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ShapeNisei
NEW YORK. — The powerless' posはion of the Nisei in times of stress, sueh幼the tensions created by the dopresfldon of他e <30fl and the eVaciiaticm caused by World W效t II,柳muioh as their cultuiialbackground, W貼one of the i mport ant factors inshaphig their charatter. This was one of the j)ointe加-ised by Dr. Harry HJa Kitanひ, IJ|bLAsociologist, who conduct^ alecJture.'v^rk$hop forゅout^75 interested persons Anarch 27 at the Japanese American United Church.
In answer111gふthe theme que8_ tiom "Japanese AmGricans: Who are we an d are we realty鄉at W6 tぁink we ai'e ?". he emphasised six major vaT>〗ta)bl©s that have
l?ack, he said/it isimix)rtanti to knowずhet?har ea«ch generation is sepajrate or w^hethor there is汰 coi)Wnuity in tlieir e?oiぉtence. He opted foi' thelaはer view becfau-se oft he variables thatぉr eialways w 5 i; 11 the Nikkei.HeUst€^ ゅe SIX v&ria'ひies as the. body, !mines,laTiguaきe》history afori, gin,leli gdo us化entities, naticmal-ityに(.
The bodyorphj^sicalattribli-tes inhtTit^咏?:ougQv parehita;} genes may be niOdifiぽbut not changed he said. Skin, hair and features remainthesame,dei?ipite 我uble eyelid operations, difき-eほhairaos and sかlespf cIoIjIi-
ci'alprojectionsひf the body.. Family namef are obviously different and distinguish thel^i-sei fi^ひnv t"edrpeei's. Ii)this connection he迈skedlunv trtgiiypre-sen:t knew the names of their grandparents. Only a raised their hands.
ilnもlie content ofnamseveral 442ndvenerans who are 5ons of Japjinese faゃT)crs and white m-othcr adopted their mothers :mぉ iden n?imes:toavoid他eri^c^e of their peers, as an aid in脉 eking acceptance,, . 6mp】oymきnも, and thelike. 6n the reverse side,
in one family the Sansei chi!dren reproached their fatherfor,changing his name to that of iiis jno« ther instead of rebain〗ng: his father's Japanese n謹e.
Japanese was fche firstlanguage Nisei heard as they grew out of infancy but for the most part they rejected it. On the other hand, Kitano sai<l,quite a few San sei are interested in and are aielearning Japanese*
On the history of origins he gave "ltoots," as an example of an ethnic group 、vhich has beco^ me keenl- interested in Uieir background. The Nisei, on the other hjmd, tried to repress any interest they may Have had in their or:gins. A duality of natio>
nality caused conflict.
K it a IK) found the Nis^i <km** icm>w how to handle diversity. For example, their ap^yrcteoh to American-bom Japanese brought up in J ap ail, to the hi 卯i扭and in the ifutuTe, to tflie'hKxmosexii-€1Is. GeneraUy, they have tended to e加lude such persons,
Th枕e is more tblemnte towaoxi hxterin8i«rriag>e, Mひrethaii50 pei cent of West Coiast 'm抑mg幼 肌eiひーrが?il,hes^add^ Aiboiit 90 per cent are with Whiteもsome Chinese, but hai:dly any with Blafek oa'Hi'邻arvic. Stu<iies sivow a steady growth upward so thi a it he feels thattijr the ye&r 2000 there willhardly be aity pure blood Japanese Americans.
For'the mo si'j^ art, int>6PmaiTU>" ges ai*e between W<hite males and "panもse women. Kitatio quote<J one of the1"tter as saying the Niisei hia'lehasnd class, Swne women seem to《eel,heさa id, thゃt m9Tryi^TiきみW'Jiite gives them a higher ーtws.Anoぉher oぇやheir hiigrh piiority qi;estions is "Is he tall"? In turn, Nisei males used to as'k, "W J vat kind of legs does she have?" As far as Nisei parents are concerned,加 y的rsagひthey wひuld幼k, "Is he iJajaiiese?" Nひw they askばthe jHospecUve b ride groom> is aぉc-tor.lawyei',Or professioiva!;:
Q]> Nisei Teticence, Ki tarn) 5aJ id that a Nぉeii)sychiatrist gkve邵 his piact ice among the J邵ati鄉 because thケwひuldn,t unburden themselves.
Am加にthe comments brou^^t upfront力 he floor was that the Nisei, espeCially thelead枕s, Wei^€ bankri^pt, that insteaid ofleading, tliey followed i>opu】aT trends at^ politics.Anofther was他atwitii the reloedition the Niseilost Uicdr authority.
Shig K^neshirochiaired the meeting:. Henry lijinia, tilling in for Ron Inouye, presほeTit of the board who 、vas in Jap&n,iiiti,odu-ced the speaker. Ruby YosSiirtoi StWiar acted a a moderator dirr-ミng the question aiul £tiis\verp(e-
Japa鹏se新鹏Wo鹏n,s Bl劍on歸arath抓A辟in
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iDr.Kitaiio, Rrofc^ssor of Social Welfare and Sociologry andA改-d柳ic Affimmtive Action Officer at the University of Calif(?mia in Los Angeles, is considered one of Uie foremひst aiifchorritiぞs on Japanese in the United States.
He is author of Japanese Americans: The EvduUon of a Subculture and (with Roger Daniels) Race Relations: American Racism.
He is author of Japanese Amft-American Stiuiies Onter, UCLA, and of the Univ. of California Tokyo Study Center, Int^maUo-nalChristian University in Ja^ pan, aiid a visiting professor at the Univ. of Hawaii.
一N,Y, J ACL Scene
'BOSTON, —"'MHd" Gorman, ing in 2 hours, 48min. an4 44 sec.
"-year-aid J a pane fie 'housewife from1»0B Angeles, won tflie Bos^ ton Marathon 'women's title for the second time April18, finish-
Her winning effort in1974 was 2hour8 47 minutes11seconds, a ;newrecord.Tihe slim runner of lbs, was bひm Michiko Sirwa in
Fukuoka and has trained 'under Lazlo Tゅori, the "nved Hungarian miler,af'tef joining the L,A. Athletic'CIuib with her ihus-b?and汰nd startedづogging in1970.
Indeperulent Organ for Coiradian, of Japones會Ori^Mn
Vol. 4r一
TUESDAY, MAY17,1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Governm抑t A it I Etiinic Language
Ontario Elem抑tary Schools
TORONTO. — EWmic sppikes, men in Metro have w elcひ me4 as a step in the right directiwiPre-mierWillia旨Davis' promise tc^ cenl)ly of "goVertim印t :money to help encourage ethniclanguage
instoction fjiv Ontario'sもl福en-tary schools. At a Queen's Park〗uncheon
ernment,s newHeritage Langu-ageProgra/m whibh willtake ef-
Jpnz* PopUlair Miiき〖c Changing
TOKYO.—ぉ拜,s popular music Started out under the he iavy i nf hiきiKe of—American and British.roゃk jnusic butlias recen-tly evolved to ihaVeはs own color.
lThiscひmmerit was made rci-cently、by Brian Matthew, Bi'闘itain's well lino:wn Disc jockey for the BBC World Service-Matthew, accompanied by Hu-卿rey W?J、Vyn, the producer of "Matthow^ 01V Mu^ic," met; the
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ぞORTH柳RTH, Tex. A 25-year-QId Tex幼,SteT^e Kura, chi,:put the fiiiishingttouchesto hisl7-$oot hbTTlemade rowlxiii^t lastJぉrdTi. His如al:a 3,争 mile: riw acrひss tJie Norttv脉 ianぉc,
KUracili figurぉthe trip will take fromthree toぉve montlis. h&s named his boatメ'K. Da-
press in Tokyo,
The disc jockey said Japanese popular music staさed out first as a coj)y o:f the Western popまr music )3ut has in time grown toll a Ve its own originality.、
Matthew^ toldtjie press tれat the purposeやf his vおit is "to (Uscovもi,the extent of the pひpolarity ひ f Western music in Jajpan as wellas to study他きcm'rjent state j of JapanesepopularTHUs-
ic.
During ttor one—week stay, Matfchらw andWなhvyn intervie"\y": edjapanese muがfiianき,smgers and song wr【teぉtoぇind out
the tr^nd of Japanese popular muさic, inchidmgrock, :folk, and "middle of the ).oad," music,
BBC World Service muさic pro--grまs cafi .b.e heard化.:Japan oiv short wave radios and has attra<?-t€d^ many;listeners.
•AJattliev/ visited sevぉalAsian countries includirig Iiidia, Th— land, and Hong K。ng where he wasjoinedbyWalwyn before he came to J a pan recently.
Jap抓eseBri(les Want Love
By BOB HORIGUCm
ャOKYO. — If {Statistics are to be believc(J,th(ii:e are mor<i young people marrying forlove in Japan than there are those who allow their parents to choose their mates for th/ni.This trend, however, is being somewhat checked by fathers of brides-to-be insisting that theu future sons-in-!aw be accerUable to the fa-
Nevertheless there is a reversal in social teiulericies, says the
Shuk肌Shincho.U has been hi-ghlig!htcd』n a1'eレ'りrt of the Conference for Jm'estigating Women's Pn^blems, sponsored by the Piime Minister's Office. The sh卜 れwas attritrnted, by the repoH, to the improvement in sandards ofliving.
A naionalsui',,'ty matie by the Ministry of Weぱiりc showed that G6.9 i)er cent of 、vedddings that took place on Mi、y 28 and 29, 1973, werelove m:Udies as against 33.1p&r cent off traditional
C<mt 011 P. 2
feet this 'September. Ontario s,Q01 bcxards 、viUr^e#vej>r<>Vin-cialJ funds forlanguage d鄉es: offer 3dぉfterr繞ulavsch601hours oro n weekends, <i邻さruiing on the (lemaTid for suchclasses.
ThefundingvwiUco"r for hilf-!K)Ut per day or t、v6;and-a-half- hours per week.. Si nee the boards willぉe j)ermiitted to offer もheseclゅes under the Cor)thiu-hig Educatitm program, they wiil be a/ole to ensure thatth&ibest coruUtions and teachers available will beuse<^. Parents' れoups willb6ゅIe to approach tihe^ bo-arぉwith thさir particular prop0, .sais;:
Existinglanguage schools' such aSth16Ja.pきnej3e Language Si?l>ool,、viU alsoieeeive funding. Schoolboards re tor仪eive;fur-thもi'〗riformaはon at tthe end of this month.
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SAN DIEGO, Cam. — Goimty Super Vお or Le^"Tayloi", 61,j and a private contractoiv usedゎh^ ferm "Japs" at an economic conferen, ce in April.
"I don't particularly wan "he Japs to come here and nm businesses," heおid during a discussion about ipviUn^ «Tapa-nese compai)ies to San Diego, San Diego had been 'making ai pitoh for Japanese-0まed plants.
lkver!ey Yip, a—inistraUv€ coonlinator fpr the Union of P幼 Asian Cortimunities of San Dk-go County, demanded an apo】ogy after the conference.
Tay】or said April18,however, that he had "many good friends that are Japanese," and refuse(T to apologize.
But on April19, Taylor had a n、ajor change of heart. Acknowledging his error and retracting earlier statements, he /omally apologized to Ms» Yip over the pejorative term.