Anti-Japanese sentiment also affected the education of the Nisei and Sansei children. Some schools, specifically in northern California had segregated “Oriental Schools.” Japanese American children in the San Fernando Valley were not segregated but were usually only one or two in a classroom.

“One of the Japanese Americans was student body president. We were the only 3 non-whites. There were no blacks, no Hispanics… Northridge back then was mostly Jewish.”

~ Bill Watanabe
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Image Contributed by: Nancy Takayama

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For more information about this project, please contact:

Edith Chen, Professor Asian American Studies Dept.
18111 Nordhoff St., JR 340
Northridge, CA 91330-8251
edith.chen@csun.edu
818-677-4966

Nancy Takayama
San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center
nt.high.mtn@juno.com