We found this photo while digging around in some old family albums. It's my Japanese kindergarten class. The photo is very unflattering... my cheeks look weird! Actually, it's unflattering to everyone. We all look like someone just took our lollipops away.
I remember kindergarten as being a mostly fun, happy, playful time. I loved my teacher (the woman in the purple sweater).
After kindergarten, we moved away from Japan.
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"Rising to the defense of their country, by the thousands they came - these young Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, the states, America's concentration camps - to fight in Europe and the Pacific during World War II. Looked upon with suspicion, set apart and deprived of their constitutional rights, they nevertheless remained steadfast and served with indomitable spirit and uncommon valor, for theirs was a fight to prove loyalty. This legacy will serve as a sobering reminder that never again shall any group be denied liberty and the rights of citizenship." - Go For Broke Monument, Los Angeles, CaliforniaOther Colors: "The first anti-miscegenation law, barring marriage between whites and blacks, was passed in Maryland in 1661. By the nineteenth century, such laws had been enacted in most states. In 1880, California passed a law prohibiting the issuing of licenses for marriage between any white persona and a 'Negro, mulatto, or Mongolian.' ... Aimed at the Chinese, the law was supported by the likes of John F. Miller, who said in 1878, 'Were the Chinese to amalgamate at all with our people... the result of that amalgamation would be…a mongrel of the most detestable that has ever afflicted the earth.' In 1909, California specifically added the Japanese to the list."
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2 comments:
I'm going to have to go with either the 2nd or 4th girl in the second row (only b/c you mentioned something about the cheeks).
That's a large class. I love the "traditional" uniforms.
You got me! I'm the fourth one from the left.
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