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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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Grassroots movement halts auction of WWII incarceration artifacts
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Editor’s Note: Chizu Omori is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Oppose the Sale of Japanese American Historical Artifacts. I have been witness to an amazing event. In […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Will Day of Remembrance events disappear?
Chizu Omori, Nichi Bei Weekly Columnist
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Another Day of Remembrance has come and gone and another commemoration was presented in San Francisco’s J-Town, an observance of that Day of Infamy and the day President Franklin Roosevelt […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: New works bring JA stories to light
Chizu Omori
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I have spent the last few days immersed in “Perfidia,” a new novel by James Ellroy. Covering the days between Dec. 6 and Dec. 29 in 1941 in L.A., Ellroy […] READ MORE
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Nikkei must speak out against police brutality
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly Contributor
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The other day, I received a petition in an e-mail asking me to tell PepsiCo, which makes Doritos,to stop buying the palm oil it uses to make the chips. “That […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Documentary on Roosevelts glosses over wartime injustice
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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It was with great anticipation that I watched Ken Burns’ new documentary called “The Roosevelts, a Personal History.” Burns has become the TV chronicler of American history, the one who […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: ‘CRIMINALIZING DISSENT’: The 2014 Tule Lake Pilgrimage
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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Another Tule Lake Pilgrimage has passed, and it has given me a lot to chew over. It is more popular than ever, and the 350 slots filled up in under […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Resources aid in telling long-neglected wartime camp stories
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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The other day, I checked out the National Park Service’s Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program for a look at the grants that they are giving out. I was amazed […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: David ‘Mas’ Masumoto, you’re a peach!
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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I had the great good fortune to attend a surprise birthday party for David “Mas” Masumoto, his 60th. It was held at the University of California, Berkeley campus Alumni House, […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Family ties that bind
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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I returned from a visit to family in Southern California a few days ago and am savoring the good feelings that were brought about by seeing all of them. My […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Telling Tule Lake’s story
CHIZU OMORI, Nichi Bei Weekly
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I clearly remember the days back in the ‘90s when I mulled over what to do with the mass of information that I had gathered about our camp experience. I […] READ MORE
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