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The Bordered World, Vol. 2, August 4, 1942, Page 28

Diary entries on September 8-9, 1942. Diary entries regarding the continuation of detainees being moved to other detention facilities and realization of discrimination against Japanese Americans in employment. Yuri writes of a anonymous Japanese girl trying to go into nursing and receiving letters from hospitals across the United States for employment. She is subject to racial discrimination because of her Japanese descent.

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DESCRIPTION

Diary entries on September 8-9, 1942. Diary entries regarding the continuation of detainees being moved to other detention facilities and realization of discrimination against Japanese Americans in employment. Yuri writes of a anonymous Japanese girl trying to go into nursing and receiving letters from hospitals across the United States for employment. She is subject to racial discrimination because of her Japanese descent.

CREATOR

Yuri Kochiyama

DATE

1942-09-01 00:00:00

COVERAGE

Arcadia (Calif.)

RIGHTS

Rights reserved with the Japanese American National Museum.

GENRE

Diaries

LANGUAGE

eng

SOURCE

Japanese American National Museum, Yuri Kochiyama, 94.144.1.

SUBJECT