Early Life
The city where Kochiyama was born.
What is San Pedro, CA
The age Kochiyama became an activist and organizer (can be approximate)
What is in her 40s
What Kochiyama did after she met Malcom X
What is wrote him a letter to clarify what she meant during their encounter.
The event that prompted the first Pan-Asian movement beyond college campuses.
What is the case of Vincent Chin.
The name of the restaurant Kochiyama worked at in New York.
What is Chock Full O'Nuts
The name of Yuri's husband whom she met in the incarceration camp.
Who is Bill Kochiyama.
Kochiyama would do this for Asian Americans en route to the Korean War.
What is host gatherings at her home, giving soldiers a sense of camraderie.
Where Kochiyama first met Malcom X.
What is the hearings regarding the arrests of activists during the summer of 1963.
Rather than just working for transactional reforms, Fujino suggests...
What is working for transformational justice.
The title of the essay spoken at the beginning of the podcast.
Kochiyama was part of this generation.
What is Nisei generation.
Fujino notes that Kochiyama's move to this city in particular primed her for her activism in the Black liberation movement.
What is Harlem.
Kochiyama notes that she told Malcom X that she did not agree with him on this point when she first met him.
What is his stance on integration
The first lesson Fujino highlights about Kochiyama's legacy.
What is we cannot look to the interests of our own people.
The name of Yuri's friend who wrote a book about her life.
Who is Diane Fujino
The first location Kochiyama and her family were detained.
What is Santa Anita Race Track or Arcadia, CA.
Name 2 ways Kochiyama began to become more aware of the civil rights movement and discrimination in the US.
What is segregation of Black soldiers in the army, talking with co-workers and neighbors, following the news on television/in newspapers.
Malcom X invited Kochiyama to this event
What is his Organization of Afro-American Unity
The second lesson Fujino identifies as a legacy of Kochiyama.
What is we cannot just work in reactionary ways/we must build movements for liberation.
Where Fujino argues Kochiyama/AAs fit in the binary model of race.
What is a liminal space.
In her essay, Kochiyama described herself in this way growing up.
What is as "red, white, and blue"
Kochiyama notes that the US was not only race conscious, but also...
What is class conscious
Malcom X argued that integration really meant...
What is trying to get closer to white America, not really all groups coming together.
Even if one doesn't reach their "end goal", Fujino identifies these things as possibly more important
What is the knowledge we gain and the relationships we build.
Fujino critiques the use of "evacuation" when thinking about Japanese Incarceration because...
What is, "Evacuation refers to moving to safety,, but that's not what happened..It was done through racial profiling and racism".