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Shedding Light On Little Known Hawaii Internees' Stories After Criticism Waned, a Controversial Philadelphia Steak Shop Expands The number of JAs Former incarcerated during WWII internees Harry 'Chink's Steaks' is set to open in a new, more prominent is small compared to the Urata (right) area just in time for the start of Major League Baseball. mainland, but just as and Chojiro important to history. Kageura gather By LYNDA LIN flower petals to Assistant Editor By LYNDA LIN throw into the Assistant Editor site of the WWII "Chink's Steaks" is growing. camp during a Four years after Asian PacifIc Shozo Takahashi started writing pilgrimage. American groups launched a cam• his autobiography in the 1990s paign to urge the owner of the before his memory began to fade. PHOlO: JCCH Philadelphia steak shop to change In his life story, the Kibei Nisei its racist name, "Chink's" is still included his experiences returning means "peace child." shaped him. It's a part of who he "Chink's." The only difference is to his native Hawaii to be interned In early March, his ''peace child" is." that now another "Chink's Steaks" during World War II. was able to walk in his footsteps at Takahashi is one of about 1,400 is opening a new location later this In 1943, Takahashi spent over a the fIrst ever pilgrimage to Japanese Americans living in month. year behind barbwire at the Honouliuli, one of Hawaii's intern• Hawaii during WWII to be interned Everything from the original Honouliuli internment camp in rnentcamps. in temp~rary camps scattered Wissinoming eatery will be avail- The original eatery sparked a name Central Oahu. He missed the birth ''I am so glad I was given the across the , islands including able at the new take-out only loca- change campaign in 2004. of his first daughter, Judy, because opportunity to do that," said Karen Honouliuli, Kauai's Kalaheo tion at 901 S. Columbus of his incarceration. After his Murashige, about the March 2 event. Stockade, Maui's Haiku Camp, Boulevard just in time for the fust pitch of the Philadelphia Phillies' season release at war's end, Takahashi "'This is part of history. This is what Oahu's Sand Island and Kilauea opener, gave his second daughter, Karen, my father went through. It's a part of Military Camp on the Big Island. APA groups are not amused, the Japanese name Kazuko, which my father's life, which I believe See HONOULIULVPage 12 "It's like giving Asian Americans the fInger," said Hiro Nishikawa, a Greater Philadelphia resident and former JACL EDC district governor. "It Governor Who Opposed Detention /~~ makes me sick." ~.~ In 2004 local APA and civil rights groups including the JACL, the of JAS During World War II Honored , Organizations of Chinese See 'CHINK'S STEAK'lPage 13 A Miraculous By ASSOCIATED PRESS Carr, who Moral Campaign was ColQrado's 'A Full-on CRAASH at Hunter College DENVER-Motorists who ven• governor when Floyd Shimomura was a ture along the main north-south Japan attacked recent law school grad CRAASH (Coalition for highway that bisects the San Luis Pearl Harbor in when he stepped into a the Revitalization of Asian Valley soon will have a new travel• 1941, warned pivotal leadership role. American Studies at ing companion: former Colorado others not to Hunter) - their message is Gov. Ralph Carr. trample on the By CRAIG 1800 in their acronym. That's because the Colorado rights of PSW Regional Director Legislature approved a resolution GOV. CARR American-born The event was the 1978 JACL By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM March 14 naming U.S. 285 from citizens simply Convention in, Salt Lake City, Executive Editor Denver to the New Mexico state line because of their ethnicity. Utah. The national council had the "Ralph Carr Memorial As a result, the Southern Colorado CRAASH members talk strategy. just directed the organization to Olivia Lin, 20, is solidly ground• Highway." native killed his own political career start a legislative campaign asking ed in her Chinese American identity. when he took the unpopular position Vincent Chin, the waves of AAs for an aIX>logy from the U.S. gov• After all, she was born in New in 1942 against putting Japanese arriving in the United States, and the ernment and $25,000 in repara• York's Chinatown to irnrnigranfpar• Americans in internment camps history of the Japanese American tions for Japanese Americans who ents from Hong Kong and immersed such as Camp Amache in World War II internment. had been interned during World in the Chinese culture. Yet it wasn't Southeastern Colorado. What she learned inspired her to War II. until her freshman year of college The Republican governor did so at delve deeper into the issues, after all It was at this very convention that she had her Asian American a time when other governors were identity "aha!" moment. _ this was a part of her' own personal See RALPH CARRlPage 7 See SHIMOMURAlPage 11 Back in 2006, Lin enrolled in her history. So ' Lin, a media studies fIrst Asian American Studies major, made up her mind to minor in Program (AASP) course at City AASP. But she soon learned she was 16 WEEKS University of New York's (CUNY) out of luck: the minor had been July 16-20 Hunter College. It was the first time froZen due to a lack of interest and Coverage see Page 7 she heard about the brutal murder of See CRAASHlPage 13

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~.PACIFIC 1IIiE.... CITIZEN Letters to the Editor 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90012 Tel: 213/620-1767, Strategies to Help JACL's The 442nd/100th 8001966-6157 DeClining Membership Made Redress Possible Fax: 213/620-1768 E-mail: [email protected] The excellent article by Lynda Lin concerning the JACL member• Has the JACL membership and public at large forgotten the sacri• www.pacificcitizen.org ship decline (Pacific Citizen, Feb. 15-Mar. 6) has been known for a fices made by a certain group of individuals that actually made Executive Editor: while, yet not much was done about it by the leadership. Redress possible? Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom The JACL saw fit to honor the so-ciUled "No-No Boys" in a public The boast that JACL is the oldest and largest Asian American Assistant Editor: forum in San Francisco several years ago. I don't recall the JACL rec• organization may not last long. It will still be the oldest at 79 but may Lynda Lin ognizing the brave men and women who, despite adverse opposition not stay the largest Will the projected losses mean becoming a "paper Office Manager: and threats from their fellow men in the concentration camps, volun• Brian Tanaka organization?" In view of this the new vice president of membership Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting teered to join the Anny from those concentration camps. The mem• will have to fast start from the "git go." bers of the lOOthl442nd RCf deserve a special recognition for their Publisher: Japanese American What .thust be done? First meet and plan with the newly hired perfonnance. These men are now in their 80s and 90s and unfortu• Citizens League (founded 1929) 1765 membership coordinator. Contact the frontline trenches where the nately many, many veterans have passed on without recognition due Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA rank-and-file chapter membership chairs are -.-:. I mean all 113 chap• 94115, tel: 4151921-5225 fax: 4151931- to them. 4671, www.jacl.org ters. Take names and e-mail addresses and also that of the chapter Redress was made possible because of these men, who despite their JACL President: Larry Oda presidents and district governors. Communicate and coordinate. Get being deprived of their civil rights and being placed in "camps" vol• Nat'l Director: FIayd Mori to know them. Find out their state of the membership and do some• unteered to serve in the Anny and distinguished themselves. This Pacific Citizen Board of Directors: thing about it Set quotas. made the American public realize the injustice perpetuated against its Gil Asakawa, chairperson; Margie In.the last three conventions I attended, I conducted an informal own citizens. Yamamoto, EDC; Lisa Hanasono, membership survey. I found some chapters did not have a member• MDC; Kathy Ishimoto, CCDC; Judith LEO H. HOSODA Aono, NCWNPDC; Justine Kondo, ship chair, one in name only or the president doubling up on the WWII and Korean War Veteran PNWDC; Jeff Itami, IDC; Ted Namba, office. Perhaps one of the reasons for this condition is due to lack of Roseville, CA PSWDC; Naomi Oren, Youth. a mentor. r------, There is also definitely a netd to secure more membership fringe Vietnam was an Illegal War NEWS/AD DEADLINE: FRIDAY benefits. The number one is medic3J. insurance. BEFORE DATE OF ISSUE. , I was bemused by the Socratic exercise in Milo Yoshino's essay "Is Editorials, news and the opinions It may not be the solution ~ut it's ~ start. Regardless, ,!,e must go the Iraq War Legal?" (Pacific Citizen, Feb. 15-Mar. 6) in which he lists expressed by columnists other than the all out and support the new Vice presIdent of membership. I for one chronologically the United Nations Security Council Resolutions that national JACL president or national director do not necessarily reflect JACL will do so. somehow sanctified the war - and only after President Bush's poliq'. Events and products advertised declared, "Mission Accomplished." Mr. Yoshino has overlooked our in the Pacific Citizen do not carry the STANLEY N. KANZAKI I government's campaign of misinformation, disinfonnation and lies. Implicit endorsement of the JACL or New York JACL Also there is in Mr. Yoshino's exegesis, great irony. He apparently this publication. We reserve the right to I edit articles. • served in the Vietnam War - a war, which began with our govern- L ______~ Re: Purdue' ~LI ...... les Program I menl's manipulation of South Vietnam politics and with lies about the naval incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin. Bending to political pressures PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030-8579) is Thank you so much for the outstanding article on Purdue's new and miscalculations by President Johnson ultimately resulted in a war published semi-monthly except once in Asian American Studies program! It is such an honor to have a fea• December and January by the Japanese resolution endorSed by Congress, the State Department and the mili• ture American Citizens League, 250 E. First article in the Pacific Citizen. The article was extremely well-writ• tary. Street, Ste. 301, Los Angeles, CA. 90012 ten, fresh, and engaging. Also, the online article looks great. Furthermore, there was the prevailing aura of the Cold War under• OFFICE HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 I've received a steady flow of warm messages from friends, scored by the domino theory of the region. The Vietnam War was an p.m. Pacific Time. ©2008. JACLers, and Big 10 faculty members, and Purdue colleagues who illegal war which was lost and from which we learned nothing. Annual subscription rates: NON- have come across your article .. First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, by his action as a patriotic citizen MEMBERS: 1 year-$40, payable in Thanks for spreading the word about our new program in such an advance. Additional foreign postage per . and soldier, is alone and isolated. He is a ronin just as we were in the year (1 st class) - Canada and Mexico eloquent and professional way! 442nd/100th and the concentration camps. $55, Japan and overseas $60 (Subject He needs our admiration and support. to change without notice.) Postage paid I,.ISA HANASONO at Los Angeles, Calif. Purdue Graduate Student ~JISUYAMA ' Pennission: No part of this publication P. C. Midwest Ed. Bd. Member Ft. Meade, SD may be reproduced without express per- mission of the publisher. Copying for other than personal or internal reference use without the express permission of NATIONAL DIRECTOR'S' REPORT P.c. is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Send address changes Making a Case for Annual Conventions to: Pacific Citizen, c/o JACL National By FLOYD MORI relationships, in funding, and particularly in _the national council. National board members Headquarters, 1765 Sutter St., San FranCiSCO, CA 94115. youth programs and leadership. and others spoke in favor of the change, but it Six years ago when John Tateishi was The youth scene is extremely mobile, and was again defeated because delegates did not JACL' s national director and I was national young people need to be together in order to know enough about it - even though a JACL MEMBERS president, discussions develop a critical mass of activities and inter• detailed report and a fact sheet were provided. Change of Address ,..----,...,-----', were held regarding the ests. While some youth leaders argue for their . The national council voted to refer the mat• possibility and feasibility own separate conference in the off years, I ter to a committee for study, something that If you have moved, please of making the organiza• think young JACLers would benefit from an had been done two years prior. The new com• send information to: tion's biennial convention annual convention that allows separate youth mittee chair is Elaine"Akagi, PNW district gov• National JACL an annual event. workshops and plenary sessions. ernor. 1765 Sutter St. John and I favored At the 2004 national convention in Hawaii, Although this issue has been discussed for annual conventions in a proposal was presented to make the change six years, some may think it is a new concept. San Francisco, CA large part because of the to annual conventions, but it was defeated with Delegates who are chosen to go to the upcom• 94115 funding benefits. Major the argument that 'there was not enough notice ing convention are encouraged to review all Allow 6 weeks for address changes. corporate sponsors asked why the JACL did and it needed more review. materials on the convention before they arrive To avoid interruptions in receiving not hold annual conventions because their David Kawamoto headed up a committee to . in Salt Lake City. Proposals and resolutions your PC, please notify your pa>tmas- funding mechanisms preferred donating to study the issue. Two years later at Phoenix, the (except emergency resolutions) are all present• ed to delegates before the convention. . ter to include periodicals in your organizations tha( have conventions yearly. annual convention proposal - which was change of address (USPS Form 3575) The compelling reason for change is conti• reviewed and accepted by the constitution and nuity - continuity in process, in issues, in bylaws committee - was again presented to See MORVpage 11 PACIFIC iii CrnZEN NATIONAL MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 3 Maryland Lawmakers Snarled in English-only Debate H passed, SB 506 would who may have ]mown the language ability to communicate in our com• create a task force to of their parents or their grandpar• mon language of English," said ents, but in many cases did not keep Mauro E. Mujica, chairman of U.S. encourage multilingualism, English, Inc., a non-partisan citi• but opponents vow to stop it," said Rosapepe to the Capital News Service. "We see this all the zens' action group founded by the it Similar measures have time across the United States." late Sen. S.I. Hayakawa in 1983. passed in Tennessee and If the bill passes, the task force "As the state welcomes the next Wisconsin. would be required to make recom• generation of newcomers, it must mendations in a report to the take steps to ensure that these immi• By P.e. Staff and Associated Press General Assembly by January 2009. grants are on the road to learning Educators teaching American-born English and not being misled by the While . other states tangle with children of immigrants should be a crutch of perpetual govemment mul• English-only policies, Maryland major area of focus, according to the tilingualism," Mujica added, wants its residents to keep their bill. To date, 30 states have made native tongue. "I applaud Maryland lawmakers English their official language, most Lawmakers recently introduced a w.ho recognize that language is the recently Arizona in 2006 and Kansas bill to encourage "heritage lan• key element in understanding one's and Idaho in 2007, Currently, legis• guage" skills in the Old Line State. If responsibility whether at work, at PHOTO: WWW.PATMCDONOUGH.ORG lation is pending in 11 states that passed, SB 506 would establish a play or as a citizen," said Aoyd have yet to adopt official English behi~d task force made up of lawmakers Mori, JACL national director. Maryland's. Pat McDonough stands his English-only message. laws - Delaware, Maryland, and educators to identify ways to About 14.5 percent of Maryland Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, preserve and increase heritage lan• residents speak a foreign language. In Tennessee, the state Senate U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander spon• Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode guage skills in Maryland. In May 2007, the United Nations recently approved a bill that would sored a similar federal bill in Island, Washington, West Virginia The bill cites a critical shortage of General Assembly recognized the allow employers to enforce English• Washington, D.C. It passed the and WISconsin. foreign-language speakers in the importance of multilingualism by ' only policies during the workday. Senate, but still has to make it But many APA leaders say that United States and recognizes the declaring 2008 the "International The bill now needs to make it out of through the House. these English-only laws only serve need for world language skills to Year of Languages." the House before Gov. Phil Bredesen And in Wisconsin, the Assembly as tools of discrimination. maintain a competitive edge in the But opponents disagree. Delegate can sign it into law. voted March 13 to make English the 'The cultural diversity in our economy and national security. Pat McDonough is leading Speak The "Protecting English in the state's official language. communities has been key to the Sen. James Rosapepe, one of the English!, a campaign to' put an Tennessee Workplace Act" would The bill would require th&t richness of our society as a whole bill's sponsors, said although it's English-only initiative on the require businesses to post signs say• English be used by all units of state and language is the cornerstone of important to leam English, world November ballot. ing that employees must know how and local government in written any culfure. Communities and language fluency is becoming more "We need to promote English. It's to speak English, but leaves it up to communication except in limited sit• states that mandate the English-only of a necessity in this increasingly been the unifying force in this nation employers to enforce the law. uations. concept are robbing people of her• global business market. and that is the language that people "Someone owns a Japanese Government agencies would also itage and adding to the racial bigotry Rosapepe was born in Italy and need to leam how to speak," said restaurant and back in the kitchen have to report how much is spent that is so damaging to all elements of served as U.S. ambassador to McDonough. everyone's speaking Japanese and preparing materials in languages any community," said Mori.• Romania from 1998-2001. Maryland is part of a longstanding the employers happy with that, then other than English. "I know so many people like chorus of English-only' debates that's fine," said Sen. Jack Johnson ''Wisconsin has long been a state For more information: myself who came here as children, across the nation. in local reports. of diverse immigrants linked by the www.us-english.org APA Bloggers Slam 'Rhode Island Fusion Restaurant's Ad as 'Fetishization' The owner promises to pull Kawamura fust saw the Chinese "We have not yet had an opportu• Despite the APA community's the print ad, which features Laundry ad while he was getting nity to approach Mr. Elkhay with outrage, much of the local main• a nearly nude female torso. his hair cut. our concerns, and his commitment stream media have made light of "At fust, I didn't know what to to pull the ad is not in a format the ad controversy by referring to make of the advertisement that we can legally hold him to," Fang as "the angry one" for being because I was not expecting to In addition to the ad's offensive 4pset over "Oriental symbols." see an essentially nude woman in imagery, the restaurant's takeover "Whoa. What if you only want• A Providence, Rhode Island the magazine that advertised pop• of a longtime APA business was ed a bowl of chow foon?" said the Asian fusion restaurant ad featur• ular restaurants and local events," seen as another example of gentri• Boston Herald in an article about ing a woman's nude torso has he said. "After about a second, I fication of North Main Street. the restaurant's opening, been withdrawn by the eatery's realized that the company was Chinese Laundry's current loca• But Fang is continuing to push owner after it elicited harsh criti• playing into the idea of Asian tion at 121 North Main Street had for more accountability from cism from the Asian Pacific woman fetishes, been the site of several Chinese Elkhay, who also owns Chow. American community. ''This advertisement is unset• laundry businesses dating as far Fun Food Group, the parent com• "I am not printing the ad not tling because it implies that the back as 1910, The last incarna• pany of four other Rhode Island because of fear of reprisal," said company believes many people tion, Sam Sing Laundry - which restaurants including one where John Elkhay, of newly opened still view Asians in this way. The was operated by the Lai family for "East Meets We t" in steak and Chinese Laundry restaurant in an advertisement shows that there over a decade - closed its doors sushi. e-mail to political blogger Jenn are still many ignorant people and for the last time in 2002, accord• Fang and other APA leaders Fang, "You must agree - to give racist views that still exist in our ing to the George Street Journal. launched an online petition and a into militants would be surrender• society," added Kawamura, The closure made room for letter-writing campaign to hold ing to an unjust cause." Elkhay responded to the criti- . Elkhay's interpretation of a Elkhay accountable to his prom• The mostly black and white ad, . cism in various blogs saying the Chinese laundry business, . ises, • which strategically covers female ad, which ran for over three Chinese Laundry the restaurant nudity with a black box and sug• months in Providence Monthly, celebrated its March 11 grand To sign the petition gestive text ("See what you are was not meant to be offensive. He opening with a party complete demanding a formal apology: missing."), ignited a fuestorm in said that some of the criticism has with a scantily clad model serving www.petitiononline.com/provi• the APA blogosphere. Many con• turned into threats of violence, as a human sushi plate and other den/petition. html demned the ad for objectifying but that he would pull the ad reported photos of barely dressed For the latest on the women and relying on exotic because some people were women, campaign: _ Asian stereotypes. The restau• offended. Menu items include "Chinese www.reappropriate.com. rant's name is also spelled out on "I think calling it a victory is Remedies" like "Geisha Girl," a For more information: the torso in Chinese characters. premature," said Fang of A portion of the ad shows a sparkling sake drink concoction, Brown University student John www.chineselaundryri.com Reappropriate.com, an APA blog. Chinese tanoo on a torso. and "M,S.G, Mojitos," www.chowfunfoodgroup.com 4 MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 NATIONAL PACIFIC iii CrnzEN Two More Universities to Give Honorary Diplomas to Former JA Students Forced into WWII Camps National Newsbytes At the University of Washington By P.e. Staff and Associated Press (UW), there were 440 of them, all American citizens and the largest Mayumi Historical Marker Unveiled group of minority students on Near Former'Jap Road' campus in 1941. But these Nisei BEAUMONT, Texas-A historical students' college careers ended marker honoring the pioneering Mayurni abruptly. family legacy has been placed near a street They were forced by Executive once infamously named "Jap Road." Order 9066 to depart Seattle by In 2004, Jefferson County noon on May 16, 1942, for intern• Commissioners unanimously voted to ment camps, leaving behind their rename "Jap Road" to '.'Boondocks Road" education. and place a histQrical marker to explain While many of these Nisei how the road's naming was related to returned to the UW or received Yoshio Mayurni, a Japanese banker, Texas their degrees from other colleges farmer and local benefactor. after the war, many were unable to PHOTO: UW NIKKEI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND DENSHO finish their education. Nisei Veterans Committee Successfully The UW will pay tribute to Members of the Japanese Student Club pose in front of the club• Renovate Memorial Hall house fireplace. The JSC was a precursor of the current these students on May 18, when SEATILE--Nisei veterans and their families on March 15 celebrated the University of Washington Nikkei Alumni Association. President Mark Emmert will pres• opening of their newly renovated memorial hall. ent honorary degrees to those who The building located at 1212 South King Street recently underwent a $2.5 were forced to leave the university be awarded his honorary A BELATED HONOR million renovation. It now features a wall commemorating all those killed in almost 66 years ago. master's degree posthu- action. Eight years ago, veterans and their families raised about $1.5 million The move to honor these former mously. The Universities of Washington and Oregon and received over $900,000 in grants for the project. UW students was prompted by Other former students will award honorary degrees to articles and books published by who will be honored at • former Nisei students. University Plans to Allow Gay UW staff and faculty. In a two-part the April 6 commence- . UO Ceremony,Aprif 6 Couples into Family Housing series in Columns, the UW alumni ment ceremony are: Alice . For more info: www.uoregon.edu; HONOLULU-A University of Hawaii official says the school is work• magazine, editor Tom Griffin Yoshie Kawasaki ing on a policy to admit same-sex couples into family housing. wrote a comprehensive .account of Sumida, Silver Star win• uw Ceremony, May 18, 2 p.m. A gay couple is suing the university for not allowing them to return to the Kane Hall, Univ. of Washington, Seattle. what happened to the Nisei stu• ner Frank Hachiya, housing area they lived in last year because it's reserved for married couples. Open to the public, but advance dents at the time. Robert Shu Yasui and Joseph O'Leary and Phi Ngo said living off-campus has cost them extra rent, The JACL PNW district council Sam Naito. ;, registration is recwired online at . www.uwalum.comor by calling theUW transportation and food . has also unanimously endorsed the At least nine of the 19 Alumni Association at 2061543-0540. University Vice Chancellor Francisco Hernandez called the lawsuit sur• May 18 event. former students are still prising and disappointing. He said the university already is working on At the University of Oregon alive, and about five will .. If you or someone you know attehded the changing its housing policies to accommodate gay couples. (UO), the number of former attend the event. . UniVersity of Washington from 1941-1942, internees to be honored is far Prior to this event, the but were unable to graduate because of the .Congressman Seeks Details of Labor internment, contact Irene Mano at 2061772- fewer but just as poignant. UO had awarded only Probe in Indian Workers' Case Among the 19 former students to four honorary degrees 1014 or Beth Kawahara at 2061232-3894 or NEW ORLEANS-Congressman George Miller, D-Calif. is asking the be honored, Thomas Hayashi will since 1942.• [email protected]. Labor Department to turn over information about a Mississippi company accused of exploiting and defrauding hundreds of Indian nationals who San Jose Vietnamese American Activists Win worked at its Gulf Coast shipyards after Hurricane Katrina. In a letter sent March 11 to Lalx;>r Secretary Elaine Chao, Miller asked the Tentative Battle to Name Their Own District Labor Department to provide him with documentation for any guest worker After months of fervent commu• Tong had not eaten that Signal International, an oil rig construction and repair company, has nity protests - which included a since Feb. 15 and had employed in the past five years. hunger strike - city leaders in San reportedly lost 30 A federal lawsuit by a group of workers from India accuses Signal of sub• Jose, Calif. have .struck a deal with pounds. jecting the immigrant workers to forced labor and poor living conditions. at activists over the name of a retail The name controversy its facilities in Pascagoula and Orange, Texas. area. started last year, when the Earlier this month, city council city council voted to Affirmative Action Battle is Heating Up members withdrew their decision to name the area "Saigon DENVER-Backers of the Colorado anti-affmnative action measure dub a rnile-1ong strip ·of mostly Business District" galva• turned in petitions signed by nearly 129,000 people, about 50,000 more than Vietnamese restaurants and shops on mzmg Little Saigon_ the minimum number required to get it on this fall's ballot. The secretary of Story Road, "Saigon Business activists to hold weekly state will still have to review the petitions to make sure that at least 76,000 District" over the more popular "Black, Tuesday" rallies After community of the signatures are from registered voters. ''Little Saigon."- Now city leaders outside city hall. Many members protested The Colorado proposal would add a section to the state constitution that and community activists hav~ carried signs and wore (top) and Ly Tong (left) prohibits the state from discriminating against or granting preferential treat• agreed to allow private groups to ''Little Saigon" stickers. went on a hunger ment to individuals or groups based on race, sex or national origin. build one "Welcome to Little They also criticized the strike, city officials A similar initiative in Oklahoma has been hit with legal protest. Ten Saigon" sign. council's first and only finally" compromised. Oklahoma voters, including two lawmakers, have filed a legal protest in the The deal, which must still be Vietnamese American Oklahoma Supreme Court challenging the petitions for the so-called passed by the full city council, does member, Madison Nguyen, of turn• S'aigon supporters alleging the coun• Oklahoma Civil Rights Initiative. not establish a formal district under ing her back on the Vietnamese cil violated the state's open-meeting the name ''Little Saigon" or any American community. law by secretly lining up votes. StLidy: Asians, Black Patients More other name, but it was enough to "I regret that what was meant to For many, ''Little Saigon" was a Likely to Die after Injury convirice activist Ly Tong, a 63- be an economic develop,ment project rallying; point for those who felt HONOLULU-A study finds APA and African American patients have a year-old former South Vietnamese has turned into a stream of political abused by the communist regime in higher risk of dying than Caucasians after being admitted to hospitals for Air Force pilot who had been fasting upheaval," said Nguyen in the San Vietnam. major injuries. . in support of the name "Little Jose Mercury News. Some property owners in the retail According to the study titled "Racial Disparities in Mortality Among Saigon," to end his nearly month- · Attorney James Chadwick, even area have agreed to place signs with Adults Hospitalized After Injury," 2.l percent of African Americans and 2 long hunger strike. filed a lawsuit on behalf of Little the new name on their site . • percent of APAs died while the death rate for whites was 1.5 percent. • PACIFlC iii CrnZEN NATIONAL MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 5 ""APAs - Love of Skiing Brings Together Young and Old in the The Nisei Ski Club started N off as a San Francisco ews JACL weekend activity. Now the club is gearing up By Pacific Citizen Staff for its Golden Anniversary.

Matsurt,loto Could Become Second By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM Ever APA Female District Court Judge Executive Editor President George W. Bush has nominated Magistrate Judge Kiyo Matsumoto as federal district court judge for the Eastern District of New The advertisement announcing a York. If confirmed, Matsumoto would become the second-ever APA woman fun week of skiing in Whistler, to serve as a federal district court judge and the third APA federal district British Columbia immediately court judge outside of California and Hawaii. peaked Liz Slocum's interest. It was Matsumoto is a federal magistrate judge for New York's Eastern District. the perfect chance to brush up on her skiing.and snowboarding skills, she Prior to her appointment, she served in the U.S. attorney's office. thought to herself. Before long she enjoy a recent trip to Vail Lopez is a State Finalist for and her boyfriend . were making (above). plans for a trip to Canada. 'Above and Beyond' Award Liz, a 30-year-old Yonsei from Hawaii's Isamu Lopez is one of the 51 finalists for this year's "Above and Hi Fujii, first NSU president, San Mateo, had never heard of the w~h Beyond Citizen Honors." The prestigious award presented by the his family: (from left, clock• Nisei Ski Club (NSC), the group wise): wife Phyllis, Hi, Barbara, Congressional Medal of Honor Society recognizes heading up the Whistler excursion. individuals who demonstrate service over self. Roger, and daughter-in-law In a passing mention of her upcom• Elaine. In March 1996, Lopez ran into a burning house and ing trip, she was shocked to learn dragged two adults and two children to safety. Learning that her parents had been members that two more children were still trapped inside, Lopez " of the club some 40 years ago. sometimes four or six cases on one people I met in NSC. Some are still ran back into the house. Firefighters discovered his "When my parents found out, they weekend trip, he said. ''Now one in the club, some are not," said unconscious body later. Although his final rescue were very excited," said Liz. case is enough. Now we bring a lot Yoshida, who no longer attends the attempt failed, Lopez was responsible for saving the "I didn't even know that the Nisei of bottled water." skiing trips but is helping to organ• LOPEZ lives of four people that day. Ski Club was still in existence," said When Japanese Americans ize the club's 50th anniversary cele• One brave citizen was selected from each state and Virginia Slocum, 67, of Sacramento, returned to the Bay Area from the bration in June. the District of Columbia. This award will be presented to three winners by who was a NSC member while in internment camps, few recreational "Even though I am no longer a living Medal of Honor winners on March 25 - National Medal of Honor her 20s. "It surprised me because my organizations welcomed them. The member of the club, my heart is still Day. daughter even mentioned a couple of San Francisco JACL chapter became there and I feel welcome at events MSNBC will broadcast the awards show on March 30. names of people I actually knew." a hub for local JAs to gather. In the even after being 'away' for awhile." Seven years after her inaugural late 1950s, the chapter decided to NSC has also helped bring a num• Chicago Sansei Writer is a Finalist in Whistler trip" Liz is still an active host a weekend ski trip. By the ber of couples together. In 1970 Hi Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Contest member and former board member 1960s the trips had become so popu• met his wife Phyllis on a NSC trip to lar the club to separate and form Sun Valley. Within three months of Dwight akita's first novel, 'The Prospect of My Arrival," has made it to of NSC, a club that will be celebrat• had its own non-profit. hitting it off on the slopes they were the final round of Amazon.com's Breakthrough Novl(l ing its 50th anniversary this year. Although some skiing clubs have walking down the aisle. Award contest. Okita can win a publishing contract and What was once an annual event sponsored by the San Francisco . moved to change their names today "We both enjoyed skiing ... and $25,000 advance from Penguin Publishing. JACL chapter is now a successful to attract younger skiers and snow• we continued dating after we got Amazon customers will determine the winner of the non-profit skiing club. boarders, NSC has kept its name" back from Sun Valley," said Hi. contest by reviewing and ratings excerpts from the top 'The people are friendly and the largely to honor the pioneering 'The next thing I knew I was intro• 10 books. trips are very organized," said Liz, Nisei. ducing her to my parents." akita's fictional story is about a time in the near explaining what attracted her to "While there are probably few 'There are so many people I know future when the first baby will be allowed to preview NSC. "We have a lot of potlucks and Nisei in the club at this time, we who met their spouses through the the world before choosing to be bom. OKITA it's great to have home-cooked have kept the name of the club as club." Voting closes March 31 and the winner will be meals." Nisei Ski Club to pay tribute to the But like many JA organizations announced on April 7. And of course, "I enjoy being out• founding members," said Pam these days, membership numbers are doors." Yoshida, 50, former NSC president. starting to dwindle and fewer young APA Teenager Wins National Science Liz is one of the. youngest mem• Today, the all-volunteer skiing people are joining their ranks. It's a Award, $100,000 Scholarship bers of NSC today, a club whose club works hard to attract a diverse trend the NSC is actively trying to A Durham, North Carolina high school student beat out 1,600 students membership is around 200. membership. Although Asian change by offering free _ weekend nationwide to win a $100,000 scholarship for developing a model she used Although most members are in their Americans make up the majority, trips for newbies getting their first to identify stage II colon cancer patients with a high risk for recurrence. 40s and 50s, there are some in their there are a number of non-AA mem- taste of the ski club. The model created by Shivani Sud, 17, also focused on identifying what 20s and 60s. bers. - NSC hopes their efforts will pay may be the most effective drugs for treatment for those with a high risk of On many of the NSC weekend 'The club is inclusive since it has off in the long run. recurring tumors. trips you can still see Hi Fujii, 77, to be to survive. We believe that you Liz often brags about the fun she Xiaomeng (Jessica) Zeng, 18, oflowa City, Iowa, also received a $20,000 skiing down the blue square runs. As should always attract 'new blood' to has on the NSC ski trips but only a scholarship. the first NSC president in 1968 and a keep the club fresh and not stag• few of her friends have taken up her The Intel Science Talent Search competition has previously awarded top current board member, Hi has had a nant," said Curtis Otaguro, 49, cur• offer to join the club. They would honors to students who went on to win six Nobel Laureates, three National first row seat in the development of rent NSC president. ''New members rather drive up on their own and Medal of Science winners, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and two the club over the years. bring enthusiasm, new ideas, and scope out the cheaper hotels, she Fields Medalists. "I am amazed at how organized it different perspectives." said. has gotten today," said Hi, curreqtly Each year NSC hosts around five "But my friends who have tried it, Shiomi Wins Sally Arts Award the oldest active NSC member. "But to six weekend trips and also plans love it.". Rick Shiomi,"artist director of Minneapolis' Mu Performing Arts, has won it's the same camaraderie today, lots one week-long trip, usually out of a $2,500 Sally Ordway Irvine award for his outstanding commitment to the of people who love skiing together." state. This year the group headed to The Nisei Ski Club will be cele• arts scene. One thing that hasn't changed are Vail, ColQrado for a week of slopes brating its 50th anniversary of Shiorni, who is a playwright and director, founded Theater Mu in 1992. the savory home-cooked meals pro• and fun. 'Golden Memories' on June 7 During the non-skiing season The company provides opportunities for APA writers, actors and directors in vided for the skiers on the bus rides with a number of events including activities like hiking trips, picnics, the Twin Cities area. to and from the ski resorts. But the a dinner dance, golf tournament, amount of alcohol consumption has and dances are also planned so mem• Wmners are selected by a panel of past winners along with representatives and bowling social. For more definitely decreased, joked Hi. bers can keep in touch year-round. of the Minnesota State Arts Board, the media and area arts leaders .• information: "We used to drink a lot of beer," "Many of my closest friends are www.niseiskiclub.org. 6 MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 COMMUNITY/NATIONAL PACIFIC iii CITlZEN APA Women Targeted in South Seattle 'Groping' Attacks UCLA Establishes Endowment to Police fear the suspect is Police fear that the man is Study APA Don:te~tic Violence becoming more violent becornillg increasingly violent The University of California, Los Angeles has =--= after he tried to drag another established a new endowment to support research By P.e. Staff and Associated Press woman into a dark driveway last on domestic violence and abuse in Asian Pacific fall and preyed on two teenage American communities. Seattle police officials are looking girls walking together in January. The Martha Ogata Endowment Fund was creat• for a man suspected of targeting None of the women were raped ed by a $100,000 gift to the university's Asian Asian Pacific American women in or critically injured. In November, American Studies Center (AASC) from Drs. Fil over 22 groping attacks over the past the man took the victim's wallet and Tobin Barrozo, Ogata's sons. three years. and tried to pull her into a dark The endowment will focus on women and chil- The incidents all occurred near driveway, but she was able to fight dren of Asian ancestry who are at risk or victims OGATA bus stops on 14th Avenue South and him off with pepper spray. of domestic violence or abuse. The endowment, Beacon Avenue in South Seattle. Most of the attacks have which will be administered by the AASC, will be used to support research by The most recent attack happened hood, tan shoes' and a dark-blue occurred near bus stops during UCLA faculty and students, clinical study and other activities that will fur• during the day on March 14 when an mechanics jumpsuit. commuting hours between 6 a.m.- ther the study. APA woman, walking home from The suspect is ' described as 10 a.m. or early in the evening. Ogata was born on Feb. 15, 1919, in Mabton, Wash. to hardworking Issei the store, was grabbed by the suspect African American in his 20s, 5-foot- Detectives hope they have a parents. She marriedPaul Barrozo and had two sons. Fil became a physician in her driveway. 7 and with an average build. In past better chance of identifying him and Tobin a university president. After her divorce from Paul, she called Like the other attacks, the suspect attacks, he had worn a green ski after the most recent attack. But many places home including California and eamed her general education ran up behind his victim and put his mask or red scarf to hide his face. they warn women to call 911 if degree. She was also a successful licensed real estate agent. hand over her mouth, grabbing her This is the fifth forceful groping they feel they are being followed. "Upon her retirement, our mother did volunteer work with organizations private areas. He was wearing a dark attack in the past two months. serving minorities and the aged and wanted desperately to believe her life had • meaning and purpose. The gift to UCLA is her legacy," said Tobin. The annual awards from the endowment will be open to UCLA faculty and Media Action Group Blasts Former 'SNL' students from all disciplines. Comedian, Radio Host for Use of Racial Slur ''We are extremely grateful to Drs. Fil and Tobin Barrozo for entrusting our center and UCLA with this endowment to undertake research and other activ• criticized for racial insensitivi• Adam CaroUa and radio ities that will serve to document, analyze, and seek solutions to these tragic ty by the Asian Pacific executives agree it was a and oftentimes unreported situations in Asian American communities," said American c.ommunity, apolo• mistake to allow the anti• Don Nakanishi, AASC director.• Asian slur to air. gized on-air a week later. ''Norm MacDonald was in The Media Action Network Jor studio last week ... He used a JA Vets, lIsleegee Airman Sbare History Asian Americans (MANAA) is crit• . derogatory term toward some icizing a former "Saturday Night Asian groups," said Carolla Heroes: (I·r) 44200 Live" comedian for his use of the "And we did not dump i~ nor Veteran Lawson racial slur "gooks" on ''TIle Adam did we say anything to Norm. Sakai, Tuskegee Carolla Show," a syndicated radio And for that, we apologize." Norm MacDonald Capt. Leon 'Woodie' program. In 2006, Carolla mocked the (right) used the slur, Spears and Col, On the March 5 moming show, Asian Excellence Awards in a . 'gook' while joking Brian Shiroyama comedian Norm MacDonald, skit voiced over with varia• with radio host Adam honored each other. Carolla and co-host Teresa Strasser tions of "ching-chongs." After Carolla (top) and co• were analyzing the lyrics of the 1969 the APA community expressed host Teresa Strasser. PHOTO: JAVA Kenny Rogers and the First Edition its outrage, Carolla apologized hit "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to on-air a month after the Japanese American veterans, and a former Tuskegee Airman Town," a song about a disabled vet• recording first aired. Parent compa• and Vietnam War," said Phil Lee, recently came together for a historic union of World War II heroes eran of ''that old crazy Asian war," ny CBS Radio agreed to racial sensi• MANAA president. "Like other who fought for their country in segregated units. The event in who begs his lover not to cheat. tivity training for all its employees. racial epithets, it can evoke a lot of Morgan Hill, Calif. was the first time members of both segregated In response, MacDonald reported• ''It's important to recognize that painful and negative reactions." Army units were able to swap war stories. . ly said, ''he's killed strange gooks." the term has an offensive, ugly Macdonald did not respond to At the event 442nd RCT Veteran Lawson Sakai presented 97.1 Free FM officials said the charge to it that traces back histori• MANAA's calls.• Tuskegee Capt. Leon 'Woodie" Spears with a donation to Spears' slur should not have aired. cally to the late 1800s and became Tuskegee organization that mentors at-risk youth on behalf of the Carolla, who has already been used especially during the Korean On th~ Web: www.manaa.org Friends and Family of Nisei Veterans group.• 'd Town VOICED!', a Little Tokyo Community Rally, to Take Place April 5 Rally organizers hope will take place at 1 p.m. at J Town Voice's petition to sonal level," said J Town Voice to L.A. Uttle Tokyo's the Noguchi Plaza (244 S. "Preserve L.A.'s Little Tokyo!" has member Grant Sunoo. spark meaningful dialogue Weller Court. with developers who have San Pedro St.) following a accumulated more than 5,500 sig• J Town Voice is a multigenera• recently bought two hotels 12 p.m. "Little Tokyo natures since October 2007 and tional volunteer organization com• and a plaza in Little Tokyo. Tour of Memories." will be delivered to ACE, 3D, and mitted to sustaining Little Tokyo "We are concerned that Councilwoman Jan Perry follow• as a haven for immigrants, and as 3D and ACE have not ing the rally. The petition is avail• the historic home of the Southern J Town Voice will host "J Town taken steps to engage in able at: http://www.petitiononline. California Japanese American VOICED!", a rally to bring atten• meaningful dialogue with com/jtv1/petition.htrnl. community. They believ~ in the tion to the Little Tokyo communi• our community," said J The Little Tokyo Tour of principle that a community has the ty's desire for a meaningful dia• Town Voice member Kei Memories will be an interactive right to determine how develop• logue with 3D Investments and Nagao. "Finally, we want historical tour of Little Tokyo, with ment happens in their neighbor• American Commercial Equities to call upon Kajima/East an emphasis on sites that demon• hood and encourage everyone (ACE), new owners of the Kyoto West Development (pre• strate significant changes in the with a personal connection to Grand (formerly New Otani) Hotel, vious owners of Weller neighborhood over the past 100 :pttle Tokyo to get involved in and Japanese Village Plaza on Court and the New Otani) plus years. action for the future of the neigh• AprilS. to recognize the years of ''We hope that this will give peo• borhood.• The rally - which will feature financial and community ple an opportunity to better under• speakers' and a taiko performance support of their institu• stand Little Tokyo's history as well For more information, e-mail: organized by Progressive Taiko - tion." as connect to Little Tokyo on a per- [email protected]. PACIFIC !II CmZEN JACL CONVENTION! COMMUNITY MAR. 21-APR. 3, 20087 Youth Activities and Programs Lush Farms Traced Back to Planned for JACL National. Convention WWII Internment Camps JACL youth members will have a By Associated Press and P.e. Staff was 17. "You don't want to be for• chance to enjoy a variety of activities gotten. We are old now. I am old. But and programs dtuing their stay in PHOENIX---Something positive here, we will not be forgotten. It is Salt Lake City, Utah July 16-20 at has come out of a painful time in the land now. It is all around us." JACL's 40th Biennial National U.S. history when Japanese In 1942, more than 120,000 JAs Convention titled "Legacy of Americans were forced to live in and Japanese immigrants were sent Leadership" at the Salt Lake City internment camps in western to 10 remote camps across the coun• Marriott Downtown. Arizona dtuing World War II. try when President Franklin 1his is a chance for the youth to Today, thanks to the sweat and Roosevelt signed Executive Order become better educated about labor of JAs held prisoner in the 9066. JACL, mix and mingle with their Poston Relocation Center, irrigation All across the Parker Valley of peers, make new friends, discuss ditches flow with water, hay bales western Arizona, the work the JAs current events, attend workshops, rise above the landscape and farm accomplished is visible. and enjoy the sights and sounds of fields are lush and green. One of their biggest and most dif• Salt Lake City and its many attrac• While living at the camp, the ficult jobs was digging irrigation tions. internees dug irrigation canals and ditches to bring water from the The Youth Convention Activities JACL National Youth Council members mingle before the 2006 Youth built adobe schools. Once barren Colorado River to thirsty farm fields. Committee has been planning a pro• Luncheon. (Clockwise): Brigham Walker, Blake Honda, Megumi desert was transformed into farms. They cleared and leveled desert gram that not only includes tradi• Kaminaga, Kimberly Shintaku, Leilani Savitt and Caroline Kawaguchi. "Their suffering and their misery, turning wilderness into the farmland tional convention events but also if it's any consolation to them, of today. visits attractions including Olympic Historic Park City for dinner as well schoolers will be paired up with changed our path," said MIchael Local Indian officials said there is Park, Park City and the Alpine Slide. as outlet shopping. Transportation young adult mentors to getto know Tsosie, Colorado River Indian Tribe no doubt that the work 60 years ago will be provided for the attendees. . each other and share ideas, thoughts museum director. helped to create a foothold in the Activities will include: Friday, July 18 and questions. For those imprisoned in western Parker Valley. Wednesday, July 16 There will be moming workshops, Saturday, July 19 Arizona, seeing the fertile land does 'Things hapPened for us a lot Youth Mixer at the Salt Palace - the Vision Award Luncheon and the There will be a convention men• provide some comfort. quicker," said Dennis Patch, a The youth will head to the Salt Minoru Yasui Oratorical Contest in torship session. The youth will also "It's all green with alfalfa; it's pro• Colorado River Indian Tribes coun• Palace after the Welcome Mixer for the afternoon. have the opportunity to experience ductive. That matters. That's impor• cilman and the education director for music, refreshments, desserts and Other youth workshops include: the Alpine Slide near the top of tant," said Leon Uyeda, 83, who was the tribe. "Our infrastructure was mixer activities. Are You The Next Apple.com? - Snowbird Ski resort. The Alpine brought to the Poston camp when he built by the government and Thursday, July 17 Learn how to start your own 'busi• Slide windS down Chickadee Run Jal'ftIlese labor." • Thursday morning workshops ness. The Small Business through twists, turns and tunnels. include Kendo, martial arts and API Administration (SBA) is here to help The slide ends 1,300 linear feet later. RALPH CARR U.S. 285 naming it after Carr, one identity that focuses on topics you through' the process. Learn Young professionals in JACL will near the New Mexico border just including civil rights and health top• about SBA programs and services also have a chance to attend a job fair (Continued from page 1) south of Antonito and the other ics. There will also be a youth lunch• and hear from local business owners with recruiters from corporations threatening "that there would be Japs where it meets W-470 in Jefferson eon. on how they started their business and federal government agencies. hanging from every pine tree" if the County. The youth will also have the Who Said JACL Can't Be for , The JACL national convention ends federal government tried to relocate The resolution also calls for erect• opportunity to visit Olympic Park, High Schoolers? - 1his workshop with its finale, the Sayonara West Coast JAs to their states, ing a memorial plaque commemo• where athletes in the 2002 Wmter will provide an opportunity for Banquet. • according to a new book, 'The rating Carr on Kenosha Pass east of Olympics competed in bobsled, long youth to have an open discussion Principled Politician: Fairplay, which is to jump, luge and skeleton events. amongst their peers about their expe• For rrwre information: The Ralph Carr be paid for through Afterwards they are invited to visit riences as a young JACLer. High www.jacl.org or www.utjacl.org Story," by 9News grants and donations. p------.- - -- .. reporter Adrun 'Ralph Carr gave Born in Rosita I.-J."~.....A~~~ Registration Fees Schrager. up a pronustng west of Pueblo and 1£ To honor him, political career for growing up in vari• CONVENTION PACKAGE REGISTRATION Reps. Rafael ous locations (Includes individual events listed below) something that he I around the region, Before 6130 After 6130 Gallegos, D-Antonito, ~­ believed in. It's Carr was an attor• Name o Regular Package $225 $250 $_• and Rpb Witwer, (Please print) Last First MI Genesee, and Sen. right we stand up ney for 10 years o Youth Package $150 $175 $_- Nickname ______(Youth Package are for YouthIStudents who are 25 years of age or Josh Penry, R-Gfand for American before being picked (Name for your badge) _____-'-- ______younger or currently enrofled in a college. trade school or univer• by President sity. Youth package includes all of the ....nlS in the Reg. package.) Junction, introduced a citizens no matter Address INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (all included in package registration) joint resolution to Herbert Hoover in Ci~ ______who they are. ' 1929 to be U.S. Welcome Mixer $50 $60 $ __ rename the highway. State ______Zip COde ______o o Workshops (2)* $25 $35 $ __ Lawmakers from Attorney for the Telephone ______o Awards Luncheon $50 $60 $ __ - Rep. Paul District of E-mail ______both sides of the polit• o Sayonara Banquet $100 $110 $ __ ical aisle praised the Weissmann Colorado. Chapter' ______o Youth Luncheon $50 $60 $ __ man and the resolu- In 1938, he would Category 0 Delegate 0 Booster 0 Millennium Club • For a listing of all Wori

East West Players' to Honor Carrie [ HARRY HONDA J

Ann Inaba, Velina Hasu Houston VERY TRULY YOURS Los Angeles' East West Players is Houston will take home the celebrating its 42nd birthday by hon• "Made in America Award" for pen• Are We at Another oring a dance judge and a play• ning over 20 plays as well as poems, wright. essays and screenplays. She is also a Crossroad: A Different Name 1bis year the theater organiza- commissioner of the Japan-U.S. tion's Friendship SOME ARE THINKING it's time to change the * * * "Visionary Commission. name of JACL, an organization about to celebrate its. When legislators spoke of "Americans fIrst and our Awards Dinner The 80th anniversary. Organized in 1929 by a group of own people" with respect to immigrant bills, then and Silent evening's mas• civic-minded Nisei to promote and protect the welfare Congressman Norman Mineta found some were open• Auction," ter of cere• of the Japanese in America, they paved "Security . ly hostile to Asian Pacific Americans. He pointed to a . which recog- monies ·will be Through Unity" as the JACL road and motto. Republican welfare reform proposal to cut off legal nizes Asian the Three Without question, Issei naturalization, the repeal of - immigrants from Aid to Families with Dependent Pacific Filipino Tenors the Japanese exclusion law, riddance of alien land laws Children and all but emergency medical care under the Americans in Antoine and rich harvest of scholarship funds were born in Medicaid program. The Congressional Asian Pacific INABA the performing HOUSTON Reynaldo Diel, JACL's name. American Caucus responded with support from JACL arts, will honor "Dancing with the Randy Guiaya and Lito Villareal - For good measure, fighting racial discrimination, through its Washington office and grassroots network. Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba and a trio formed by East West Players. hate crimes and promoting ethnic concerns continue in At a major JACL event in Los Angeles in 1994, internationally acclaimed writer "Every year, attendees anticipate conjunction with other like organizations. 1bis has Mineta said: ''Tune and time again, we have stood up Velina Hasu Houston. what East West Players has in store been a key JACL endeavor, known a generation ago as as an organization for our own rights, and the rights of Inaba, who is a dancer and actor, for this star-powered and talent• "coalition building." Long-range, these kinds of others. That leadership must continue. As a member of also starred in ABC's reality TV packed event and each year we con• encounters will hardly diminish. JACL, and as someone who owes much of the success competition series "Dance War." tinue to top the previous year's In the mid 1970s, an opinion poll revealed that more in my life for your support, your encouragement and She will be receiving the "Visionary event," said Tun Dang, producing . than 75 percent of Americans consider the Japanese your dedication, I know the strength of our community Award." artistic director. • among "our most dependable allies." Mike Masaoka can summon when we are challenged." (1915-1991) pondered: Is there a real need for an organization like JACL now? Is it vital for persons of * * * Japanese ancestry in this country to have an organized As one from the school of Nisei who knew what it public voice of its own? Is it necessary for a JACL to was like being a Japanese American in the 1930s, I safeguard the general welfare of persons of Japanese remember ... ancestry in America? "Being called you Jap were fighting words." My judo teacher was angry when accosted by a police offi• * * * cer. He got out of his car, grabbed the officer's collar There was a time when the Houston JACL -lead and flipped him to the ground. by Sandra Tanarnachi - called for removal of the "Jap "Being a dual citizen became a Nisei problem" as Road" ~d "Jap Lane" road signs. Cincinnati JACL U.S.-Japan relations deteriorated. Nisei traveling to rebuked baseball owner Marge Schott for her racist visit relatives in Japan might have been drafted into the language. Spokane JACL rebuked discriminatory Japanese military. JAKWV Announces Possible, actions of the Washington State Democratic Party "We didn't want to go to Nihon Gakko." Classes based on ethnicity. And a racist fire-bombed the were held after regular school time or a good part of Last Return Trip to Korea Sacramento JACL office. . Saturday. But today we are blessed by those who did In September, the Japanese ting older and this trip may be the Tunes-Warner Cable pulled a Bugs Bunny cartoon and made MIS history. American Korean War Veterans last chance to revisit old battle• from its vidt;O stores after Sacramento JACL com• "We felt proud of the fact that Nihonjin stayed out of (JAKWV) is returning to Korea, a grounds. plained of its racist and offensive slurs. New York trouble." For instance, going on public welfare was place where 251 JAs gave their lives Though South Korea is now a JACL got its Republican Sen. Alfonse D' Amato to haji, a no-no tattooed in our make-up. in defending South Korea. modem country, and most battle apologize for mocking Judge Lance Ito on a radio "And s0!lle were timid about their ancestry. I am an The six-day Korea trip will areas are built over with new cities show in 1995, but Chicago JACL couldn't get Cubs American period." And feeling proud then was like include visits to the DMZ (demilita• and homes, the tour will rekindle broadcaster Harry Carey to apologize for his "slanty• being (as sociologists would say) a 110 percent rized zone) at Panrnunjom, t4e memories of those who served there. eye" reference of Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo. American . Freedom Bridge near Imjin-Gak - Friends and family will also learn where Hershey Miyamura was about their veterans' experiences in released as a prisoner of war and this foreign land. awarded the Medal Of Honor for his 1bis trip is open to anyone, but Hey, JACLtRS ! LtT's heroic action during the Korean War make your reservations soon since HEAR - and a short memorial service at the tour will be limited to 80 people. m£ CHEERS• the JAKWV War Memorial at Imjin• HA~ Gale Memorial Park. • SPRING SPRUNf,! In 2001, the JAKWV built and Return to Korea with dedicated a Memorial at Imjin-Gak tbeJAKWV. . Memorial Park in Paju City. The Sept 14-19 original memorial listed 247 Killed . Under $2000 per person, dou• in Action but since then, four more ble occupancy, and will include names were obtained and will be three meals a day. all tips? entry added to the memorial by the time fees, tours and plane fare. the tour takes place. Other parts of the tour include vis• For more information: its to a traditional Korean village, Sam Shirnoguchi - 310/822- sightseeing at the Peace Dam and a 6688, [email protected]; visit to the Seoul World Cup stadi• Victor Muraoka - 818/590- um. 6724, [email protected]; 1bis may be the last organized trip Paul Ono - 310/532-2495, taken as a group to Korea. The mem• [email protected]; Min Tonai - bers of the JAKWV, like their coun• 818/591-1269, tonairn@pac• terparts, the wwn veterans, are get- bell. net PACIHC II CrnzEN ENTERTAINMENT MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 9

In 2005, Derek Shimoda was watching the news when a Many thought since there would be no finan• The news is funny ... now. cial gain, why ruffie any feathers? After Sundance, several big Hollywood stu• story about lo~to fraud caught his attention. Over 100 people And some of these chamcters are really dios were interested in meeting with the film• characters, including the white lawyer from makers. Mike, completely overwhelmed, calne up winners at the March 30 Powerballiottery drawing the mock trial who dressed up in a tmditional never called them back. - just too many to be a coincidence. At the center of the Chinese outfit for his interview. "I could've killed him, but I've forgiven 'There are certain interviewees where you him. I mean we went to Sundance, got an inter• controversy was the fortune cookie. clinch your teeth and go, 'am I getting this?'" ested call, but never called back. It's like the said Shimada. whole point of Sundance." The curvy, crunchy after-dinner snack actu• Cookie" interviewee. In the grand scheme of things, it worked out. ally yielded winning lotto numbers. If there were a hall of fame for universally Too Much Success Too Soon "Chinese Cookie" is fun and irreverent as it 'That put a bug in my ear," said Shimada, a palatable Asian foods, the cookie - along At first Shimada, a Shin Nisei, had doubts navigates into other traditions of the cookie 39-year-old filmmaker and researcher who has with neOn glowing orange chicken - would that a cookie would - pardon the pun - have like adding "in bed" after reading your fortune worked on documentary series for cable televi• be legends. But with legendary icons come enough meat for a feature length documentary, out loud. sion networks like "National Geographic" and epic lore and individual claims of ownership. but the people he met along the way carried the Still, . Shimoda often wonders what "A&E." A slate of U.S. companies and families have film. would've happened if they had called the .stu• Everyone knows the sliver of paper tucked staked claim on the creation of the famed Production began in 2006 with funding out dios bacf after Sundance. inside each cookie espouses predictions gener• cookie including San Francisco's Golden Gate of Shimada's pockets and post-production But that's just the way the cookie crumbles. al enough to cover all of North Park's Japanese Tea financial help from Cherry Sky Films. • • America, but what do we real• Garden, Los Angeles' Shimada always wanted to do something ly know about the fortune The fortune cookie Fugetsu-Do and Hong creative. He went to film school at San 'The Killing of the Chinese Cookie' cookie? is an icon.' Kong Noodle Francisco State and completed all of the Shiinoda's mother had Company, which has . requirements for a degree, but just never really always said Los Angeles' Little physical evidence - officially applied for the certificate. Tokyo was the birthplace-of the - Shimada about the snack that an old unopened can of "I think I was "itching to get out of there." cookie. But he, like everyone inspired a cultural war. the cookies. Perhaps the itch came from success. Before else, thought the cookie was A court trial was film school, Shimoda went to community col• Chinese. After all, they are even fought out in-San lege in Los Angeles where he met Mike given out at every Chinese restaurant from Francisco's mock Court of Historical Review Sakamoto. They talked about independent here to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. in 1983 where Los Angeles took on San filmmaking and decided to make a short docu• Shimada decided to dissect the contentious Francisco and lost a bitter battle to call itself mentary about one-man band genius Arthur San Francisco International Asian history in the fun documentary 'The Killing of the birthplace of the fortune cookie. Nakane, a street performer often seen at Los American Film Festival a Chinese Cookie," which took the Los Brian Kito, owner of the Fugetsu-Do con• Angeles' Santa Monica Pier playing three Sun., March 23 An,geles native from San FranCisco to Japan. fectionary shop, had an epiphany about his musical instruments at once. "I didn't think I would go to Japan. If any• family's role in the making of the fortune "Secret Asian Man" was Shimada's first 'Also Screening At: thing I thought I would go to China." cookie after ~atching an episode of "Ripley's fomy into filmmaking. In 2000, the film made Chicago Asian American Believe It Or Not," which explained that the it into Sundance. Showcase in April Chinese or Japanese? fortune cookie may have Japanese American "We felt like we cheated the system," said DisOrient Asian American Rim "The fortune cookie is an icon," said ancestry. Kito is part of three generations of Shimoda with a laugh. ''Here were all these Festival of Oregon - April 24-27 Shimoda. confectioners who maintain that the fortune seasoned filmmakers, and here we were - The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film In America, the fortune has permeated every cookie was hewed out of their hands. newbies." Festival (Visual Communications) part of popular culture. In China, however, if a For "Chinese Cookie," Shimoda assembles But too much success too soon may have .;.... May 1-8 piece of paper were found inside a cookie there an impressive cast of characters to wax philo• proved difficult to swallow. would be an uprising and mbid complaints to sophical about the cookie. But it wasn't an "Mike pulls me aside one day and says I Watch the trailer at: the Chinese equivalent of the U.S. Health easy feat - many of the claiming families have something to tell you and now that some WW'!".killingofachinesecookie.com Department, according to one "Chinese gave up their attempts for boasting rights. time has past maybe you'll forgive me for it." 10 MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 SPORTS PACIFIC iii CmZEN BASEBALL Baseball Wraps Up First China Trip Matsuzaka to Start in Japan Against Oakland A's The San FORT MYERS, Fla.-Daddy Diego Padres Dice-K will be heading home to played the Japan after all to start the earliest sea• L.A. Dodgers son opener in baseball history. at China's The Red Sox right-hander's wife Wukesong gave birth March 15 to their second Major League Stadium. child, their first son. That allows Baseball is PHOTO: MLB.COM Daisuke Matsuzaka to travel with opening its his teammates to Tokyo and allows season in BEIJINO-Now that Major League Baseball has completed its first trip to the team to discard its contingency Japan for the China, it's looking ahead to a repeat visit. plans for its four games there. third time. "I would love to come back," Los Angeles Dodgers chairman Frank "I think it's a relief for Dice-K Matsuzaka will McCourt said March 16, when his team lost to the San Diego Padres 6-3 in knowing that there was uncertainty start Mar. 25. the second of a two-game exhibition. "I feel we would be making a mistake certainly up until early this morn• if we felt that by playing these exhibition games the job was done. The job ing," Boston pitching coach John has just begun." Farrell said. "So the fact that she's Japan if his wife, Tomoyo, had not last year and he went 3-2 with a 2.22 Padres pitcher Josh Geer picked up the victory, and Scott Hairston hit a healthy and the baby's healthy, this is given birth by March 19. The baby ERA for the Red Sox. tiebreaking double for San Diego, which overcame a three-run deficit. one thing that he can put behind him was born at 7:30 a.m. They did not ''I'm sure they have rock star sta• The March 15 opener ended in a 3-3 tie after nine innings. The March 16 now." release his name. tus over there," said pitcher Tun game drew a near-sellout crowd of 11,890, down slightly from 12,224 the Matsuzaka will start the regular• "We couldn't have scripted it any Wakefield. previous' day. season game in Tokyo on March 25 better," Farrell said. Farrell doesn't expect Matsuzaka Both had the feel of games played almost anywhere in America with hot against Oakland. Both teams will Matsuzaka was a star for eight to be overwhelmed by the spotlight. dogs and peanuts on sale and vendors selling beer and soft drinks. Many of play two exhibition games against years .in Japan before signing with "He's been one who's been in the the vendors even wore shirts patterned after the Texas flag, with Dodgers and Japanese pro teams before then. the Red Sox before last season. He limelight and the attention seeming• Padres caps selling briskly. There was a chance Dice-K would went 15-12 with a 4.40 ERA. Boston '.ly all his adult life and I'm sure it The only hints this was China came from a Chinese flag waving in left not accompany his teammates to also added reliever Hideki Okaj~ will be an exciting time for him." • field - the U.S. flag was alongside - and a stadium of mostly non-baseball fans cheering foul balls and ordinary outs .. 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(213) 680-0333 OR (800) 334-4982 Email: [email protected] PACIFIC iI CmZEN NATIONAL MAR. 21-APR. 3, 200811 MORI districts are involved with bi and tri• SHIMOMURA imPortant for the honor of district conferences every other year, the community. (Continued from page 2) (Continued from page 1) so most are incurring similar costs of As a University of Opponents of the annual conven• an annual convention. that Floyd Shimomura, a recent law California at Davis law . tion idea say it's difficult enough to The election of officers can con• school graduate and member of the professor, he had keen convince chapters to host biennial tinue to be held on the even years for Sacramento chapter, was elected as legal insight into the prop• conventions - not to mention year• two-year terms. By conducting busi• vice president of public affairs. He er methodology for the ly ones. Perhaps if chapters under• ness each year, we would be more would later be elected to president in Redress campaign. stood the benefits they would be up-to-date on issues and the reeduca• 1982, solidifying his legacy as a piv• Because of his knowledge more willing. Planning a convention tion process would be minimal. otal player in the formation of the on Washington, D.C.'s pol• provides opportunities to develop Boosters (attendees who are not Redress campaign. icy of monetary equity leaders, make new friends and earn delegates) have been lacking in In the days before the start of the claims, Shimomura helped money. recent years. Redress campaign, Shimomura, a to craft the legislative Shimomura (Jeff), former nat'l JACL presi• Some chapters t] urge delegates to Membership Sansei, became convinced that the approach for monetary dent, with Harry Honda, former P.e. editor. may be afraid of num,bers have movement was morally correct after reparation. During his two- what is involved study the issue and to been declining. reading Michi Weglyn's book, year tenure as JACL national presi• says, "One thing that makes me so with hosting a vote "yes" for annual Although the "Years of Infamy." The book, dent, Shimomura helped craft proud is that the community did it convention, but organization is although irksome to some Nisei, was JACL's legal brief for individual itself. The way it was done through even smaller conventions. ' trying ' to be more really the catalyst for the sociopoliti• monetary payment and saw the first community action, support from our chapters could do open and is work- cal activism of the Sansei genera• Redress bill go to Congress. Nikkei congressmen and not some it. Although the Floyd Morit JACL director ing to increase tion. But what was really important law firm was what made the whole elaborate decora• membership, cor• At the time of his election to about Redress to Shimomura? struggle so pure." tions often prepared by host chapters porate funding is vital for the JACL JACL national president, "I remember when I was national Although the Redress movement are impressive, such aspects of the to survive and thrive. Shimomura was only 35 years old v.p., John Tateishi and I met with seemed impossible at times, it was conventions could be done on a Annual conventions would help - the youngest national board Justice Goldberg of the Supreme that principle of community action smaller and simpler scale. us obtain more financial support and member (and to this day the Court; he was involved with the that drove the campaign. A staff person would be hired to provide more visibility for the ,youngest national president) ever Jewish claims against Germany," "Redress was something you had handle the annual convention. This JACL. Most organizations hold elected after wwn. said Shimomura. ''When we went to do for moral reasons and for rea- does not mean that chapters would annual conventions - it makes a lot "I think those of us who started the and talked with him, he thought we sons of honor," said Shimomura. not still be heavily .involved, but it of sense. Although it is human nature campaign did it because we ~ew it had a good case and claim, and that "Personally, to be part of such a would relieve much of the logistical to resist change, sometimes change was the right thing. I don't think we we should pursue it. But his other miraculous moral campaign is very and planning aspects of a conven• . is necessary for ~owth and progress. did it because it was the smart thing. advi~e was to hire some lobbying gratifying." • tion. Other staff members will con• The proposal to switch to an annu• I think that most of us thought it was firm to do it for us. We were all con• tinue to have the responsibilities that al convention will again be present• doubtful that we would get any• vinced that he was absolutely right, This is one in a series of 'Redress, 20 they do now. . ed this July at the Salt Lake City thing," he said. but there was no way that a lobbying Years Later,' articles written by Some also argue that ~maller national convention. I urge delegates Although the decision to embark firm would do it. So community JACL board and staff members to chapters cannot afford to send dele• to study the issue and to vote "yes" on the Redress campaign was a large action had to do it." TlUlrk the 20th anniversary of the gates each year. But chapters and for annual conventions . • undertaking, Shimomura said it was Looking back on the campaign he Civil liberties Act.

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Now, However once the camps were Asian Pacific American leaders are closed, they were virtually forgotten. pushing this little mown part of his• "Honouliuli was not on the fore• tory into the light. front of Hawaii's consciousness for a long time," said Honda. War is War "It is important to recognize the Finding Their Way Back importance of Hawaii's internment Many of Hawaii's internment camps because of the different cir• camps cannot even be located any• cumstances," said David. M. more. Over the years, the land used Forman, vice president of the to house the camps were developed Hawaii JACL, who called JAs the or simply forgotten. Until recently, 'Of all the camps there [in Hawaii] it's in the "majority-minority" on the historians did not even have maps, best condition. It tells the complete stOly. ' Hawaiian Islands during WWII. said Jeff Burton, an archeologist - Jeff Burton about Honouliuli. "Rather than being subjected to a who worked on Manzanar and mass roundup, a smaller group of Honouliuli. At its peak, Honouliuli (above) held over 300 JAs mostly Japanese Americans was Recently, a former internee came during WWII. A recent site survey uncovered specifically targeted for internment." to one of Burton's lectures with a ghostly remains of a lost civilization (Jeft). After the Pearl Harbor attack, map of Honouliuli in hand. In government officials began impris• February, Burton and a team of vol• no other Honouliuli pilgrimages are Urata agreed that the treatment EXHIBIT oning JA community leaders who unteers from the Japanese Cultural set, said Shayna Coleon of the and the food were better at were suspected to have ties to the Center of Hawai'i (JCCH) spent JCCH. Honouliuli, but he still saw two 'Dark Clouds OVer Paradise: Japanese government - most were five days at Honouliuli exploring On his return to Honouliuli, many internees go mentally msane. During The Hawai'i Intern~es Story' male community leaders, but there and excavating remnants of the for• positive memories came flooding his three total years of incarceration, Closes April 11 were a few women who were also mer community. Concrete slabs back to Chojiro Kageura, 88. he kept asking himself how a gov• Free rounded-up. Gradually, Henry believed to be part of camp struc• ''Not bad!" Kageura exclaimed ernment could do this to its own cit• Japanese Cultural Center of Urata's friends began disappearing tures were found along with bottles about his time at Honouliuli. izens. Hawai'i Community Gallery one by one. and other daily li ing accessories. He was interned for one year He fights again t his natural 2454 South Beretania Street ''I think maybe [it's] me next," A dilapidated wwn era building, when he was 24 most likely because tendency to be quiet in order to Honolulu, HI 96826 said Urata, 89. which was used by chicken farmers of his dual citizenship. Being single talk about his internment experi• 808/945-7633 Urata, who was born in Honolulu up to the 1980s, was also located on ence. and given three meals a day among On the Web but sent to Japan for his education at the site. friends made the overall experience ''We weren't criminals. Why hide www.jcch.com a young age, returned to Hawaii "Of all the camps there [in everything?" • tolerable. www.jaclhawaiLorg without remembering how to speak Hawaii] it's in the best condition. It English. He had to learn his native tells the complete story," said Burton language all over agaj.n. In 1941, . about Honouliuli. Urata was attending Mid Pacific Unlike sprawling and flat confine• Institute when he heard the roar of ment sites on the mainland, the plane engines and watched Pearl Hawaii camps were restricted to Harbor get attacked. canyons and had smaller buildings. "I saw everything. I was so Security was also higher at shocked. About 300 airplanes came Hooouliuli than any other camp in." other than Tule Lake because it was Later Urata was summoned out of built by th~ military and functioned class and arrested. His crime was his as a POW camp for prisoners from ethnicity and his Japanese ~ucation. the Pacific Theater, Burton added. Beginning February 1st, National In 1943, 24-year-old Urata was Community members are now taken to Honouliuli, which opened pushing for Honouliuli, which is cur• JACL Credit Union is offering free its doors March 1 of that year. The rently owned by Monsanto Corp., to gas" to members who are approved camp, located in a gulch, was built to be placed on the National Register of for auto loans! Not only will you save hold up to 3,000 people, but its pop• Historic Places. There has also been big on your loan with rates as low as ulation peaked at only 320 including a push for an onsite interpretative 5.75% APR; but we're filling up some local Germans, Italians and center. your tank too! prisoners of war. On the first Sunday in March, Honouliuli was where Urata's some former internees and their fam• Hurry! This offer is for a limited time mother was allowed to visit a few ilies returned to Honouliuli, now only and may be discontinued at any times a month before he was trans• barely recognizable with overgrown time without notice. ferred to Tule Lake in California. bushes and weeds. The event, "She was really sad. But what can "Never Again: E.O. to 9066 we do? War is war," said Urata soft• Honouliuli" attracted three of what is ly. believed to be 12 of the surviving National JACL _-0 Some of the local JAs who were Hawaiian internees. CREDIT UNION rounded up were eventually This first ever event sponsored by 3776 S. Highland Dr. tAPR=AnfilJa' Peroor,t1go.RatO. °"Mwnber" may 0;-,00$0 gas card for one of released, but most stayed until war's JCCH and the Hawaii JACL, coin• liVE! ctlffatoot merChants:. Chl'lvron. EXxO(llMOt)il. Shell Gas, $inc.'llr Gas, and end and were never convicted of any cided with an ongoing JCCH exhib• SLC, UT 84106 Tesoro. Gift cards will be maii.3d tonwmbem 45·.60 days aft~r lhl'lloan is www.jaclcu.com ;. ck,,~(;d. '''(')1ewcn and Exxon/Mobil not avmab!e. crime. And unlike on the mainland it, "Dark Clouds Over Paradise: The where entire families were relocated, Hawai'i Internees Story." Currently, Membership and el9 b"'HY.~Wire9. PACIFIC iI CmZEN NATIONAL MAR. 21-APR. 3, 200813 Hunter is still the only college with• "It's an endless cycle. The Asian CRAASH I'm disappointed our efforts didn't pan out the way we had in the CUNY system to offer AASP American Studies Program has no (Continued from page 1) courses. budget so you can't offer any new hoped. ' - Tsiwen Law, about the 2004 name-change campaign. funding. ''We're one of the most diverse courses. The program sucks so there "How can there be no funding for colleges in this country, we have a is no student interest, no student an academic program? You offer a huge Asian American student popu• interest·so the program sucks." miserable minor and then you freeze lation," said Jessica Lee, 21, of President Raab did not respond to that?" said Lin, recalling her anger CRAASH and a political science Pacific Citizen s requests for an and frustration. major. "Asian Americans are rising interview. Dean Scott declined to Inspired by the activists she had but we are struggling to be heard and answer questions and instead read about in her AASP course, Lin seen. referred the P.e. to Hunter's media began spreading the word about 'This program is unique because relations department. AASP's demise. Before long she it came out of student protests years was meeting in her dorm room with ago. We want to reVive that strug• Small Steps a core group of people determined to gle." So far CRAASH's efforts seem to help rejuvenate Hunter's AASP. CRAASH has spent the past three be having an impact, if only a small The result of those early meetings semesters rallying their fellow stu• one. By~007 Hunter students were was the formation of the Coalition dents together. So far they've gath• once again able to minor in AASP. The steak shop is named after a former owner who had slanty eyes. for the Revitalization of Asian ered 1,000 petition signatures, creat• "Nothing brings people together American Studies at Hunter ed a popular Facebook.com group like a crisis," said Jennifer "He felt like I was trying to force (CRAASH) in April 2007. page, and started an ongoing e-mail Hayashida, AASP's current part• 'CHINK'S STEAK' him to change the name. I was just 'This has a lot to do with activism campaign. time program coordinator and (Continued from page 1) trying to make him see my point of in the Asian American community," Hunter President Jennifer J. Raab instructor. view as an Asian American," she said Lin. "Someone says theN-word has yet to respond to CRAASH's She sees more interest now in the Americans (OCA), the Asian said. and the whole African American inquiries but some of the students AASP and students have rallied American Bar Association of The original "Chink's Steaks" on community is in your face. The same met with Dean Shirley Scott last fall around the efforts of CRAASH. Delaware Valley and the Anti• 6030 Torresdale Avenue has been a is done to the Asian American com• to air out their concerns. So far, the . More faculty members are also Defamation League (ADL) took on popular cheesesteak neighborhood munity and nothing happens. students say they've received only a showing their support of the pro• "Chink's Steaks" owner Joseph destination since 1949 when its "If you have Asian American lukewarm reception. gram, even attending some of the Groh in an unsuccessful name founder Samuel Sherman began Studies, you educate people to do "It's been a really antagonistic student group's meetings. change battle. slinging steaks onto bread. The place something and speak out. This ties response," said Chris Eng of With zero dollars budgeted for The clash of civil rights groups is named after Sherman's lifelong into so many things, that's why it's CRAASH, a 19-year-old English AASp, Hayashida is looking for out• and a steak shop owner stole media nickname - "Chink," reportedly so important." Literature major. "From the very side grants and funding but her lim• headlines and elicited feelings of because he had slanted eyes. start we've tried to be very profes• ited hours have made it difficult. outrage both over the offensive Sherman was not of Asian descent. A Program in Turmoil sional, courteous, and every single Although she has been able t9 organ• nature of the steak shop's name and When Groh bought the eatery from Lin soon learned that the frozen time they have been indifferent. ize some AASP events - including what some called a politically cor• Sherman's widow in 1999, he kept minor was just the tip of the iceberg They tell us it was only meant to be a Q&A with ''Finishing the Game" rect assault on a private business. everything the same. when it came to AASP's woes. For a program" not a full-scale depart• Director Justin Lin last year - much But after all the dust settled, the During the height of the cam• several years now the program has ment. more still needs to be done. controversial name remained. Now a paign, Park hoped that all parties not had a department director, there The students believe much of the "I love my job but my hands are few of the same APA groups are talk• could come to an amicable agree• is no permanent office space and problems stem from the administra• tied," she said. ''We need to find new ing about starting up a new cam• ment without resorting to legal besides $500 for supplies, the pro• tion's lack of knowledge of the dif- , instructors. It's hard to build a pro• paign to fight the expansion of action. But when talks broke down, gram has zero funds allocated in this ferences between Asian Studies and gram with a constantly changing fac• "Chink's Steaks." she said members of the grassroots year's budget. AA Studies. They also believe the ulty." . This time the stakes are higher, movement simply became preoccu• How could this have happened to school's assertion that there is not '''The students are really motivated said Philadelphia ADL Regional pied with other engagements and a program that was created in 1993 enough interest in the AASP pro• by the program; they get very little Director Barry Morrison "because alr~dy." moved on. after students demanded the forma~ gram is resoundingly false. of their history from anywhere else," the battle was lost once "I'm disappointed our efforts did• tion of an AASP? With an AA stu• "Every single class is full to the said Professor Margaret Chin who 'A lot of our idealism and n't pan out the way we had hoped," dent population of , 26 percent, brim; every chair is taken," said Lin. See CRAASHlPage 16 optimism died out.' said Tsiwen Law, general counsel of There are many reasons why the the Greater Philadelphia DCA. He' ~PACIFIC National business and name. change campaign failed four said it was Park who never stepped years ago, especially when you ask forward to file an official complaint Direct~ry with the HRC. IiICITIZEN - Professional those who were involved. Most blame Groh for his refusal to budge, "For whatever reason I don't Your business card in each issue for 22 issues is $15 per line, three-line minimum. Larger type (12 pt.) counts as two lines. Logo same as line rate as required. P.C. has know," he said. If Park had filed a made no determination that the businesses listed in this directory are licensed by proper government authority. . while others say it was the lack of sustained pressure that literally let complaint, Law said the HRC - Oakland, Calif. Greater Los Angeles Seattle, Wash. the "Chink's Steaks" owner off the which enforces civil rights laws .and KITAZAWA SEED CO. Cambridge Dental Care hook. mediates inter-group disputes - SINCE 1917 Scott Nishizaka D.D.S. 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Wills & Trusts l groups including the Persons for the Steaks, the popular South Philly Dr. Darlyne Fujimoto, Probate & Conservators hips a Elimination of Racially Insensitive eatery that gained notoriety when its [email protected] - owner Joseph Vento posted a sign Language (PERIL) and Susannah Optometrist & Associates 12749 Norwalk Blvd. Suite 111 For the Best of .A Professional Corporation telling customers, 'This is America: Norwalk, CA 90650 Everything Asian Park, a West Philadelphia resident 11420 E. South St, Cerritos, CA 90703 (562) 864-2575 When Ordering 'Speak English. '" (562) 860-1339 Fresh Produce, Meat, and campaign spokesperson. Their The hearings are ongoing. Phoenix, Ariz. Seafood and Groceries efforts became national news that A vast selection of eventually lead to a meeting with Park said there was a lot going on ALAN IGASAKI, D.D.s. YUKITADANO Gift Ware behind the scenes of the 2004 cam• REALTOR®, GRI Groh mediated by the Philadelphia HOWARD IGASAKI, D.D.S. paign. She was both maligned and Dental Implants / General Phoenix/Scottsdale real estate Seattle, WA • (206) 624-6248 . Human Relations Commission 22850 Crenshaw Blvd., Ste. 102 (HRC). lauded in the media, by other resi• 1st USA Realty Professionals, Inc. Bellevue, WA· (425) 747-9012 Torrance, CA 90505 (602) 565-1630 Park, now 25, was disappointed dents and even within the APA com- (310) 534-8282 [email protected] Beaverton, OR· (503) 643-4512 after that meeting . . www.yukitadano.com See 'CHINK'S STEAK'JPage 16 14 MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 CALENDAR PACIFIC is CmZEN

Equity; Sheraton Park Hotel. Info: ing entertianment, kids activiti~s, www.nationalcapacd.org. cultural pavillion, health expo, food Calendar LOS ANGELES and a Hawaiian Village. Info: Sat., Ml!r. 22-Little Tokyo www.cherryblossomfestivalsocal National Historical Society Collection Day; .org. SALT LAKE CITY 10-2 p.m.; JANM, 369 E. First St.; THOUSAND OAKS July 16-~2008 JACL National the LTHS will be collecting materials Sat., May 3-3rd Annual PSW Convention; Salt Lake City Marriott related to Little Tokyo's history; pic• District Golf Tournament; 11 a.m.; Downtown, 75 South West Temple; tures will be scanned for preservation Los Robles Golf Course; 229 and returned to you. $225/regular, $150/youth; early bird Moorpark Blvd.; $ 115/golfer, Sat., Mar. 22-Screening and dis• registration through June 30; events $4OO/foursome (must register at the cussion, "Resettlement to Redress"; include, welcome mixer, youth same time); fee includes lunch, tee 2 p.m.; JANM, 369 E. First St.; after luncheon, awards luncheon, say• prizes, awards, shirt, dinner and the screening will be a discussion onara banquet and a golf tournament. voucher for a free round of golf; with Adam Schrager, author of The Info: www.utjacl.org. sponsorship opportunities are avail• Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr able. Info: PSW office, 213/626- East Story. Info: www.janm.org. 4471, www.jaclpsw.org or BROOKLYN The., Mar. 25-2008 Cberry [email protected]. May 34-27th Annual Brooklyn Blossom Festival VIP Reception and Botanic Garden Cherry Blossom Silent Auction; 6-9 p.m.; Los Arizona Festival; 10-6 p.m.; Brooklyn Angeles City Hall, Tom Bradley CHANDLER Botanic Garden; enjoy 220 trees in Tower, 27th Floor. Sun., Mar. 30-Arizona JACL Chapter Picnic; 10-3 p.m.; Desert bloom and celebrate with more than The 7th Annual Southern California Cherry Blossom Festival Fri., April 4-Japanese American Bar Association 32nd Annual Breeze Park; enjoy food, games, 60 events and performances; free comes to Little Tokyo April 5-6. The weekend will be filled with cul• with Garden admission. Info: Installation and Awards Gala; 6 p.m. fishing, prizes. Info: J.e. Kobashi, tural performances, martial arts demonstrations and a health expo. www.bbg.org. no-host cocktails, 7 p.m. dinner; The [email protected] or PIllLADELPIllA Center at the Cathedral Plaza, 555 W. 6021361-4524. Sat., Mar. 29-Philadelphia JACL Art from the North: An Exhibition of $395/person, $325/seniors and stu• Temple St.; keynote speaker, Dale GLENDALE Installation Luncheon; noon-3 p.m.; the Hokkaido Pottery Society"; dents; free for former Tule Lake Minami with special tribute to Sun., 'April 27-Sara Hutchings Maggiano's Little Italy, 205 Mall Portland Japanese Garden; 10 am.-4 internees who are 80 or older and Mitsuye Endo, Gordon Hirabayashi, Clardy Scholarship and Gold Blvd., King of Prussia; speaker, p.m. Tue.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. Mon.;·· children under 6 (registration Fred Korernatsu and Minoru Yasui; Saguaro Tribute Awards Luncheon; Delphine Hirasuna; $35/members, featuring the works of 24 artists from includes bus transportation, housing, $1l0/person. Info: Audra Mori, 1 p.m.; Glendale Civic Center; $4O/non-members. Info: Toshi Abe, the Hokkaido Pottery Society. and . all meals and activities; buses [email protected], Dennis speaker, Joanne Oppenheim, author 609/683-9489 . or toshiabel @ Through April 27-Exhibit, will depart from San Francisco, Yokoyama, dyokoyama@ of "Dear Miss Breed." Info: Michele mac.com. "Passing the Fan"; Oregon Nikkei Berkeley, San Jose, Sacramento, swlaw.edu or James Toma, Namba, [email protected] or WASIDNGTON, D.C. Legacy Center; exhibit features Seattle, Portland and Eugene on July [email protected]. 623/572-9913 . The., May 20-APAICS Gala Oregon's master teachers of tradi• 3 and return July 6. Info and to Sat, April 5-Community Rally, Hawai Dinner; 7-10 p.m.; JW Marriot tional Japanese dance; $3 admission, download registration forms, "JTown Voiced!! Rally for Our Community"; noon Little Tokyo HONOLULU Hotel; honoring Sen. Daniel Akaka, free to ONLC members. Info: www.tulelake.org. Sat., July 12-Honolulu JACL former U.S. Rep. Patricia Saiki, ONLC, 5031224-1458. Tour of Memories, 1 p.m. communi• Southern Calforria ty rally; 244 S. San Pedro St.; come Annual Membership and Awards APALC Executive Director Stewart Luncheon; Japanese Cultural Center K woh; entertainment by Hiroshima. Northern Calforria ANAHEIM support and the join the community CASTRO VALLEY May 15-17-National Coalition for vision for Little Tokyo. of Hawaii's Manoa Grand Ballroom; lVIM~est Sat., pril 5-Asian Bone Marrow Asian Pacific American Community April 5-6--7th Annual Southern honoring Bob Bratt, Jane Kurahara AMACHE, Colo. Donor Registration; 9-3 p.m.; Castro Development 9th Annual California Cherry Blossom Festival; and Betsy Young. Info: Shawn Sat, May 17-Amache Pilgrimage; Valley High School, 19400 Santa . Convention; "Vision, Voices, Votes: Sat. 10:30-6:30 p.m., Sun. 10:30-5 Benton, 808/523-8464 or slmben~ 6 a.m. bus departs from Simpson Maria Ave.; hosted by the Eden Standing Together for Justice and p.m.; streets of Little Tokyo; featur- [email protected] . • Methodist Church, 7 a.m. bus Youth Group (Junior JACL). departs Tri-StatelBuddhist Temple; HAYWARD Thurs., April 10-"Dust Storm - . $251bus fee. RSVP: Rose Shibao, 303/426-7874, Youko Yamasaki, Art and Survival in a TlIlle of . Blue Shield of California 303/429-4129 or Hiroko Hung, Paranoia"; noon-l:30 p.m.; II 303/979-4127. University Theatre, 25800 Carlos .1"-- .. ,, ..· .. ,. .. - CLEVELAND Bee Blvd.; performance will incor• Sun., April 2O-Cleveland JACL porate the art of the late Chiura Reunion 2008; noon-4 p.m.; North Obata and the solo performance of Olmsted Party Center, 29271 Lorain Zachary Drake; free. Rd.; celebrating the 61st anniversary MANZANAR of the chapter, 20th anniversary of Sat., April 26--39th Annual the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and Manzanar Pilgrimage, "Manzanar honoring all JA veterans, community ... The Legacy Continues"; program members that testified at the Redress starts at noon, Manzanar at Dusk hearings and contributors to JACL; starts at 5 p.m.; buses will be depart• $ 16/person, $8/children under 10. ing from the Little Tokyo area. Info: RSVP by April 12 to Karen Sodini, 323/662-5102 or www.manzanar• 440/238-3416 or Hazel Asamoto, committee.org. 216/921-2976. OAKLAND DENVER Sat., April 5-Japanese American . May 26--Community Memorial Women Alumnae of UC Berkeley Day Service; 11 a.m.; Fairmount Annual Meeting; 11:45-3 p.m.; Cemetery, Nisei War Memorial, 430 Yoshi's Restaurant and Night Spot, S. Quebec St.; 12:45 p.m. potluck 510 Embarcadero West, Jack lunch at Tamai Towers Penthouse. London Square; speaker, Betty Info: Brian Matsunroto, 303/916- Kano. Info: www.jawaucb.org. 9998 or [email protected]. . SAN FRANCISCO July 3-6--Conference, "Whose Sun., May 18-Kimochi, Inc. America? Who's American? Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Diversity, Civil Liberties and Social Kimochi Home; 2-4:30 p.m.; Hotel Justice"; commemorating the 20th Kabuki, Imperial Ballroom; program anniversary of the signing of the ·features performances, light refresh• Health Plans for California Civil Liberties Act of 1988, the con• ments and a rafile drawing; RSVP by ference will examine the connections May 8 to 415/931-2294. between the WWlI JA experience TULELAKE JACL Members - and the historical and contemporary July 3-6--2008 Tule Lake Pilgrimage; four-day program issue surrounding democracy an.d Call the JACL Health Benefits Administrators at civil rights. Info: www.janm.org. includes: bus tour of former camp• site, cultural performances in 1.800.400.6633 PaciTlC Northwest Klamath Falls, Ore., speeches from or visit www.jaclhealth.org PORTLAND survivors of Tule Lake, discussion ~~ ..~.~ ;'~ .•,;r~'1 Aprilll-~Exhibition, "Ceramic groups and a memorial service; ';::.'~".I~~;..; . PACIFIC iii CmZEN OBITUARIES MAR. 21-APR. 3, 200815 In Memoriam - 2008 Medal of Honor ReCipient Shizuya Hayashi Dies at 90 All the towns are In Califomia except as' noted. By Pacific Citizen Staff He took four prisoners, includ• McCoy in Wisconsin on their ing a teenage Gennan boy in uni• way to the European Theater. Ando, Esther Shinobu, 92, Los This compilation appears on a space- Angeles, Mar. 4; survived by daugh- available basis at no cost. Printed obit- Shizuya Hayashi, a World War form who Hayashi could not bear During his year in combat, ters, Patricia (Jim Butler) Ando• uaries from your newspaper are wel• n lOOth Battalion veteran and to shoot. Hayashi was never critically Nakashima and Nadine (Mickey) comed. "Death Notices, n which appear Medal of Honor recipient, passed Hayashi earned a wounded He was discharged in in a timely manner at request of the Shintaku; son, Ronald (Andrea); 5 away March 12. He was 90. Distinguished Service Cross, July 1945. family or funeral director, are published gc.; and 5 ggc. at the rate of $20 per column inch TaKt Hayashi was which Was later upgraded to a Later in life, Hayashi toured the Eji, George, 85, Chicago, Mar. 5; is reworded as necessary. awarded the Medal of Honor on June 22, country and spoke about his Medal of Honor 2000, when President Bill Clinton experiences a Medal of Honor WWII veteran, 442nd; survived by Carey (Patrick) Morrison, Janice as for his actions awarded the ~ation's highest mil• recipient. sori, Wayne (Ryma Epel); daughters, and Diane; son, Jonathan (Mary); 2 on Nov. 29, itary award for valor to Hayashi "Mr. Hayashi's passing Cheryl (Joe) Muszynski and gc.; and sister-in-law, Teru Kawaye. Michelle (Jim) Corbett; sisters, . 1943, when his and 2j other Asian Pacific reminds us of the impact Nisei Kitaoka, Harvey Norisada, 81, Helen (Bob) Ishikawa and Kimiye platoon was American veterans of WWTI. veterans had on the history of Our Rancho Palos Verdes, Feb. 24; Kashiyama; and sister-in-law, attacking enemy Hayashi 'Yas born in Hawaii on state and our conntry," Sen. WWII and Korean Conflict veteran; Nathalie Eji. soldiers in the Italian town of Nov. 28, 1917, and grew up on Daniel Akaka said to the survived by wife, Kazy; brothers-in• Cerasuolo. During the attack, he the Waialua Sugar Planta'tion. Honolulu Advertiser. Fukuda, Fred Masao, 89, Los law, Jack Furumura, Sam Yoshimura charged and overtook an enemy Six months after the Japanese To date, there ouly Angeles, Mar. 4; survived by broth• and Roy (Sachiko) Yoshimura; and are l05liv• ers, Hiroshi (Frankie), Jim (Kimi) sisters-in-law, Suzanne Kitaoka, machine gun poSition and forced attacked Pearl Harbor, Hayashi ing Medal of Honor recipients, and Dick (Marilyn); and sister, Miboko Saito and Amy (Frank) enemy troops to withdraw. A bul• and about 1,400 other Japanese according to the Congressional Nancy (Bob) Toguchi. Nishikawa. let grazed Hayashi in the neck. American soldiers went to Camp Medal of Honor Society.• Hirata, Dorcas Asako Tanaka, Koda, George, 88, Torrance, Feb. 79, Feb. 16; survived by son, 9; survived by wife, Hiroko; sons, City, Feb. 19; WWII veteran; sur• Mary; sons, Wayne (Donna) and survived by brother, Dan (Alice); Kenneth; and brothers, Frank and Jimmy, David and Steve; daughter, vived by wife, Teruko; son, Marvin; . Wendell (Jane); 3 gc.; brother, Roy; and sisters, Florence (Tad) Fujita, Thomas. Susie (Glen) Nakao; 3 gc.; sisters, daughter, Karen; brother, Kazunobu sister, Katie; and sister-in-law, Nori. Betty Kuwano and Tsuruko Tanaka. Horiba, Jimmy Masatada, 86, Mitsuye Imarn'slii, Haiuye Koda, (Mineko); and 2 gc. Satow, Russell William, 55, Tominaga, Joe Tomeo, 82, La Palma, Feb. 13; Fujiko (Jack) Oriba, Surniye (Ted) . Miyamoto, Masao, 89, Los Maricopa, Ariz., Jan. 15; survived by Shelley, Idaho, survived by wife, Takeuchi and Kazuko (Bob) Angeles, Feb. 6; wwn veteran, daughter, Brooke; son, Joshua; sis• Mar. 4; WWII vet• Josephine; sons, Yamamoto; and brothers, Noboru 442nd ReT; survived by son, Bob ters, Pam (Tadashi) Chiba and Gwyn eran, 442nd; sur• Craig (Amy) and (Masako) and Kenji (Shinobu). (Lani); daughters, Janet (Dennis) (Ken) ScWothan; and brother, David vived by wife, Wayne; brother, Koga, George, 81, Monterey Sugita and Arlene (Dr. Paul) Murata; (Karen). Natch; daughter, Saburo (Sets); and Park, Feb. 16; survived by wife, 9 gc.; and sisters-in-law, Nobuko Suda, George S., 92, Jan. 13; sur• Sandy (Joe) Wise; . sister-in-law, Josefina; daughters, Lisa (Bob) Yamada and Etsuko Takaki. vived by sons, Donald (Joy), Dale sons, Jerry Michi Horiba. Solomon and Carrie Koga; son, Nakada, Yoshi, 92, Ontario, Ore., (Julie) and Norman (Kathryn); (Sandra) and bnamoto, Mitsunori "Mits," 79, Kevin Koga; stepdaughters, Jan. 24. daughter, Georgis (Michael); 8 gc.; 5 Robert (Melanie); 8 gc.; I gc. Torrance, Feb. 22; survived by wife, Christine Regis, Katherine Regis, Ogushi, Garrett Masahiro, Feb. ggc.; and sister, Bernadette. Tsumori, Paul Takeshi, SO, Long Marie; son, Daniel (Nancy); daugh• Barbara (Elmer) Biscocho and Dr. 24; survived by parents, Susumu and Suehiro, Richard Yoshio, 84, Beach, Feb. 29; survived by wife, ter, Linda (Gerard) Jensen; 5 gc.; and Margot Regis; 7 gc.; and brother, Joyce; sisters, Kara and Lindsay; Honolulu, Feb. 24; WWII veteran, Erniko; daughters, Judi (Warren) brothers, Takanori and Yoshinori. Frank. grandparents, Hiroshi and Kayoko MIS; survived by wife, Maude; son, Kusumoto and Nanci (Dale) Sueda; . Iwasaki, Toshio, 79, Gardena, Maeshima, Naoko, 82, Lak'e Nakagawa; and grandmother, James (Gerin); daughters, Jan 4 gc.; and sister, Bernice Kodama. Feb. 20; survived by daughter, Alice Forest, Mar. 2; survived by son, Mitsuko Ogushi. (Benjamin) Tamura, Jill (Mitch). Yasuda, Joe Minoru, 87, Los (Larry) Kikuchi; and 2 gc. Norman (Georgia), Karen (Charles) Okamoto, Takeo,. ~n, Manteca, Blaisdell and Julie Suehiro; 4 gc.; Angeles, Feb. 25; survived by wife, Kakebashi, Chiyo, 82, Gardena, Yockey and June (Michael) Mar. 2; survived by wife, Martha; and sister, Nancy Sakazaki. Sonoye; son, Chris (Kathy); daugh• Feb. 11 ; survived by husband, Lindensmith; brother, Tomiya children, Samuel, Jun, Wendy and Sugai, Tetsuo, 86, Hilo, Haw" ter, Ann; 2 gc.; and sister, Mary George; son, Burton (Ruth); daugh• (Furniko); and sister, Kayo. K.T.; 1 gc.; and brother, Takashi. Feb. 26; WWII v.eteran; survived by (Kay) Futamase.• ters, Kathi, Amy (paul) Pederson Marumoto, Keiko Helen, Onaka, Tsuneo, 83.. Las Vegas, wife, Itsuko; sons, Ted and Myles; 1 and Suzanne (John) Swanton II; 4 Fullerton, Mar. 3; survived by hus- . Mar. 7; WWII veteran; survived by gc.; brother, Takao; and sister, (562) 598-9523 ~ gc.; and siblings, Miyo Uratsu and band, Dr. Benjamin; daughters, son, Clarence; and daughter, Karen Nobue Watanabe. 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.-~- ~- .. ~ ... 16 MAR. 21-APR. 3, 2008 NATIONAL PACIFIC II CITIZEN CRAASH Studies courses. California at Los Angeles, estab• "I went to CSUN and took so lished AA Studies departments have (Continued from page 13) many Asian American Studies a number of full-time faculty mem• supports the efforts of CRAASH. courses. Now I know it's something bers with burgeoning budgets. "Our campus is extremely diverse I took for granted. I never thought At Hunter there are currently no and many of the students feel they Asian American Studies would be so full-time AASP faculty members. want to learn abut the various groups few and far between. It's a joke," Most of the teachers in the program in the U.S." said Fernande~, a film and media are adjuncts or professors who also major. teach in other departments. Many of An East Coast-West Coast 'This is New York City, this is not the AASP courses are also funded by Dichotomy Middle America, and we are fighting the English department. When Jackie Fernandez, 20, for. Asian American Studies. We are "It's the twilight zone. Most peo• decided to leave California State . fighting for the education we were ple from California don't believe me University, Northridge (CSUN) to promised." when I tell them what is happening attend Hunter she knew she would AASPs on the West Coast flour• here," said Hayashida, who is origi• see fewer balmy days. What she did• ished after the student strikes 40 nally from the Bay Area and attend• n't know was she would also be giv• years ago demanding ethnic studies. ed UC aerkeley. ing up her beloved Asian American At colleges like the University of CRAASH is now planning an April 16 conference at Hunter enti• Olivia Lin (Jeff) and Jackie Fernandez take CRAASH's message 'CHINK'S STEAK' location of the new "Chink's Steak" tled: "Strengthening Education: to the airwaves. The two members were recently interviewed by on South Columbus Boulevard. The Empowering Asian American Falloutcentral,com to discuss Hunter College's AASP. (Continued from page 13) street bordering the Delaware River Studies." A number of speakers have munity. attracts a lot of residents and visitors been invited and the group hopes to But until then, the students plan to The CRAASH conference will be "Interestingly, other Asian to its shopping centers and big box strengthen their current campaign. keep on fighting. held April 16from 1 to 4 p.m. at the American individuals and activists retailers, said Gayle Isa, executive "Our end goal is to see CRAASH "The administration hopes to hold Hunter College campus. didn't take our campaign so serious• director of the Philadelphia Asian die so the Asian American Studies off so they can wait until we gradu• ly. I think they thought there were Arts Initiative. . Program can survive on its own," ate and then leave," said Fernandez. For more information, e-mail: other more important issues. I per• The chances of it being ignored said Lin. "But we are not going to ~top.". . [email protected]. sonally think the issue is a great are slim, said Morrison. starting pointing for dialogue into "Obviously, it's disappointing that other issues," said Park, who added despite the community protest, the that by the end "a lot of our idealism business owner would open up and optimism died out." another place choosing the same name," said Isa. "-::: New Location, New Battle Its new address also puts "Chink's Some of the original APA groups Steaks" just over a mile away from are in the preliminary stages of pos• Geno's, making the area an epicenter sibly launching another campaign for controversial steak shops. against "Chink's Steaks." In 2004, Groh argued that chang• This time, they have more experi• ing the name would affect his busi• ence. ness. The steak shop has bore the "We have to have a broad-base same name for over 50 years and' educational campaign," said Law. changing it could make customers "Last time, there were people who assume that it was under different dismissed the campaign as being ownership. silly. Then there were questions But critics say in the new site, I f about whether the campaign actually there is no existing clientele so the t gave the steak shop additional busi• same theory would not hold up. I ness.It's a balancing act." "He's a businessman. He's trying Because "Chink's Steaks" is a to make money the best he can, but neighborllood eatery, people reacted you would think in this multicultural like it was an attack on their neigh• world it would be better not to borhood, which it wasn't, added offend the population," said Nick Law. It was an attack on the use of Shenoy, executive director of the the racially offensive word. Asian American Chamber of The steak shop promotes itself as Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. part of a throwback to the 1950s, an "I can't say I'm surprised that era when using a racial slur for a there is another one opening up: I nickname and a trade name was guess I'll really know what I feel acceptable, said Paul Uyehara, a once it opens," said Park, who added ~f\IIJ !.888 .. 818.. 60~O 1:0 schequle al;l ~ppointment witb a Philadelphia JACL board member. that her busy work and school sched-. rriQrity Baryker. " . "Well, this isn't the 1950s and ule prevents her from spearheading there is no justification for the toler• another campaign, but she would Invest in you· ation of throwback racism. We're support it if someone else takes the not going back to Jim Crow. We're lead. not going to repeal the Civil Rights If there is another campaign, Law Act of 1964. We don't think Mrs. said they need to hit "Chink's Cleaver's housewife in pearls Steaks" in the pocketbook by target• {image] is something to strive for. ing their customers. We don't want lead in our gas or 'This time the message needs to be louder, clearer and more vigor• paint, so why should we tolerate ;>.; morons who think racial slurs are ous," said Morrison .• union ban k.com/prio,rity , - ~; .. ~ . ';::--. '::::'. neat?" he added. Groh did not respond to the For more information Pacific Citizen s requests for com• www.home.earthlink.netJ-philajacl ment. www.oca-gp.org More troubling is the prominent www.adl.org