Module 5: Balancing Past and Present (1970s to the present)
Why did many Japanese Americans retain a strong sense of ethnic identity and community after being in the United States for multiple generations?
This module is about key trends of the last fifty or so years: the unlikely effort by Japanese Americans to seek an apology and monetary reparations from the federal government for their wartime incarceration, the changing composition of the Japanese American community due to new waves of immigration, and the continuing impacts of the past.
What was the impact of postwar immigration from Japan?
How are Japanese Americans maintaining community and cultural ties?
What impact does the legacy of incarceration and redress have on Japanese Americans today?
