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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-74-10)

Moving to Los Angeles postwar, finding a burgeoning social scene for the returning Nisei amidst larger societal discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-74-10/

vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-74-9)

"It hurts, but you don't show it," facing racist audiences while singing and traveling with USO

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-74-9/

vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 73 (ddr-densho-1000-118-73)

Postwar discrimination: hearing that the principal of a high school in Sunnydale did not want the Japanese American families to return

During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-118-73/

vh Grace Sugita Hawley Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-246-22)

Adjusting to life in Chicago: "You could feel the bigotry"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-246-22/

vh Grace Sugita Hawley Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-246-11)

Leaving camp to visit a nearby town: experiencing discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-246-11/

vh Kaz T. Tanemura Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-268-9)

A frightening encounter following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

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vh Rae Takekawa Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-89-27)

Discrimination in Chinook, Montana, "No Japs allowed"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-89-27/

vh Rae Takekawa Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-89-42)

Giving children the strength to withstand discrimination

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vh Homer Yasui Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-491-9)

Experiencing discrimination while in medical school

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vh Aya Uenishi Medrud Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-213-18)

A traumatic encounter after seeing wounded Japanese American soldiers

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vh Roger Shimomura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-142-10)

Witnessing parents' experience with racism on a family vacation to Cannon Beach, Oregon

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vh Roger Shimomura Interview Segment 40 (ddr-densho-1000-142-40)

Experiencing discrimination at a job interview for Murray State University, Kentucky

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vh Sue Kunitomi Embrey Interview Segment 2 (ddr-manz-1-2-2)

Awareness of institutionalized racism while growing up

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vh James T. Johnston - William R. Johnston - Dorothy J. Whitlock Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-142-7)

Mother's attempt to bring Japanese American women out of the camp into the local community

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-142-7/

vh Jean Matsumoto Interview Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-130-11)

Experiencing discrimination on a trip outside camp

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vh Shimako "Sally" Kitano Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-54-16)

Adjusting to life after returning to Bainbridge Island; barred from joining the Girl Scouts

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vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-153-23)

Experiencing racism in Detroit

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vh Masako Yoshida Interview Segment 24 (ddr-manz-1-153-24)

Returning to California to raise a family, facing discrimination

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vh Alfred "Al" Miyagishima Interview Segment 10 (ddr-manz-1-27-10)

Growing up in a non-Japanese American community: "Why was I born Japanese?"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-27-10/

vh Hikoji Takeuchi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-10-3)

Experiencing racism following the bombing of Pearl Harbor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-10-3/

vh Yoshimi Hasui Watada Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-31-15)

Community and recreational activities in Rocky Ford, Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-31-15/

vh Patricia Mariko Morikawa Sakamoto Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-167-17)

Experiencing racism in the Burbank trailer camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-167-17/

vh Hope Omachi Kawashima Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-154-18)

Experiencing discrimination in school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-154-18/

vh Kenji Ogawa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-170-17)

Returning to the U.S. as a teenager and experiencing discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-170-17/

vh Sharon Seeder Interview Segment 8 (ddr-chi-1-5-8)

Experiencing subtle forms of discrimination while growing up

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-5-8/