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DG: Okay, think about some other things. Now, I noticed in your picture, most of the kids were Asian.

SS: That's right.

DG: So you grew up in an all Asian...

SS: That's right. We weren't the minority.

DG: What did you think hakujins were?

SS: They were haoles.

DG: What was your opinion about them?

SS: None, I had no opinions because I had never associated with them.

DG: So did you think America was... Asian?

SS: No. Growing up I guess we... in Hawaii you're pretty care... carefree, right? And... I really didn't know anything about this discrimination per se, as you do, because when Ken came up to the University of Washington and then we came to Washington, we used to count the number of Asians we can see. And then, when we saw that I.G.A., we were so happy because we finally found a Japanese store, IGA. Then we found out it was, no, Independent Grocery Association. [Laughs] Yeah... it's funny, when you think about it now.

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