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Me and Kiyoko relaxing at the Pleasanton Highland Games

Kiyoko and I were talking once about the similarities between Scottish culture and Japanese culture and came up with a surprising correlation. During the Highland Clearances, the Scots were being invaded by the English and were banned from practicing their culture, which included wearing kilts and playing the bagpipes. This cultural opression can carry a correlation with the indirect way in which Issei and Nisei had to put their cultural customs and traditions aside when they were placed in camps. These Japanese-Americans valued privacy and cleanliness as a cultural value and yet were forced to use communal restrooms without partitions and also forced to eat the western food they were served.