| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Ronald K. Wakabayashi |
| Alternative Title |
Ronald K. Wakabayashi: interview on March 11, 1984 |
| Creator |
Wakabayashi, Ronald K, 1944- |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-03-11 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5344994/ |
| Subject |
Wakabayashi, Ronald K, 1944- --Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 54 pages) of an interview with Ronald K. Wakabayashi, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. Mr. Wakabayashi (b. 1944) talks about his childhood in East Los Angeles, racism, and the differences among first, second, and third generation Japanese Americans. He recalls his experience with organizing outings for a population of California Isseis, single men who had never married and would never return to Japan. Of particular interest is his description of working with Japanese people who testified about their relocation camp experiences |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv45901 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6g46746 |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
899599 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46746 |
| Title |
Page 32 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
899575 |
| OCR Text |
Show Ronald Wakabayashi 3-11-84 s2:31 begin side 2 RW ···the Vietnamese. You know, the evacuation came, you know, fromthe fall of Saigon and that was It predominated people's minds. L I can't believe, it was so long ago now. RW I think it's alittle later than that. 75. L 75? RW And. Yeah. EVeryone thinks you're Vietnamese. Because that's the most prominent image that exists on Asians. L So~atever Asian group was in thepublic mind, at that time, for whatever reason. RW Yeah, the stereotype. OK. Like when normalization of China was taking place. Chinese things were hot. People were asking baout China, you know. Like if I goto a Chinese restaurant ~ith like say we werein Conference and it's amixed population. I'm out with some Anglos and we go to eat together. Let's go to Chinese Restaurant. And they'll turn m me and invariably say, hey, will you order? And the feeling is, hey, i'm Japanese. Actually I do have some exprience with it because my wife is Chinese. I even cooked in her father's restaurant. I mean, I know it. But. You know, it's really a blurred image. L How do you take E· You seem to take it comically. RW I -- L Do you jive back at them with a little humour. RW I think if I have a relationship withthe person. You know, If I think someone's just being an off the wall |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g46746/899575 |
