and CAPAC Executive Member Rep.

It adopts a standard by which those in power take a position to judge and decide for all Asian Americans and others what it means and looks like to be successful.Being quiet and staying silent.

and disrespect for the Sansei generation of which he is a partMarine Corps Captain veteran who shared his stories about his experience and constant struggle against discrimination.we went up to the classroom in the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center to listen to learn about the key events of different veterans times in service.

especially Japanese Americans.So we know why the path is already paved for us.

is to keep these stories alive.

members of the Yonsei 30 team volunteered at the Veterans Memorial Court Alliances Spit and Polish event.Matsunaga that Nisei women have long been greatly overlooked and ignored for their many contributions to our society.

The model minority myth pits communities of color against one another.He says that “Sansei women are not like their Nisei mothers (not meant in a good way) [although some] came close.

” His assertion of the model minority myth as a positive idea demeans all minority groups.certain times and certain occasions call for silence.