Interview with Kamitakahara (2 men are interviewed, but this is the only name given)

Date
1976-10-13
Interviewer: Wakayama, Tamio
Interviewer: [Unknown]
Interviewee: Kamitakahara
Interviewee: [Unknown]
Description

Much of this interview is a somewhat heated and interesting argument between representatives of two different Nikkei generations that has to do with prejudice and racism. Kamitakahara (2 men are interviewed, but this is the only name given)

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (1) 01:01:53 2) 00:31:20 3) 01:02:00 4) 01:01:56))
Business/company discussed
Atlas Lumber; The Showa Club; BC Fish (Powell St. fish shop); Garland's Company (animal rendering fertilizer plant in Chatham ON); Black Dragon (criminal organization)
Time period discussed
1941-49; 1970s
Names mentioned
Ted Aoki; Kara Suzuki; David Suzuki; Gordon Hirobayashi; Gary (son of one of the men interviewed); Howard William (At the time of the interview he has become "chairman of the multicultural committee." Interviewee suggests that "we should string him up."); Mr. Nori (owner of the Showa Club and notable Japanese personality/alleged gangster/"godfather" who the Japanese community went to before the police in Vancouver); Nakahama (owner of BC Fish on Powell St.); Tom Shoyama; George Tanaka.
Topic discussed
Immigration; internment; prejudice between immigrant groups; Nikkei inter-generational disagreements, differences, and conflict; Japanese Canadian approaches to First Nations communities; Japanese cultural preservation; Powell St.; cultural differences between Japanese, Canadians, and other immigrant groups to Canada.
Accession Number
2010.23.3.4.23
Location
Lethbridge, AB
Subject (Geographic)
Vancouver (B.C.)
Saltspring Island (B.C.)
Gulf Islands (B.C.)
Surrey (B.C.)
Fraser Valley (B.C.)
New Westminster (B.C.)
East Vancouver (B.C.)
Marpole (Vancouver, B.C.)
Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.)
Tashme (B.C.)
Slocan (B.C.)
Bay Farm (B.C.)
Lemon Creek (B.C.)
Kaslo (B.C.)
Rocky Mountain House (Alta.)
Turin, AB
Lethbridge (Alta.)
Winfield (Alta.)
Foremost (Alta.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Okinawa
Chatham (Ont.)
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection
Identifier
johc_403
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