Ron Kuramoto | Interview 2 | August 31, 2022

Oral History Center, UC Berkeley
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00:00:00 - College application process and admission to Cal State Long Beach for political science

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Keywords: Cal State; Cal State Long Beach; Japanese internment; Pasadena High School; Prop 13; Proposition 13; UC; University of California; busing; california State University at Long Beach; california lutheran College; camp; college; college admissions; common app; desegregation; first generation college students; history; japanese incarceration; political science; 1973

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:07:57 - Interdisciplinary education at Cal State Long Beach

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Keywords: 1970s; 1977; Cal State; Cal State Long Beach; Honors Program; University of Iowa; art school; college; fine arts school; history; humanities; interdisciplinary studies; marching band; music; political science; university; 1973

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:17:56 - Working as a school district administrator

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Keywords: 1977; Pasadena school district; Pasadena, California; Planning Research and Development; alternative school; fundamental school; graduate school; political science; public administration; public schools; special education; teaching; tutoring; Cal State Long Beach

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:23:39 - Graduate studies at University of Iowa

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Keywords: Big Ten Academic Alliance; Big Ten universities; Indianapolis, Indiana; Midwest; PhD; Southern California; UChicago; University of Chicago; University of Iowa; dissertation; doctorate; dorms; education; minority students; political science; scholarships; social sciences; teaching; union card; university housing; winter; Lilly Endowment

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:32:38 - Interracial dating and marriage / Academic financial cutsbacks in the 1980s

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Keywords: 1980s; Amana Colonies; American Heart Association; American legislative studies; Christine Carson; Christine Kuramoto; Iowa City, Iowa; Lilly Endowment; Los Angeles, California; Mennonite colony; Pasadena, California; PhD; TA; Union card; University of Iowa; Waterloo, Iowa; academia; dating; dating; discrimination; diversity; doctorate; financial aid; hyperinflation; interracial marriage; long distance calls; long-distance relationships; microaggressions; mixed-race couple; mixed-race marriage; racism; teaching; teaching assistant; wife; Iowa, United States

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:42:08 - Iowa caucuses and democracy in the 1980s

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Keywords: 1980 election; 1980s; American politics; Democrats; Iowa caucuses; Jerry Brown; Republicans; Secret Service; Ted Kennedy; democracy; President Jimmy Carter

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:51:59 - Working for the American Heart Association and serving diverse communities in LA

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Keywords: American Heart Association; Asia Pacific Islanders; Asian Pacific Nutrition Program; Asian cuisine; Cancer Society; Greater LA Affiliate; Heart Association; Heart Project; Iowa City, Iowa; LA Basin; Los Angeles County; Los Angeles, California; Lung Association; Metropolitan Division; Projecto Corazon; Spanish; diversity; long-distance relationship; political science; recipes; wife

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

00:58:47 - Working in public policy serving Asian American population

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Keywords: 1960s; 1970s; A3PCON; AADAP; American Heart Association; Asian American Drug Abuse Program; Asian Americans; Asian Pacific Nutrition Program; Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council; Asian Rehabilitation Services; Chinatown Service Center; George Takei; Glendale, California; Japanese American National Museum; Japanese Americans; Japanese incarceration; Korean Youth Center; Little Tokyo; Little Tokyo Service Center; Los Angeles, California; Sachio Kano; San Gabriel Valley; Skid Row; Yellow Power; Yellow Power Movement; disabilities; internment; public policy; social service agencies; transitional workshop; vocational training; diversity

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:08:28 - Working with social worker Sachio Kano

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Keywords: 1980s; African Americans; Asian Rehabilitation Services; Bill Watanabe; Japanese Americans; Little Tokyo; Little Tokyo Service Center; Los Angeles, California; Sachio Kano; Skid Row; Weingart Center; World War II; homelessness; journalist; kamikaze pilot; poverty; social work; substance abuse; ARS

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:15:38 - Reputation of JACL post-incarceration / Asian American Activism in the 1980s

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Keywords: 1960s; 1978; 1979; 1980s; 1984 Olympics; African Americans; Asian American activism; Asian Americans; Black Panthers; Buddhist church; California, United States; Death Valley; FBI; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese internment; Little Tokyo; Manzanar; Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Church; Personal Justice Denied; Redress and Reparations; Vietnam War; Yellow Brotherhood; Yellow Power; camp experience; incarceration; redress hearings; riots; JACL

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:21:36 - Looting of Japanese American property during incarceration / Formation of Japanese American National Museum and Go for Broke Museum

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Keywords: Buddhist churches; Crystal City, Texas; Densho; Department of Justice; Go for Broke Museum; JANM; Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American churches; Japanese American identity; Japanese American property; Japanese Peruvians; Japanese incarceration; Japanese internment; Los Angeles, California; Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Church; archives; due process; looting; prisoners of war; relocation; Redress and Reparations

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:29:42 - Japanese American responses to Redress and Reparations

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Keywords: 1988; Arboretum; Arcadia, California; Civil Rights Act; Issei; JACL; JACL national convention; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese American National Museum; Legacy Fund; Manzanar; Pasadena, California; Santa Anita Racetrack; intergenerational perspectives; Redress and Reparations

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:35:06 - Japanese incarceration pilgrimage / Daughter's biracial identity and heritage

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Keywords: 2015; AP US history; Death Valley; Delta, Utah; Frankenstein shoes; Giichi Matsumura; Hapa; JACL; JACL National Board; JACL National Convention; JACL national convention; JANM; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese American National Museum; Japanese American heritage; Japanese American history; Japanese incarceration; Japanese internment; Las Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada; Manzanar; Manzanar; Mieko Margaret Kuramoto; NY/SC; National Youth/Student Council; Santa Anita Racetrack; Topaz Internment Camp; Topaz Museum; Topaz, Utah; biracial; daughter; daughter; mixed-race; pilgrimage; yearbooks; pilgrimages

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:46:19 - The Asian American diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Keywords: 2000s; Asian American community; Asian American diaspora; Asian American heritage; Asian diaspora; DEI; Hapa; JACL; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese American diaspora; Manzanar; Mieko Margaret; Mitsuye Kami; Whitefish Bay schools; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association; diversity; diversity, equity, and inclusion; post-incarceration diaspora; Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity

01:52:11 - Thoughts on Muskego-Norway School Board controversy

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Keywords: "And Then They Came for Me"; Chicago, Illinois; Farewell to Manzanar; JACL President of Wisconsin; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese incarceration; Julie Otsuka; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Muskego-Norway School Board; When the Emperor Was Divine; critical race theory; red car syndrome; Jewish Museum of Milwaukee

Subjects: Japanese American Intergenerational Narratives Oral History Project; Community and Identity