Letters
Our readers share their thoughts via their letters to the editor.
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Praise for Topaz Museum’s Jane Beckwith
Fred M. Shinoda
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Dear Editor, The letter writer who wrote that Jane Beckwith should be replaced is way out of line. I maintain that if it wasn’t for Jane B. there probably wouldn’t even […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: A call for building trust and grieving
Jasmin Trnka, Sacramento, Calif.
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Dear Nichi Bei Weekly, It is heartbreaking to read of the continued hurt and controversy over Mr. Wakasa’s memorial stone. Especially painful are the continued invalidating messages that only add […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Preserving the site of James Wakasa’s murder
Betty Kano
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Dear Editor: I’m glad there is consideration for a professional archeological examination of the site of the Wakasa memorial stone. It is very appropriate as the stone marks the most […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: The Wakasa stone
Masako Takahashi
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Dear Editor, To quote Jesse Jackson, “We must turn to each other and not on each other.” I am referring to the current controversy in the Japanese American community regarding […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Author ‘ignores … primacy of racism’
Greg Robinson
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Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent in response to the ‘“Enemies among Us’ author protests book review” letter to the editor Dr. John E. Schmitz wrote, published in the […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: ‘Enemies among Us’ author protests book review
Dr. John E. Schmitz
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Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent in response to the “Enemies among Us: The relocation, internment, and repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War” […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: JA ‘offended’ by ‘desecration’ of James Wakasa’s ‘final resting place’
Toru Saito
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Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent in response to the column entitled “The ‘desecration of sacred ground’ at Topaz” that appeared in the Aug. 19, 2021 issue of the […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Wakasa monument statement from the Friends of Topaz
Friends of Topaz
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August 30, 2021 To the Japanese American Community, We are the Friends of Topaz, a group of predominately Japanese American descendants of World War II Topaz concentration camp incarcerees, living […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Bay Area Day of Remembrance underscores the need for unity
Joyce Nakamura
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Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent in response to the article entitled “Bay Area Day of Remembrance calls for reparations for African Americans” that appeared in the March 4, […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: COVID-19 and the national disasters
George Nakano
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In the United States as of Dec. 27, 2020, there were 331,524 COVID-19 deaths. This is from January through December of 2020, a one-year period. During World War II, from […] READ MORE
