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MA: So can you talk about the future of the Japanese American community here and what you see?

KI: Well, when I see, see the population of the churches, I see nothing but sadness, 'cause they're just... you know... and we have a group that has a cultural school here, and now, they're all hakujins. I mean, there's hardly any Nihonjins, they're mostly all mixed. Well, you can tell by the JACL newsletter, all the people that get these scholarships, they're all, there's no hakujins, I mean, there's no Nihonjins except maybe Kikuchi was the only one that was a Nihonjin, all the rest were all mixed. And I don't know, I don't know if they feel like they're Nihonjin or not, I don't know. Well, just like my grandkids, great grandkids -- my grandkids are still Nihonjin but my great grandkids -- they're half Chinese, half white -- no, quarter white and quarter Japanese, because my granddaughter is married to a Chinese.

MA: So are there any messages you want to share with people who are watching this interview, or anything else you want to talk about?

KI: No, not particularly, no. I don't know what you got out of it. [Laughs]

MA: Well, this is, it was great. So thank you very much...

KI: You're welcome.

MA: ...for the interview.

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