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Sharon Maeda Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-529-4)
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Values instilled by parents
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Fred Y. Hoshiyama Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-275-9)
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Struggling with Japanese American identity in school: "My days, we're ashamed"

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David Sakura Interview I Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-498-19)
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Attending high school with only one other Japanese American student
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Paul Nagano Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-65-15)
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Discussion of doctoral thesis: the need for a strong Japanese American identity within pluralistic society
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Paul Nagano Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-65-16)
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Impact of incarceration experience: "affirming who we are as a group of people"
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Paul Nagano Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-65-14)
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Role of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple in providing housing and serving the community during the postwar resettlement period
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Kazumu Naganuma Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-482-1)
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Describing nicknames and their ties to personal identity
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Miyoko Kaneta Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-449-14)
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Experiences teaching in Japan as a Japanese American
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Henry Miyatake Interview II Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-54-26)
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Trying to be more "American" after the war
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Kara Kondo Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-139-29)
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Impact of mass removal on the Wapato Japanese community; a sergeant in charge of removal expresses sympathy, but "it was his job"
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Mary Jane Mikuriya Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-504-22)
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Feeling a lack of kinship with Japanese Americans as a biracial person
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-113-15)
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Increasing awareness of Japanese American community: "I came from a very unique, special culture that had overcome enormous adversity"
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Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-113-6)
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Avoiding the pigeonhole of racial stereotypes during school years
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-520-15)
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Considering the concept of intergenerational trauma
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-520-16)
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Harmful effects of the "model minority" myth
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Ruby Inouye Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-143-9)
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Emerging awareness of ethnic differences in grade school; father's emphasis on education
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Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-170-6)
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Interaction with non-Japanese Americans: schoolmates, church members, neighbors
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Hatsuko Mary Higuchi Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-456-8)
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Coming to terms with ethnic identity after the war
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Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-165-8)
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Feeling racially out of place growing up: "We always had to be careful, 'know our place'"
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 6 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-6)
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Thoughts on the term "Quiet American"
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview Segment 8 (ddr-phljacl-1-1-8)
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Influence of Japanese culture and heritage
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William Marutani Interview Segment 8 (ddr-phljacl-1-14-8)
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Being labeled a "Quiet American" and a "model minority"
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