Japanese American identity
Identity and values
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Japanese American identity
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Kenji Ima Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-495-7)
Suppressing feelings, value of shikata ga nai
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Frank Kitamoto Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-35-29)
Postwar adjustment: "I kind of felt like, that I really wasn't American"
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Frank Kitamoto Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-35-30)
Feeling uncomfortable with Japanese American ethnicity
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Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview III Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-125-6)
Impact of incarceration experience on personal identity: "It was a real fight internally, trying to be Japanese American, but at the same time, be more American"
As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
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Roy M. Hirabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-313-6)
Growing up with Kibei parents, dealing with Japanese American identity
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Chizuko Norton Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-73-5)
Feeling ashamed of being different; staying "Chizuko," resisting being given an "American" name
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Chizuko Norton Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-73-8)
Early memories of being ashamed of being different
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Chizuko Norton Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-73-39)
Impact of the incarceration on identity, raising Japanese American children as white
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Chizuko Norton Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-73-13)
Early childhood memories, ashamed of being different
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May K. Sasaki Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-79-23)
Feeling ashamed of being Japanese American: changing name from "Kimiko" to "May"
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May K. Sasaki Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-79-37)
Current feelings about Japanese American identity
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May K. Sasaki Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-79-25)
Being called a "Jap": shame and loss of identity
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Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-172-28)
Racial composition of high school students, being a "hyphenated American"
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Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-172-7)
Memories of playing with other Asian Americans as a child
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Lucius Horiuchi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-202-5)
Interactions with non-Japanese Americans as a child
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Roy Ebihara Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-222-24)
Getting involved with the "wrong crowd" as an adolescent: feeling angry about being Japanese American
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Susan Hayase Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-13-2)
Becoming aware of an Asian American identity in college
This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to …
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Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-213-32)
Decision to change name from Mariagnes back to birth name, Aya
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Roger Shimomura Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-142-24)
Dealing with racism within army unit in Korea; fighting, drinking, competition
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Roger Shimomura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-142-9)
Ethnic identity in elementary school: playing "Kill the Jap" game with neighborhood children