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The National Pu blication of the Japanese American Citizens League At Age 92, Painter JACL Signs Onto Amicus Jack Suzuki Briels in Lawsuits 'We're calling for Challenging Domestit: Continues to Inspire legalization that is tied to a solution, tied to the Spying Program backlog [of hopeful Lawsuits filed by the immigrantsJ and tied to ACLU and CCR demand civil rights issues and that the Bush workers rights issues, ' Administration cease unwarranted wiretapping - Eunsook Lee, of Americans. executive director of the National Korean American Services and Education By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Consortium. Executive Editor A hobby he picked up after "Japan Pictured As A Nation of Spies." "Japanese Here Sent Vital the death of his wife, Data to Tokyo." "The Fifth Column Suzuki's abstract paintings on the Coast." "Suicide Reveals reveal a hidden talent that The Korean American Spy Ring Here. " has caught the attention of community in Los The weight of the words that many. Angeles participated in blare forth from early 1940s head­ immigration rights rallies lines taken from the pages of the Los By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM in solidarity with Latino Angeles Times are a chilling Executive Editor groups (far left) May 1. reminder of the environment From his pseudo-art studio nested API t:I'tQJs ContDJe to Lend Legal Immigrants Face Huge "11th. plghts 01 on. gpoup 01 in the kitchen of his Denver, Am.picans ap. thp"t.n.d, Colorado home, artist Jack Suzuki Voices in /tnmigI'ation /IitIItS /JeIIate Hurdles in Becoming Citizens creates colorfully elaborate abstract th. pights 01 all 01 us ap. ByL ALIN works whose originality has caught By ASSOCIATED PRESS thp"t.n.d. lilt's th. Apall and Assistant Editor the attention of many in this com­ Muslim communltl.s today, munity. NEW YORK-When Kshitij Bedi recently marked DOWNTOWN, LOS ANGELES-The national who will It II. tomoppow?" It's a career the 92-year-old began his fourth wedding anniversary, it wasn't much of a cel­ "Day WithQut An Immigrant" May 1 brought an out­ at the young age of 77. ebration, just a long-distance phone conversation. John Tateishi, pouring of humanity onto the streets of major metro­ JACL Executive Director "I didn't know what a crayola That's because the Long Island resident has barely politan areas. Leaving work and school, a large con­ was when I first started," said seen his wife Shweta in the past four years. She remains tingency of immigrants and immigrant rights advo­ in India, waiting and waiting - and waiting - for the Suzuki, whose first task was to go Japanese Punericans experienced cates took to the streets waving the flags of their visa that would allow her to join her husband, a legal out and buy the painting supplies he pre-World War IT when every JA would need. "But one thing led to See PROTESTSlPage 3 See BECOMING CITIZENSlPage 3 was looked upon as potential spies another and it became interesting. I for Imperialist Japan. Now replace the country of Japan :~k:,~ing and even today I'm still I Georgia's South Asian Community Alleges Racial Proliling with the Middle East and insert Suzuki was introduced to paint­ A government sting to business as usual until a customer Muslim and Arab Punericans where ing after the death of his wife Aiko crack down on illegal drug demanded to buy two cases of the word Japanese appears and you in 1991. Soon after her passing, his production turns up an ephedrine, a household ingredient will be propelled several decades four sons encouraged him to take up overwhelming number of popularly used to make metham­ forward to the current environment a hobby to occupy his time. He charges against one ethnic phetamine. The 23-year-old clerk that many feel exists in the United decided on painting. group. Some civil rights patiently refused the man while States today. He soon enrolled in the senior groups charge racism. insisting state law rations the pur­ The New York Times revealed late program offered at the University of chase of ephedrine to two bottles. last year that the Bush Colorado at Denver and Health I By LYNDA LIN There are signs posted allover the Administration has allowed the Sciences Center's (UCDHSC) Assistant Editor store explaining the law, according National Security Administration College of Arts & Media. It was the to employees. So the customer fmal­ (NSA) to conduct warrantless sur­ first time he would pick up a paint­ Matthew Samuel's work day at PHOTO: DANIEL BEAR, ACLU ly relented, bought hj.s bottles and veillance on Punericans since the brush. Tobacco for Less, a small family­ Community members decry owned cigar shop in Georgia, was racial profiling in a Mar. 15 rally. See SOUTH ASIAN/Page 12 See AMICUS BRIEF/Page 6 See JACK SUZUKVPage 3 . ~~ PhoeniX RiSing: IN MEMORIAM I Debunking Stereotypes Leadership For a New Former JACL Pres. ~i generabon en_ with a Silence, Then Dialogue ~ .... f'l Hank Tanaka Passes en By Pacific Citizen Staff 1Wo articles about yellow !il~ Co> _ fever and interracial dating ~0--03 Henry T "Hank" Tanaka, a pio­ -;....­ spark Yale APAs to talk oN neer in the mental health field and I <nt%j about ethnic jokes. ~~ former JACL '"m,... national presi­ m By LYNDA LIN Y' dent, passed o Assistant Editor )0- away April 26 CD Q ~ JACL National Convention at Hillcrest To be heard they gagged them­ N June 21-24, 2006 Hospital in selves with black cloth. Dressed all A Yale student demon­ Chandler, Arizona Mayfield in black, Asian Pacific Punerican strates effects of silence. Heights, Ohio. students at Yale University staged a Rumpus, a student-run university He was 83. I protest April 20 to demonstrate the tabloid, which some APAs are oall­ Tanaka served as the JACL effects of a silenced community. ing racist. One article titled "Me 6 national president from 1983 to At the center of the protest are WEEIiS See TANAKA/page 11 I two articles in the April edition of See YALElPage 6 2 LEITERS/NATIONAL PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 5-18, 2006 '- PACIAC CITIZEN ~ SPRING CAMPAIGN L IKE WHAT YOU SEE? 2005 WINNERI p------------- « NEW AMERICA A Labor of Love I www.pacificcitizen.org U'MEDIA I Launch the Web site into the next online journey ~ Awards In Writing ~ By ROGER OZAKI writing an article for the P. e. was a labor of love. I Greetings and Happy Spring. Serving as the P. e. Eastern P ACIFIC CITIZEN This past January, when the District Council representative on I Pacific Citizen board of directors the board has given me much 250 E. 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