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Identity and values

Like millions of other immigrants in the United States, first-generation Japanese and their children felt the tension of maintaining their cultural heritage amid pressures to conform to mainstream society while also dealing with discrimination. Although most new immigrants in this country have had to struggle with these same conflicts, one traumatic event sets Japanese Americans apart from other immigrant groups: the mass incarceration during World War II.

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Keynote Talk: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-353)
doc Keynote Talk: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-353)
Notes for Taiwanese American Historical Society Keynote Talk on May 17, 2017
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-353/
Draft:
doc Draft: "I am at this moment" (ddr-densho-468-150)
Handwritten draft or journal entry with thoughts on philosophy, metaphysics, and religion
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-150/
Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-352)
doc Rev. Ai Chih Tsai Biography and Legacy (ddr-densho-446-352)
Powerpoint for Taiwanese-American Historical Society Exhibit presented on May 17, 2017
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-352/
Minnity (ddr-densho-468-232)
doc Minnity (ddr-densho-468-232)
Handwritten draft of thoughts on race, racism, and identity
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-232/
Pacific Times: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai: Memories by His Children (ddr-densho-446-351)
doc Pacific Times: Rev. Ai Chih Tsai: Memories by His Children (ddr-densho-446-351)
Article submitted for publication in the Pacific Times on May 3, 2017.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-351/
Draft:
doc Draft: "This year, as in all preceding years" (ddr-densho-468-152)
Essay fragment on Christianity
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-152/
A.D. 1977: Japanese Christians in America: The Church That Survives Hate (ddr-densho-446-394)
doc A.D. 1977: Japanese Christians in America: The Church That Survives Hate (ddr-densho-446-394)
Article in the July/August 1977 issue of A.D. 1977 on the experience of Japanese Christians in America through the end of WWII.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-394/
Draft essay:
doc Draft essay: "Before I begin the actual writing of this essay" (ddr-densho-468-151)
Essay on Christianity
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-151/
Crossroads Vol. 2 No. 32 (December 23, 1949) (ddr-densho-507-1)
doc Crossroads Vol. 2 No. 32 (December 23, 1949) (ddr-densho-507-1)
Selected article titles: “A Generation in Transition” (p. 3), “Mike - A Portrait in Words” (p. 4), “A Burial for the Yellow Peril” (p. 5), “The Boy from Nebraska” (p. 6), “Just Reminiscing” (p. 8), “The Joker” (p. 9), “Yogore” (p. 10), “Coming Along Swimmingly” (p. 11), “Is It Jim or Hippo Or Just Me?” (p. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-507-1/
Name Index (ddr-ohs-1-63)
doc Name Index (ddr-ohs-1-63)
A list of all of the individuals in the Hokubei Okinawa Jinshi.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-63/
Letter to Kenjiro and Shigeko from Miyuki (ddr-ohs-1-58)
doc Letter to Kenjiro and Shigeko from Miyuki (ddr-ohs-1-58)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-58/
Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-57)
doc Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-57)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-57/
Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yabe Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-53)
doc Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yabe Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-53)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-53/
Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-54)
doc Letter to Ben Kobashigawa from Miyuki Yasui (ddr-ohs-1-54)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-54/
Letter to Miyuke (Yabe) Yasui and Homer Yasui from Kenjiro (ddr-ohs-1-66)
doc Letter to Miyuke (Yabe) Yasui and Homer Yasui from Kenjiro (ddr-ohs-1-66)
correspondence includes pages from "Ruytan" and Miyuke's handwritten notes regarding Ryutan.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-66/
Japan Friend and Ally (ddr-ohs-1-42)
doc Japan Friend and Ally (ddr-ohs-1-42)
Pamphlet describing the mission of the Far East Command for those serving in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa. It includes a message from General Mark W. Clark who served as the Commander in Chief Far East from 1952-1953.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-42/
Memory Book (ddr-ohs-1-62)
doc Memory Book (ddr-ohs-1-62)
A collection of personal stories and photos of the genealogy and family history of the Yabes in America. This was created for the Yabe Family Reunion in Washington in 2006.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-62/
Miyuki Remembers (ddr-ohs-1-61)
doc Miyuki Remembers (ddr-ohs-1-61)
An annotated genealogy document of the life of Mitsuye Yabe.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-61/
Chet Tanaka Interview Transcript (ddr-densho-1007-1869)
doc Chet Tanaka Interview Transcript (ddr-densho-1007-1869)
Eric Saul interview with Chet Tanaka, veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat team, conducted on October 8, 1980. Tanaka describes his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, his family's experience with discrimination after Pearl Harbor, his reaction to forced removal on Japanese Americans, and his military service during World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1869/
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