Interview: Johnnie Morton
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Johnnie James Morton, Jr. was born in Inglewood, CA in 1971, the son of an African American father and Japanese American mother. Morton is a former professional football player.
This album introduces the following 5 clips from his interview on February 7, 2000 followed by his profile.
1. Attending Japanese school
2. Making a speech in Japanese
3. Talking with Grandmother
4. Growing up and identity
5. Gained appreciation of his multiracial heritage through participation in Nisei Relays
* Original interview clips were posted in the Discover Nikkei Interviews section.
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Attending Japanese schoolI think I attended for 3 years. And then my parents finally broke down. It was hard going at first because, you know I’m a little kid going to Japanese school waking up like at 7 o’clock on Saturdays and most kids have their pajamas on with the big bowl …
Johnnie Morton interview #1: Attending Japanese school |
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Making a speech in JapaneseI was a communications major at USC and the first taste of giving a speech actually was in Japanese school. It was a lot of firsts for me as far as Japanese school goes. But that was my first opportunity to give a speech and I was really nervous and …
Johnnie Morton interview #2: Making a speech in Japanese |
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Talking with GrandmotherMy grandmother used to baby-sit me when I was a little kid and we’d spend the whole day together she’d speak to me in Japanese and I’d speak to her in English and neither one of us had any idea what the other was saying but somehow we talked all …
Johnnie Morton interview #3: Talking with Grandmother |
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Growing up and identityI grew up in a neighborhood, my school pretty much all the way up until college had been all Caucasians and Asians and here I am this one, only black kid in school. And actually to be honest no one really made a big deal about it. I never felt …
Johnnie Morton interview #4: Growing up and identity |
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Gained appreciation of his multiracial heritage through participation in Nisei RelaysWhen I was younger I attended Japanese school on Saturdays, and I think that's when I first found out about the Nisei Relays. At first it was kind of unusual because you go to the relays and there's all Japanese people, and then I show up, and people are wondering, …
Johnnie Morton interview #5: Gained appreciation of his multiracial heritage through participation in Nisei Relays |
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PROFILE: Johnnie MortonJohnnie James Morton, Jr. was born in Inglewood, CA in 1971, the son of an African American father and Japanese American mother. As a child, he attended Saturday Japanese school in Gardena for three years. Growing up in Torrance, California, he graduated from the University of Southern California after a …
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