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THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL June 2-15, 2017 » PAGE 6 ‘BRONZEVILLE, LITTLE TOKYO’ History is revisited to tell the litle-known » PAGE 4 Hundreds gather to story of when Little honor those incarcerated Tokyo once became in Portland during WWII. Bronzeville. » PAGE 9 The Topaz Museum is set to officially open in July. WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3300 / VOL. 164, No. 10 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 June 2-15, 2017 COMMENTARY HOW TO REACH US REIMAGINE EVERYTHING Email: [email protected] Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., THE DELICATE ART OF BRAGGING TO Suite 313 Los Angeles, CA 90012 BETTER YOUR JOB STAFF Executive Editor Allison Haramoto By Ron Mori and Kara Baskin for AARP was awesome. It can be small. Maybe Business Manager you nailed an email response to a snarly Susan Yokoyama Our office is going through a major colleague, or maybe you sealed a huge Production Artist makeover, and in several months, the new deal. Doesn’t matter. Keep a written (or Marie Samonte open concept design will be my reality. Part Circulation texted, or whatever works for you) log Eva Ting of my new work life is flexible telecommuting of one triumph each day. Review it at options, as we have fewer offices and an open The Pacific Citizen newspaper week’s end. You can weave it into future (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published floor concept with huddle rooms. It’s also conversations with your boss, use it when semimonthly (except once in almost six months into 2017, so we all know you’re writing a self-evaluation for your December and January) by the that the midyear performance conversations Japanese American Citizens performance review or just use it for a League, Pacific Citizen, 123 need to take place. If you’re like me, the last boost when you’re feeling down. Ellison S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 thing you want to do is pound your chest and Los Angeles, CA 90012 2. Twice a week: Share news about your tell your manager how good you’ve been. Periodical postage paid at L.A., career on social media. Social media’s CA But, as a hard-working Sansei, it’s part of 5. Monthly: Meet with people in your industry very nature is self-serving, so leverage this. POSTMASTER: Send address my DNA to let my work results speak for me. to swap news, gossip and, yes, brag a little. changes to National JACL, 1765 Maybe you’re working with a dynamic new That’s not the best strategy, so I asked my It helps to let colleagues know what you’re up Sutter St., San Francisco, CA client who has a fantastic message to share. 94115 colleague to expand and put into writing tips to. Networking sustains your industry profile Maybe your company just signed a big deal that that we should consider. and can help you land new leads down the JACL President: Gary Mayeda made the news. Done well, social media mixes Interim Assistant Executive — Ron Mori road. Whether it’s a regular coffee date with Director: Stephanie Nitahara thought leadership with quiet self-promotion. a mentor or a formal networking dinner with hen you work at home, you can’t Maximize it. You needn’t crow about your an industry group, show your face and share P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD latest raise or new tax bracket (actually, please Gil Asakawa, chairperson; Jody just pop into your boss’ office with your experiences. You never know when it will Mitori, MDC; Joy Goto, CCDC; Jim good news. A casual lunch meeting don’t), but you can spread newsworthy items to pay off. Duff, NCWNPDC; Chip Larouche, W— with a few strategically placed nudges — enhance your image in a diplomatic, useful way. PNWDC; Kayla Watanabe, IDC; 6. Yearly: Get brutally honest about your won’t happen organically. No, when you work John Saito Jr., PSWDC; Juli 3. Weekly: Schedule recurring check-ins. finances and happiness. 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Make a point This guest column was written by when you work at home. opinions expressed by columnists to do this every couple of weeks, and fold in Kara Baskin for Ron Mori, co-president of other than the national JACL Keep a written log of one triumph each day. president or national director a tie-in to your company’s work in the note. the Washington, D.C., JACL chapter and You can weave it into future conversations with do not necessarily reflect JACL This says: I get it. We’re on the same page — manager of community, states and national policy. Events and products your boss. advertised in the P.C. do not but I’m also independent enough to work hard affairs — multicultural leadership for carry the implicit endorsement of 1. Daily: Jot down something you did that without checking in. AARP. the JACL or this publication. We reserve the right to edit articles. © 2017 Periodicals paid at Los Angeles, Calif. and mailing office. JACL MEMBERS Change of Address If you’ve moved, please send new information to: National JACL 1765 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 921-5225 ext. 26 Allow 6 weeks for address changes. To avoid interruptions in delivery, please notify your postmaster to include periodicals in your change of address (USPS Form 3575) COMMENTARY June 2-15, 2017 3 NIKKEI VOICE WHY DO PEOPLE STILL HOLD HATEFUL FEELINGS FOR JAPAN FROM WWII? PHOTOS: GIL ASAKAWA interviewed by a local TV By Gil Asakawa reporter for my reaction, and the report focused on wasn’t surprised that anti-Japanese sentiments were my father, whose name is expressed when Takuma Sato, a Japanese driver, won the etched on the Nisei War Me- Indianapolis 500 race — he is the first driver from Japan morial, on the back where all Ito take the flag. But I was shocked, and disappointed, that Colorado JAs who served in the hateful sentiment was blurted by a journalist in Denver, the U.S. military, no matter where I live, and that it was someone I had once worked with. the war, are listed after they Terry Frei, a veteran sports writer for the Denver Post pass away. My dad fought whose main beat was the Colorado Avalanche hockey during the Korean War, but he team, tweeted shortly after Sato’s historic victory, “Nothing never held on to any animo- specifically personal, but I am very uncomfortable with sity toward Koreans, and a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during he certainly never passed on any negative attitudes about Memorial Day weekend.” Koreans to me. The comment sparked a social media furor, and within George After he deleted his tweet, Frei posted a terse message: 24 hours, on Memorial Day, the Denver Post announced that Hisayuki “I apologize,” which was followed by a link to an excerpt of Frei no longer worked for the newspaper. Asakawa a book he had written about a college football team from the I didn’t know Frei well, but I worked with him when fought in early 1940s, on which his father played. His father went on I managed the DenverPost.com website. I was bewildered the Korean to fly missions in the Pacific against Japan, and his father’s that he would post such a blunt, ethnically charged statement. War for the best friend was killed during the Battle of Okinawa. In a sub- He deleted the tweet, but not before a lot of people copied U.S. Army. sequent explanation, Frei said his research for that book had it and spread it across the Internet.