"Sure, there were discriminations; there are places where they hesitate to go, because my dad spoke very little English. My mother was a Nisei, she went to Grammar school where she spoke English very well. However, there was a certain amount of discrimination that was Gaman (endurance) and Shikataganai (accepting what cannot be helped) , that came into play, so it didn’t really bother to us."

-James Higashida

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Takeuchi boy and car

Image Contributed by: Ritsuo Takeuchi

Names of people: Ritsuo Takeuchi, 9 years old

Date: circa 1945

Place: Judd Street, Pacoima

Photograph by: Barry Tamura

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© California State University, Northridge 2008

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