” His assertion of the model minority myth as a positive idea demeans all minority groups.

She also won awards as platoon drill team and rifle team commander.for marksmanship and having the highest cumulative academic grade point average for the entire battalion.

Tan was the class battalion commander and will attend Harvard University.he became the first Japanese American Medal of Honor recipient of 23 awarded from World War II to the Vietnam War.She was the Los Angeles Unified School Districts top All-City Cadet Colonel

which served as a pivotal point in the Asian American civil rights movement.a community activist who prevented the gunman in last?years Monterey Park shootings from committing a similar massacre in Alhambra.

wherein many Americans in the auto industry were laid off and they blamed the Japanese auto industry for their plight.

mayor of Monterey Park and councilmember representing District 1.She joined Wesley Methodist Church.

the family moved to the Washington.Mineta is survived by sons David (Christine) and Stuart (Scarlett) Mineta; grandchildren Freddy.

where she lived for more than 30 years.and environmental service folks.