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in Japan about the other sex. The discipline imposed by their fathers and mothers on these Americans of Japanese ancestry has a very bad effect on them I don't know how to help these people. They ought not to cling to the formulae of the past in which they themselves were brought up, but since they are living here they should learn to move towards a better and more civilized way of life.
Amazingly enough, the second generation is very Japanese in action and attitude, more so than I am. This is difficult to understand, but I suppose it is because their life has not been easy outside of their own communities. They have been segregated, and their association limited to among themselves. Of course, this is partly their own fault, as well as that of other people for treating them so.
I wonder if this war might help to solve these issues. I hope it does. No matter where a man is born, or what his environment has produced in him, I believe that one man is just as good as the next fellow, and they should get along together, the people all over the world.