WW\\ .pt\. C I FICClTlZE~ .ORG Spring Campaign Become a Journalist? Keep the P.G. on the cut­ Strange Bedfellows There's still time! Send in your ting edge by donating to Internal rage and race clips and resume for a chance the annual fund raiser. relations in 'Americanese.' to work at the P.G. COUPON PAGE 2 ENTERTAINMENT PAGE 9 HOW TO APPLY PAGE 2 Put Yourself Here National JACLS golf tourna­ SinCCJ929PACIFIC CITIZEN ment puts you in the foot­ steps of Tiger Woods. CALENDAR PAGE 10 The National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens league Conquering t~e Floating World u.s. Senate Passes The Southern California native broke into kabuki. Ilnmigration Bill Now other traditional Senate Bill 2611 is far The proposal, which was intro­ actors are bobbing their friendlier than the more duced by U.S. Sens. Daniel Akaka heads to MP3s and hip­ controversial House bill, and Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, as an hop. but some APA groups are amendment to the Senate's immi­ saying it's not so different gration reform bill, was approved By LYNDA LIN unanimously May 18. The legisla­ tion will help children of Filipino Assistant Editor By P. C. Staff and Associated Press OLD ScHOOL PLAYBOY: World War II veterans immigrate to Ken Kanesaka as With every furrow of his brow Legislation to secure U.S. bor­ Sanzan Nagoya, a very and fiery sidelong gaze, porcelain ders and offer millions of illegal handsome playboy type 'Gil'"'' CIRRlt wIth IHI skinned Nakamura Gankyo infus­ immigrants access to the American who appears as a hllll, ,,.,,11, , SlllItllI II "RII es new energy into the ancient art dream cleared the Senate May 25. ghost to his lover. IRI, wllh th' .th,,. hlRd, 11,.1" of kabuki. As Sawaichi, the blind The Comprehensive Immigration man tortured by the question of Reform Act of 2006 (SB 2611) IthIPS ",.th,1' Inl. th' shlllows. ' his wife's fidelity, he is alternate­ Nisei-han (2.5 generation) hiking. passed with a 62-36 vote, clearing ......:.. Eun Sook Lee, NAKASEC ly despondent and remorseful - blood flows in his veins, which "I think children always love a the way for compromise talks with every inch the epitome of regal some critics call an affront to the fantasy world or a world of make­ the House and its more conserva­ the United States. Family-sponsored theater idol. deep-rooted traditions of kabuki. believe where they can disappear tive measure - with no guarantee immigrants from the Philippines Except his real name is Ken For centuries, kabuki star begat into," said Ken via e-mail from of success. have the longest wait times in the Kanesaka, a 25-year-old native of other stars through a direct blood­ Japan. His earliest memory of the Reaction has been mixed world before visas are scheduled to Huntington Beach, Calif., who line, giving the art form - which ancient theater art came from I amongst Asian Pacific American become available to them. The aver­ was swallowed up into the world uses classical Japanese language videotapes, which he studied. groups. The legislation includes a age wait for Filipinos to receive a of kabuki as a toddler and reborn - an air of mystery. Then Ken intently. While his peers made I provision that would help reunify visa is 20 years. as a dashing kabuki actor - the entered their world from stage left fruitless jabs at cultural activities I families separated because of a "The Filipino Veterans from first Japanese American to break not speaking a word of Japanese backlog in visa applications to the into this cloistered theater world. and loving, of all things, golf and See KABUKI/Page 4 I State Department. See SB 2611/Page 6 Are AA Girls Part of Looking at the Entire Legacy Alflerican History? of a Man, Even the ·Tarnishes Parents and activists are parents, some unwittingly, to buy A veteran Congressman another calls attention to outraged that the American their ultimate play toy: an American 1 Jackson's softened feature as Girl doll. But for Asian American and beloved alumnus of the Girl historical doll collec­ University of Washington a man who later atoned and tion continues to lack an girls looking for the elusive doll that championed Civil rights. can represent what they see in the lives on through a bronze AAdoll. monument modeled in his Above all, many say, the See AMERICAN GIRUPage 12 1 likeness. Does present day bust is modeled after a By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM context absolve Scoop human being. Executive Editor Jackson from his WWII University officials hope Jackson's transformation in legacy? Drive over to The Grove shop­ the context of social justice ping complex in mid-town Los will find a more prominent By LYNDA LIN Angeles, home of the new location in students' minds. Assistant Editor American Girl store, and be pre­ In a leafy area in front of the pared to fight for a parking spot and school of international stud- Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson's bide away time in endless lines. Scoop's bust now stands outdoors. ies, also named after the late image etched in stone contains dual FAO Schwarz has nothing on this Democratic senator, Anand identities. The late Washington state store; endless rows of dolls, books, University of Washington. One part Yang stopped a few students breez­ senator's bust hewed out of bronze and accessories are lined wall to of history illuminates his hard-line ing by to ask about Jackson's identi- was recently brought out to the open wall. POSItIon against Japanese after years of obscurity at the Americans during World War II, See JACKSON/Page 4 This is the home where millions The American Girt's 'Jess' doll. of young girls have dragged their FROM THE MIDWEST PhoeniX :RiSing: Amache Camp Gels Formal Landmark Designation Leadership ror a New Making a Point at By ASSOCiATED PRESS generation Patriots Point GRANADA, Colo.-The pil­ grimage to the Granada By BILL YOSHINO Relocation Center was excep­ MDC Regional Director tionally poignant this year as it The sight of a steady flow of marked the former internment excited visitors eagerly streaming camp's design.ation as a national onto the USS landmark. Yorktown, a The site was formally dedicat­ World War II ed May 20 as a National Historic JACL National Convention aircraft carrier, Landmark by Ken Snyder, contrasted with regional superintendent of the June 21-24, 2006 PHOTO: AMBER CARUlE, AMfCHE PRESEFrVATiON SOCIETY National Park Service. Chandler, Arizona the purpose of a Rev. Kanya Okamoto leads a prayer. visit John "This is an important day for Tateishi and I all - it's a culmination of more Granada," said Derek Okubo, the recently made to the Patriots Point than 20 years of work from the son of an Amache detainee. "It's a 2 Naval and Maritime Museum in Japanese American community story I hope will continue the in Denver and the town of WEEIiS See YOSHINO/Page 6 See AMACHElPage 2 2 LEITERS/SPRING CAMPAIGN PACIFIC CITIZEN, JUNE 2-15, 2006 f'" PACIAC CITIZEN ~ SPRIN~ CAMPAIGN I 2005 WINNERI GMEDRIA Staying Connected in an ~ Awards In Writing ~ Interconnected World By SHELDON ARAKAKI the April edition of Rumpus and its depiction of APAs and the APA stu­ HONORING THE PAST: PACIFIC CITIZEN This past January, I had the oppor­ dents fighting back. Participants of the tunity to visit the Pacific Citizen s And just as the JA community, 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301, Amache pilgrimage new home in Little Tokyo as the new now in its fIfth generation, sees Los Angeles, CA. 90012 also celebrated the Tel: 213/620-1767, PNW district representative at the demographic forces changing the camp's official land­ 800/966-6157 annual adviso­ face of the c;ommunity, the P. e. too mark status. Fax: 213/620-1768 ry board meet­ has evolved over the past few years, E-mail: [email protected] PHOTO: AMBER CARLILE www.pacificcitizen.org ing. changing its design, covering stories There I met that other AA publications haven't AMACHE children who died in Camp Executive Editor: a very commit­ covered, adding the "Memoirs of a (Continued from page 1) Amache. Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom ted and incred­ Non-Geisha" column written by a Okubo's late father, Henry, and Assistant Editor: ibly hardwork­ voice from a younger generation and healing process across racial and other Americans were imprisoned Lynda Lin generational lines. Our desire is at the camp between spring 1942 Office Manager: ing four-person running more in-depth full-page arts award winning newspaper team who and entertainment features. that we all can learn from this and January 1946. At one point, it Brian Tanaka ~the Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting publishes a 12-page issue every two And last year, the P. e. took anoth­ experience to avoid similar mis­ held nearly 7,600 people weeks except for December when er step forward and used the funds takes in the future." 10th-largest community in Publisher:Japanese American they produce that humongous raised from the 2005 Spring The local JA community has Colorado. Citizens League (founded 1929) worked with the town of Granada "My parents, their families and 1765 Sutter Street, San Holiday Issue. Like the rest of the Campaign to extend its reach and Francisco, CA 94115, tel: JACL, they do so much with tight audience by establishing the P. e. for the past two decades to pre­ thousands of other innocent 415/921-5225 fax: 415/931- budgets and resources. Web site (www.pacificcitizen.org). serve and maintain the site for Japanese Americans were patriots 4671, www.jacl.org I saw and heard first hand how This year the P.e.