Rabbit Ramblings
Nichi Bei News columnist Chizu Omori, of Oakland, California, is co-producer of the award-winning film “Rabbit in the Moon.” She can be reached at chizuomori@gmail.com. The views expressed in the preceding column are not necessarily those of the Nichi Bei News.
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Asian Americans focus on swing states to ‘defeat Trump and save our democracy’
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As I have written before, I am all for coalitions to be organized in our efforts to promote more democracy in our land. We non-whites have a job to do […] READ MORE
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‘I will do what I can to defeat Trump’
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Another year of COVID-19, but it seems to finally be less of a factor in our lives. I just got a booster shot and I asked the person who gave […] READ MORE
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Mourning the passing of Martha Nakagawa
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I find it hard to acknowledge the death of my good friend, Martha Nakagawa. I’m sure that many of you know the name because she was a reporter who wrote […] READ MORE
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Events honor James Wakasa, inmate who was killed at Topaz, but questions remain about future of his memorial
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Editor’s Note: Chizu Omori is a Wakasa Memorial Committee member. James Hatsuaki Wakasa probably would have been astonished by the recognition and appreciation events attendees bestowed upon him in April […] READ MORE
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Change is the only constant
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What is going to happen next year? I don’t know about everyone else, but I am feeling somewhat upset by the way things went over these last few years. We […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Sorrow over the Topaz Museum board’s outreach
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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I can’t express my sorrow over the six meetings the Topaz Museum board held in August to ask the community for input concerning the Wakasa memorial stone. They held four […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Painful reminders of the past and present
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Ah, the good news. The Warriors are on a winning streak, and they are so much fun to watch. We can watch some incredible athletes perform on the court and […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: The ‘desecration of sacred ground’ at Topaz
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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I imagine many of you know the story of James Hatsuaki Wakasa, the man who a sentry killed while Wakasa was walking with his dog along the barbed wire fence […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Reuniting and continuing the fight
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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As we slowly come out from the pandemic lockdown, I’m sure that everybody is heaving a big sigh of relief and doing things that were forbidden for so long. And […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: On hopeful and precarious developments
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Since the last year has been so terrible, I haven’t written a regular column in a while. Rather than complain about things, I decided to keep quiet. But we’ve had […] READ MORE
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