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'STER of All JA S 1Fornia HE , ~ I' -.O.Iooi ..R- THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Feb. 9-22, 2018 JI\~!-:n&n9 oJ. '-Cnco _ ... IIT - S 755 S SO B' -,' r Cardea Prodncts 'STER OF All JA S 1fORNIA HE , ~ i'_ -.o.iooI ..r-"""" ! JACL National Board Convenes to Discuss Current State of Affairs. » PAGE 6 Yakima Valley Museum - Prepares to Host its First-Ever DOR Event. WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3314/VOL.166, No.2 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Feb. 9-22, 2018 NATIONAL PACIFIC. CITIZEN ment, as well as further support the Separately, Keiro has awarded organization's annual Evening of GFBNEC a grant of $16,900 to HOWTO REACH US ~~ o !~B c ~B9E~~ Aloha gala fund raiser. provide transportation and support Email: [email protected] Online: www.pacificcitizen.org D The Aratani FOundation was that will enable Nisei veterans to Tel: (213) 620-1767 launched in 1994 by Nisei entrep­ participate in the organization's re­ Mail: 123 Ellison S. OnizukaSI., reneur and philanthropist George gular meetings, special events and Suite 313 Los Angeles, CA90012 GFBNEC AWARDED Aratani and his wife, Sakaye. FOl­ educational programs. FOunded STAFF lowing his incarceration at the Gila in 1961, Keiro is a not-for-profit River concentration camp during organization dedicated to impro­ Executive Editor Allism Haramet o GRANTS FROM ARATANI WW II, George Aratani served as ving the quality of senior life in the Se nior Editor a bilingual instructor at the :Mili­ Japanese American community. Digital & Social Media tary Intelligence Service language "Keiro's support makes it Goo rg e Ja'lnstm FOUNDATION AND KEIRO school at Camp Savage, Minn. possible for many of our Nisei Business Manager "The Aratani family has veterans, who are in their 90s or Su san Yokoyama the nonprofit center's national The funds will supported GFBNEC since its even older, to attend GFBNEC's Production Artist efforts to preserve and expand Mari e SammIe inception in 1989, and we're extre­ regular meetings and help to direct support and expand the legacy of Japanese American Circulation mely grateful for their generosity the organization's future, " 1-hki Work! War II veterans. Eva Ting in helping us to educate the public said. "It's such a privilege to have public education The substantial grant from the The Pacific Citizen newsp.3.p8f about our Nisei veterans' values of our senior veterans share their ex­ Aratani FOundation will support (ISSN CD3 [)'8579) is pJ~ i 5tled on Nisei WWII duty, sacrifice, humility and honor, " perience and wisdom with schools, s em~ m mt hl y (excej1: on ce in GFBNEC's "Defining Coura­ said GFBNEC President and CEO community groups and the Decem ber and Janu ary) by the ge" educational exhibit in Little Japanese American OtizellS veterans' legacy. Mitchell T. 1-hki. ''Today, the public - they're part of our living Tokyo by underwriting compli­ LeaQJe. Pacific Citizen, 123 Elli son Aratani FOundation is helping history. The Keiro grant helps en­ S. Olizu ka St. Sui te 313 mentary admission forteachersand LOS ANGELES - Go for Bro­ us to reach a broader spectrum sure that our vets can participate Los AnQ9es. CA 9)]1 2 students, as well as families, on Pericdcal pJstage paid at LA . CA ke National Education Center an­ of Americans, both regionally in a wonderful range of activities, designated dates in 2018. The POSTMASTER: Soo d actless nounced Jan. 22 the awarding of and nationally, at a time when from educational events and multi­ ch anges to Natimal JACL. 1765 grant will also help GFBNEC two grants from the Aratani Foun­ patriotism and social justice are generational social activities to our Sutter St . San Franci sco. CA launch a new national exhibition 941 15 dation and Keiro that will support more relevant than ever." annual Evening of Aloha gala." • that is currently under develop- JACL President: Gary Mayeoo Executive Director: David Inooe Interim Assistant Executive Director: Step'1ani e Nitahara RC. EDITORIAL BOARD ASSEMBLYMEMBERS AL MURATSUCHI AND Gil Asak awa. dlair p8fSO"l . Jojy Mita i. MDC: Joy W o. CC OC : Jim Duff . NCIANPDC: Chip Laroodle. JOINT AUTHOR ASSEMBLY MAJORITY CHAIR PNIAOC: Kay1a VVat anabe. IDC: John Saito Jr . PSV\-OC : Juli Yosh in aQ3. Yooth Rep IAN CALDERON ANNOUNCE BILL ESTABLISHING SUBSCRIBE Get a me-year subscrij1:ion ct the Pacific O ti zen newspaper at SURFING AS OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA SPORT www pacificcitizooag a call (213) 620-1767 TORRANCE, CALIF. year; the state is home to several beaches and ocean of our Golden ADVERTISE Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi surfing museums, including the State. Surfing in California has To advertioo in the Pacific Citizen. call (213) 620-1767 a e-mail (D-Torrance) and Joint Author Surfers' Hall of Fame. a rich history and culture. pc@ pacificcitizenag Assembly 1-hjority Leader Ian Both assemblymembers are avid The surfing lifestyle attracts LEGAL Calderon (D-W hittier) announ­ surfers who have spent much time people from all around the world No pa rt ct this pJ~ i cal i m may be ced Jan. 17 the introduction of surfing in the waters off the coast and generates over $6 billion in r8JX o:iIced withoot the exjX ess permi ssion of the Pacific Citizen. AB 1782, a bill that will establish of &)llthern California. annual retail sales," said Murat­ Editaial s. letters. news and the surfing as California's state sport. "Nothing represents the cali­ suchi. "Surfing is an iconic califor­ tourism and recreation industries. op nions eXjXeSS8d by cdum nists other than the natim al JACL Surfing is an iconic California fornia Dream better than surfing nia sport and an important part of ... I am proud to introduce a bill that pres id oot or natimal d recta cb sport that brings in significanteco­ riding the waves and living the multibillion-dollar California would make surfing California's net necessaril y refiect JACL pjicy official sport" • Evools and prcduct s adveroood in nomic activity to the state each in harmony with the beautiful coastal economy, particularly in the Ihe PC. cb not ca rr y the im p icit enmooment ct the JACL or thi s pu ~ ic at ion We reserve th e ri !1l1 to .................................................................................................................................................. ed t arodes. !!) 21]18 .• Pericdcals paid at Los Angeles. The Pacific Citizell's mission is to "educate on the past Japanese Cali f and mailing ctfice American experience and to preserve, p romote and help the current and future AAPI communities." JACL member? IYI Iill 0 $50 0 $100 0 $150 ::1 $200 O olher ___ II you've mCNed, Name ,... ................, .. ,.. ......., .... ..... ,................... ........ ". ......................................... ,.... please send new inlormaiion to: National JACL Address ."",.. """""""""""."""""".""""" .. """"""""""".""""""""".""""""•. ,.,. 1765 Sutter St. San Francisco, City ............................................................................................................................. CA94115 (415) 921-5225 ext. 26 Slate ""."".""""""."""""."""""" .. ""."" Zip .. """."""."" .. "" .. """""""".""".", f'\ IPt'J~IA~ 8 ~ CITIZ E N 6 weeks lor ~ a,dd"" changes. Phone ".""."""."""""""""""""""""""""""."""."""""""""""""""."""""""".". ~[PwD[ill~ avdd interruptions in delivery, Email ".""""""."".""".""."""."".""".""".""""".. "".""".""."" .. """""""""."""", CAMPAIGN please notily your to include Pacific Citizen Newspaper you, 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St. #313 (213) 620-1767 of address Los Angeles, CA 900 12 www.PacificCilizen.Org .. Form 3575) PACIFIC. CITIZEN COMMENTARY Feb. 9-22, 2018 3 NIKKEI VOICE IF A BASEBALL TEAM CAN CHANGE, CAN'T WE GET RID OF RACIST KIDS' COSTUMES? post on Facebook sharing a god­ Chinese characters on the shirt are the photo shoot. a "Chinaman." By Gil Asakawa awful item from Walmart.com, a gibberish. Another pointed out that But the child isn't buying this On top of all that, the fact that ecently, I was heartened "Kids China Boy Costume," comp­ upon close inspection, you can see stuff - it's parents buying it for this kid's eyes are painted to look to see the news that the lete with a photo of a young white that the kid has mascara to make their children. slanty just makes me want to throw R Cleveland Indians Major boy dressed in an inappropriate, his eyes look slanted! By doing that, parents up. League Baseball team is going to culturally appropriate and Wow. Really? perpetuate stereotypes of what No, I don't think this kid is stop using its blatantly racist ca­ inexcusably phony polyester suit Most people who saw it on Asians are like - it keeps Asian racist, or his parents, or anyone ricature of an American Indian, with baggy pants, a Mandarin­ Facebook think it's awful, but one Americans as permanent foreig­ who had a childhood fascination "Chief Waboo," on its uniforms collared shirt with Chinese­ friend who I respect asked why ners, always the Other. Something for other cultures. That fascination starting with the 2019 season. The style knot buttons and a matching the costwne made me angry. She exotic. Not really American. Ever. is great; I wish more people had leering cartoon character is so ob­ hat (which is sold separately to said that when she was young, If these costwnes were accu­ that and learned about the world. noxious that my wife, Erin, has "improve your costwne"). she loved learning about other rate and came with some real But I doubt any kids and their included it for years in a workshop There's been lively discussion cOlllltries and their cultures, and she history that a child could learn parents who think this costwne is she gives on racist icons in Ameri­ about the item, which is current­ studied how people dressed around from, that might be acceptable. But cool and worth spending $24 on can culture - from Allllt Jemima ly sold out, by the way, on my the world. She also had dolls in really, when I (and I think most ($40 list pricel) is curious about to the Frito Bandito. Facebook page.
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