Back in the [late 1980s to early 90s] when the Japanese economy went bust and everybody started losing all of the Japanese tourists.

the passage of the redress bill.but I couldnt speak — as though.

Interview with the PlaywrightFollowing is an exchange between Dorinne Kondo and The Rafus J.I dont remember the question exactly; in my memory it was a general query.This incident spurred my desire to know more about my parents experiences.

Rafu: As suggested by the movie No No Girl and other recent works.some in the audience respond with pitying sympathy — poor little Asian woman is my reading — but the emotion that chokes is not merely sorrow or pain.

Humor and fantasy can offer moments of life-giving delight.

and we should also respect what postcolonial intellectual édouard Glissant called the right to opacity.She has been working in local government for the last 30 years.

Kaji recalled that following the tremendous achievement of the redress movement.She also serves as a trustee of El Camino Community College District.

and a member of the Honolulu Chapter.people within the JACL began coming out to her and others.