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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Feb. 8-21,2019 »~c »1:ililll30 The JACL National Board Details on April's 50th Annual Meets to Discuss 2019 Goals. Manzanar Pilgrimage F+<oro, COURTESYO FHCII'NP DIST""" J*A WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3336 I VOL. 168, No.2 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 Feb. 8-21 , 2019 SPRING CAMPAIGN/LETTER PACIFIC. CITIZEN HOW TO REACH US IT'S TIME FOR THE Letter to the Editor Email: [email protected] Olline: www.pacificcillzen.org Te l: (213)620-1767 AN APOLOGY FOR TULE LAKE RESISTERS Ma l: 123Ellison S. Onizuka SI, Suil e 313 SPRING CAMPAIGN Los Ang eles, CA 90012 or over 70 years, former Tule Lake resisters Greetings Pacific Citizen subscribers! STAFF have been stigmatized for their difficult de Execulive Edilor F cisions of protest during World War II and Allison Hcnnnto have been negatively labeled as those "No, Nos" Senior Edilor Digilal & Social Media by the Japanese American community. It is time Ge org e Johnston I hope YOIl are reading this somewhere warm! in membership over the past two decades. that the JACL finally admits that formerTule Lake Business Manag er February is generally the peak of seasonal Subsequently, the P.e.'ssubscription base has resisters had the courage and the right to protest Susm Yo koycrna depression, and even the most well-adjusted also taken a hit With so many alternatives the injustice of America's concentration camps. ProdlDIion Arlis! might find themselves feeling out of sorts to traditional reporting, some have asked Ma ie ScrnJ nte Nearly two decades ago, the JACL finally, amidst this long winter's record-breaking whether it is still necessary to have a publication officially apologized to the Heart :Mountain and Circulalion cold spells. like this. Eva Tin g all other draft resisters for their principled stand, However, one thing that has always cheered However, the P.e. holds tremendous potential but to this day, an apology to Tule Lake resisters The Pacific Citizen newspaper me up is reading a good book or magazine. If for helping define what the next itemtion of this (lSSN. 0030-8579) is publi shed has been its own No, No. YOIl enjoy reading this paper as milch as we community is. Conversations and discourse oom i- m oothl y (exC8j:t once in Past JACL leaders, members and ex-GIs long December and January) by the enjoy making it, Iask YOIl to consider making through the writings in this paper have helped maintained animosity toward former Tule Lake Japanese American O tizellS a donation during the Pacific Citizen's annual previous generations to conceptualize their LeagJ e. Pacific Citizen, 123 Ellisoo resisters, but now a new generation of JACL Spring Campaign. identities and stay connected to the national S Olizu ka SI. Sui te313 leaders and members predominate. An officialJACL Lo s A ng ~ es, CA 00 01 2 Originally published under the title The community even for those who live in apology is needed, admitting Tule Lake resisters Pericdcal postag3 paid at L A . CA Mkkei Shimin in October 1929, Pacific Citizen geographically isolated areas from the larger POSTMASTER: Soo d aooress had a right to protest the incarceration and were is a landmaIk publication for its role in uniting Japanese American community. ch an ges to Nati on al JAa... 1765 unfairly stigmatized all these years. This JACL Sutter St . San FrandsOJ. CA 9411 5 the Japanese A merican community through Your contributions can help give the gift apology shouk! happen soon, beforeall incarcerated JACL Presidenl: Jeffrey Moy journalistic coverage. This paper came into of knowledge to our current generations of at Tule Lake pass away. ExecuIive Director: Dav id Inooe being ata time when the children of Japanese Japanese Americans by helping us to provide After the war, people asked, "What camp were RC. EDITORIAL BOARD immigrants were first coming of age in this staff with much-needed office software, you in?"I never hesitated to say, "Ibston and Tule Reb Busdler. mair perSO"l : Roo country, and many of our Nisei generation computer equipment, archiving materials Lake," butI was always angered by their even-muted Kuramoto. MDC: Marci a Chun g, found this paper to be a formative element of and the funds to ensure that the P.e. remains CCDe: Nancy Ukai. NCIANPDC: knowing responses. establishing their Japanese American identities. a printed option for many of our readers. Sh ~ cb1 Arak aki . PNIAOC: Kayla The Japanese American community has been !;Vatanabe. IDC: Jm n Saito Jr., A lthough several Japanese-language Staff is hard at work to make sure this brainwashed by the JACL and the commonly used PSIAO C: Juli Yosn in aga, Yooth Rep newspapers on the West Coast of the United publication continues to provide you with "No, Nos" slur that implied wrongdoing. They do States predate the P.e., our publication was quality reporting on issues that matter to you SUBSCRIBE not understand that Tule Lake resisters were put in Get a ooe-year su bSCf ij::tion ct the the first (and now only) nationwide newspaper and ourcommunities. Absolutely 100 percent difficult positions and were trapped into protesting Pacific Citizen newspaper at specifically catering to the tastes of our of your donations allow the P.C. to continue www pad ficdtiz8llag a call the injustice of incarceration. They were punished Japanese American community. doing so. (21 3)620- 1767 by the government, many suffered significantly and During the incarceration years, production Please consider a donation of any amount in addition have been long stigmatized by their ADVERTISE of the paper moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, that you are able. To adverti oo in the Pacific Citizen, own community. where it continued to provide quality reporting To donate to the Spring Campaign, fill out call (213) 62D-1 767 or e- mail The JACL, with their super patriotism position lX@pacifio::itiz8ll .org on nationwide issues impacting Japanese the coupon included in this newspaper or during and soon after the war, were in strong Americans. In the decade-long quest to realize give directly on the P.C.'s website at www. LEGAL opposition to 12,000 TuleLake inmates. They had No part ct thi s PJ~ ica t i oo may be redress, the P.e. was there reporting every step pa cificcitizen.org. urged their segregation from others in nine camps, r8jXoctJ eBd without the exp-ess along the way. The P.e. is an institution within would not help ACLU attorney Wayne Collins permission ct the Pacific Citizen our community, and we hope it will continue Thank you one and all, Ed ta ials, letter s, news and the oppose deportation of over 5,000 renunciants to to be for many years to come. cp nions exp-essed by cdumnists Japan and would not support his heroic efforts to ether than the national JAa.. While we are excitedly celebrating our 90th Rob Buscher, regain their citizenships. p-esid8llt a national d re ct a do anniversary all-year long, we find ourselves Chair, Pacific Citizen not necessaril y refl ed JACL PJ li cy at a crossroads, as traditional membership Editorial Board EV8llts and p-odJcts advertioo d in organizations sllCh as theJACL have decreased " See LETTER .n page 9 the PC. OJ net carry the impidt 8Il ruoo m8llt ct the JAa.. or thi s pu ~ i cat i oo. We reserve the ri !ilt to .--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, . edit arMes. (!) 2019 , Pericdcals paid at Los Ang3les, Cali f and mailing office i PACIFIC CITIZEN ;~'<:,"~ JA'CL MEMBERS Change of Address The P'C.'s mission is to "educate on the past Japanese American experience and II you've mCNed, please send new preserve, promote and help the current and future AAPI communities." iriormaliOlllo: National JACL Name: _____________________________________________________________________ 1765 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA94115 Address1: ________________________________________________________________________ 2019 (415) 921-5225 ext. 26 City, ______________ SPRING 6 weeks lor Phone Number: ____________________________ CAMPAIGN E-mail : Pacific Citizen Newspaper 123 Ellison S . Onizuka St. #313 Los Angeles, CA 90012 JACL MEMBER? DY D N 0$50 0$100 0$150 0S200 Oother (213} 620-1767 "Your oonations will help build and preserve a cohesive library of th e Pacific Citizen to eci.J cate future generations. www.PacificCitizen.Org PACIFICO CITIZEN COMMENTARY Feb. 8-21 2019 3 NIKKEI VOICE IS NAOMI OSAKA JAPANESE ENOUGH? Unfortunately, other biracial stars in Japan have faced prejudice. The Pittsburgh, Pa.-born singer Jero, who By GilAsakawa is African-American and Japanese, moved to Japan and had a lO-year career as an "enka" 10ve following the exciting young career star, perform ing the style of music that can be of Naomi Osaka, the world's first Japa described as amix of Japanese blues and big I nese tennis star, who has been ranked band pop. He was treated as a novelty, gaining No.1 by the Women's Tennis Assn. after her gasps and applause when he was introduced recent win in the Australian Open. during the early part of his career. Last year, I love her passion and skill and determination he announced he was putting his singing career to win. And most of all, I love that she is on hold to become a computer engineer, which mixed-race, with aJapanese mom and Haitian is what he had studied in college. dad. And, I also love that she's culturally as World's NO.1-ranked tennis sensation Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open ArianaMiyamoto, a half-black, half-Japanese American as she is Japanese or Haitian. woman from Nagasaki, made headlines when Osaka was born in Japan, and her family Japan even though they've been mostly raised in accused of whitewashing the star.