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, July gg,
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Wednesday, July 20, 1949
RACISM ELSEWHERE
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T\vo badly festered racial sore-spots within the British Empire have been in prominence in recent months�South Africa and Australia. v
While there has been a sincere effort on the part of Canadian parliamentarians since the end of the war to eradicate discriminations of race, the statesmen and governments of these two independent self-governing states pf the British Common wealth of Nations have acted .otherwise, It is to their discredit as members of the United Nations that they have adopted and maintained flagrantly a rk .
That South' Africa is a seething1 powderkeg of racial eruptions can be traced to the oppressive policies of the Malan government which seems intent on creating a caste system of segregated society. It is endeavoring to keep a political dominance over the native majority who are at the bottom of theirasocial order; It is also attempting to kecp the East Indian immigrants who have settled in large numbers under rigid social, .econornic and political surveillance aifid has even threatened their mass deportation. Though the actuali'spark.was an un^ related incident, the purban riots between natives and East Indians is a manifestation of these "oppressive policies of the present South Africa nationalist-mindecl government.
;, /. ^Australia with a labor government noted for its progressive social legislations does not keep pace in its immigration policy. The Commonwealth enforces with watchdog tenacity an absolute exclusion of non-whites.
A Filipino veteran of the last war married to art Australian girl who has since returned to her native land is unable to live with his wife because of the race barrier. If he were white, he could enter the country a& an immigrant-.' Now Australia is planning to deport the last of its Asiatic wartime refugees who found haven there when Japan overran the East Indies, Australia has welcomed immigrants from Europe, she is still welcoming them, she could well afford to permit these refugees to remain permanently.
If world harmony is to be achieved, and that is a fundamental aim of the United Nations, these racial thorns must be eliminated.
Your Ugol
HOW SUGAHAfiA ON
WILLS
Q(te*tioji: I am married with two children, and my husband has just died leaving no will (intestate). He left $88*0.00 worth of personal property. Do I get anything, if so what share do I get?
Answer: If you live in Ontario, you will .receive 15000.00 plus one-third the1 remainder of his estate, the remaining two-thirds of his estate will go to your two children equally, In other Provinces the law may vary. In any case, the best plan. is to retain a Solicitor to obtain the necessary LETTERS OP ADMINISTRATrON for you to etiable you to clear up your husbands estate. / .If your husband left no children you would receive only $5000.00 plus two-thirds: of his estate, the other third would go to his nearest blood relations.
Question; "My husband has just died leaving his entire estate to me, what must I do to obtain it? He left it by Will." ; :
Answer: You must obtain the Letters Prolate�that is trie consentof the Court to let you deal with and diyide his estate,' arid to clear his estate of Succession Duty. ..;.�'. ; '
NISEJ FAMILY TRENDS
When we were all children, I guess that the average I�aei family had a total of five children. In a family reunion of five of us who are married* I noted that there were only eight children, putting us in the 1.6 children per family class.
I think this is a definite trend: that the Nisei have less children than the Issei. Perhaps we believe in raising a few children up properly instead of having any number of little offspring without planning or thinking about the future.
I also note that the English language has replaced the "bamboo" Japanese of a generation ago. The children know only a few words of Japanese and it would be impossible for them to write their names in Japanese. I think that it is the duty of Nisei parents to teach their offspring some of the rudiments of the mother tongue and also to initiate them into some of the charm and niceties of Japanese art and culture. I'd hate to see the Sansei strip themselves of every vestige of their background.
When I was a child, I remem->er my father as being a sterri ask-master. We had to toe the ine and there was no challenging his decisions. Now,.! note that the Sansei have much more
JAPAN ON PARADE
B. C. JAPANESE PENSIONERS
Anothor attestation to the continuance of an organized effort such as that represented by the JCCA was evidenced with the prrantiriK of the Cost-of-Uving Bonus to old-ajre pensioners of Japanese extraction. Since last yenr. the JCCA made repeated representations to the B, C. Government protecting the inequality of old-ajre pensions in the case of Japanese Canadian pensioners in B. C. \vho did not receive the Bonus. And these re-presentations have culminated in a satisfactory result.
It is needless to point out that other racial inequalities exist and while in time these too will be wiped out the JCCA can expedite their elimination. And as kmjr� these race bars exist, minorities must maintain a mean* witb wfarh to combat them.
AVinnipeg's 75th anniversary \yeek was a week of big shows, concerts, carnivals, pageantry,, and fireworks. Visitors to the . celebration,; goggled-eyed in apprehension, trammed the walks ; of this/ young, prairie city well into each night giving the wayside restaurants^ cafes, arid taverns a record turnover of business, in -spite of prices tempo-, j rarity boosted in anticipation of 1 the .forthcoming crowd. Motor vehicles with foreign plates were almost .as numerous as those ; with Manitoba plates, adding to the traffic snarl that are, even , in normal .times, one of Winni-., peg's principle causes of cold /supper and tardiness. Frequent Manitoba and Idaho fenders and bumpers/jounced amiably in the holiday spirit, and in deference to the motto of the day � courtesy and welcome �-jostled motorists doffed their hats with be-.nignity and cursed only under their breath; Frills, -thrills',; sore feet, and indigestion marked the passing of a great week of celebration. . . :
The second day, which was to be a memorable one for'the Japanese in Manitoba,, brought forth a long and glorious parade, forming at: Retbrood Avenue in the North Main district and shaking along Main Street and Portage Avenue; breaking up. and dispersing at Memorial Boulevard. *ands. majorettes. military units, the bras?, and floats delighted spectators particularly Winnipegirers. who had never �*n such maimificance within the limits of their homes. There were babies among the onlookers, and oldtimers. as old as the city itself: but for the brief j hours it took for the parade to f p�*9 them by. all ages were for-�irotten. and eyea <�f aH blinked and sparkled as ibt*e
The JCGA float/ decked with pretty girls and blooming cherry trees, was 'considered to be one of the most striking among the ethnic groups. The pink cloud of c.herrj'; blossoms, which is as closely linked with Japan and Geisha girls as the fig leaf is \vith classical Adam and Eve, was new tojfclajaitobans and undoubtedly prompted them to overrate the novelty of the design. Even spj; the simple, , graceful-design of the float would nave made the float. worthy in ^ny parade. . . / .
The front of the float was adorned by a cute, unaffected, likeable decoration, called Tosh Su-gimoto. Tosh was attended by a pair of personable girls, Masako and Joanne, .thus bringing tog-ether, iii modest white gowns, hree of Winnipeg's prettiest girls.- _-;'._. - .�;�".
.On.the main part of the float, n the replica of the familiar rustic bridge of the Japanese garden, and under the pink /haze of chem- blossoms, a half-dozen girls in full kimono and lipstick tried to look pretty and casually self-possessed. These were immediately identified as geishas, which translated into English seems to mean "WOW". The sight must have raised fond me-mories for the fssei oWtimers, many of whom still revere the
�antiquity and customs of old
'Japan, where they hare trodden these, many years: for some of us. it brought to mind the long lag between swvial � and industrial development in Japan, and the circumstances of economics
! that launched the Japanese into a destructive, tragic, and futile war of expan5km again.�t the enemy, whom ther wold hot have hoped to intimidate.
f Than* goofaess we need no longer cower bdund otcr regfet-
I ration cards and tJ�ref permits.
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�lity. The Nisei parentTs easy on the children and let have their way.
More than a few times my nephews corrected my merit* or outfobted me in bit of mental gymnastics, w , must conclude, that the sSJ children will be much sfnarto and worldly than we Nisei.
It i� needless to poim <wj (bit the younger generation it bttt� clothed. I used to ha?e on* w�fc, day suit and one Sunday ^ The youngsters now hate i g^ for every day in the wwjs ind all lit much better taste and sty). ing than a generation ago.
Physically, the ; Sansei -wv overshadow the Nisei. I gtie� they will average a couple inch* more in height and perhaps V feW\ pounds more in weight; j think this is. true of succeeding generations of all .immigrant fa-milies. On the other hand,i am reluctant to concede the point that our children are more handsome or beautiful than their Nisei parents.
I/et me see what has happm-i to the Nisei parents. '. '
In the past fifteen years tve have.. been able to [accumulate some things in the \yay of -.material-'goods.-;-I,'guess; our iricorcej would be several times of osr parents. Most of us buii'. hoirr-and cars, something which-.ou? dad was never able to realize i-California,
I find that we have been ibfe' to use our education to good tl vantage. I am glad f ha( .our {�r-eats stressed the need of gain to college for this knowledge hu paid dividends. Therefore, we ill firmly believe that the Sw�i must go to college and we are making adequate provisions K that they can acquire (his higlx'f education without too mtich difficulty, :
The most important thing to * Nisei in this younger middle-api class seems" to be a deep concerr. for health. I have, a little colife which I thought the arrny'riigK cure, and which now require close attention to my diet. We are getting to a stage \vhere our teeth begin to bother us and require putting in a bridge k* and there and occasionally a ps-r-tial .plate^ Two'of us have to ^ glasses now and I presume an^ us required hospitalization-^ some kindfof operation in the p^~ fifteen years..
We find that we cannot in vigorous sports as in years and need to take jt e.a?r-
I think that our family .-rep? sente what ha? happen^ cr;> now occurring ti> ^thf-r ^I^1,;^ this country. Their r^*^ �-;^ and way of living -vuM be <T--Similar. The war, v *h it.- �v ation and relocati.:. has s tered family tie? ^ver �J area. Kore than o� P'-?'ef"t the Nisei.have rnowj California, to a new Ii5hed
of this country. I : good healthy ?igr
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We can show orarser-vs '.r.
1 Japan without too r.s jor muiiriving.
