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Texas' 'Jap' Roads May . The Next 8ig Thing Has Already Arrived Become a Relic of the Past · , Henry Cho and Comedian Tina Kim sells . People need to realize that ''the Rep. Martha Wong intro• out shows on both coasts word ['Jap'] does hurt people," said • • that she realized duces House Bill 1536 that with her wit and,charisma. Wong, whose district is in , comedy was the would 'prohibit use of So can someone please give Texas. "It's typical of Asian I path she was derogatory names or desig• her a sitcom? I Americans to grin and bear it, but meant to take. nations for public property. we need to let people know. I think • • "I was mes- By CAROLINE AOYAGI getting the counties to change [the merized. When 1 By CAROLINE AOYAGI Executive Editor roads] is good." saw Margaret Executive Editor I HR 1536 prohibits the use ' of Cho 1 thought 1 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, derogatory names or designations • could do that," A longstanding injustice is about Calif.-"I see myself as the next for public said Kim. "If I to be corrected in the state of Texas Ellen Degeneres or the next Rosie property, didn't see - that's if Rep. Martha Wong, R• O'Donnell," said comedian Tma including Margaret Cho I District 134, has anything to say Kim, as she digs into her lunch of • buildings, would not have about it. spicy Thai chicken and rice. streets, and gotten into com• Wong has introduced House Bill It's a bold statement by any up• parks. In I edy. But 1536, legislation that would help and-corning comedian's standards addition to • because I saw eliminate all "Jap" roads in the state but the words role off of Kim's • the word her I believed I of Texas and would prohibit the use tongue matter-of-factly as she con• "Jap," the I too could do it." of all derogatory names and desig• tinues to launch one rip-roaring joke bill pro• I Kim spent nations on public property. MARTHA WONG after another during a recent inter• hibits • • two years taking ''I think that when [these 'Jap' ------view. That's because Kim has got derogatory words for all racial or comedy classes roads] were named, people didn't the talent to back up her words and L._ ethnic groups. something think it was derogatory. But times most importantly - she knows it. Comedian Tina Kim uses her own life experiences The bill states in part: "In naming she advises have changed," said Wong. "I "I always wanted to be a star and for comic material. So far it seems to be working. or giving a designation to public comic hopefuls thought that this bill would be a I have the desire and the want to be property, a governmental entity may to never do - good way to end this business." a star," said Kim, her words collid• Missoula, Montana and Yakima, not use a name or designation that is and put in her time with several Wong recently attended several ing into each other as she hurries to Washington. But after a few years derogatory to a racial or ethnic temp agencies. Kim even worked meetings in Orange County, one of complete her thoughts. "I want my of disillusionment, she sold her car group." for free at comedy clubs answering three Texas Counties that has had to own sitcom; 1 want to be in the in 1998 and bolted for New York to The bill requires a two-thirds phones and handing out tickets in deal with the issue of renaming movies. It's already been developed majority vote to take effect immedi• begin her new career as_"Tma Kim order to get fIve minutes of stage roads that contain the derogatory and it's ready to go. I'm ready." - Comedian." ately. If the votes in favor are less time. word "Jap." Neighboring Jefferson Kim's rock steady confidence As a child, Kim's only Asian than two-thirds, but still' passes, the But talent is hard to suppress and County and Fort Bend County didn't materialize overnight. The bill would take effect Sept. 1 American mentor was broadcast soon, comedy club owners began to recently renamed their "Jap~' roads 30ish ' Korean American's fIrst Sandra Tanamachi has spent over journalist Connie Chung, but it was and Orange County is currently in career was as a TV news reporter a decade battling for change in the when she fIrst saw comedians the process of seiecting a new and anchor in small towns like See TINA KIM/Page 4 name. See HR 1536/Page 8 Doris MatSUi Wins Special Election An Historic First: Philadelphia's By JIM WASSERMAN a m 0 n g Associated Press Writer Democrats in a Chinatown Gets Charter School race marked by SACRAMENTO-Sounding 24 percent By Pacific Citizen Staff, tution in this community." kindergarten through fifth grade themes familiar from her late hus• turnout. She flew "Approving this. school sends a school and will eventually go up band's 14 campaigns, Doris Matsui to Washington, For the fIrst time in its history, strong message that we value our to the eighth grade. handily won a special election to fill D.C., the next Philadelphia's Chinatown has a immigrant communities," said FOLKS will be a diverse, mul• his term and will become the newest day and was public elementary school that it Neetli Patel, charter school coordi• tiracial' school and will serve the member of the U.S. House of sworn in March 10. can now call its own. nator. needs of the immigrant and non- Representatives. With her win in a 12-candidate In an historic vote March 9, the The new Chinatown charter English speaking families With all ' precincts repOrting fIeld, Matsui, a lobbyist and former Philadelphia School Reform school - the Folk Arts Cultural throughout the city of March 8, Matsui had 69 percent of Commission unanimously Treasures Charter School (FOLKS) Philadelphia. Classes will be the overall vote and 88 percent See MATSUVPage 2 approved a new charter school for - will open this September in taught in English and the school Chinatown as more than 100 sup- Chinatown North and will start as a will offer Mandarin as an enrich• Launch P.C. Into porters cheered and ------:---- ment language cried in celebration. course for all·of the Digital Age . "We need this its students. In addition, By GILASAKAWA school. We want folk arts and cul• P.C. Editorial Board Chair this school. We are entitled to this tural traditions Spring is coming around again, school," said Simon will be promi• and you. know what that means here Lui of the Fujian nent throughout at the Pacific ....-_-=:--_...., Association of the curriculum Citizen, don't Greater as a way to help you? Philadelphia, which young people It's time for represents 20,000 '~'.~- -' appreciate their you the culture and the JACL member citywide. "For over cultures of other and loyal reader 150 year this com• groups. - to help the P. C. munity has suffered C-h art e r grow and thrive, and be the best without any public schools are ne~spaper it can be! Please think of investment. It is Photo courtesy of Han Pan, Sing Tao Daily supporting the P. C. with your dona- past time for us to Supporters of the charter school in Phi.la~elphia's .Chinatown SeeSCHOOLJ Page 2 See CAMPAIGN/Page 2 build a public insti- voice their support at the March 9 Commission meeting. 2 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MM. 18-31, ZOO5 SCHOOL was not necessary and would dilute MATSUI powerful House Ways and Means students from Holy Redeemer and Committee and' the party's leader in PACIFIC CITIZEN (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) McCall. - opposing President Bush's plan to 7 Cupania Circle, funded by tax dollars and are inde• Cecilia Moy Yep, a board member Clinton White House official, com• partially privatize Social Security. Matsui won national acclaim for Monterey Park, CA 91755 pendent public schools. The schools of the Chinatown Community pleted what her television ads called Tel: 3231725-0083, 1988 legislation that apologized and are run and designed by groups of Development Corp., accused mem• a "uniquely Sacramento story." 800/966-6157, Fax: Succeeding her husband, the late made reparations for the World War educators, parents, and leaders in bers of AAU of creating contention 3231725-0064 U.S. Rep. Robert Matsui, she II intemment of tens of thousands of E-mail: [email protected] the community. FACfS will be able in the community "with vague becomes the nation's 45th congres• Japanese Americans in internment letters2pc@aoLcom to serve 286 students and will thus promises and misstatements of fact" sional widow since 1923 to assume camps. be able to earn at least $1.8 million in a recent Philadelphia Inquirer Executive Editor: the seat of her spouse. She is the Doris Matsui, 60, announced her in taxpayer monies. article. Caroline Y. AoXagi third to win in Califomia under such candidacy 12 days after his death Assistant Editor: For over 150 years Chinatown ButAAU garnered a great deal of circumstances since 1998. and raised nearly $700,000 within Lynda Lin has had only one school: Holy community support, including 1,200 "It feels bittersweet, but my heart six weeks during political events in Office Manager: Redeemer, a Roman Catholic petition. signatures, pre-enrollment is full of hope and .promise," said Washington, D.C., and Sacranlento. Brian Tanaka school that first opened in 1941. forms from 56 families, 30 local and Matsui, minutes after giving a victo• Her donors included congressional Circulation: Eva LalJ-Ting Those who cannot afford to pay the national endorsements, and several ry speech to cheering supporters. Democrats, unions, trade groups, Publisher: Japanese private tuition usually attend letters of support. They were also ''This was a time when most of us Washington-based political actien American Citizens League McCall Elementary School located able to gain the support of the vari• wish we didn't have to be here, but committees and former Clinton (founded 1929) 1765 Sutter about a mile south of Chinatown. ous communities including Rev. that was not the way it was going to administration officials. Street, , CA Matsui's fund-raising and the blitz The successful effort behind the Robert Shine, former president of be." 94115, tel: 4151921-5225 fax: She promised to continue her of television commercials it fueled in Chinatown charter school was lead the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and 415/931-4671, www.jact.org husband's legacy in Congress, the race's closing weeks also JACL President: Inouye by Asian Americans United and the Vicinity. Ken working for "equality and the digni• prompted criticism from other can• National Director: John Philadelphia Folklore Project but In the end the vote to approve the ty of the elderly and making sure didates' that she tried to ' "buy" her Tateishi .was not without controversy. charter school was unanimous with Pacific Citizen Board of that $acranlento is even a better late husband's seat. Her nearest Opposing the Chinatown school yes votes from Commissioners Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• place to live and that America is fund-raising rival, Julie Padilla, a person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; was the Philadelphia Chinatown Jarnes Gallagher, Martin Bednarek, stronger for the coming genera• Democratic activist who advocated Casey China, MDC; Grace Community Development Corp. Daniel Whelan and chairman James tions." the immediate withdrawal of U.S. Kimoto, CCDC; Valerie They argued that the charter school Nevels. Commissioner Sandra Absentee voters dominated the troops frqm Iraq, raised $29,000. Yasukochi, NCWNPDC; Ann Dungee Glenn election and 72 percent of them Padilla was Matsui's closest com• Fujii-Undwall, PNWDC; Larry was absent favored Matsui. petitor March 8, winning 10 percent Grant, IDC; Alayne Yonemoto, of the Democratic vote and almost 8 PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, from the meet• The vote followed a seven-week youth. ing. campaign that quickly cleared the percent overall. " Charter field of major Democratic chal• Califomians have twice recently r------, schools are not lengers, then pitted her massive elected congressional spouses to NEWS/AD DEADLINE: their husband's seats, in 1998 choos• about unanimi• fund-raising lead and Washington FRIDAY BEFORE DATE experience against two fellow ing Santa Barbara-area Democrat OF ISSUE. ty," said Ellen Democrats, five Republicans and Lois Capps to succeed her husband, Editorials, news and the S o m e k awa, candidates from the Green, Walter, and Palm Springs opinions expressed by col• AAU director. umnists other than the Libertarian and Peace and Freedom Republican Mary Bono to replace national JACL president or "They are parties. her husband, Sonny. . national director do not about offering Robert Matsui, 63, who repre• Matsui's campaign issues includ• necessarily reflect JACL public school sented the Sacramento-area 5th ed federal support for stem cell policy. Events and prod• options - in ucts advertised in the Congressional District for 26 years, research and opposition to Bush's Pacific Citizen do not carry this case to a died Jan. 1 at Bethesda Naval plans to revamp Social Security. She the implicit endorsement of c o mmunity Hospital of complications from a also called for improved flood con• the JACL or this publica• Supporters of the Chinatown Charter School hug and that has limited rare' bone marrow disease. He was trol and expanded transit service in tion. We reserve the right to cry as the commissioners make their announcement. choices." • the third-ranking Democrat on the Sacranlento .• L ______edit articles. J

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PACIFIC CITIZEN MAR. 18-31,2005 NATIONAL NEWS 3 JACL CongratLilates Doris Marshall High Students Matsui on Election Victory Replace Redskins Nickname Doris Matsui was sworn in woman of great strength and dig• By ASSOCIATED PRESS The subject of American Indian passage did not require schools to March 10 as one of the newest nity, and we have no doubt that nicknames and mascots has been a make any changes. members of the U.S. House of her service will continue the MARSHALL, Mich.-The contentious one in Michigan and In Marshall, the question of Representatives in a ceremony at finest traditions of honor that are students at Marshall High School nationally at tht: K-12 and college whether the nickname is derogato• the capital. In an overwhelming the legacy of Bob Matsui." 'have replaced the school's 75- levels. ry to American Indians resurfaced victory, Matsui takes over tIie seat "Congresswoman Matsui's year-old Redskins nickname,.end- ' In June 2003, the state Board of at school board meetings in 2000. of her late husband Robert Matsui election is an historic fIrst, as the ing a controversy that lasted sever• Education approved a resolution In April 2001, the board decided it who passed away Jan. 1. first Asian Pacific American al years. recommending that all Michigan would look into a possible name Matsui becomes' the fIrst Asian woman outside of Hawai'i to Marshall change and, in Pacific American woman outside serve in Congress," said JACL Pub I i c February 2002, of Hawai'i to serve in Congress Vice President of Public Affairs Schools voted 5-2 to retire aRnounced it. 'She is a woman of great strength and Mar. 1 that the Four of the five students voted .board members dignity, and we have no doubt that her for a new who voted to nickname, retire the service will continue the finest traditions of choosing from Redskins nick• two possible name . were honor that are the legacy of Bob Matsui.' replacements. recalled in a June By a vote 2002 special elec• Ken Inouye, JACL Nat'l President count' of 324- tion. The fifth, 240, they fonner board picked the President Darlene and will represent the 5th District Heidi Tanakatsubo. "As a Redhawks Neidlinger, lost . of California. Japanese American woman, I am over the her bid for re• The JACL congratulated extremely proud to have such a Warriors, the election. Matsui on her victory. capable and committed role Battle Creek Two weeks "We could not be more excited model in the House of Enquirer after that special . about Doris Matsui's election vic• Representatives." reported. election, the tory," said JACL Executive Democratic Leader Nancy American remaining board Director John Tateishi. "She has a Pelosi has already named Matsui Indian activists members voted to long history of working with the to the House Rules Committee. filed a civil rescind the nick• Asian American community on No stranger to public service, rights com• name's retire• issues that are important to aU Matsui served on President plaint in July 2002, decrying the schools that use American Indian ment, pending the August 2002 Americans, and she knows the Clinton's Transition Team, where Redskins nickname as offensive nicknames, mascots, logos and fight special election offour new mem• issues well. We very much look she helped formulate early polic~ and racist. The school board voted songs stop the practice. bers. forward to working with her in initiatives and assisted in the for• that September to shelve the name The resolution said the board The new school board reopened Congress." mation of the President's cabinet. for at least two years as part of a . "strongly recommends" eliminating the issue after receiving the civil Ken Inouye, JACL national She also served in the White proposed settlement. American Indian nicknames, but its rights complaint. • president, added, "JACL extends House as deputy assistant to the our heartiest congratulations to President and deputy director of Congresswoman Matsui. She is a public liaison .• Opposition to Native Hawaiian Lawmakers Want Congress Recognition Bill Simmers in Islands By RON STATON Local opposition comes despite emments over land, resources and to Rein in Patriot Act Associated Press Writer strong bipartisan support at the other assets. recent hearing from ~epublican ''The only ones supporting it are By KELLY KEARSLEY "It's not right; and it's not HONOLULU-When Gov. Lingle, Democratic Sens. Daniel those receiving federal benefits," Associated Press Writer American," Siddiqui said. ''They Linda Lingle testified before a U.S. Akaka and Daniel Inouye, and the said Kai'opua Fyfe, director of the are not saving us by putting inno• f Senate committee a few weeks ago, state's Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kauai-based Koani Foundation, an OLYMPIA, Wash.-Some state cent people in jail." she said a bill to give Native and Department of Hawaiian Home advocacy group which aims to edu• lawmakers want to tell Congress Ian Spiers, a photography student ' Hawaiians political status similar to Lands. The state Legislature also cate Hawaiians and others on "the they think the flagship federal law from Seattle, told legislators about that of Native Americans is over• supports the federal bill, which has real history of Hawruiand the cur• aimed at fighting terrorism should finding himself surrounded by whelmingly supported by Hawaii stalled in Congress's. past three ses• rent situation." be changed to make sure it doesn't armed law enforcement officers last Democrats, Republicans and people sions. The Senate committee heard oral compromise people's civil· rights. May after he took photos of the of all ethnic backgrounds. Lingle told the Senate Indian testimony only from bill supporters. The state House and Senate judi• Ballard Locks. In the islands, however, there is Affairs Committee the bill is "vital Fyfe, who was at the hearing, told ciary committees heard Referencing the an undercurrent of tl),e Associated Press public testimony earlier 'It~s not right, Patriot Act, the offi• largely ignored oppo- ...----.,------, that he and other this month on a measure cers told him it was sition to the so-called .Uhu& Oahu opponents were that would urge and it's not illegal to photograph Akaka bill, even Kauai refused permission to . Congress to pass a new American,' federal property, among the people it Molokai testify and were told law limiting some of the demanded his ill and aims to help - Native to submit their testi• -Jafar"Jeff~ USA Patriot Act's broad Siddiqui told him he needed Hawaiians. A range of mony in writing. surveillance provisions. ~ , , ~ _-,,---~ ___ permission t2 r~turn, opponents were inter- ''The bill is bad for Passed in the wake of he sliid. I viewed . by the Hawaii and bad for the Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks, After his case made headlines, the Associated Press in Hawaii the U.S.," said Fyfe, the Patriot Act expanded the gov• Army Corps of Engineers, which advance of the Senate who focuses his emment's power to investigate peo• runs the locks, said such a rule does• Indian Affairs opposition on "the ple suspected of supporting terror• n't exist. Committee vote on the dysfunction of the ism, and search and seize their per• The Patriot Act resolution has bill recently. Department of the sonal property. gamered support from both parties. Opposition in the Interior in serving its Congress is expected to consider Reps. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, islands ranges from those who favor . to the survival of the Native wards." possible changes to the Patriot Act and Toby Nixon, R-Kirkland, are totally independent govemment for Hawaiian people" and to the charac• The bill provides a process for this year. co-sponsoring the House version of all of Hawaii's people to those who ter of the state. Rep. Neil Native Hawaiians to establish a Jafar "Jeff" Siddiqui, a Seattle the joint memorial- what lawmak• object to special privileges for any Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, called it governing entity. real estate broker who immigrated ers often call a "letter to Santa ethnic group in a state where no one "the most vital single piece of legis• It also would set up an Office of from Pakistan 30 years ago. told Claus." Sen. Adam Kline, D• race is a majority. About half of the lation" for Hawaii since statehood Native Hawaiian Relations in the committee members about a Hindu Seattle, is sponsoring the Senate estimated 400,000 Native in 1959. Department of the Interior to college roommate who once was version. Hawaiians in the live The unified political support address Native Hawaiian issues. hauled into a Pakistani prison with• The state's Republican attorney in the islands. comes even though the end result• "It is absurd to think of placing out any explanation. The govern• general, Rob McKenna, also sup• The legislation has also raised what form the Hawaiian govern• Hawaiians under the Department of ment simply cited safety and securi• ports the measure. concem in other states. Sen. John ment entity will take - is unclear. the Interior," Fyfe said. ty, saying his friend was perceived . While most lawmakers acknowl• McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the The proposed law would formal• Opponents also object to the fact as a threat. edge that such resolutions have no Indian Affairs- Committee, has said ly recognize Hawaiians as an that no hearings on the current ver• He said his friend was held for a power to change anything, Moeller it could deplete already scarce fed• indigenous people and set up a sion of the bill were held in Hawaii, long time, then released - again said letting Congress know about eral funds for American Indian pro- process for a goveming entity to saying it has been changed several without any explanation. the state's concerns is important. • grams. negotiate with federal and state gov- times .• 4 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, Mar. 18-31,2005 °APAs National Newsbytes Ntn the By RC. Staff and Associated Press dwindling. The end result would be today's ews Minorities Represent Author's Suicide $5 pack of cigarettes costing $6.20 By Pacific Citizen Staff The Only 19 Percent of Top RevealS Mental Illness in three years. APA Author Makes London• Stigma Amongst Asians If enacted, this based clas• City Positions bill would KlrJyama Prize Shortlist NEWARK, Calif.-The family sical-pop , NEW YORK-Minority group make Hawaii's At just 49, Ha Jin, winner of the say that they are locked out of high• of Iris Chang said her uicide could violinist, tax rate on cig• 1999 National Book Award, is the ranking positions in almost every have been averted if mental illness -:~~ only American and the most senior who is half• arettes the .. didn't have such a strong stigma in ~ Thai and agency in city government. fourth highest . , of the five finalists on the shortlist City personnel records show that the A ian for the fiction Prize. lin' War Trash hal f - in the nation. Chinese, ~ ~ ~ ~ American ______in top positions in most city agen• Moncy from is up against the works of talented community. will per- cies, African Americans, Latinos the new Hawaii tax would be dis• young writers from allover the and Asians make up about 57 per• Making their form songs from her latest album, tribu~ to the statc's general fund, world. cent of the city' , workforce but only , nrst public "Choreography," at the April 5 as well as prevention progra.m - Two prize winners, one for fic• comments event at the Thailand Cultural represent 19 percent of its enior with 50 percent going to the tion and one for non-tiction, will be . ince 'the 36- Center. and executive staffs. Tobacco Prevention and Control named on Mar. 29. The winners year-old be t• Meanwhile whiles make up only Trust Fund. will share the U.S. $30,000 cash Chef Chen to Run 4l percent of the ,workforce, but are selling author died of a self-inflicted prize. Sin City's Newest in 76 percent of the top jobs. gunshot wound in November, Women Get Paid to Jeb Bush Appoints , Casino Restaurant The Bloomberg administration Chang's parents and brother Have Another Baby Desai to Board of Richard Chen, who helped run acknowledged it could do a"better descrihcd the, author's shame after TOKYO-To combat a shrink• Shanghai Terrace at The Penin~ula job of minority recruitment. she suffered a breakdown and wa. ing population, a small town in Governors Akshay Chicago hotel, was signed to over- ' diagnosed with "brief reactive psy• northern Japan has decidcd to givc a Survivors ofWWII's M. Desai, sec Wynn Las Vegas' upscale Asian chosis" and possibly bipolar disor• cash award Bloodiest Battle an Indian restaurant. It will be called Wing dl.!r. worth about Reunite on Iwo Jlma Amcrican , Lei, which means Wynn in Chinese. $9,600 to (WO JlMA, Japan-Veterans, Bill Would Make physician Wynn Las Vegas is scheduled to 'each fcmale hundreds of Japane. e and American HawaII an Expensive ba. cd in St. open April 28. resident who families, politicians and other digni• place to Smoke Petersburg ha a third Attorney Bats for NY taries recently marked the 60th HONOLULU-Hawaii legisla• iS 'the newest child. Restaurant Workers anniversary of the battle of lwo tors are, looking to almost double appointee to be Saru Jayararnan, 29, executive the cigarette tax over the next three Mothers will handed a lump lima. the Florida Board of Governors, director of' 'the Restaurant years. The bill, which cleared the sum of $4,SOO within throe month Though held almo t every year which oversees the universities and Opportunities Center of New York Senate and is currently being con• after giving birth to a third baby. for the past decade, the number of other educational institutions. (ROC-NY), and Morocco-born sidered by the House, would boost The women will then be given veterans - most now in their SOs Famed Female waiter-founder Mamdouh Fekkah - able to come out to this remote the tobacco tax incrementally high- $4S0 each year between the child's er through 200S. ' ' second and II th birthday. • Violinist to Play for b.ave made two Manhattan restau• volcanic island from both sides is Tsunami Victims rants - Cite and the Park Avenue Vanessa-Mae will perform a Cafe - pay $164,000 to 23 work• TINA KIM from her's," s'aid Kim. "So I tell Asian. We don't have a lot of Asians benefit concert for victims of the ers to settle lawsuits for alleged dis• (Continued from page 1) them come and watch me and you'll. that come to the shows so she can't' Asian tsunami in Bangkok next crimination and failure to pay over- time. . ' notice and book her tor gigs. Soon see the difference. You'll see we're perform.' That's my obstacle." ol]:anizers said. he was producing her own shows completely different although we're In the next couple of months Kim and her efforts have earned her rave will be I ing her second CD, thi reviews in The Seattle TImes, The Last year Kim made the move to time produced by David Drozen of Boston Globe and CNN. During the Los Angeles "to become a star" and Uproar! Entertainment whO' has first season of 'The Last Comic is adjusting to life on the West Coast worked with well-known acts like Standing" Kim was the only AA where "the men never ask you out." Margaret Cho, , and female to appear on the show. As with all fuJl-time comic waiting Denis Leary. Ultimately, Kim wants 'The crowds basically love me for their big break, Kim still worries to be a sitcom star where he can cverywhere. MY' comedy is for about earning enough money to bring her own brand of humor into everyone," said Kim. "It's nil about cover rent, car payments, and every• millions of American homes. me; it's all about charisma. 1 can ny thing else that come with big city Kim al 0 would like to find a hus• whatever 1 want and people will go living. band, preferably someone like with it because they like me." "Comedy is the hardest business British hunk Robbie Wlliiams, and "1 know if Jay Leno ever saw me ever. You can't survive doing come• have kids. "I want to get married he would book me like that," said dy - only the rich and famous," she right away because I love kids and I Kim, with a dramatic snap of her fin• said. 'They're already famous so for want a family," she said. "But who• gers. "I know he would but 1havc no them it's fun time to run up on stage. ever I marry has to be rich because connections. But in due time it will Otherwise you don't make anything I'm not going to utter anymore," all happen." in comedy." she said with a giggle. "I'm not in Kim's humor is something every• Unlike , most comedian., Kim my 20s anymore. I want to be able to one can relate to whether it's witing does not have a manager or agent. havc a hou e and decorate it!" hell or her love of Briti h men with She books her own shows and has Kim docs not hy away from the buff arms, a nagging mother, 01' yo• learned to do it all, including promo• title of "the next Margaret Cho" but yo dieting nightmares, most of us tion, sales, producing, and artwork. is paving a path that i distinctively have been there and done that. And She even learned to develop and her own. She is more than willing to that's what makes Kim's humor, design her own website, embrace the role of mentor for weU, so darn funny. www.tinakim.com. that boasts about emerging comics. "My wittiness and my life - I 2,000 TIna Kim fan club members. "There are a lot of AAs that want laugh at things - that's how I come But after eight years of working to make it but just struggle and they up with thing ," she said. "I can't sit the club circuit and making a name give up," she added. "So it's going to at home and come up with ideas. for herself, Kim is till waiting for take the strong' to make it. Or I have That's the last thing I would do." her big break and she admits that to hurry and meet 'that rich Jewish The youngest of four siblings; sometimes feelings of discourage• producer. And then girl, I've made Kim moved to Seattle, Washington ment crecp in. it!" • from Korea with her parents at the "Some days I get discouraged. It age of four. Much of her routine gets lonely and sometimes I can't Upcoming TIna KIm Shows delve into her life growing up in a handle it anymore," he said. "But J Korean Arnerican family and the snap out of it; 1 gotta keep going. I April 15, 10 p.m. dualities that naturally come about can't give up my dream because my New York Comedy Club are something most Asian Pacific dream is everybody else's dream ... 241 East 25th Street American can easily relate to. and that keeps me going. I've come New York, NY 10010 As a female, Korean American this far and there are a lot of people who want me to make it." . Pal.dena, ClIff. cornic the comparisons to comedian May 15, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m, . Margaret Cho are obvious and it's ,With so few AAs comics, espe• ciaJJy, AA female comedian , Kim The Ice House Comedy Club something Kim has had to deal with 24 Mentor Avenue her entire career: Although Kim has know first hand how difficult it is to Pasadena, CA 91106 always admired Cho' career, he get recognition and the opportunity notes that they are very different. to showcase her talent. TIna KIm -CD: . "I don't get really pissed off ,II have a double whammy -,'mNot Chinese" because they only know Margaret becau e I'm a woman and I'm ExecutIve Producer. TIna KIm ~ho. My comedy is totally different Asian. So they're like, 'Oh, he's www.tlnaldm.eom PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 18-31, 2005 COMMUNIlY NEWS 5 , Training Tomorrow's L.eaders The first Manzanar Pilgrimage helped plant the seeds for a renaissance of M identity and , empowerment... .

First Manzanar Pilgrimage Participants Sought An intergenerational effort headed by Warren Furutani and Yonsei film• maker Tadashi Nakamura is being launched to conduct research that will result in a documentary on how the First Manzanar Pilgrimage became one of the major roots of the Asian American Movement~ On Dec. 27, 1969, the first of what will soon be 36 annual pilgrimages to Norwegian poet/playwright Henrik Ibsen once said, Manzanar, one of America's World War n concentration camps, took place. "A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be pre• "Had we known what we were doing, we wouldn't have gone at that time pared to take the helm." This year's JACL/OCA - it was freezing," said Furutani who, along with Victor Shibata, came up Washington, D.C. Leadership Conference Mach 4·8 with the idea. ensured that fertile minds of the future were nurtured In the late 60s Furutani and Shibata believed the AA movement needed a and geared up to lead. The annual conference, funded large-scale political statement much like the United Farm Workers march to by State Farm, brings the best and brightest to the Sacramento and the impact of the "Poor People's March" in Washington, nation's capital for challenging seminars and enrich· D.C., and they decided to march to Manzanar. ing activities. LILY OKURA The openness with which the camps are discussed today is opposite to the 1960s when little information on the camps was available and the commu• nity. still shied away from discussing it. But soon people like Edison Uno and Sue Kunitorni Embrey, who became the head of what is now the Manzanar Committee, came forward to help open up the past. The First Manzanar Pilgrimage helped plant the seeds for a renaissance of AA identity and eRlpowerment that would result in AA Studies, communi• ty organizations, institutions and even governmental bodies to study the incarceration. One such agency, the Califomia Civil Liberties Public Education Program (CCLPEP), is enabling the research and documentation of the First . Manzanar Pilgrimage and its impact. . Furutani and filmmaker Nakamura are urging people who attended the Sec. of Transportation Norman Mineta flanked by Millennium Club OCA Members (I-r) Grace Rodriguez, Sophia first pilgrimage to contact Furutani at 310/532-8707 or Karen lshizuka at Members Larry Oda (left), Emily Teruya and Sheldon Arakaki. M. Chang, Chu Lan Shubert-Kwock. [email protected]. The theme of this years Manzanar Pilgrimage will be "Retrospection and Relevance: Commemorating the First Manzanar Pilgrimage and its Meaning for Today." The pilgrimage will take place April 30 and there will JACL men through the gen• also be a tribute to Minidoka. erations (/-1: Rich Iwasaki For information on this .year's pilgrimage, contact the Manzanar (Portland Chapter), Tim Committee at www.manzanarcommittee.org .• Koide (Mt. Olympus Chapter) and Tom Hayashi (Greater Los Angeles PACIFIC CITIZEN Chapter) bond over dinner. National business and Professional Directory

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ven in Hawaii, Asian eyelids are the RF: It was through that theater community that my writing bane of a young girl's existence. for this show CLAP.) kind of pieced together. Half of the show E is about how I leamed to love bemg Japanese American and realized that growing up, I suffered from internalized racism. Growing up in Honolulu, Christine Frances Masaye Horii PC: I heard your mother had an interesting reaction when and her friend preened, folded, tucked and even flirted with you fll'St told her you were dating Todd. the possibility of cosmetic surgery in order to be beautiful. RF: I met my husband through a mutual friend. She was mak• But when the reflection in the mirror did not conform to the ing a shQrt film and we were both helping her on the project. I "Cheryl Tieg" type beauty, the little Yonsei girl silently called my mom and told her that I met this nice Jewish boy .who blamed her ethnicity. wanted me to convert to Judaism and how ludicrous it is and she She leamed dance as a form of expres ion to communi• said, 'I was just thinking that you should marry a Jewish boy!' cate her pain and emoti'ons through her fingers and the She thought the Jewish values of family and money were in line movement of her hips. Soon, she was dancing in music with Asian values! videos, the "Arsenio Hall Show" and at the Radio 'City PC: What kind of ceremony is perfonned in order to con- Music Hall as' one of the world famou "Rockettes." She vert to Judaism? . was also doing musical theater ("Shogun." "Miss Saigon") RF: I went through two conversions ... we met with a rabbi and appearing on various television commercials. But even for a period of time. which would detennine if my intentions with all the success she felt empty. were pure. It was a yearlong process and the rabbi realized that Then hfe threw her a cUlveball. we were working very hard and that my heart was in the right She met a "nice Jewish boy" named Todd Factor who ~ place. only wanted to marry a nice Jewish girl and raise Jewish onUln unique .iourney PC: What has been most difficult about the conversion? kids. so she earched her soul. found Judaism and her real RF: For me rules in modesty - to cover my hair and not calling in life. Now known as Rachel Factor, she headlines identity crisis to d&nce in front of men - was something I had difficulty with. a national. one-woman theater piece cheekily titled "J.AP.." But it gave me a sense of dignity to be proud of who I was and which chronicles her unlikely journey from Honolulu to becomes inspiration to stop flaunting body parts. The laws of modesty meant to Hanukkah. accentuate what you truly want to accentuatc. Instead of the Pacific Citizen: Why was your childhood so tortured? theater show. baser nature, you alw~ys elevate yourself, which is beautiful Rachel Factor: When 1 look back, my life wasn't so bad. .. because I was always looking for art to connect to something I grew up in Honolulu and even in Hawaii, where there is a By LYNDA LIN bigger than myself. I was looking for truth and I found it was in big Japanese population, we were affected by the whole idea Assistant Editor a religion. of identity, which was of course affected by the media. PC: Do you teach your children Japanese tradition? Basically, I was living up to society's ideal. And in my case, RF: Not a whole lot. If it's something they want to explore, I blamed it on my Japanese American ethnicity. then I will definitely support it. I had the opportunity to travel to PC: A lot of coming-of-age stories include a move to New Japan several times and I would love to take them as young chil• York. Was it a complete shock to you coming from dren. And for us, we're culturally connected to Hawaii. It's Honolulu? important for me to have them connected to Hawaii and their RF: I thought it would be, but it wasn't because I was so relatives. goal-orientated. All of my friends left home at the same PC: Where is home now? . time. but they were in college. I was in a learning environ• RF: In the end, is my home. I now live in ment too, but it wasn't quite tructured the same way. Jerusalem. We bought a home and can't wait to gei back. PC: You describe. the Broadway.scene as 'gritty.' Do you PC: Why are audiences women-only? have any horror stories to teU? • RF: The voice of a woman in Orthodox tradition is consid• RF: A group of women from 'Miss Saigon' were sitting ered nakedness; something private that's only shared with the around frustrated about the roles that we were auditioning husband or other women. It's marketed towards the Jewish audi• . for; so finally we thought that if we don't do something for ence, but it's also a story of an individual searching for herself. ourselves we're going to keep complaining! We called our• Part of the message that I want to communicate to mainstream selves the 'Killer Geishas A Go-Go!' audiences is that J kept an open mind. Initially, we wanted to do something so radical and weird PC: Can you explain the significance of your title? - we wrote pieces and combined them into a series. It was RF: The whole J.AP; thing was ultimately too good to pass extremely theoretical where we would present the typical Factor family includeS up. Hopefully, it's tongue and cheek enough to not offend any-' Asian stereotypes and then break them down to show the sons. Since converting to . one. As I look deeper, it's just "J" period "A" period "P" period. audience that it's not exactly what they expected. said she has found truth. It's much more than a derogatory word towards JAs if you look PC: Sounds like the ground works to a greater project. deeper.•

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The names of all JACL members post-marked by June 30.• I Development Carol Kawamoto . • PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAR. 18-31,2005 OBITUARIES 11 All the towns are in California except as noted. (Janice) Kaku; and sisters-in-law, City, Feb. 26; survived by daugh• Koyama; and brothers-in-law, Yukio Duenas, Magdaleno, 90, Feb. 27; ters, Florence (Richard) Tanaka and Rose Kaku, Yuriko .Kaku and ters, Linda (Don) Morita and Lori . (Yoshimi) and Teruo (Nobue) Iseri. Philippines-born,. World War II vet• Joyce (Oscar) Fong; 14 gc; and 6 Sumiko Hatakeda. (Kevin) Rousseau; and 4 gc. Yamaji, Toshio ''Toe,'' 76, Sun eran, 10Ist Infantry; worked tireless• ggc. Kawasaki, Harumi, 85, Feb. 21; . Sumi, Yone, 94, Santa Ana, Feb. Valley, Feb. 6; veteran; ly to improve the experience of Higuchi, Tamotsu ''Tom,'' 83, survived by sons, Ron and Paul; 19; Tokyo-born Issei; survived by survived by 'wife, Lois; brother, Haruo Filipino Veterans in the Bay Area. Santa Barbara, Feb. 18; survived by daughters, Pam (Gordon) Sak:.ai, sons, Tun (Keiko) Yasumatsu and (Rosie); sisters, Teruko Matsumura, Fukunaga, Minori, 90, Bonsall, daughters, Valerie Sugar and Jane Diane and Jane (Eric) Kuroki; 6 gc.; Frank (Irene); daughters, Ruby Fumik:o Higuchi, Tamiyo (paul) Feb. 27; Kagoshima-ken, Japan• Higa; son, David; and 4 gc. and 3 ggc. (James) Kato and Mei Miya; 11 gc.; Matsumura and Taneyo Yamaji; broth• and ggc. er-in-Iaw, Ken (June) KageyanIa; and born Issei; survived by sons, Norio Kaku, Shizuye Margaret, 84, Kuramoto, Thomas Hidetoshi, 9 sister-in-law, Jean (Sam) Miyamoto. (Jane) and Tatsumi (Yasuye); daugh• San Jose, Feb. 19; survived by son, Torrance; survived by wife, Tanaka, Jack TadaShi, 88, S. EI ter, Ikuko (James) Yabe; 6 gc.; broth• Richard; daughter, Dorothy (Yosh) Katherine; son, Kent (Alice); daugh• Monte, Feb. 19; Reno, Nev.-born Yamataki, Harry, 87, Harrison, er-in-Iaw, Isao (Hisa) Nitao; and sis• Sato; 2 gc.; brother-in-law, Harry ter, Donna (Dean) Hokama; 5 gc.; Nisei, WWII veteran, MIS; survived Ohio, Jan. 26; survived by wife, ters-in-Iaw, Ayako Nitao and sister, Mariko Enarni; and sisters-in• by wife, May; sons, Darryl Louise; daughters, Eileen and Sachiko (Takenori) Imagiire. This compilation appears on a space-avail• law, Mary (Ted) Iwaki and Hatsumi (Debbie), Wesley (Erin) and Brent; Cheryl; son, Howard; and 3 gc. able basis at no cost. Printed obituaries Hatanaka, Hiromi, 89, Anaheim, from your newspaper are welcome. "Death Kuramoto. daughter, Jill; 1 gc.; brothers, James Yoshimura, Fumiko, 88, Los Notices," which appear in a timely manner and Fred (Joyce); sister, Rose (Jim) Feb. 23; surVived by wife, Emiko; at request of the family or funeral director, Matsuoka, Warren Yoshiyuki, Angeles, Feb. 20; survived by sons, sons, Eddie (Mary), Harry (Linda), are published at the rate of $15 per column 50, Los Angeles, Feb. 16; survived Nakamura; brothers-in-law, Frank Tamotsu (Midori) Teraji, Shoichiro inch. Text is reworded as necessary. George and Frank (Leslie); daugh- by brother, Roy (Noreen). (Momoe) and Roy (Tina) (Sadako), Fujiya (Masako), Meiji Moriyama, Hatsue, 95, North Shimazaki; sisters-in-law, Florence (Eiko) and Kunio (Fusako) .• IN MEMORIAM Hollywood, Feb. 20; survived by (Tsugio) Kubota, Janice (Kenny) Jack McDowell, former JAKWV daughters, Emiko Cournoyer, Nishioka and Jean and Jeanne DEATH NOTICE Kiyoko (Akira) Tomita and Michiko ·Shimazaki. GLORIA HIROKO Board Member, Passes (Nobuo) Sugahara; 7 gc.; and 7 ggc. Uchino, Bill, 78, Torrance; Feb. 21; UCHIDA Gloria Uchida, 60, a resident of Santa Murakami, Richard K., 90, Venice-born Nisei; survived by wife, Jack McDowell, a former Marine War Camp in Manchuria. Michi~ Monica. passed away Mar. 2; Beloved South Bend, Wash., Feb. 7; sons, Pat (Cherish), Gary and sergeant and board member of the wife of Randy; loving mother of Andrew; McDowell also fought in the Nahcotta-born; survived by daugh• Brian; sister, Fuki Yoshiwara; sisters- daughter of Setsuko Lynch; sister of Japanese American Korean War Korean War and was involved in the ters, Adele, Cheryl, Irene and Diana . in-law, Nobu Iseri and Tazuka Teruhiko (Keiko) Nemoto of Japan; sis• Veterans, ter-in-law of Joan (Ron) Watanabe; aunt historic landing at Inchon Harbor in (Larry) Magruder; and 1 gc. D~THNOTICE passed away South Korea. Predeceased by wife Setsuko. of Naoko, Yuichiro Nemoto both of Japan, and Scott, Lisa and Ryan Feb. 24 at the MIYOSHI FRANK McDowell and his wife Dorothy Obayashi, Kimiye, 89, Gardena, SAKAMOTO Watanabe; she is also survived by many age of 86 became involved with the formation Feb. 15; survived by son, Hideki Miyoshi Frank Sakamoto of Browns ·aunts, uncles and other relatives. A McDowell of the JAKWV in 1995 and were (Jeanne); daughter, Masae (John) Mills, New Jersey passed away Oct. 30, memorial service was held ' Mar. 12 at was married to charter board members. Both were Toyama; 4 gc.; 1 ggc.; and sisters, 2004. Formerly from El Monte, Calif. and West Los Angeles United Methodist Chicago, Ill. , he was a retired, 20 year Church with Rev. Gail N. Messner offici• another ma• Matsue (Jack) Okada and Urne Kita. active in all the JAKWV events in U.S. Army veteran. He is survived by his ating. Fukui Mortuary Directors, (213) rine, Dorothy the Los Angeles area. Oshiro, Edward "Eddie" wife, Adi. 626-0441. . Katsura Mc• On Mar. 4, burial services were Shinsei, 83, Los Angeles, Feb. 11; Dowell from Hawaii. Together the held at Rose Hills cemetery in Hawaii-born Nisei. couple helped Japanese American Whitt1er, Calif. where he was laid to Oshita, Kiyoshi "Kebo," 78, Los veterans receive benefits and treat• rest with a full U.S. Marine Corps Angeles, Feb. 23; Seattle, Wash.• ment as VA coordinators for Military service. At his funeral, vet• born Nisei; survived by brothers, JAKWV. erans of WWIJ, and the Korean and Jack (Masako) and Mits (Hanako); Born on June 13, 1918, in Casper Vietnam Wars, along with a few of and sister, Nellie (Harry) Sawada. Wyoming, McDowell entered the his fellow prisoners of war from Oto, Caitlin Nalani, 16, Harbor F.D.L. #929 707 East Temple Street U.S. Marine Corps in 1938 at the Corregidor, were there to give him a City, Feb. 20; survived by parents 911 VENICE BLVD. Gerald Fukui LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 Los Angeles, CA 90012 President age of 20. During World War II, final salute. . Carl and Jennifer; step-father, Steve Carter; and grandparents, Ralph and (213) 749-1449 McDowell, along with a number of McDowell is survived by his wife FAX (213) 749-0265 Ph. 213/626-0441 his fellow marines, spent almost 45 Dorothy and his sister Virgina Margaret Oto and Roy Hamada. R. Hayamizt1, Presidem H. Suzuki, V.P.IGen Mgr. Fax 213/617-2781 months in a Japane e Prisoner of Moriarty. Sakauye, Akilo, 84, Midway

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