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Jbpdn^ft;.Exper,ie'rtce;lnM.A^
WoOt SiizuB Oh Being Japanese In
' . , The followingns thejext pf;a speech given ^byDr. David Suzuki, j got here * are deplorable ^ and society, by ourselves, but I would
one of Canada's outstanding Sansei - spokesman - and personalities, tragic, the fact, is that the; Japa- . like to .-consider two general categiven; aC‘‘The ' Japanese; Experience In North-America” ^3onference nese survived and recovered.
; gories ” of= Jajanese^Canadians:.
held at the University of Lethbridge on October 14, 15, and 16,' 1977. j
AS I have said, each of us must: “the totally assimilated’’.^and the
' Dr;‘ Suzuki is Professor of Zoology at the University of British,
work ,out our identityJand place In yellow- power groups. For those
Columbia andjiest known for his science programs on the national
television and radio networks; of the Canadian Broadcasting iCorpoi*a- iHiHiiiiiiiiiifiHiiiiiiiiiniim^
tionr The;author7of numerous' scientific .p^pjer^, he has been:honored.
.j.: ^for his wprk -in .genetics; ;ile>w^
.^Pfi?!?:1?^ ^^.??4®e
(Tenn,.) - National Laboratory and Taught _ at the-University of Al
berta before joining the; zoology -department at UBC.
;
*
who have found position,xfriends.
arid- success, among- totally nonAsian people, I wish them well.
They feel they are completely
.
(Cont o» F. Z) ’
THE NEW CANADIAN
will be made, from- this position.
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
My commitment is to .Canada -not.
I think it us particulary appro because- this country and its
priate ■ and ^poignant that...at this people- are
somethingextra
~ TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
- time a coriference is called -to look special or better than other coun Vol 41 — 62
at. the role of’the Japanese-Cana tries, but. because it is all I know. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiiH
dian in the '. vaunted ' Canadian ; Just - as . an. American who emi
' mosaic because it is a time when- grates To. Canada as an adult isI: think- the winds' of racism *are culturally -American or a person
Up
being fueled by people like Doug from ' Japan is Japanese, so for
Is
Collins and his -Septeriiber 11th me the - Canadian- part of me is
article in the:.Weekend arid that the most dominant. Nevertheless,
TOKYO — The Japanese; are living' longer —, statistics as. - of October 1, 1976.
■ the winds of this, kind of 'attitude: it’s' only natural that ; a^ new
It’s not that people are living longer, though.
longer than almost any7 other .nationality.
«
are. again sweeping the country. generation of” sansei — third
They
’re just dying less young.
-■; Japanese men have ■ ah - average life span of
I am- very fortunate in being the. generation Canadian-Japanese as 72.15 years, about a week and a half .longer-than \ - The ministry .attributed the, longer life span
first in/ that^T have no-tough acts I am -— and ybrisei —'fourth Sweden’s figure in 1973,' then the world’s longest to a drop in the infant mortality rate from 10 per
"to follow .and on- top of that, nd generation children — upon reach average, life span for men. And women here live 1,000 newborns in 1975 to 9.3 per 1,000 in 1976.
^
In fact, because of the 1976 influenza epidemic,
title was indicated in your pro- ing puberty and adulthood should 77.35 years on the average, which puts them in the the life expectancy for an 85-year-old Japanese
world’s top-five category.
_ grams so that gives me a' lot of be searching for an identity. The
" The ’ Health- and Welfare Ministry announced man’ dropped from-4.17 'years to 4.14 years,, and
scopei'-To some of the people who rush of hormones through a pu^ the figures recently,-based on population arid vital that for a Japanese woman from 5.05 years to
4.96 years.
I gather came .from > Toronto, J bescent system evokes enormous
Overall, the average, length, of
? apologize- for some of the parts changes in-body form and func
life for men increased by 0.39.
&
they .may.'have 'already "heard me tions and arouse a . whole new.
year from 71.76 in 1975 to 72.15
talk or speak on. I; am addressing outlook on the world. Mothers^and
tw
MONTREAL------ .The Montreal Minyo Kai has had a busy
in 1976. For Japanese women,
myself this everiing/primarily to fathers suddenly .are no longer summer.' Here are some of the highlights: —
'
who live 5.2 years longer than
those, questions that probably those handy objects that usually
The Montrcal Japanese Centennial^Odori, Group joined by the
preoccupy a large proportion 'of wait - on us and serve us. They Toronto and Hamilton groups, performed for the Montreal Buddhist men, the ’ life span rose by 0.4
JeffS
the Japariese-Canadiari youth/ and may -seem to .become, oppressive Church’s.annual big event of “OBON ODORI”- held on Saturday, July year from 76.95 to 77.35 years in
■ri-1976.
■f
I am talking primarily to them. jailkeepers or .creatur.es . from the -16th, on the stage of Pare Lafontaine’s ^‘Theatre sous'Ies Etoiles.”
Although the Swedish men’s
-. To the non-Asians here; and I see Middle-Age. Friends frorii the
ite
The evening was ably opened by trilingual Master of Cere
they make .up more than half of opposite sex take on a totally monies'Mr. Kenny Nakano, with' benediction by Rev. Takabatake -and current average }ength of life is
the audience tonight, I-can .only different relationship as sexual the exciting sounds of the “Taiko” beats. The eager Minyo dancers not known, the ministry estimates
say that hope in listening to the maturity awakens a new perspec enchanted the approximate 1,000. spectators with a delightful two > that the Japanese meh are now
questions that,we are asking^ our tive, and so in search" of an iden hour .programme. The opening number “TSUBAKI . ONDO ’ was competing with them for No. 1followed by “ONEN BON UTAN” and a variety of dances depict place in: the world for male life
selves *you may gain; some kind tity young.- people are trying to
ing the way of life in Japan. The evening ended with the audience
.
of insight into'the - plight of the find that sense of self needed to participation number* “TANKO BUiSHI,” enthusiastically supported span..:
Japanese women are at least in
Japanese-Canadian today. . .
define their position in society. It by 'many, addirig the final joyous—touch, to complete the OBON
•
. .
.
. fifth place, following women .in
I would like ..to begin by a'sking is not unique to Japanese Cana atmosphere of the evening;
Our thanks to the -odorikos and their parents and . especially to Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands
the question “What is a ^Japa dians; all youth go, through it
our guests from Toronto, and Hamilton, as well as the bard_working and France in that order, the.
nese Canadian/’ and
reply whether they belong to racial or back->stage helpers for making this evening a success.
ministry estimates.
immediately
that the
answer ethnic minorities or are just plain L
The following day Sunday,..the iMontre&l Japanese Centennial
Saturday’s report means that
is ultimately a very personal and shovey, freckled, homely or beau
’ Odori group joined by the Toronto and Hamilton dancers performed
individual one. We each have, to tiful. It is too facile, too glib to * at the International Bandshell, Man and His World, entertaining the average life span of the Japa
decide on the answer by ourselves blame our special hang-ups all on twice in "the afternoon. Each number was ably introduced in French nese increased by 50 per cent in
and I claim no special , expertise, being Japanese in a white society. and in English by Mrs. Fay Ishii. The programme was made up of about 30 years. The average life
several colourful dances two of which were performed by our span of - women here topped 50
or wisdom" in coming—to grips
.
.
years in 1946 and that for men
•In the current climate of ethnic Toronto guests.
with the answer.'All I - can do ' is
On the evening of July 17th, several girls performed at the 20 followed in 1947.
provide you: with what I have chic, I have heard young people Nations/20 .Cultures 'Pavilion at Man and His World. Three girls also
- As for causes of death, the
tried to-thirik out so; that you can blame their parents for depriving acted as hostesses for the Japanese Exhibit at this Pavillion.,
ministry named stroke as the top
consider or reject-my ideas your- them of their cultural heritage,
The previous - weekend, July . 9th, dancers, and parents from
killer — 26.11 per cent for men
self as you . work ^through it. for not teachings them- the Japa Montreal travelled to Toronto and Hamilton to join the Toronto an
What does it means then to me nese language or instructing them Hamilton Odori groups for their celebration of the “Obon. .Over 200 ' and 28.11 per cent for women.
For men, next comes cancer
to be a Japanese-Canadian ? I about the history of the evacua dancers in all gathered, at the Nathan Phillips Square at Toronto
City-Hall
for
an
evening
of
odori.
The
colourful
sight
of
the
kimono
(19.14 per cent) and heart trouble
would like to begin by_ stating tion. I have heard youth'dispar
clad
odorikos
was
spectacular
in
every
way.
.
emphatically^ and unequivocally age their parents because; their
(17.56 per cent), and for women,
f
The following day Sunday, the Montreal dancers joined by the
that I see myself as . a Canadian. -parents -didn’t stay in their homes
heart trouble (17.56. per cent)
Toronto Buddhist Church odorikos joined the Hamilton dancers for
The- decision made by my. grand-' and fight, and fight the evacua an enjoyable. aftemoon of odori at Confederation Park in Stoney and cancer (14.11 per cent).
parents to come here, the de tion in 1942. But hindsight is
The ministry said that if there
Our sincere thanks to all who supported our Bowlathon and were no cerebral strokes, the
cision made by my parents - in cheap. What happened happened
Bingoin order to make this trip possible. Our thanks also To the average length of life would in
1945 to stay here,. and my entire for reasons that are very, comeducational and social life has plex and it is the ultimate arro Montreal and Toronto Buddhist Churches for their kind donations.
crease by about three years. If
On July 1st, six girls- performed at Place des Nations for the all the three diseases mentioned
locked me" into this < country. gance to use. the standards of the
Shakespeare is iny literature, present to pass judgement pn dif Canada Day Celebrations. On the same day, six other odorikos disappeared, people would live
travelled to Ottawa in order to perform at the Great Canadian
Beethoven and Mozart are my ferent times. We are here now
about 10 years longer on the
Birthday Party held on Parliament Hill.
.
——
and while the means whereby we
average; it said.
music.
Have a nice summer!
MONTREAL. MIINYO KAI.
Everything I say from here on
By Dr. David T. Suzuki
Men .72, Women 77. . .
Japanese Living Longer Than Others
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Montreal Minyo Kai Highlights Year
WoOt SiizuB Oh Being Japanese In
' . , The followingns thejext pf;a speech given ^byDr. David Suzuki, j got here * are deplorable ^ and society, by ourselves, but I would
one of Canada's outstanding Sansei - spokesman - and personalities, tragic, the fact, is that the; Japa- . like to .-consider two general categiven; aC‘‘The ' Japanese; Experience In North-America” ^3onference nese survived and recovered.
; gories ” of= Jajanese^Canadians:.
held at the University of Lethbridge on October 14, 15, and 16,' 1977. j
AS I have said, each of us must: “the totally assimilated’’.^and the
' Dr;‘ Suzuki is Professor of Zoology at the University of British,
work ,out our identityJand place In yellow- power groups. For those
Columbia andjiest known for his science programs on the national
television and radio networks; of the Canadian Broadcasting iCorpoi*a- iHiHiiiiiiiiiifiHiiiiiiiiiniim^
tionr The;author7of numerous' scientific .p^pjer^, he has been:honored.
.j.: ^for his wprk -in .genetics; ;ile>w^
.^Pfi?!?:1?^ ^^.??4®e
(Tenn,.) - National Laboratory and Taught _ at the-University of Al
berta before joining the; zoology -department at UBC.
;
*
who have found position,xfriends.
arid- success, among- totally nonAsian people, I wish them well.
They feel they are completely
.
(Cont o» F. Z) ’
THE NEW CANADIAN
will be made, from- this position.
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
My commitment is to .Canada -not.
I think it us particulary appro because- this country and its
priate ■ and ^poignant that...at this people- are
somethingextra
~ TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
- time a coriference is called -to look special or better than other coun Vol 41 — 62
at. the role of’the Japanese-Cana tries, but. because it is all I know. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiiH
dian in the '. vaunted ' Canadian ; Just - as . an. American who emi
' mosaic because it is a time when- grates To. Canada as an adult isI: think- the winds' of racism *are culturally -American or a person
Up
being fueled by people like Doug from ' Japan is Japanese, so for
Is
Collins and his -Septeriiber 11th me the - Canadian- part of me is
article in the:.Weekend arid that the most dominant. Nevertheless,
TOKYO — The Japanese; are living' longer —, statistics as. - of October 1, 1976.
■ the winds of this, kind of 'attitude: it’s' only natural that ; a^ new
It’s not that people are living longer, though.
longer than almost any7 other .nationality.
«
are. again sweeping the country. generation of” sansei — third
They
’re just dying less young.
-■; Japanese men have ■ ah - average life span of
I am- very fortunate in being the. generation Canadian-Japanese as 72.15 years, about a week and a half .longer-than \ - The ministry .attributed the, longer life span
first in/ that^T have no-tough acts I am -— and ybrisei —'fourth Sweden’s figure in 1973,' then the world’s longest to a drop in the infant mortality rate from 10 per
"to follow .and on- top of that, nd generation children — upon reach average, life span for men. And women here live 1,000 newborns in 1975 to 9.3 per 1,000 in 1976.
^
In fact, because of the 1976 influenza epidemic,
title was indicated in your pro- ing puberty and adulthood should 77.35 years on the average, which puts them in the the life expectancy for an 85-year-old Japanese
world’s top-five category.
_ grams so that gives me a' lot of be searching for an identity. The
" The ’ Health- and Welfare Ministry announced man’ dropped from-4.17 'years to 4.14 years,, and
scopei'-To some of the people who rush of hormones through a pu^ the figures recently,-based on population arid vital that for a Japanese woman from 5.05 years to
4.96 years.
I gather came .from > Toronto, J bescent system evokes enormous
Overall, the average, length, of
? apologize- for some of the parts changes in-body form and func
life for men increased by 0.39.
&
they .may.'have 'already "heard me tions and arouse a . whole new.
year from 71.76 in 1975 to 72.15
talk or speak on. I; am addressing outlook on the world. Mothers^and
tw
MONTREAL------ .The Montreal Minyo Kai has had a busy
in 1976. For Japanese women,
myself this everiing/primarily to fathers suddenly .are no longer summer.' Here are some of the highlights: —
'
who live 5.2 years longer than
those, questions that probably those handy objects that usually
The Montrcal Japanese Centennial^Odori, Group joined by the
preoccupy a large proportion 'of wait - on us and serve us. They Toronto and Hamilton groups, performed for the Montreal Buddhist men, the ’ life span rose by 0.4
JeffS
the Japariese-Canadiari youth/ and may -seem to .become, oppressive Church’s.annual big event of “OBON ODORI”- held on Saturday, July year from 76.95 to 77.35 years in
■ri-1976.
■f
I am talking primarily to them. jailkeepers or .creatur.es . from the -16th, on the stage of Pare Lafontaine’s ^‘Theatre sous'Ies Etoiles.”
Although the Swedish men’s
-. To the non-Asians here; and I see Middle-Age. Friends frorii the
ite
The evening was ably opened by trilingual Master of Cere
they make .up more than half of opposite sex take on a totally monies'Mr. Kenny Nakano, with' benediction by Rev. Takabatake -and current average }ength of life is
the audience tonight, I-can .only different relationship as sexual the exciting sounds of the “Taiko” beats. The eager Minyo dancers not known, the ministry estimates
say that hope in listening to the maturity awakens a new perspec enchanted the approximate 1,000. spectators with a delightful two > that the Japanese meh are now
questions that,we are asking^ our tive, and so in search" of an iden hour .programme. The opening number “TSUBAKI . ONDO ’ was competing with them for No. 1followed by “ONEN BON UTAN” and a variety of dances depict place in: the world for male life
selves *you may gain; some kind tity young.- people are trying to
ing the way of life in Japan. The evening ended with the audience
.
of insight into'the - plight of the find that sense of self needed to participation number* “TANKO BUiSHI,” enthusiastically supported span..:
Japanese women are at least in
Japanese-Canadian today. . .
define their position in society. It by 'many, addirig the final joyous—touch, to complete the OBON
•
. .
.
. fifth place, following women .in
I would like ..to begin by a'sking is not unique to Japanese Cana atmosphere of the evening;
Our thanks to the -odorikos and their parents and . especially to Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands
the question “What is a ^Japa dians; all youth go, through it
our guests from Toronto, and Hamilton, as well as the bard_working and France in that order, the.
nese Canadian/’ and
reply whether they belong to racial or back->stage helpers for making this evening a success.
ministry estimates.
immediately
that the
answer ethnic minorities or are just plain L
The following day Sunday,..the iMontre&l Japanese Centennial
Saturday’s report means that
is ultimately a very personal and shovey, freckled, homely or beau
’ Odori group joined by the Toronto and Hamilton dancers performed
individual one. We each have, to tiful. It is too facile, too glib to * at the International Bandshell, Man and His World, entertaining the average life span of the Japa
decide on the answer by ourselves blame our special hang-ups all on twice in "the afternoon. Each number was ably introduced in French nese increased by 50 per cent in
and I claim no special , expertise, being Japanese in a white society. and in English by Mrs. Fay Ishii. The programme was made up of about 30 years. The average life
several colourful dances two of which were performed by our span of - women here topped 50
or wisdom" in coming—to grips
.
.
years in 1946 and that for men
•In the current climate of ethnic Toronto guests.
with the answer.'All I - can do ' is
On the evening of July 17th, several girls performed at the 20 followed in 1947.
provide you: with what I have chic, I have heard young people Nations/20 .Cultures 'Pavilion at Man and His World. Three girls also
- As for causes of death, the
tried to-thirik out so; that you can blame their parents for depriving acted as hostesses for the Japanese Exhibit at this Pavillion.,
ministry named stroke as the top
consider or reject-my ideas your- them of their cultural heritage,
The previous - weekend, July . 9th, dancers, and parents from
killer — 26.11 per cent for men
self as you . work ^through it. for not teachings them- the Japa Montreal travelled to Toronto and Hamilton to join the Toronto an
What does it means then to me nese language or instructing them Hamilton Odori groups for their celebration of the “Obon. .Over 200 ' and 28.11 per cent for women.
For men, next comes cancer
to be a Japanese-Canadian ? I about the history of the evacua dancers in all gathered, at the Nathan Phillips Square at Toronto
City-Hall
for
an
evening
of
odori.
The
colourful
sight
of
the
kimono
(19.14 per cent) and heart trouble
would like to begin by_ stating tion. I have heard youth'dispar
clad
odorikos
was
spectacular
in
every
way.
.
emphatically^ and unequivocally age their parents because; their
(17.56 per cent), and for women,
f
The following day Sunday, the Montreal dancers joined by the
that I see myself as . a Canadian. -parents -didn’t stay in their homes
heart trouble (17.56. per cent)
Toronto Buddhist Church odorikos joined the Hamilton dancers for
The- decision made by my. grand-' and fight, and fight the evacua an enjoyable. aftemoon of odori at Confederation Park in Stoney and cancer (14.11 per cent).
parents to come here, the de tion in 1942. But hindsight is
The ministry said that if there
Our sincere thanks to all who supported our Bowlathon and were no cerebral strokes, the
cision made by my parents - in cheap. What happened happened
Bingoin order to make this trip possible. Our thanks also To the average length of life would in
1945 to stay here,. and my entire for reasons that are very, comeducational and social life has plex and it is the ultimate arro Montreal and Toronto Buddhist Churches for their kind donations.
crease by about three years. If
On July 1st, six girls- performed at Place des Nations for the all the three diseases mentioned
locked me" into this < country. gance to use. the standards of the
Shakespeare is iny literature, present to pass judgement pn dif Canada Day Celebrations. On the same day, six other odorikos disappeared, people would live
travelled to Ottawa in order to perform at the Great Canadian
Beethoven and Mozart are my ferent times. We are here now
about 10 years longer on the
Birthday Party held on Parliament Hill.
.
——
and while the means whereby we
average; it said.
music.
Have a nice summer!
MONTREAL. MIINYO KAI.
Everything I say from here on
By Dr. David T. Suzuki
Men .72, Women 77. . .
Japanese Living Longer Than Others
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f' assimilated<into Canadian white believe ;not in the ■ same unconsci ./Reports on cities and- civil rights, fessions /and that there ; were
is quotasiin ^fields like ; medicine ?
; * society; but as assimilated Cana- ous. gut way that any' person in you'll see that' the JET/ S.
Jap an or our Issei; forbearers do. clearly a ra cist co untry. There i s Howmany - know that the . War
/ i dians/ then they< should b
meet and darteract with . Asians
Then the question is —r. Is bur nothing to lead meto think others 'Measures Act was invoked to sus• just as they do * with<nbn-Asians. special place as:a. discrete, iden -wise about Canada whether it is p'eiul"~every, civil right of Japa
• because' that is what assimilation7 tifiable a racial group ? Are7 we. attitudes about Blacks; Native In nese Canadians at the time of -the
war ?-: How many > know -that the
is all .about? Race doesn’t matter. going.4..to? perpetuate"Japaheserin dians/ East Indians or Asians. ~
. Yet I often find a self-conscious. C ana da > v as Japahese-Canadians - • Here -then lies our function in GGF, now the' NDP, in British.
■ avoidance of making eye: contact racially ? Again, to me, the ans society, I believe, ^o long as this G olumbi a to ok a stand again s t th e
or •'-.a'n acknowledgement of my- wer is ho. It is clear for one thing society classifies Canadian people evacuation in. the; AV ar Measures
people • who are that future Canadian immigration as. . Iridian,. Japanese, Jew or- 'Act and in so doing guaranteed
presence
/ - ■ totally ^assimilated. >M only con- policies will -become even more. Negf o, it perp etuates the. real ity .its political defeat in that prov
cern is that by b ecoming totally restrictive than they, are now. and importance of that grouping. ince ? How many’ know about the
' assimilated: one can take on the There isTnormous pressure on To classify, someone as a Jew in treatment of the inu, the so-called
prejudices . - and values ’ of ' the the government to restrict pop.u- 'bur society carries-; far-, more Im reporters or informers. in the in
•majority group. If being assimil- latiorF size and- growth; Even this plications and stigma 4 than to call ternment camps, of the beatings
ated means (being suspicious of summer the - .prestigious. Science someone a Presbyterian. To call and intimidations of young toughs
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cheap immigrant labor, looking severe- restriction"on immigration. far more 'values and judgements
•I have talked-to sansei who say
down on blacks, and bitching to the country. That- means that, than, to call me a geneticist. This to me -“I’m for' Canada all the
about Native Indians, then I fear Japanese will be a very . small then places a responsibility on way. We were at war then, and I
that is a heavy, price to pay for -part of the trickle of immigrants each of us even though I person support the necessity of the
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dian society. Is it cultural ? The ancestors. They are well educated, petuate- ; will be . borne by the great s majority of nisei, the post
relatively better off economically / Japanese - Canadian community. war years were spent working tory seeks diaries; 'letters and z
answer to that I believe, is no.
■ and cultu rally = very,' very.. .dif Then, take the most depraved frantically- - to reestablish a new personal experiences ■’"from the
. - Our contribution to the Canadian
period 1941 to 1950. Anonymity,
Japanese-Canadian; and I ..will_ say life, trying to forget the war
mosaic is not cultural. I' do not ferent.
guaranteed .: if desired. ' Please
On the other hand, racial inter I share his guilt because this years . and
into write Ann Sunahara/318 - 155
as similating
believe the Japanese, in Canada
will perpetuate the culture into marriage 'can - only - -continue --to society makes him my brother. society. We have<assimilated so Royal ’ Roa,d, E dmonton, Alta. T6J
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- the third arid fourth generations.. climb beyond 'the 50% level it' As a group then, the major factor well we-in many cases display all
For most of us the language is already is. This is inescapable be making the term Japanese-Cana of the narrow-mindness towards
- already gone; a-vocabulary of TOO cause of the nature of our social dian meaningful is a ..racial one other minority groups -and pur
words is not knowing a language, interactions in school and work. that society -perpetuates. The cuT- • ■children--have been deprived of a
and-odori, the martial arts, flower We are- a very.. small proportion tural and psychological _ties be vital event in their Canadian his-,
arrangement, and so on are al of the population and most of pur tween individual 'Japanese-Cana- tory.
- ALUMINUM SIDING,
most as alien to most of US' as acquaintances will, not be Japa dians is : rapidly .disappearing
Why was the evacuation under
STORM DOORS
dancing the-hora. I do not believe nese-Canadians.' To give you just among young people. The strength the War Measures Act so hor
AND WINDOWS
that being good at judo or flower a- simple,example-of my family in of our- racial group does not de rible ? In my view it is the easiest
7 arranging' is genetically inherited. London, Ontario. -The -Suzukis rive from our numbers or politi thing dn the .world to guarantee
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the spirit of that discipline is tion married Japanese.-That is 10 placed under the same'pressures. guarantee anything; everybody,
alien to Canada. The culture that m arrying Japanese. Of - the 13 In order to work towards the is happy but it is only when times .
is - being retained is a museum sansei in my generation who are society in which each individual is are tough that those guarantees
piece of a society that died thirty now married, only 1 is -married to valued for his own worth, we matter... That is , when freedom
years ago. Besides, most of our a Japanese. The. only way to re must identify and ally ourselves and justice: are most vital to the
parents or grandparents—- /that tard this intermarriage, if that is with all other potentially oppress- ’ Individual in a democracy, and if
came here were .fishermen • and what is- wanted —— I don’t want it ed groups.'.Anti-Semitism;, segre a nation can not guarantee-thpse
gation, squalid Indian reserves, things, then it is a corrupt nation,
peasants and to them the culture _would be to have Japanese
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conditions
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. and the sense of the arts was al
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* the average rate of intermarriage
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many sansei and yonsei will want s ome social r estriction but it - is, nese Canadian" breathe a sigh of * the infamous General Dewitt of
■ relief as other groups are, disto- study. Japanese culture, lan decreasing all the time.
the United States famous racist
The Toronto Japanese Cultural criminated against; in fact many i r-mark. «A Jap is a Jap no
guage, and history; that is only
just -as । matter where he is born. They are
natural. I have a lot of students Centre is in constant financial' Nisei I have met are
in biology who want to specialize difficulty, I suspect, because.it is bigoted towards /Native Indians, isneaky and - can’t be trusted.”
in neural biology (because they a reflection of the extent to which and other racial groups as are' the That is why.no matter how well
have a brother or sister who is Japanese social interactions with whites. How .stupid, to think that the erid result turned-out for the
mentally defective er who want to each other are decreasing. 'So the bigotry aimed at Indians or Jews Japanese-Canadiaris, the means
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The Japanese.have had a unique
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then as Japanese-Canadians I feel
saying it"will h€ alien because we were to encourage difference ■history in Canada, yet how many we have a 'very special role in
are basically Canadians cultur without making one -kind better of the sansei are. aware of It?
this society. As the major group
ally and linguistically; and unlike than another then being Japanese How many know there were race
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the people of this country to con
dian life to an enormous degree. own thing. But, we /are not .in a until 1948 ? How many know that
stantly remind them of what fear
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f' assimilated<into Canadian white believe ;not in the ■ same unconsci ./Reports on cities and- civil rights, fessions /and that there ; were
is quotasiin ^fields like ; medicine ?
; * society; but as assimilated Cana- ous. gut way that any' person in you'll see that' the JET/ S.
Jap an or our Issei; forbearers do. clearly a ra cist co untry. There i s Howmany - know that the . War
/ i dians/ then they< should b
meet and darteract with . Asians
Then the question is —r. Is bur nothing to lead meto think others 'Measures Act was invoked to sus• just as they do * with<nbn-Asians. special place as:a. discrete, iden -wise about Canada whether it is p'eiul"~every, civil right of Japa
• because' that is what assimilation7 tifiable a racial group ? Are7 we. attitudes about Blacks; Native In nese Canadians at the time of -the
war ?-: How many > know -that the
is all .about? Race doesn’t matter. going.4..to? perpetuate"Japaheserin dians/ East Indians or Asians. ~
. Yet I often find a self-conscious. C ana da > v as Japahese-Canadians - • Here -then lies our function in GGF, now the' NDP, in British.
■ avoidance of making eye: contact racially ? Again, to me, the ans society, I believe, ^o long as this G olumbi a to ok a stand again s t th e
or •'-.a'n acknowledgement of my- wer is ho. It is clear for one thing society classifies Canadian people evacuation in. the; AV ar Measures
people • who are that future Canadian immigration as. . Iridian,. Japanese, Jew or- 'Act and in so doing guaranteed
presence
/ - ■ totally ^assimilated. >M only con- policies will -become even more. Negf o, it perp etuates the. real ity .its political defeat in that prov
cern is that by b ecoming totally restrictive than they, are now. and importance of that grouping. ince ? How many’ know about the
' assimilated: one can take on the There isTnormous pressure on To classify, someone as a Jew in treatment of the inu, the so-called
prejudices . - and values ’ of ' the the government to restrict pop.u- 'bur society carries-; far-, more Im reporters or informers. in the in
•majority group. If being assimil- latiorF size and- growth; Even this plications and stigma 4 than to call ternment camps, of the beatings
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about Native Indians, then I fear Japanese will be a very . small then places a responsibility on way. We were at war then, and I
that is a heavy, price to pay for -part of the trickle of immigrants each of us even though I person support the necessity of the
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dian society. Is it cultural ? The ancestors. They are well educated, petuate- ; will be . borne by the great s majority of nisei, the post
relatively better off economically / Japanese - Canadian community. war years were spent working tory seeks diaries; 'letters and z
answer to that I believe, is no.
■ and cultu rally = very,' very.. .dif Then, take the most depraved frantically- - to reestablish a new personal experiences ■’"from the
. - Our contribution to the Canadian
period 1941 to 1950. Anonymity,
Japanese-Canadian; and I ..will_ say life, trying to forget the war
mosaic is not cultural. I' do not ferent.
guaranteed .: if desired. ' Please
On the other hand, racial inter I share his guilt because this years . and
into write Ann Sunahara/318 - 155
as similating
believe the Japanese, in Canada
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’
- the third arid fourth generations.. climb beyond 'the 50% level it' As a group then, the major factor well we-in many cases display all
For most of us the language is already is. This is inescapable be making the term Japanese-Cana of the narrow-mindness towards
- already gone; a-vocabulary of TOO cause of the nature of our social dian meaningful is a ..racial one other minority groups -and pur
words is not knowing a language, interactions in school and work. that society -perpetuates. The cuT- • ■children--have been deprived of a
and-odori, the martial arts, flower We are- a very.. small proportion tural and psychological _ties be vital event in their Canadian his-,
arrangement, and so on are al of the population and most of pur tween individual 'Japanese-Cana- tory.
- ALUMINUM SIDING,
most as alien to most of US' as acquaintances will, not be Japa dians is : rapidly .disappearing
Why was the evacuation under
STORM DOORS
dancing the-hora. I do not believe nese-Canadians.' To give you just among young people. The strength the War Measures Act so hor
AND WINDOWS
that being good at judo or flower a- simple,example-of my family in of our- racial group does not de rible ? In my view it is the easiest
7 arranging' is genetically inherited. London, Ontario. -The -Suzukis rive from our numbers or politi thing dn the .world to guarantee
HIRO ALUMINUM AND
7 We may have more incentive to and the Nakamuras -— all: 7 nisei cal power, it is trivial/ butfrom a freedom, _ justice and the pursuit
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
recognition that all; groups'. cate of happiness when times are good.
do it, but it will be difficult and males and-the . 3 nisei females
767-6372 For Free estimates
certainly alien in the sense that in my father and mother’s genera gorized by race or religion are When times are good you can
the spirit of that discipline is tion married Japanese.-That is 10 placed under the same'pressures. guarantee anything; everybody,
alien to Canada. The culture that m arrying Japanese. Of - the 13 In order to work towards the is happy but it is only when times .
is - being retained is a museum sansei in my generation who are society in which each individual is are tough that those guarantees
piece of a society that died thirty now married, only 1 is -married to valued for his own worth, we matter... That is , when freedom
years ago. Besides, most of our a Japanese. The. only way to re must identify and ally ourselves and justice: are most vital to the
parents or grandparents—- /that tard this intermarriage, if that is with all other potentially oppress- ’ Individual in a democracy, and if
came here were .fishermen • and what is- wanted —— I don’t want it ed groups.'.Anti-Semitism;, segre a nation can not guarantee-thpse
gation, squalid Indian reserves, things, then it is a corrupt nation,
peasants and to them the culture _would be to have Japanese
Authentic Oriental Gifts
ghettos
or
segregation
or
eonand
ghettos
are.
conditions
we
. and the sense of the arts was al
that mocks democracy. Because
Kimonos & Accessories
most as foreign' as it is to. us. finement of social interactions to must: fight against with other of our race and our race alone,
Noritake China Don’t worry about Japanese cul- ■ Japanese people. The fact that groups. .
Canada denied Japanese-Cana-;
* the average rate of intermarriage
463 Eglinton Ave.W.
In "our .selfishness and short- dians of all rights guaranteed to
- ture; there are plenty more over
phone 489 -.86’11 —there keeping it going. Of, course is 98% says that; there is still sightedness, many- of us Japa- citizens ,and thereby reinforced
many sansei and yonsei will want s ome social r estriction but it - is, nese Canadian" breathe a sigh of * the infamous General Dewitt of
■ relief as other groups are, disto- study. Japanese culture, lan decreasing all the time.
the United States famous racist
The Toronto Japanese Cultural criminated against; in fact many i r-mark. «A Jap is a Jap no
guage, and history; that is only
just -as । matter where he is born. They are
natural. I have a lot of students Centre is in constant financial' Nisei I have met are
in biology who want to specialize difficulty, I suspect, because.it is bigoted towards /Native Indians, isneaky and - can’t be trusted.”
in neural biology (because they a reflection of the extent to which and other racial groups as are' the That is why.no matter how well
have a brother or sister who is Japanese social interactions with whites. How .stupid, to think that the erid result turned-out for the
mentally defective er who want to each other are decreasing. 'So the bigotry aimed at Indians or Jews Japanese-Canadiaris, the means
- become geneticists because- they question is: Should we forget our is any different from prejudice used demanded too great a price
Income Tax Reduction are twins or left-handed or have Japaneseness; should -be forget directed at us. The merest puff in the erosion of democracy for
Retirement. Income
~ ,a heredity defect. We want . to about the idea that there is such of- a whisper can turn Anti-Semi Canadians.
Family Protection
Disability Pay Checques
tism to a fear of the yellow
learn about things Japanese be‘ If we believe in this country
Mortgage Redemption
cause we have a- historical and In a ’Utopian -society, I suppose, power.
College Tuition Fund
and the ideals for which it stands,
The Japanese.have had a unique
; genetic interest in it. But I am that is-the ideal; that is, if society
then as Japanese-Canadians I feel
saying it"will h€ alien because we were to encourage difference ■history in Canada, yet how many we have a 'very special role in
are basically Canadians cultur without making one -kind better of the sansei are. aware of It?
this society. As the major group
ally and linguistically; and unlike than another then being Japanese How many know there were race
522 UNIVERSITY AVE.,
against whom a massive suspen
' Native Indians, since the 1950s would be no. different. from havi riots in Vancouver in. the 1930s ?
. SUITE 700, TORONTO
sion of civil rights was- unjustly
been allowed to. partici- ing red hair or a big nose and How many- know that even CanaTEL. 598-4050
and cruelly invoked, we owe it to
- pate in the mainstream of Cana we could each go. out and do our dian born Japanese couldn’t vote
the people of this country to con
dian life to an enormous degree. own thing. But, we /are not .in a until 1948 ? How many know that
stantly remind them of what fear
We may perpetuate Japanese-cul Utopian society. If you read the until after, the war the Japanese
ture in an academic sense, but I many United States Commission were not allo'wed <mto~~many. pro—
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'and. .prejudice ' can do. We must hypersensitivity -means rallying to
prick the conscience of the coun support any ’ oppressed groups in
try.- Where was the voice of' the this country to remind the oppres
Japanese-Canadian CitizensAsso- sors of our experience as aiessoh
. ciation and of the Japanese-Cana- in, Canadian . history. -We must:
diah people when the War'iMeas-y support disadvantaged groups be
ures Act was again invoked across cause they are us and we have
Canada with the • FLQ as the ex been and could again be them just
cuse in 1970 ? Our . voices should like that. If, however, the legacy
have been screaming ‘Look Can of our historical place is hatred
ada you did it to us and it mustn’t and bitterness, then we have lost.
.happen again’. During the/ Second Our Canadian roots formed by the
World War ’ the iRCMP investi evacuation should not be used as
gated hundreds of citizens reports vehicle to make other people feel
about Jap spies and in no case guilty.— that is not what it is
was; a single rumor verified? all about. If we • Japanese hate
Where was our innocence until whites because of - it, then truly
proven guilty ? A society which as Pogo has said, “We have con
can subject at will a, person to fronted the enemy and. them is
the; deprivation of privacy, ■ a us.” When I hear of, Japanese
society which' can throw a blanket parents who -oppose dating or
of fear and can remove air rights marriage of their children with
of'free speech and criticism is a whites . because*' they. are inter
sick society, and: I believe the racial, it makes me want to
Japanese-Ganadians were derelict throw-up. because then .we really
in 1970 in. failing to be-a visible have lost, We have-lost to them
reminder: to ’Canadians of where becoming them — bigots. If we,
that sickness can lead to.
who have experienced bigotry on
Just as . the Jewish, people must a massive scale, cannot rise above
never let us forget' the 'horrors of it ourselves, then I don’t think
Dachau or Belsen, we have a there is any hope. Those who hate
special '- responsibility as Cana whites or have contempt for
dians' to “remind people of the them, to me, only confirms the
fragility, hypocrisy, and deceit of the incredible power white people
the so called democratic ideals in have over them because it does
this country. -The evacuation is take a. lot of energy to hate and
scarred into the souls of every despise someone and the harvest
Japanese who went through it, we get from it is only persona]
and that as a major part of .our misery and a loss in our own dig
special and unique history in this nity. Tn the same way,..the person
country.- The textbook that ig who works at being assimilated,
nores it, the courses which deny who actively , slfcts out other
it. the teachers who dismiss it, Asians who threaten his or her
the parents and people involved success at just being a Canadian
who forget - it are attacking the only confirms ,,hiis insecurity and
very . essence. of - our contribution his lack of sense of individual
should
never be
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'and. .prejudice ' can do. We must hypersensitivity -means rallying to
prick the conscience of the coun support any ’ oppressed groups in
try.- Where was the voice of' the this country to remind the oppres
Japanese-Canadian CitizensAsso- sors of our experience as aiessoh
. ciation and of the Japanese-Cana- in, Canadian . history. -We must:
diah people when the War'iMeas-y support disadvantaged groups be
ures Act was again invoked across cause they are us and we have
Canada with the • FLQ as the ex been and could again be them just
cuse in 1970 ? Our . voices should like that. If, however, the legacy
have been screaming ‘Look Can of our historical place is hatred
ada you did it to us and it mustn’t and bitterness, then we have lost.
.happen again’. During the/ Second Our Canadian roots formed by the
World War ’ the iRCMP investi evacuation should not be used as
gated hundreds of citizens reports vehicle to make other people feel
about Jap spies and in no case guilty.— that is not what it is
was; a single rumor verified? all about. If we • Japanese hate
Where was our innocence until whites because of - it, then truly
proven guilty ? A society which as Pogo has said, “We have con
can subject at will a, person to fronted the enemy and. them is
the; deprivation of privacy, ■ a us.” When I hear of, Japanese
society which' can throw a blanket parents who -oppose dating or
of fear and can remove air rights marriage of their children with
of'free speech and criticism is a whites . because*' they. are inter
sick society, and: I believe the racial, it makes me want to
Japanese-Ganadians were derelict throw-up. because then .we really
in 1970 in. failing to be-a visible have lost, We have-lost to them
reminder: to ’Canadians of where becoming them — bigots. If we,
that sickness can lead to.
who have experienced bigotry on
Just as . the Jewish, people must a massive scale, cannot rise above
never let us forget' the 'horrors of it ourselves, then I don’t think
Dachau or Belsen, we have a there is any hope. Those who hate
special '- responsibility as Cana whites or have contempt for
dians' to “remind people of the them, to me, only confirms the
fragility, hypocrisy, and deceit of the incredible power white people
the so called democratic ideals in have over them because it does
this country. -The evacuation is take a. lot of energy to hate and
scarred into the souls of every despise someone and the harvest
Japanese who went through it, we get from it is only persona]
and that as a major part of .our misery and a loss in our own dig
special and unique history in this nity. Tn the same way,..the person
country.- The textbook that ig who works at being assimilated,
nores it, the courses which deny who actively , slfcts out other
it. the teachers who dismiss it, Asians who threaten his or her
the parents and people involved success at just being a Canadian
who forget - it are attacking the only confirms ,,hiis insecurity and
very . essence. of - our contribution his lack of sense of individual
should
never be
to the history of this country. worth which
Just as the blood shed by Indians threatened by a label.
and Eskimos defines their legacy
to this, nation, so are the race
riots and ' evacuati oh our p art."
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So I believe then that we must
be hypersensitive to the dangers
of prejudice and fear and that
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ecutive Director, the Japanese 'Canadian Cultural Centre is
presently seeking 'a replacement. This is an interesting positi
on for a /person who wishes to be involved in community ^ac
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1977 GROUP FLIGHT TO JAPAN
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Tel. 463-8104
Paul D. Minoru Uchikata, D.C
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE
THE OPENING OF HIS OFFICE
FOR THE PRACTICE OF
CHIROPRACTIC
2780 Jane St.,.
’ Suite 202, _
Downsview, Ont.
(Jane South of Finch)
745-2162
Mon. — Wed. — Fri.
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Toronto, Ont.
(Bloor ^at Sherbourne)
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RES. 985-3919, 325-2528
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