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Segment Synopsis: Discusses Issei philosophy of "shikata ga nai."

Keywords: adversity; anger; bushido; injustice; Issei parents; Nisei; rage; shikata ga nai

Subjects: Identity and values--Issei Identity and values--Nisei

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Segment Synopsis: He explains what kind of advice his father gave him growing up. Honor was an important value that his father instilled in him.

Keywords: honor; Japanese American identity

Subjects: Identity and values Identity and values--Japanese American identity

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Segment Synopsis: He describes feelings of discrimination for being Japanese before and up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Keywords: California; Japanese American; Oakland; racial discrimination

Subjects: Education--Higher education Geographic communities--California Identity and values--Japanese American identity Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Events Prior to Pearl Harbor

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Segment Synopsis: After encountering racial discrimination in California, he and his friend returned to Washington. The bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred the next day.

Keywords: "Go Home"; Japanese American community; Pearl Harbor

Subjects: Education--Higher education Geographic communities--California Geographic communities--Washington Race and racism--Discrimination

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Segment Synopsis: He remembers the day of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. People in town drove past his family's grocery store calling them "Jap" and being discriminatory. He knew everything was going to change from that point on.

Keywords: bombing; grocery store; Pearl Harbor; shikata ga nai

Subjects: Industry and employment--Small Business--Grocery stores Race and racism Race and racism--Discrimination World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal Recollections

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Segment Synopsis: He describes ways in which his Caucasian friends supported him after the bombing of Pearl Harbor including visiting him at the Tule Lake Concentration Camp. Their support reassured him that he was an American.

Keywords: American citizen; Caucasian; discrimination; evacuation; incarceration camp; Tule Lake

Subjects: Identity and values--Japanese American identity Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Concentration camps--Tule Lake World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation") World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Responses of non-Japanese Americans World War II--Support from the non-Japanese American community

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Segment Synopsis: He describes his reaction to Executive Order 9066. He recalls what it was like to pack up his life and be shipped off to the incarceration camps. He and his family sold all of their belongings.

Keywords: American; American citizen; Executive Order 9066; violation of rights

Subjects: Identity and values--Japanese American identity Japanese Americans--World War II World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation") World War II--Mass Removal ("Evacuation")--Japanese American community responses World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Decision to incarcerate World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Personal Recollections