Japanese Americans

Men's Emotional Connection to Guns: An Interview With Michael Messner (Part 2)

Jackson Katz | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Gun Owners of America, Second Amendment, Talk Radio, Hunting, World War Two, Gun Control, Masculinity, Japanese-Americans, Seal Beach, Feminism, Guns, Books News
Jackson Katz

Emotions are of central importance on all sides of the gun debate. We can't wish them away in favor of some imagined Mr. Spock-like linear rationality.

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Heart Mountain Internment Camp's New Interpretive Learning Center Opens

Gil Asakawa | Posted 10.18.2011

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Gil Asakawa

We've driven to Heart Mountain, and were chilled by the desolate majesty of the locale. The mountain itself is a powerful image, one that adds an iconic feel to this camp.

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Denver Pays Tribute to Bill Hosokawa, A Japanese American Leader

Gil Asakawa | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Pacific Citizen, Japanese Americans, Rocky Mountain News, Jacl, Japanese American Internment, Denver Post, Bill Hosokawa, Denver Botanic Garden, Nisei, Denver News
Gil Asakawa

Hosokawa was well-known nationally as one of the foundations of the Japanese American community's national history. He's also remembered in Colorado, and not just by Japanese Americans.

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No eHarmony With Asian Men

Sunil Adam | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Women, Japanese Americans, Lifestyle, Relationships, Indian-Americans, Asian Americans, Interracial Marriage, Race, Chinese American, Korean Americans, Marriage, Blacks, Dating, Online Dating, Racism, Chris Rock, African Americans, Multiculturalism, Comedy, World News
Sunil Adam

No one would want to be in the shoes of a black man in America. That is a given. Having the highest incarceration and unemployment rates, not to menti...

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Japanese-Americans Open Hearts, Wallets For Tsunami Victims

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Japanese-Americans, expats and others in the United States opened their hearts and their wallets this week to the victims of Japan...

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Un-American, Anti-Muslim Hearings Serve No Useful Purpose

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Bobby Rush

I want my Muslim brothers and sisters to know that Thursday was not a day that brought honor to the U.S. House of Representatives.

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War Internment Lessons: Peter King's Muslim Hearings Will Not Make America Safer

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Rep Mike Honda, Japanese Americans, Democratic, Internment, Muslim Americans, Rep Peter King, Camp Amache, House Appropriations Committee, Muslim, House Budget Committee, Politics News
Rep. Mike Honda

The King hearings do little to keep our country secure and do plenty to increase prejudice, discrimination and hate. I thought we learned a lesson or two from my internment camp experience in Colorado. I hope I am not proven wrong.

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Super Winners Have No Score To Settle

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese American Internment, San Jose, President Roosevelt, Final Solution, Holocaust, Wannsee Conference, Executive Order 9066, Japanese Americans, World War II, Holocaust Survivors, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 2011, Politics News
Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D.

Two life-altering events that took place nearly seven decades ago receive little attention and are primarily observed by members of the two groups who experienced them.

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Memorial for Colorado Gov. Ralph Carr Dedicated at Kenosha Pass

Gil Asakawa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japanese Americans, Ralph Carr, Internment, Colorado, Pacific Citizen, Apaba, Kenosha Pass, Asia Pacific Bar Association, The Principled Politician, Japantown, Denver News
Gil Asakawa

Ralph Carr, governor of Colorado at the start of World War II, had been largely forgotten for decades. But thanks to recent efforts, he's making something of a comeback in Colorado,

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