In 1942, less than four months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent United States entry into World War II , nearly 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry living along the west coast of the United States were ordered to evacuate their homes and sent to internment camps. The evacuees, separated from their extended families, former…

A study examined contemporary reactions of the Black American press to the relocation and internment of the Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. Noting that the Black American press has been an activist press since its inception in 1827, it was hypothesized that Black newspapers would editorialize against the internment of Japanese…

A 28 minute, color videotape program, "Okinawan Festival," was tested in four high school classes in Honolulu, Hawaii. The purpose was to measure the program's effectiveness in providing cognitive information about the Okinawan ethnic group in Hawaii to students in Grades 10-12. A pre-test was administered, the videotape played, and the…

This conference paper describes how the phrase "picture bride" is used as a metaphor in ethnic poetry. It is used in poems which concern female creativity in the areas of art and housekeeping. The phrase represents the fusion of concepts and ideas which are usually thought of in juxtaposition with each other. These concepts and ideas are…

The first of the three parts of this article provides a brief outline of the stereotypes applied to Asian American Women and a useful backdrop on the other two parts. The second part on Chinese immigrants focuses on the strong family ties of tgis ethnic group. The third and last part concerns the quietness and modesty of the Issei--equated with…

The study concerns three principal analytical questions: during the period from 1900-1940 (1) Why were the Chinese and Japanese over-represented and Negroes under-represented in small businesses? (2) Why were there many more Negroes than Chinese and Japanese on welfare rolls? (3) What, if any, was the connection between small businesses and social…

This study focuses on the political struggle of the Japanese immigrant community in the early twentieth century to maintain their autonomous Japanese language schools in the face of strong opposition from the Hawaiian Territorial Government controlled by the haole (white) elite. (Author/AM)

Poets Ray Young Bear (Mesquakie), James Mitsui (Japanese American), James McAuley (Irish-American), Alex Kuo (Chinese-America) and Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Sioux) participated in this forum on the legacy of culture and the creative process. Genres, culture, and definitions of ethnicity were discussed; and an audience participation question-and-answer…

This paper explores the different ways in which Chinese American, Japanese American, Korean American, African American, and European American cultures value and use silence during conversation--the term "silence" is used broadly to denote limited oral speech verbal messages or the usage of fewer words to express feelings, ideas, and…

The evidence indicates that while considerable acculturation has taken place, even the third generation of Japanese Americans still retains certain characteristics of the more traditional Japanese family system. (Author)

Discusses findings suggesting that three generations of Honolulu Japanese-Americans are less ethnically identified than their Seattle counterparts. (JM)

Found that on three of four measures of assimilation, the higher the socioeconomic achievement, the greater the assimilation of Japanese Americans. (Author/GC)

Shows how racial and gender barriers in the U.S. labor market, in addition to economic and cultural characteristics of the Japanese-American community, pushed Japanese farm women into domestic jobs. Also discusses how World War II and changes in U.S. society in general affected these women's occupational choices and opportunities. (GC)

Describes two experiments to evaluate acquisition of /r/ and /l/ involving native Japanese children and adults residing in the United States. The first required subjects to produce and discriminate English /r/ and /l/ in listening and speaking. Children's performance was better than adults'. In the second, the subject received programed training.…

Focuses on problems in sexuality and physical self concept related to being Japanese in a society dominated by Caucasian values. Includes poetry on the Japanese American experience. (GC)