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Gidra 1.7

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Another important issue of Gidra, with an announcement of the creation of Aion, and several essays and poems that would subsequently be reprinted in Roots: an Asian American Reader in 1971.

Asian American Studies Conference. by Colin Watanabe
Issei Centenial. by Jim Matsuoka
Easy Rider: A True Episode. A serious account of a hate crime against two Asian American hitchhikers in a midwestern city.
"Aion: an Asian American Quarterly." An announcement about the creation of Aion, an Asian-American themed literary journal.
Okinawa. Unsigned. An account of a meeting with political figure from Japan on the topic of the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.
"Shh! A Nisei is Speaking." by Mrs. Mary Tani. A response to the controversy over Bill Hosokawa's recently-published memoir, Nisei: the Quiet American. Letters had been circulating in other Japanese-American magazines (especially Pacific Citizen); here the debate is introduced to the readers of Gidra.
"I am Curious [Yellow?]." by Violet Rabaya. A personal essay on Filipino identity -- which asks whether and how the Filipino community should be understood as "Asian American." Reprinted in Roots: An Asian American Reader (1971).
"The Emergence of Yellow Power in America." By Amy Uyematsu. A serious consideration of the concept of a "Yellow Power" movement modeled on the Black Power movement. Stokely Carmichael is cited; Uyematsu walks through issues facing Asian American activists, including self-hatred, assimilation, the model minority myth, and the business orientation of the Asian community at that time. Reprinted in Roots: An Asian American Reader (1971)

Poems

"Introspect" by Joyce Sakamoto
"To be yellow" by George
"An Oriental in Search of a Soul: A Revelation in Three Parts." By Violet Rabaya

The full issue can be accessed here:

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-297-7/

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