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When the JPNZ say “JAP”

By Gil Asakawa | December 6, 2004 - 9:23 am |July 1, 2008 asian american, japan & asia
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We’re making great headway in the United States in getting public names changed when they are reflections of an older era when racially charged terms were considered acceptable, or at least, not controversial. Continue reading →

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