Fighting Tradition : A Marine's Journey to Justice / Bruce I. Yamashita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamashita, Bruce I., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Civil rights--Case studies.

Japanese Americans.

Race discrimination--United States--Case studies.

Race discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2003]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Determined to be a U.S. Marine Corps officer, Bruce Yamashita enrolled in Officer Candidate School, where he was the target of persistent racial harassment by officers and staff. After enduring nine weeks of emotional and physical abuse, Yamashita was "disenrolled" in April 1989-kicked out of the Marine Corps because of the color of his skin. Fighting Tradition is Yamashita's own story of his courageous struggle to expose a pattern of racial discrimination against minorities that has existed at various levels of the Corps. With the support of a broad coalition of community and civil rights organizations, the Hawaii-born law school graduate fought a five-year-long legal, political, and media battle against the military establishment that ended in his commissioning as a captain and the revision of Marine Corps policies and procedures. Fighting Tradition not only is a moving story of personal sacrifice and vision, but contributes also both directly and indirectly to our understanding of the complexities of institutional racism in a politically conservative, demographically shifting society. It is a unique window into the dynamics of race, government, and the law and a stirring reminder of the importance of political mobilization by the individual to achieve justice.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "A Clear Demonstration of Patriotism and Loyalty"

2. "Exactly What I Had Expected"

3. "Go Back to Your Own Country!"

4. "The White Boys Still Make the Decisions"

5. "Neither Fish Nor Fowl"

6. "Urah!"

7. "Leadership in Action"

8. "The Workhorse"

9. "Do You Wanna Quit?"

10. "I Guess the Sun Is Still Shining"

11. Destined to Fail

12. "Too Many JAPS around Here"

13. "The Writing on the Wall"

14. "Disenrolled!"

15. "Were You Treated Fairly?"

16. First Step, False Hope

17. Decision to Fight

18. "My Neck Was on the Line"

19. Face-Off

20. "Totally Unacceptable"

21. "Barely above Water"

22. The Tide Begins to Turn

23. "Smoking Gun"

24. The Naval Discharge Review Board

25. The Pressure Mounts

26. My Chance to Be Heard

27. The Floodgates Open

28. A Formal Offer

29. Standing Firm

30. "We Were on Our Own"

31. The Commandant Speaks

32. "There Will Be No Ratcheting Up"

33. Breakthrough

34. Calling the Shots

35. "The Struggle Goes On"

36. "Justice Will Triumph!"

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824843182

0824843185

OCLC:

1013942722