I made sure to sit in on my aunts panel When Dinosaurs Roamed of queer and trans Nikkei elders.

000 households where Japanese was spoken.For the parents who went to Manzanar.

Toyota attributed this to Japanese mothers speaking to their multiracial children.they found work in sales and service jobs in places like Little Tokyo or Sawtelle due to their limited skills.Toyota was joined on the panel by Valerie J.

a professor in the Department of History and the Department of Asian American Studies.a woman interviewed for the book.

alone seeking more economic opportunities.

-Japan Relations with UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.his father didn’t think a French restaurant run by a Japanese chef would be able to succeed.

Ryusei and Eugene represent a cohort of newer business owners (but long-time community members) in Little Tokyo.I don’t think I was fully able to grasp what Little Tokyo and the Japanese American community meant to me.

And they do this as many long-time neighborhood businesses shutter their doors for the last time or are being displaced out of Little Tokyo.ready to take on the roles and responsibilities that come with living up to the legacies of the owners that came before them.