Kristen Hayashi

have the needs for their families to come over and so that begins this real migration which is going to lead to another generation and so forth and and this begins this sort of dichotomy that inevitably every immigrant population encounters of on one hand you're being welcomed and you're needed on the other hand a certain sector of society fears and and even hates you in some regard this has happened to everybody who's moved to america

have the needs for their families to come over and so that begins this real migration which is going to lead to another generation and so forth and and this begins this sort of dichotomy that inevitably every immigrant population encounters of on one hand you're being welcomed and you're needed on the other hand a certain sector of society fears and and even hates you in some regard this has happened to everybody who's moved to america

In the Japanese case, it's so interesting because it's a proximity question, right? You have Japan right across the ocean, so it's different than the Europeans encountering it in the East. But the same old thing's happening. How large is this immigration that we're talking about in this first Issei era?

In the Japanese case, it's so interesting because it's a proximity question, right? You have Japan right across the ocean, so it's different than the Europeans encountering it in the East. But the same old thing's happening. How large is this immigration that we're talking about in this first Issei era?

In the Japanese case, it's so interesting because it's a proximity question, right? You have Japan right across the ocean, so it's different than the Europeans encountering it in the East. But the same old thing's happening. How large is this immigration that we're talking about in this first Issei era?

That's a good question. I don't know exactly what the population is, but I will say that while it seemed like there was this Japanese problem, quote unquote, and that so many immigrants were coming from Japan, if you look at the numbers of Japanese immigrants in comparison with immigrants from Europe, I mean, it was a tiny percentage.

That's a good question. I don't know exactly what the population is, but I will say that while it seemed like there was this Japanese problem, quote unquote, and that so many immigrants were coming from Japan, if you look at the numbers of Japanese immigrants in comparison with immigrants from Europe, I mean, it was a tiny percentage.

That's a good question. I don't know exactly what the population is, but I will say that while it seemed like there was this Japanese problem, quote unquote, and that so many immigrants were coming from Japan, if you look at the numbers of Japanese immigrants in comparison with immigrants from Europe, I mean, it was a tiny percentage.

And so I think it's very similar to, you know, things that you're hearing now where there's this kind of like misconception that there's so many immigrants, you know, flooding our borders. I think it's very similar.

And so I think it's very similar to, you know, things that you're hearing now where there's this kind of like misconception that there's so many immigrants, you know, flooding our borders. I think it's very similar.

And so I think it's very similar to, you know, things that you're hearing now where there's this kind of like misconception that there's so many immigrants, you know, flooding our borders. I think it's very similar.

Like, it's true that there were, you know, a significant number of Japanese coming over as immigrants in the early 20th century, but it was nothing in comparison to immigrants from other countries.

Like, it's true that there were, you know, a significant number of Japanese coming over as immigrants in the early 20th century, but it was nothing in comparison to immigrants from other countries.

Like, it's true that there were, you know, a significant number of Japanese coming over as immigrants in the early 20th century, but it was nothing in comparison to immigrants from other countries.

Yeah. A very important factor is many of these people who came, came to work. They weren't planning to live here. It was because they had been asked to come in a way. I mean, it was opportunity that they were chasing and the desire to make a living, but they had every reason to think they were going home after this.

Yeah. A very important factor is many of these people who came, came to work. They weren't planning to live here. It was because they had been asked to come in a way. I mean, it was opportunity that they were chasing and the desire to make a living, but they had every reason to think they were going home after this.

Yeah. A very important factor is many of these people who came, came to work. They weren't planning to live here. It was because they had been asked to come in a way. I mean, it was opportunity that they were chasing and the desire to make a living, but they had every reason to think they were going home after this.

Exactly. I think there are quite a few immigrants who thought they would come to the United States for a short amount of time, really strike it rich, and then go back to Japan. And that wasn't a reality. Yeah. But it's interesting because we have a labor contract in our collection from 1899 between this Issei man and his wife with the plantation that he's working for. And it outlines...

Exactly. I think there are quite a few immigrants who thought they would come to the United States for a short amount of time, really strike it rich, and then go back to Japan. And that wasn't a reality. Yeah. But it's interesting because we have a labor contract in our collection from 1899 between this Issei man and his wife with the plantation that he's working for. And it outlines...

Exactly. I think there are quite a few immigrants who thought they would come to the United States for a short amount of time, really strike it rich, and then go back to Japan. And that wasn't a reality. Yeah. But it's interesting because we have a labor contract in our collection from 1899 between this Issei man and his wife with the plantation that he's working for. And it outlines...