How Did Tsuda's Status as a Shin-Nisei Make Him Feel

question 8

Multiple Choice

How did Tsuda's status as a shin-nisei make him feel like an outsider?

• A) He was not accepted as a Japanese American within the community.
• B) He had little in common with the most recent immigrants from Japan.
• C) He found that he had less in common with nisei and sansei whose families had arrived in the US before World War II.
• D) Other shin-nisei were hesitant to speak to him during the research.

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