Category: Japanese Internment Camps
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S3 E07: Scott Okamoto on losing faith and becoming an English professor at an evangelical school.

Author Scott Okamoto talks about deconstructing his faith as he taught in an evangelical school. We touch on his family’s history in the Japanese Incarceration camps, patriotism, and winning people over through genuine care and relationship, not facts and arguments. Scott also shares his thoughts on Oppenheimer (2023)
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S2 E1: Masaru Tanabe on attitudes towards disabled people in Japan vs. the U.S., anti-Asian hate in liberal states like Oregon, and the model minority myth.

Masaru kicks off season 2 with a thought-provoking convo. They contrast disability perspectives in Japan vs. the U.S. They also talk about the anti-Asian hate they’ve faced since childhood and increasing safety concerns for the community.
