto Ikemiyashiro Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru
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I Am a Rainbow! - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> A particular dance enthusiast who joined in on one of Kanemura’s epic I…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • May 15, 2023

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dance Hawaii I Am a Rainbow! (book) Instagram LGBTQ+ Mark Kanemura Oahu online social networks pandemics people social media social networks United States
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I Am a Rainbow! - Part 1
Darkness sets the stage. Costumes are prepped. Souvenirs are ready to be sold. A sold-out crowd wai…

Kristen Nemoto Jay • May 14, 2023

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dance Hawaii I Am a Rainbow! (book) Instagram LGBTQ+ Mark Kanemura Oahu online social networks pandemics people social media social networks United States
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A Day of Remembrance at JANM
I left Los Angeles over a half decade earlier in 2010 and had not been back since. A visit to see m…

James Okumura • April 13, 2023

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armed forces California communities families Hitoshi Sameshima imprisonment incarceration JANM pavilion Japan Japanese American National Museum Los Angeles Osamu Okumura Pasadena renunciation retired military personnel United States veterans World War II
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