Print Issue: 2015

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Arts & Entertainment

‘Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice’

By Holly Yasui

October 30, 2015

Min Yasui in 1983 while filming in Minidoka. Photo courtesy of Holly Yasui By Holly Yasui ‘We need more people…
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Commentary & Opinions

Commentary: The Tiger Mom and the Model Minority

By Matthew Ormseth

October 30, 2015

By Matthew Ormseth In recent years, the “Tiger Mom” has carved out a space for herself in the American imagination:…
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Arts & Entertainment

JACL Issues Statement on ‘Allegiance’

By P.C. Staff

October 21, 2015

By P.C. Staff As the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization, the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is…
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Commentary & Opinions

JACL National Board Votes to go Digital

By David Lin

October 21, 2015

A PAPER NO MORE JACL National Board votes to end the printed edition of the Pacific Citizen with an issued…
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Community

Classmates Convene at the Manzanar 70th High School Reunion

By Charles James

October 21, 2015

Margaret Fujioka, mayor of Piedmont, Calif., thanked the reunion committee on behalf of her mother, Shizuko, saying her mother looks…
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Arts & Entertainment

A Tale of Two Museums Teaming Up for a Pair of Impactful Exhibits

By Connie K. Ho

October 20, 2015

The work of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake and Miné Okubo are on display at the Skirball Cultural Center…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter from Berkeley JACL to the ‘Pacific Citizen’

By Jim Duff

October 20, 2015

Below is a letter published in the Oct. 16-29 Issue written by the Berkeley JACL in response to JACL National…
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Commentary & Opinions

Letter from the ‘Pacific Citizen’ Editorial Board

By Gil Asakawa, Jim Duff, John Saito Jr.

October 18, 2015

Below is a letter published in the Oct. 16-29 Issue regarding the digital plan voted on by the JACL National…
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Commentary & Opinions

A Yonsei Transplanted: In a Word

By Matthew Ormseth

October 17, 2015

By Matthew Ormseth America was rocked by another outburst of violence last week when a gunman opened fire at a…
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Commentary & Opinions

Youth Perspective: The Danger of a Single Japanese American Story

By Kenji Kuramitsu

October 16, 2015

By Ryan Kenji Kuramitsu The writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in a talk on “the danger of a single story,” shares an early encounter with a college roommate…
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Features

San Diego Vows to Never Forget

By Tiffany Ujiiye

October 11, 2015

(Pictured) Former Staff Sgt. Frank M. Wada, who served in the 442nd/100th Regimental Combat Team during World War II, was…
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Arts & Entertainment

Former JACL Scholarship Winner Publishes Memoir

By P.C. Staff

October 11, 2015

Diana Morita Cole publishes ‘Sideways: Memoir of a Misfit’ By P.C. Staff Former JACL scholarship recipient Diana Morita Cole’s memoir,…
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Commentary & Opinions

A Yonsei Transplanted: Do Your Homework

By Matthew Ormseth

October 10, 2015

By Matthew Ormseth When Duke University freshman Brian Grasso learned that the book assigned for his summer reading project grappled…
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Arts & Entertainment

Hanya Yanagihara Among Six Authors Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize

By P.C. Staff

October 8, 2015

By P.C. Staff LONDON — Hanya Yanagihara, along with authors Marlon James, Tom McCarthy, Chigozie Obioma, Sunjeev Sahota and Anne…
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Community

ABC Reaches a Historic High for Featuring 18 Asian Regulars in Its Fall Season

By P.C. Staff

October 7, 2015

By P.C. Staff The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition announced Sept. 17 that ABC will feature a historic high 18…
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Arts & Entertainment

A Light Through the Black and White

By Alissa Hiraga

October 6, 2015

Yokosuka Story #98, 1976-77. Photos: IshiuchiMiyako/Courtesy of J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum showcases the work of…
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