Pacific Citizens

Larry and Guyo Tajiri and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II Era

By: Greg Robinson (Editor), Harry Honda (Foreword by), Larry S Tajiri

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Offering a window into a critical era in Japanese American life, Pacific Citizens collects key writings of Larry S. Tajiri, a multitalented journalist, essayist, and popular culture maven. He and his wife, Guyo, who worked by his side, became leading figures in Nisei political life as the central purveyors of news for and about Japanese Americans during World War II, both those confined in government camps and others outside. The Tajiris made the community newspaper the Pacific Citizen a forum for liberal and progressive views on politics, civil rights, and democracy, insightfully addressing issues of assimilation, multiracialism, and U.S. foreign relations. Through his editorship of the Pacific Citizen as well as in articles and columns in outside media, Larry Tajiri became the Japanese American community's most visible spokesperson, articulating a broad vision of Nisei identity to a varied audience. In this thoughtfully framed and annotated volume, Greg Robinson interprets and examines the contributions of the Tajiris through a selection of writings, columns, editorials, and correspondence from before, during, and after the war. Pacific Citizens contextualizes the Tajiris' output, providing a telling portrait of these two dedicated journalists and serving as a reminder of the public value of the ethnic community press.

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''Pacific Citizens is an extraordinary piece of historical scholarship. Robinson possesses the rare facility among professional historians of being analytically rigorous while at the same time writing in narrative prose characterized by grace and accessibility.'' Arthur A. Hansen, co-editor of Reflections on Shattered Windows: Promises and Prospects for Asian American Studies

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Series Foreword	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and the Pacific Citizen	p. xix
The Early Years	p. 1
"Sincerity/El Monte," Kashu Mainichi, June 9, 1933	p. 3
"Rest in Peace," Kashu Mainichi, November 8, 1933	p. 4
"New Year's Day 1934," Kashu Mainichi, January 1, 1934	p. 4
"Klieg Lights," Japanese American Courier, January 1, 1934	p. 5
"Discriminatory Bugaboos," Kashu Mainichi, May 13, 1934	p. 10
"World Court," Nichi Bei, February 19, 1935	p. 11
"As American-Born Japanese View Their Role in the USA," Corpus Christi Times, March 1, 1935	p. 11
"Inter-racial Marriage," Nichi Bei, June 24, 1935	p. 13
"The Nisei: Queer People of the Pacific," Rafu Shimpo, December 2, 1935	p. 14
"Under Martial Law" Nichi Bei, May 8,1936	p. 16
"Japanese Farmers Suffer Losses in Cannery Strike," Rafu Shimpo, April 25,1937	p. 16
"Chinese Americans," Nichi Bei, September 9,1937	p. 17
"The Worst Enemy," Nichi Bei, October 21,1937	p. 17
"Major Fighting Is Over," Nichi Bei, January 1,1938	p. 19
"Japanese Spies," Nichi Bei, April 6,1938	p. 20
"State Primary Election Notes," Nichi Bei, August 28,1938	p. 22
"Nisei Writers and Fascism," Nichi Bei, August 18,1939	p. 23
"Europe on the Brink," Nichi Bei, August 24,1939	p. 24
"Name Unknown," Nichi Bei, October 18,1939	p. 24
"Lindy s New Role," Nichi Bei, August 19,1940	p. 25
"Race Prejudice," Nichi Bei, August 30,1940	p. 26
"A Nisei Writer, '41," Nichi Bei, January 1,1941	p. 27
Wartime Columns and Editorials
"'Telegram phase Over! U.S Expects Nisei to Show Their Fealty in Action," JACD Newsletter, December 18,1941	p. 33
"Over 200 Japanese Held as Dangerous Aliens in New York's Ellis Island,"	p. 34
"What We Face as Citizens in the Present Crisis," Speech before United Citizens Federation, February 19,1942	p. 35
"Vagaries: U.S. Nisei Lack Own Folk Music," Pacific Citizen, June 4,1942	p. 36
"Nisei USA" Pacific Citizen, June 25,1942	p. 37
"Filming the Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, October 15,1942	p. 39
"Nisei USA," Pacific Citizen, December 17,1942	p. 41
"Segregating the Disloyal," Pacific Citizen, February 25,1943	p. 42
"The Negro and Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, March 18,1943	p. 43
"Mrs. Roosevelt Investigates" Pacific Citizen, April 27,1943	p. 45
"Relocation,"	p. 46
"Malice in Wonderland" Pacific Citizen, September 25,1943	p. 50
"Mr. District Attorney," Pacific Citizen, November 13,1943	p. 53
"The Jap Questionnaire," Pacific Citizen, December 11,1943	p. 54
"Racial Problems and Faith in Democracy: A Double Bond between Japanese Americans and Japanese Canadians," New Canadian, January 15,1944	p. 55
"The Rocky Shimpo? Pacific Citizen, April 4,1944	p. 57
"The Bitter Harvest," Pacific Citizen, April 8,1944	p. 58
"33 Months since Evacuation," Pacific Citizen, November 18,1944	p. 59
"Death of an American," Pacific Citizen, April 14,1945	p. 62
Writings in Mainstream and Multiracial Publications	p. 64
"Democracy Corrects Its Own Mistakes," Asia and the Americas, April 1943	p. 66
"Farewell to Little Tokyo," Common Ground, Winter 1944	p. 74
"Racial Hysteria for Profit" New Leader, May 20,1944	p. 80
"Barriers to Acculturation," 17th Yearbook of the California Association of Elementary School Principals, 1945	p. 85
ôGrim Precedent for Attacks on Minority Groups,ö NOW, Second Half September 1945	p. 89
öThe Evacuation: Last Phase,ö NOW, First Half October 1946	p. 91
öThe Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword,ö NOW, Second Half October 1945	p. 94
öPlight of Japanese Canadians,ö NOW, First Half November 1945	p. 97
öThe Lost People of Tule Lake,ö NOW, Second Half November 1945	p. 100
öWho CanÆt Be Assimilated?ö NOW, First Half December 1945	p. 102
öSecret War Role of the Nisei,ö NOW, Second Half December 1945	p. 105
öThere Is No Nisei Problem,ö NOW, First Half January 1945	p. 108
öNazis and the æYellow PerilÆ,ö NOW, First Half February 1946	p. 110
öHawaii: The 49th State,ö NOW, First Half March 1946	p. 113
öBen KurokÆs æ59th MissionÆ,ö NOW, Second Half March 1946	p. 115
öThe Gentleman from Mississippi,ö NOW, First Half April 1946	p. 118
öJapanese Evacuees Should Be Compensated,ö NOW, Second Half May 1946	p. 121
öThe Remaking of a Ghetto,ö NOW, Second Half June 1946	p. 123
öThe High Cost of Prejudice,ö NOW, July 1946	p. 126
Wartime Correspondence	p. 128
Two Letters to Alan Cranston, February 25,1942	p. 129
Letter to Alan Cranston, April 14,1942	p. 131
Letter to Alan Cranston, April 25,1942	p. 132
Letter to Carey McWilliams, June 15,1942	p. 134
Letter to Bradford Smith, September 15,1942	p. 136
Letter to Carey Mc Williams, January 31,1943	p. 136
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 8,1943	p. 137
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, March 31,1943	p. 138
Letter to New Canadian, April 10, 1943	p. 139
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, May 22,1943	p. 139
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, June 5,1943	p. 140
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, September 20,1943	p. 140
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, November 10,1943	p. 142
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, November 23,1943	p. 142
Letter to Fred Fertig, November 23,1943	p. 44
Letter to M. Margaret Anderson, April 27,1944	p. 146
Letter to Isamu Noguchi, February 6,1945	p. 147
Letter to Carey McWilliams, July 31,1945	p. 147
Guyo Tajiri: Out from the Shadows	p. 150
"New York Vignettes,"	p. 152
"Ann Nisei says: Let's Decorate," Pacific Citizen, June 11,1942	p. 153
"Isamu Noguchi, Noted Sculptor, Casts His Lot with the Nisei," Pacific Citizen, July 2,1942	p. 154
"Experiences of Evacuation Provide Material for Literature," Pacific Citizen, January 7,1943	p. 157
"Mental, Moral Stamina Shown by Nisei in Relocation," Pacific Citizen, December 25,1943	p. 158
Letter to Satoru Ernest Iiyama, December 28,1944	p. 159
Letter to John B. Kitasako, December 28,1944	p. 159
Letter to M. M. Tozier, December 28,1944	p. 160
"Ann Nisei Says: Relocated Evacuees Find Wider Horizons in East," Pacific Citizen, January 6,1945	p. 160
"Experiences in Internment told in 'Citizen 13660'," Pacific Citizen, October 5,1946	p. 162
"Karen Kehoe's 'City in the Sun"' Pacific Citizen, December 7,1946	p. 164
"What Price Slum Clearance?" Pacific Citizen, July 31,1948	p. 167
"They Knew What They Wanted, "Pacific Citizen, August 7,1948	p. 175
"Tokyo Rose' Goes on Trial," Pacific Citizen, July 16,1949	p. 177
"The Trial of 'Tokyo Rose" Pacific Citizen, October 15,1949	p. 179
"El Sur de la Frontera," Pacific Citizen, January 2,1953	p. 183
Larry Tajiri's Postwar Writings	p. 189
"The Loaded Revolver," Pacific Citizen, December 7,1946	p. 190
"Nisei News Papers," Denver JACL News Bulletin, December 15,1946	p. 192
"Marshall and Nisei," Pacific Citizen, January 25,1947	p. 193
"A Time for Great Courage," Pacific Citizen, March 12,1947	p. 194
"A Film Hits Anti-Nisei Prejudice," Pacific Citizen, December 13,1947	p. 197
"Restrictive Covenants," Pacific Citizen, April 26,1948	p. 199
"The Decline of the 'Yellow Peril"' New Leader, June 26,1948	p. 201
"Governor Poindexter's Martial Law," Pacific Citizen, October 16,1948	p. 203
"The Story of Sessue Hayakawa," New Canadian, November 24,1948	p. 204
"Punishing a Legend," Pacific Citizen, October 8,1949	p. 207
"The Loaded Weapon," Pacific Citizen, February 25,1950	p. 208
"The Record Speaks," SCENE, March 1950	p. 210
"An Afternoon in Seoul," Pacific Citizen, June 30,1950	p. 214
"A Sour Note in California," Pacific Citizen, October 21,1950	p. 217
"McCarthyism in the Elections," Pacific Citizen, November 4,1950	p. 219
"The Chinese Americans," Pacific Citizen January 13,1951	p. 220
"Race Hatred Is a Business," Crossroads, January 25,1951	p. 224
"Classification by Race," Pacific Citizen, April 23,1951	p. 225
"Hate Films on Television," Pacific Citizen, July 8,1951	p. 227
The Later Years	p. 230
"Ministry of Fear" Pacific Citizen, June 19,1953	p. 232
"The Bricker Amendment," Pacific Citizen, January 29,1954	p. 234
"At Ease," Mile-Hi JACL Bulletin, February 1954	p. 237
"McCarthy on the Spot," Pacific Citizen, March 18,1954	p. 237
"At Ease," Mile-Hi JACL Bulletin, April 1954	p. 240
"Warren: Growth in Stature," Pacific Citizen, June 13,1954	p. 240
Letter to Mine Okubo, October 18,1954	p. 243
"More Logical FDR Had Selective Evacuation in Mind Signing Order," Pacific Citizen, December 11, 1954	p. 243
"Hope in New South," Pacific Citizen, September 14,1956	p. 245
"The Foreign Language Press," Pacific Citizen, April 24,1957	p. 247
"Twain Meet in 'Sayonara' Drama," Denver Post, January 1,1958	p. 249
"Issue of Hawaiian Statehood" Pacific Citizen, March 14,1958	p. 251
"Denver Audience Will Help Garner Create a Program," Denver Post, March 12,1959	p. 253
"A Displaced Nisei in Amsterdam," Pacific Citizen, December 8,1961	p. 254
"Why 'Jap' Is Offensive," Pacific Citizen, April 25,1962	p. 256
"Eleanor Roosevelt and the Nisei," Pacific Citizen, November 14,1962	p. 258
"Nisei Americans March for Civil Rights," Pacific Citizen, September 4,1963	p. 259
"Are You Being Played for a Sucker?" Pacific Citizen, October 2,1964	p. 261
"Meshiyas in Manhattan," Pacific Citizen, January 24,1965	p. 263
Afterword	p. 265
Notes	p. 269
Index	p. 283
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