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vh Mii Tai Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-186-9)

Ethnic make-up of high school; experiencing discrimination

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-186-9/

vh Mako Nakagawa Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-66-24)

Awareness of racism and ethnic identity after the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-66-24/

vh Mako Nakagawa Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-66-23)

Issues of racism and identity, learning a meaningful poem in school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-66-23/

vh Mako Nakagawa Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-66-21)

Parents' struggles to reestablish their lives and find work

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-66-21/

vh Ron Osajima Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-486-18)

Working on the East Coast, experiencing housing discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-486-18/

vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-107-7)

Encountering racial discrimination: denial of access to public pool

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-7/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-53-10)

Being called names because of Japanese ancestry

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53-10/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-53-9)

First encounters with racism: barred from viewing an airplane at Boeing

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53-9/

vh Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-250-11)

Experiencing prejudice in school following the bombing of Pearl Harbor: "At that point, I was mad at Japan"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-250-11/

vh Cookie Takeshita Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-465-17)

Taking the civil service exam and finding a job

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-465-17/

vh George Fugami Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-7-23)

Job discrimination in prewar Portland, Oregon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-7-23/

vh George Fugami Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-7-30)

Reacting to "Japs not allowed"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-7-30/

vh Daniel Inouye Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-28-9)

Traveling through the South as a Japanese American GI: "You will be considered white"

This interview was conducted at the senator's office in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of a series of interviews with veterans attending the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, the interviews …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-28-9/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-48-41)

Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-41/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-48-42)

Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-42/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-48-9)

Denied the honor of being commencement speaker because of Japanese ancestry; accepting discrimination, "shikata ga nai"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-9/

vh Mits Takahashi Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-207-30)

Hearing about discrimination encountered by family upon return to the West Coast

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-207-30/

vh Nobu Suzuki Interview II Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-87-6)

Experiencing prejudice on the way to Spokane

References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-87-6/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-257-8)

Witnessing racism and segregation in Arkansas

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-8/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-257-11)

Initial exposure to racism directed at African Americans

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-11/

vh Sam Ogo Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-193-19)

Postwar work; a single encounter with discrimination

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-193-19/

vh Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-138-33)

Raising a family, experiencing discrimination when trying to buy a home in Bothell, Washington

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-138-33/

vh Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-138-16)

Feeling uncomfortable when witnessing segregation in the South

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-138-16/