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Tinker, John N. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
Intermarriage is an especially sensitive indicator of the permeability of ethnic boundaries; a survey of the marriage records of Japanese Americans in Fresno, California indicates that both the pattern of intermarriage and the rate of intermarriage have changed noticeably in the last decade. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Ethnic Relations, Family Role, Females
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Maykovich, Minako K. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
508 Sansei (third generation Japanese American) college students in California were interviewed to identify sociological correlates of Sansei activism; the Sansei were divided into four types based on the dimensions of acceptance versus rejection of traditionalism and involvement versus detachment from social issues. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Activism, College Students, Family Characteristics, Japanese American Culture
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Levine, Gene N.; Montero, Darrel M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
Data from a three generational survey of Japanese Americans indicate that the occupational and educational attainments of the first generation are reflected in the achievements of later generations, and suggest that both relatively traditional and more assimilationist currents flow in the Japanese American community. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Intermarriage, Japanese American Culture
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Kikumura, Akemi; Kitano, Harry H. L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
A review of past studies and an analysis of current rates of intermarriage show a historical pattern which initially showed a high and almost exclusive preference for other Japanese, which began to show slight changes in the second generation, and which has reached the 50 percent level by the third generation. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Ethnic Relations, Intermarriage
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Kalish, Richard A.; Moriwaki, Sharon – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
Describes the psychosocial aspects of the past and the present living situation for today's elderly Chinese and Japanese Americans; many values to which first-generation Asian Americans were for maintaining adequate life satisfaction during the later years. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Americans, Chinese Culture, Japanese American Culture
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Maykovich, Minako Kurokawa – Journal of Social Issues, 1977
This paper examines some of the problems encountered by a Japanese researcher in Japanese communities and Mennonite communities in California and Ontario. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Data Collection, Japanese Americans, Minority Groups
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Kurokawa, Minako – Journal of Social Issues, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bias, Blacks, Cultural Images
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Miyamoto, S. Frank – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
Attempts to explain in extremely abbreviated form what caused the evacuation and how the Japanese minority reacted to their exclusion and rejection, focusing on three general causes: collective dispositions, situational factors, and collective interaction. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Federal Government, Government Role, Immigrants
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Sue, Derald W.; Frank, Austin C. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
A typology formed from scores on the School and College Ability Test, Strong Vocational Interest Blank, and the Omnibus Personality Inventory was applied to 104 Chinese and 50 Japanese American males to identify certain homogeneous subgroups and their resultant psychological characteristics. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Chinese Americans, College Students, Cultural Background
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Sue, Stanley; Kitano, Harry H. L. – Journal of Social Issues, 1973
Whereas early Chinese and Japanese stereotypes were uniformly negative, reflecting the social, economic, and political climate in America, currently these Asian American groups are viewed as highly successful, model minorities; it is suggested that some stereotypes have a kernel of truth. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Chinese Americans, Cultural Images, Ethnic Groups
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Nagata, Donna K. – Journal of Social Issues, 1990
Discusses the moral exclusion of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Compares perceptions of moral community, fairness, and redress for three groups. Contrasts the views of Caucasian Americans; the Nisei, interned American citizens; and the Sansei, children of Nisei born after World War II. (JS)
Descriptors: Conflict, Intergroup Relations, Japanese Americans, Justice