Me: Hey, Ma, how come those people look so pale? Do they got T.B.? Are they German-Italians-Americams? Ma: Naw, they only need "J" blood to be in here... Me: Funny, they sure look "holly" to me Pa: "To be or not to be"... That is not the question if you have 1/16 "J" blood- you remain in here and can't be free
Grandma T. was always too cold there- It wasn't always fair weather- We would go out "coal picken": After the big pile was plucked Grandma and I with sticks would pig'em out of the ground. Even then I was aware of the powerful aweing primal act going on- An old hunched woman and a child- "Rooting" the ground
<Ode to a Constitutional Samurai Warrior Lawyer> この作品のモデルとなったHolly Yasuiのお父さんMinoru Yasuiさんは1939年にオレゴン州で初の日系弁護士となった人で、日系人の強制収容は違法であるとアメリカ政府を相手に訴訟を起こした数少ない個人の一人でした。1988年、Minoruさんが亡くなった2年後にレーガン大統領が初めて当時の政府の日系人に対する対応は間違えていたと正式謝罪しました。
Holly Yasuisan - gomen nai sai nei! They had the crass ass audassity to tell you straight to your face and heart "Mo hiyaku Shinde krae"* about your dad so that the issue would disappear...
*We wish that your Dad would hurry up and drop dead.....