0:33 - Introduction -- Goes by "Sho"
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1:32 - Childhood -- Father moved family to Sierra Madre / First visit to Japan -- Sister stayed with grandparents
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5:24 - Childhood -- Almost denied entrance to swimming pool because of Japanese descent / Religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in Sierra Madre
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Keywords: Catholics; Caucasian friends; discrimination; Italians; Japanese ancestry; Japanese families; junior high school; Mexicans; Nisei; Pasadena; Protestants; racial discrimination; religion; religious discrimination; Scholarship Society; Sierra Madre; swimming pool; teacher
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10:16 - One childhood friend became the Olympic (Mexico City) Track and Field Coach
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13:11 - Mother was disciplinarian in the household / Looked up to his father
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16:52 - Attending Japanese language school -- Language knowledge was poor
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21:44 - Younger sister brought back home from Japan in 1929
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24:51 - "Triple J" Social Club for students of Japanese ancestry
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27:54 - Graduated from high school in 1935
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