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    attend school with white children. Over the next half century‚ further restrictions on immigration were implemented‚ many based on racist assumptions that immigrants were inassimilable and could not be Americanized. However‚ we see examples in Nisei Daughter‚ where the children like Monica and her siblings became Americanized and came to detest the strict Japanese culture their parents were raised in. this contradicts the assumption that immigrants would not assimilate. Continued pressure to limit

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    Rising Sun‚ our actions have affected each other for centuries. The Japanese and Hawaiian cultures have impacted each other greatly. During the next 3 minutes‚ I will be talking to you about Japanese immigration‚ food and culture‚ and creating the nisei market. Now‚ let’s talk about the Japanese immigration to the Hawaiian Islands. Body: 1st Main Point: In 1868‚ in the beginning of the Meiji Era‚ 148 Japanese men set sail from Yokohama. Destination: “Hawaii Paradise.” The men believed that Hawaii

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    generations‚ the Issei‚ Nisei‚ and Sansei‚ by separating families. This separation occurs specifically in “Obasan‚” through Naomi and Stephen‚ their father and uncle‚ as well as Naomi‚ her mother and Obasan. The three generations discussed in “Obasan” are the Issei‚ Nisei‚ and Sansei. The Issei are Canadian residents born or raised in Japan. Aya Obasan is most representative of the Issei in the novel. The children of Issei‚ born and raised in Canada‚ are called Nisei. The Nisei explored in this novel

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    consisted of Nisei‚ which was the classification given to the Japanese-Americans born in the United States. First of all‚ the Munson Report‚ written by Curtis B. Munson‚ was an investigation report researched and written under President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders to gather a conclusion Japanese-American loyalty to the nation. Despite the Munson Report’s conclusion that the Japanese-Americans were not a threat to the nation‚ higher military officials ignored Munson’s recommendation and sent Nisei to concentration

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    Positive Attitude People can best respond to conflict by having a positive attitude. When people have a positive attitude‚ it makes things brighter. When things become less dull and more brighter‚ everyone should feel better about themselves and the current situation. Churchill affirms with a positive attitude‚ “Victory‚ however long and hard the road may be‚ for without victory there is no survival.” This is one example of how having a positive attitude can make you feel more optimistic throughout

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    Purpose‚ Scope and Objectives The client‚ Nisei Boutique currently has to manually track inventory and reorder high in demand items. The client is in need of an automated inventory system but has a very limited budget. Nisei Boutique would like to improve the quality of business by establishing long-lasting relationships with their customers and having quality items readily available at all times. After meeting with the client and reviewing the boutique’s existing inventory procedures for control

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    1.Question: Were you involved in the war? Any family members involved in the war? Answer: He was not involved in the war because he was too young. However‚ his father worked as an electric engineer for the army and operated radars. He had two uncles who were also in the army and had another uncle in the navy. 2.Question: Were you active in civil defense‚ Red Cross‚ war industries‚ other volunteer activities? Answer: He was in the boy scouts and was extremely patriotic. He collected scraps of aluminum

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    Japanese Internment During World War II in February of 1942 President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066‚ demanding that all Japanese-Americans be relocated to internment camps (www.ushistory.org). The federal government gave many different reasons as to why the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II was justifiable. Although their reasons may seem valid considering the circumstances of World War II‚ they were not. The internment was an unjustifiable violation

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    Introduction While Canadian soldiers fought overseas in the name of democracy‚ the federal government was supporting the re-location of peaceful Japanese Canadians at home. During the Second World War‚ roughly 22‚000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly and unfairly evacuated from the west coast and resettled in other parts of the country. Their struggle continued after the war as they fought for an apology and redress for their loss. While war being declared on Japan was a main reason for evacuating

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    The pain and the suffering‚ the oppression‚ and the exclusion all describe the history of Asia America. When they arrived to the United States‚ they become labeled as Asians. These Asians come from Japan‚ China‚ Korea‚ Laos‚ Thailand‚ and many other diverse countries in the Eastern hemisphere. These people wanted to escape from their impoverished lives as the West continued to infiltrate their motherland. They saw America as the promise land filled with opportunity to succeed in life. Yet due to

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