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Japanese Policewomen Have Little Trouble Succeeding In "Man's World
They’re doing it and without minal investigation sections.
In all, there are about 1440
abuse — oral or otherwise —
TOKYO. — Can a woman su- .^^ ^ male population of To- female police officers in Tokyo,
cceed as a police officer in male kyo.
compared to New York’s 700.
chauvinist Japan?
’Tve always had a yearning
In fact, stated the city’s top
woman cop, Inspector Fumiko to be in the police,” said officer
Apparently, yes.
Japanese women, those
so- Niki, “there are a number of po­ Hitomi Ebina,, 23, as she mane­
called fragile, flower-like crea­ lice duties women perform bet­ uvered “minipatrol car No. 2”
down a street crowded with il­
tures who for generations obedi- ter than men.”
Most are in traffic control, ot­ legally parked automobiles.
- ently shuffled7 several steps beOfficer Ebina and her partner,
hind^men, are today collaring hers staff the police emergency
smugglers and pickpockets and “110” phone line — “because both petite and attractive, wo­
having s illegally parked cars ha- their voices carry better” —- the uld lean out of the window eve­
juvenile deliquency and the cri- ry few yards with a - telescoping
uled away.
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By Barry Shlachter

“I never rip up a ticket,” sho
chalk marker to scratch “15 mi­
nutes” on the pavement alongsi­ explained later.
What incentive is there for
de the cars.
A tow truck is radioed for as today’s fragile flowers to put
they round the block. A quarter aside kimono and zori or blue
of an -hour later, back where th­ jeans and sneakers and slip into
ey began, .an office worker app­ a patrolman’s uniform?
roaches them to apologize. His ' Officer Ebina takes home astation wagon is about to be ta­ bout twice the national average
ken away by the towing crew. - salary for someone of her age
Officer Ebina, cool and unruf­ and educational background.
fled by the man now towering | Starting police officers with a
over her, orders the car relea- -high school
diploma
earned
sed and hands him a $18 ticket. I
Cont. on P. 2

The Ueto Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol XXXVIII — 61
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What Is An
Asian American?

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 197

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Toronto, Ont.

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For
Mifune Fons
Only. . .

Japanese Prof. Says Germs
Source Of Vital Nutrients

KUALA LUMPUR. — Japan­
ese actor Toshiro Mifune, will
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. .— .yeast, is produced — half
of
Editor’s Note: The-following a- an effective coalition and coor­ appear in a $2.1 million motion
which is protein.
ppeared in the Pacific Citizen dination of effort, accentuating picture “Paper Tiger” now fil­ Vital nutrients for the world’s
Paraffin is frequently produ­
hungry masses can be produced
our commonalities helps us to
here.
.and is the text of the keynote achieve our social, political, and imed
ced
from petroleum distillates.
Mifune, Japan’s best known far faster by humble germs than
address delivered recently at the economic ends in the continuing star, will have two other perfor­ by conventional plants and ani­ Harada said that “if five per
opening day of the National Ja*- struggle to achieve equality, mers in the picture, one of whom mals, a Japanese researcher sa-_ cent of the world’s annual pet­
roleum consumption — 300 mi­
panese American Citizens leagu- justice, and self-determination. will be British actor, David Ni­ ys. ■
Prof. Tokuya Harada .of the llion tons — was to be used for
ven.
e Convention at Portland, Ore­ Commonalities
Producer Euan Lloyd said 90.; Univ, of Osaka said that; under culture of yeast, it would yield
What do I mean by commona­
gon. It is of our opinion that the
lities amongst "Asi ah Americans# per'cent of~tbe-filin':will be shot controlled conditions, such*' iriic- 7.5 million tons of protein — su­
content of the speech has de­ There is first, the commonality in Malaysia.”:
roorganisms as yeasts and mol­ fficient to overcome the protein
'
ds can "produce proteins, enzy­ shortage foreseen by the year
finite parallels to. the Experi­ of geography. The -^
has
mes, vitamins, nucleic acids, arid 2000.”
ence of Japanese and other A- come to these shores in succes­
Micro-organisms generally ha­
other keys to a balanced diet.
sian communities here in Cana­ sive waves from across the Pa­ Little Reaction To
Harada suggests
harnessing ve been used in the past as ag­
cific, emigrating from the coun­
da.
.. ■
! 1 I . ■ tries and islands of the Pacific Ruling At
the germs as a step toward sol­ ents of decomposition. But they
have the ability to create mate­
ving the world food crises.
By MINORU MASUDA, Ph.D. Rim. They came eastward even Conclave
decompose -it,
Writing in Impact, the scien­ rial as well as
as the Europeans came west­
ce quarterly of the United Na­ Prof. Harada said.
Who is an Asian American? ward across the Atlantic. They
TOKYO.

Japan
noted
with
He predicted more emphasis in
tions Educational, Scientific, and
Is there, really such a person ? landed on opposite shores, and
little
comment
recently
the
U;S.
the
future of their powers of
Cultural Organization, the Japa­
We are Japanese Americans, it is symbolic that' while the
acceptance
of
12-mile
territorial
nese microbiologist said yeasts creation.
Chinese
Americans,
Filipino Statue of Liberty welcomed the
and
200-mile
economic
waters
at
need only 18 to 120minutes for
Americans, Korean Americans, European “hungry masses” arid
the
U.N.
conference
on
the
Law
a cell division in protein produc­
and so on. Each one of us is incorporated them into the Ame­
of
the'
Sea
held
in
Caracas,
Ve
­
tion and molds need two to 48 P.M. Tanaka.Gives
born into an ethnic community, rican melting pot dream, for
hours. But plants need one to
brought up according to its Asian people of color, there was nezuela'.
There was no official state­ two weeks, chickens two to four Tips To Tourists
cultural values and; beliefs, and no Statue of Liberty and the
each one of us is a unique pro­ melting pot dream has indeed ment by the Japanese. govern­ weeks and cattle one to two mo­
ment, but a fishery agency offi­ nths.
TOKYO. -— Premier Kakuei
duct of these environmental in­ turned out to be a myth.
cial
said,

It
has
long
been
un
­
fluences and our genetic traits
Food factories using micro-or­ Tanaka is giving out tips on
The arriving Asians have con­ derstood that the United States
brought over by . our immigrant centrated on the West Coast, and
ganisms also would be
much etiquette as Japanese tourists
economic
forebears. If there is no such here has been, the common bat­ would accept^ wider
more compact than farms. The fan out around the globe.
With' 400,000 of his country­
thing as a distinct Asian cul­ tleground for survival, and here waters.”
chemical - processes would take

There
will
be
no
change
in
ture, who is an Asian American? has been the focus of Asian
place in fermentation vats und­ men expected to. go abroad dur­
our
policy,

he
added.
er controlled temperatures and ing the summer vacation sea­
Being an Asian American, American - problems and discri­
Japan maintains the three-mi­
could be independent of land and son, Tanaka’s office issued an
and thinking as an Asian Ame­ minations.
<
le territorial limit theory and,
article filled with advice he ho­
i , i i
rican., then, is first of all a con­
.Second, there are Asian Ame­ according to a fishery agency climate.
pes will reduce the
standard
cept. It is an ethnic identifica­ rican commonalities in cultural white paper issued this spring,
Artificial flavoring and color­
offences committed by travelling
tion encompassing a broader values and attitudes. In Dr.
ing
would
make
the
germ-pro
­
stands to lose almost .50 per
* viewpoint, over, beyond, and in­ (Inazo) Nitobe’s “Bushido,” the cent of ..its annual 10 million ton duced'food appealing to humans. Japanese.
Among the tips:
clusive of one’s own ethnicity. samurai code is described as the
Prof. Harada said that when
fish haul if banned from within
—- “Ladies first” is expected
Secondly,' it. is a strategy for soul of Japan, embodying the 200 miles of territorial coasts. -bacteria is. fed on natural gas,
in'Western countries.
' joint socio-political: action.. And moral-ethical principles. which
The government had earlier cultures are formed that conta­
- -Slurping soup is'repugnant
: finally, it is- an enrichment; had7 tremendous7 influence on the announced it would “follow the in nearly half as much protein
almost anywhere' outside Japan.
' 'process ^which-.expands -our psy-: Japanese peoples and their cul­
tide of the world” on the boun­ as the amount of gas consumed
— Old Japanese military son­
chological horizons and embra­ ture: But the sources for the
in
the
process.
dary issue, indicating reluctant
gs are likely: to arouse anger in
ces the brotherhood and sister-, samurai scodej as Nitobe: points
When a ton of paraffin reacts Southeast Asian countries whe­
observance
of
the
conference
ag
­
hood of " Asian-peoples.
with yeast, an additional ton of re the Japanese occupation dur­
out, arose from. Buddhism, that reement may. be forthcoming.
’ Being Asian American does far-flung Eastern religion which
ing World War II is still reme­
not reduce our self-concept and came up from India, to China,
mbered.
identity “of Japaneseness or Chi- Korea, and Japan. Intertwined
— Do not discuss religion in
< neseness, or whatever, but rather also are the Japanese, tenets of JX. Victim Of Hit-and-Run Driver
Moslem countries nor
politics
enlarges and enriches our frame Shinto and teachings of Con­
six where the government is unsta'BOSTON BAR, B.C. — Two north along the highway
of self-reference into a joining fucius, Mencius, and Wan Yan
miles
south
of
Boston
Bar,
was
ble.
elderly men were killed recently
of hands with other Asian Ming. Thus, the fundamental
the
victim
of
a
hit

.
and-run
Kenzo Nomura, of the Japan
in separate accidents on -. the
-groups. With this psychological precepts .of
rightness
and Trans-Canada Highway near driver.
Travel
Bureau’s overseas sectiexpansion we begin to break reason, of courage and fortitude,
Feulner lost control of his car on; said: “If they go as indivi­
\
down the. ethnocentric biases of duty and loyalty, of love and here.
four miles south of here ' and dual tourists, there is no trou­
that have long kept us aloof humaneness, of propriety and. ' _ Dead are Thomas Juichi A-'
' from one another. In the past forebearance, of self-control and zuma, 76, of Hope, and Frede-. ran into a diff,' police said. His ble. But in groups there is high
we have accentuated and focuss­ self-discipline are derivatives of rick John Feulner, 78, of San wife, Ida,'72,' was taken to Ho­ visibility, and 90 per cent of
pe General Hospital, treated and Japanese tourists travel in gro­
Francisco.
ed on our cultural differences.
ups.”
ROMP said Azuma,; walking released.
Cont. on P. 4
In the now perceived need for

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Police Women
ROOFING & SHEET
METAL WORKS

Women/officers are kept from I The" juvenile* section - was the
• $378 a month in Tokyo. The naRUNNYMEDE ROOFING
dangerous- assignments, ’ such as only:'branch open to .the women
tional average pay for a wo- II riot
control, have no night duty 28 years ago when they were
Tom Looker, man with the same e'ducation is
first recruited as officers. Aand don’t' carry revolvers.

59 Luhness Road,
only about $195.
.They’re unarmed, but no easy mong the 63 women joining in
Toronto, Phone 763-1360
While . Japan -still maintains pushovers. Each is trained in at 1946 was Mrs. Fumiko Niki, 54,
Licence No. B-169
severe — by Western standards least one Japanese martial art, who became a widow in the war
Rep. John Sugai — 767-1092
— social: and legal discriminati­ and given instructions in
the. and had a family to support.
on against women, police work use of firearms.
Women police officers
have
is one of the few fields offering
since
proved
their
'worth
.
and
"When I entered the force,
a semblance of equality
with
gradually traditional barriers ha­
CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS
men; particularly in the pay and Tokyo had a serious juvenile de- ve come down, said Mrs. Niki,
JULY 29 TO AUG. 13
promotions department.
- liquency "problem. I thought poli­ today an inspector and rankingce work would be the most effe­
"When I joined the force 15 ctive way to solve it,” she said. policewoman in Tokyo.
SHARON'S FLORIST -years ago, • policewomen were
Peter Sasaki
still obliged to serve male offic­
ers tea and wipe off their des­ Forbidden To Visit Ancestors In Soviet Union
CITY-WIDE DELIVERY
ks each morning/’ said assistant
A 'spokesman said recently the
TOKYO. — The Soviet Union
TEL. 425-2122
inspector Kuniko Miyagawa, 39.
942 PAPE AVE., TORONTO
Soviet claimed the tomb's are in
“Now they no longer think of has rejected again a Japanese areas forbidden to ' foreigners.
us as women — just another request for relatives to - visit TheZislands are located just east
cop,” said Miss
Miyagawa, a their ancestors tombs in the is­ of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern­
woman- who - has - been lands of Etorofu and Kunashiri most island,-and the Soviet ma­
JUNN KASHINO handsome
commended more - than a dozen and on the Soviet mainland, the inland referred to presumably is
times for nabbing gold smugg­ Foreign. Mnistry reported.
CHARTERED
in Eastern Siberia.
lers and shoplifters- as' well as
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’ Today Miss Miyagawa heads Their Bites
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the traffic control section ot To­
kyo’s Atago police station, and
she sees room for improvement. Now Worse Thein
"My*big complaint is that the
Auto-Fife-Life '
station house is filthy and- that Their Barks
All Forms Of
we must share the same lavato­
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OSAKA. ---- A veterinary
tty
old,
so
I
suppose
it.can

t
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Consult
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Friday, August 16, 1974

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Dates And Doings

Prefer The
Mountains
To The Sea

Newly Elected J.C.C.C. Executive Announced

Personal Notes Across Canada
Obituaries

Marriages

NUNODA’
< TORONTO??— Newly elected Board members at their first me­
By LEWIS BUSH
LONDON, Ont. — Mr. Soichi
Mr. & 'Nunoda, 89, -passed away on Ju­
GUADALAJARA
eting on July 22, chose John Kawaguchi to; serve as President for
While Japan, an island ra­
the coming term.
tion, depends so. mu ch upon the Mrs. George Nishino happily a- ly 26, 1974 at St. Joseph’s Hos­
./.Ed Sano has become 1st Vice President, Charlie Ogaki serves sea and the oceans for its live-; nnounce the marriage ’.of their pital in London. Funeral servi­
in the 2nd Vice President slot while Tad Morishita was elected as lihood, yet it has often been re-, daughter, Julia Kiyomi, to Mr. ces at Newdham Funeral Home
3rd Vice President. Tom Oyagi is the new Treasurer and Katherine marked that the Japanese have David Ceballos Ruvalcaba, son with the'Rev. Ann Langford of­
since ancient times
tended to of Mr. & Mrs., D. Ruvalcaba of ficiating. Interment at
Nishino was chosen as Secretary.
;
Mount
Guadalajara,
Mexico
on
July
12,
turn toward the mountains with
Congratulations .to an excellent crew I
— J.C.C.C.
Pleasant Cometary (London).
1974.
Garden
ceremony
and
re
­
their backs to the'sea.
And this is~probably the rea­ ception were held at the home
son,-although long-years of iso­ of 'the groom’s parents. Guests
Martial Arts And The Canadian Natl. Exhibition
JNT Auto Service
lation hetweeii around 1639 to attending the wedding from To­
ronto were: Miss Dorean Naka­
2239 Bloor St. West
- TORONTO. — Action, participation and entertainment are the 1854,' may also have contributed mura,
Mrs. Kay
Onizuka,
to
a
lack
of
general
appreciati
­
(At
Ruiuiymede) Toronto
bywords for the 1974 Canadian'National Exhibition Sports Progra­
Glyn
Onizuka,
Mrs.
.Barbara
Sa
­
mme, "once again the world’s^largest annual sports showcase, Eve­ on of .maritime affairs and the isho, Mr. Gordon Saisho,
Phone 766-4292
Mr.
rything imag-inabie / will be presented: from Judo, Karate and Box­ role of seamen in, promoting the Bruce Saisho, Mrs. Masumi . Sa-OPERATED BY
ing’ tournaments to the G.NE. Dog Swim and Mayors’* Bathtub growth of m odern - Jap an. ,
NAMIKI & TANOUYE
There is apparently no great wada, Mr. Wayne Sawada, Mrs.
Race. On Friday, August .16th the C.N.E. International Open Seni­
Katsuko
F.
Tanaka
and
Mr.
or Brown Belt Judo Championships and the C.N.E. International Japanese novel on the sea, a Tsutae Yamamura. The couple is
Open Youth Judo-Championships will take place at 10:00 A;M. and dearth of sea songs, and while now residing in" Guadalajara,
7:00 pun. respectively; The7 First .International Black .Belt Judo there was always in prewar da­ Mexico.
SUITS FOR MEN
Championships is slated for Saturday; August 17th starting at ys a good deal of glamor surr­
11:00 A.M. To round off the first sports-filled Martial Art's wee- ounding the Imperial Navy,’ yet
C. NOMURA
Change of Address
kend^at 'the Canadian National Exhibition will be the C.N.E. Ka­ । merchant seamen and fishermen
“Will call on you*’
rate Championships beginning at 1:30 p.m.' on Sunday, August* 18th. might ha^e been just seafaring
MONTREAL
Mr. & Mrs.
Made To Measure
-All Martial Arts tournaments 'will be "performed at the C.N.E. laborers. Japan has just cause Kiyoshi Ono wish to announce
to
admire
her
fine
seamen
as
■Coliseum. ■ ■■
■ \
.
their new address as: 720 Sauve
much a do the Scandinavians,
Phone 694-9553
St. E., Montreal, R.Q. H2C 1Y9.
•the British and other seafaring
(Within Toronto)
Tel. ((514) 387-6002.
nations
who
depend
so
much
on
Keiyu-Kai Reunion For Class Of '39 Oct. 12th
the sea and ships for their na'TORONTO. — Former Keiyu-Kai members, or the 1939' gra­ tional well-being.
But in- > Japanese tradition the
duates of the Vancouver Japanese Language School, will hold a
sea!
appears always to have been
reunion- on (Saturday, October 12, 1974, 7:00 p.m. at the Mayfair
Inn Restaurant, 1184 The Queensway, Toronto (west of Islington something to avoid wherever po­
ssible, and never, never ''to be
Ave.);..
pleasure,
It is 35 years since the two classes comprising the Keiyu-Kai. embarked upon for
LATEST STYLES
although
immersion
inthe sea
graduated Grade 8 from .the Japanese Language School on Alex­
ALL HEEL HEIGHTS
ander Street. Since that time a few members have been in contact has been practiced as a rite of
with each other, but the majority have never had the opportunity purification- since the remote aLADIES 2 and up
ges. The. attitude ha s changed
to really sit down and have a good chat.
MENS 4 and up
. Tickets are now available at $10.50 per person from the follo- it is true, with the' popularity,
MEDIUM
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and I
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Asian American

democratic ideals, and, a surgraded and denied their rights. changed ourselves.
forming,
and
.
more
inhibited
many Asian cultures but render by concepts of white supremacy | In this day and age, it is often render of our responsibilities to
Asian
American.
ed peculiarly Japanese in the
and institutional racism. The interesting how Nikkei have successive generations.-It is our
These qualities are in sharp
samurai, code.
joining of people of color is an adapted to this pervasive racism youth that have., raised the battle
contrast ’ to the Western ideal of
cry to human dignity arid equa­
Whether we are aware of rugged independence, assertive- expression of that sense of out- by the simple process of denying
rage against a history of op- that it exists. I remember giving lity. Can we not recognize the
these values or not it is clear ness, . and individuality.
Being
that these Meiji era principles pragmatically oriented, having pression and the powerlessness a talk at a suburban high school validity and the' legitimacy of
regarding the Japanese Ameri- that call 7
were brought over by our Issei
.
perceived limited horizons, hav- to fight it.
young- Strategy
parents even as other Asian im- .
^^ individuahty and
(Successive waves of Asians can experience and
If we grant that American
migrants- brought over theirs.
to these shores have experienced Sansei student got up and re­
creativity, the Asian American
racism has oppressed and con­
Third, the fundamental carrier tends to pursue the physical a repetitive history of labor ex­ marked that he didn’t feel dis­
tinues to oppress all Asians, and
of. cultural transmission is the sciences and the skill-oriented ploitation, discrimination, arid criminated against at all. He,
if we grant that commonalities
family and the community. Fa­ vocations while foregoing the violence. The tragic events that was just like all the other of geography, culture, experien­
mily structure and the kinship humanities, the cultural and the fell upon the Chinese, the Japa- students there; in fact, he was ces, and behavior have a common
nese, and the Filipino are re­ a class officer and a member of
•system are strong in the Asian? social sciences.
bonding amongst Asian Ameri­
the football team.
corded
in
history.
The strength of the family net­
in
interpersonal
The reserve
I congratulated
him
The fate of Asian Americans
,
_ but re-. cans, and if we want to break
work is expressed in family co­ relations, the
inhibition
of has
waxed and waned' in the minded him that the face that out of accommodation and ethno­
hesion, family solidarity, and strong feelings, the avoidance
economy ; looked back at him every morn- centrism, then the logical stra­
family honor. There is family of confrontation, the obedience course of American
relations.: ing in the mirror was easily tegy has. to be a joining to­
honor. There is family pride, to authority, the fatalistic sense and its international
gether of all Asian Americans

respect, and a vertical hierarchy of “shikataganai and of “en- White America cannot or does j susceptible to mirroring
in a1 fight for a goal common to­
which calls for the submission ryo,” of on” and “giri,” of not want to distinguish between Asian stereotype as seen by his ns all, the goal of social, po­
of individual desires to family “ninjo,” and of “oyakohko” are the Asian American and the classmates and the rest of litical, economic, educational, and.
needs. Asian child-rearing prac­ not just peculiar only to the Ja­ Asiatic. In all the wars that society.
religious equalities.
tices utilize the inculcation of panese Americans. There are have involved Asians and Whites, j He mentioned that often-times
The strategy of acceptance by
guilt and shame to achieve re­ many counterparts and analogies the Asian in every case is the in a football game when he was
gulation of behavior. The sense in other Asian American values. same blur-red, negative stere- on the line, that some opponent Asian Americans as the model
minority must be rejected as
of family and community obli­ - Thus, we see that Asian otype from the Opium Wars, would call him a “dirty Jap.’’
When I asked him..whether he ■false. This myth as taken as
gations emphasizes conformity American, share commonalities the' Boxer Wllta, the Russogeography, of cultural values, | Japanese War, World
Wojld.War
.War H, didn’t think that this was racist, gospel truth by the majority
within the family and the com­ of geography.
society with the wrongful per­
? . . J and, ofa personality
'____ iu..'+Vin
K nrpan conflict;
of .behaviors,
the Korean
conflict, tthee Viet his .easy explanation was that
munity.
it was just like any other swear ception that Asian Americans
Nam fiasco.
Behavior, then is sanctioned : characteristics.
It’s the same whether called word or epithet and he was not have no problems. What this,
according to external percept | But, the final common deno­ the Yellow Peril, the Chink, the racially offended.
really means is that we are the
tions and the expression of emo- min,ator, and the real cement Jap, or Gook. The callous dis­
I can also recall at a District forgotten minority, ignored in
tional feelings, 'is discouraged.
which binds the concept' of Asian regard for Asian, peoples is best Council meeting where racism all spheres of inequities. The
Fourth, this constraint on in­ Americanism, is the common exemplified in Indochina where was discussed that one of the myth of model minority gives
dividuality and emotional , ex­ experience of Asians . clashing European and American inter­ delegates from a rural area al­ credence to the majority society
pression is a hallmark charac­ with racism of white American vention
has
decimated
the lowed that they had no such that racial discrimination has
teristic of Asians misinterpreted society. peoples and the land. Can there problems there and they ' were been overcome and this salves
by the .majority society. Eastern
awareness be any doubt that the lives of just like any Americans. I said, their conscience.
Asian American
cultural values have often come arose out of the Third World Asians are less than expendable ? “That’s beautiful, but don’t you
The myth of the model mi*
in conflict with Western values, struggle in the student activism We Asian Americans are no less have an Elks Club there?” He nority is a device which sepand the Asian American is of the ‘60s. Third World has pawns in this international chess said, “Yes, but we can always arates • peoples . of color, for it
caught in the. middle as 'lie meant many things to many
go there to eat or drink.” I ask­ sets up one group as the symgame.
struggles to achieve. The adap­ people, but to the Asian Ame­
White American racism has ed him if^ he was a member, bol of the good American virtue
tation to these forces has seen a rican it is the fundamental/no­ been endemic, all pervasive, and but, of course, he couldn’t be of having made it, of ' having
less independent, more obedient, tion that .peoples. of color have history-shaping. We have all because at that time racial ex- pulled themselves up by their
more conservative, more con- . been continuously exploited, de- been recipients of this brand of elusion was still on the books, ^^i-aps— ,so why can’t the
oppression. The Asian American . I cite these two examples of i other minorities? It is a divisive
has ^responded to this over- , Sansei and Nisei simply denying myth that must be rejected,
whelming
racism
with
the to, themselves that racism :still | /rhe strategy of Asian Ameexists. It is easier this way than ] ricanism means a joint attack
process of accommodation.
beset
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has
meant to fight for equality. But, I want on the problems which
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