No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large citizenship and boarded a ship

citizenship and boarded a ship for Japan

a group of Nikkei enthusiasts in Los Angeles established Nihon Token Hozon Kai

Combining heartfelt stories with first-rate scholarship

and a handy pocket hidden in the front seam

By Tim Thomas and the Monterey Japanese American Citizens League

No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large citizenship and boarded a shipDuring the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, the expression shikata ga nai (it cannot be helped) was meant as a sign of stoicism in the face of unimaginable adversity. But some Japanese Americans came to see passive acceptance as unacceptable. They included Frank Emi, who led the Fair Play Committee moving from protest to resistance when he counseled sixty three men to refuse to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain until