Interview with unknown

Date

1976

Description

Interview is several conversations at once and can be hard to make out.

Physical description

1 online resource (1 audio file (01:02:13))

Business/company discussed

Powell Street Review

Time period discussed

No specific time period just a general discussion of Nikkei history from the early 20th century on

Names mentioned

Gordon Hirabayashi; Ron Tanaka.

Topic discussed

Assimilation and integration; retention and loss of Japanese culture among Canadian Nikkei; Interactions with Japanese people; the choice to return to Japan; evacuation from Powell Street; use of photographs as a vehicle for communication; Centennial Photo Project; comparison between Japanese and Ukrainian communities; discussion of what attracts different types of racism with focus on the group vs the individual.

Accession Number

2010.23.3.4.40

Location

British Columbia

Subject (Geographic)

Powell Street (Vancouver, B.C.)

Genre

Interviews

Oral histories

Sound recordings

Type of resource

Sound recording non-musical

Language

English

Part of

Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection

Identifier

johc_101

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