Communities Civil Rights Is George Aratani A Racist?
| Is George Aratani A Racist? |
To those who do not know who George Aratani is, please read this article at http://www.mabuhayradio.com/content/view/447/51/.
Mr. Aratani is a Japanese-American industrialist who was sent to an internment camp during World War II. He donated $500,000 to study the World War II imprisonment of 120,000 Japanese Americans. The UCLA announced that George Aratani's donation would establish the first endowed academic chair in the USA to study the internment and the decades that followed it. Mr. Aratani founded the Mikasa chinaware firm and the Kenwood electronics corporation. UCLA gave him "The UCLA Medal", its highest honor, and called him a philanthropist.
Probably because of the MabuhayRadio.com’s article about Japan’s Modern-day "Comfort Women" that mentioned Mr. Aratani, an American of Japanese ancestry contacted this writer. This "Deep Throat" of our online publication alleges that "George Aratani is a racist. Because he forbade the marriage of his 31-year-old grandniece to a man when he found out he was not Japanese. Mr. Aratani praised the man as a ‘wonderful young man’ and invited him to dinner and to his house on numerous occasions until the day he found out the man was not Japanese. Sensing something was wrong, the young man's father went to talk with Mr. Aratani. At that time Mr. Aratani stated that he absolutely forbade the marriage. He then stated that the girl and her family were heavily dependant on his financial support and that he would cut off all such support unless she terminated the relationship. Additionally, he stated that if the marriage went through, he would cut off all family ties with the girl and her family. Under this tremendous pressure the girl, who had been living in Mr. Aratani's home for over a year, decided to break off the relationship with the man after having already accepted his marriage proposal. Mr. Aratani is a truly confused individual and it is sad that a man who has publicly complained about the racism he experienced in America could turn around and act in such a bigoted way. He should not be touted as a philanthropist."
Our "Deep Throat" says further that "the actions of George Aratani are truly unbelievable. In his writings he talks about the racism in America and how it negatively affected his family. But some Japanese Americans are stunned by his belligerence and disrespect he showed towards some people who are fellow Americans but not of Japanese descent.
Our contact has requested that this web site not disclose his/her identity because there is a high potential for backlash from the Japanese-American community, which touts Mr. Aratani as a hero of sorts. "Deep Throat" says, "There is a need have to protect my family from such a backlash not only from Mr. Aratani but also from his influential friends in the Japanese-American community."
Obviously our "Deep Throat" could not persuade the Japanese-American press or the mainstream media to publicize the accusations against Mr. Aratani. Well, the www.mabuhayradio.com never fears to ask questions even to the highly-influential members of American society.
Will Mr. Aratani or his Public-Relations’ office answer this rhetorical question of whether he is a racist? Perhaps Mr. Aratani may like to comment on his supposed ending of the marriage of his grandniece . . .
Yeeeaaaa, people hold events to honor themselves...hmmm...haven't heard THAT one before!
And who are you to say that nobody here knows him?? How do you know that? Because you are 100% wrong when you say that. Again, get your facts straight.
second of all, how do you know i wasn't there?
i'd love to know
i see you tried to do your research...it's funny how you claim to know so much! first of all, it's not my story to tell. because you think i would tell the whole story shows me that you have no honor. did it ever occur to you that he thinks these allegations are so ridiculous that he doesn't feel to need to respond? we all know the truth. too bad other people, including yourself, jump to conclusions and end up looking like the idiots.
You have apparently watched one too many poorly translated samurai movies and throw words like honor around in contexts where the word doesn’t even apply. You have proven beyond a doubt that you do not know Aratani on any personal level and have no knowledge of what took place. You disgrace yourself and also Aratani in the process and for that I thank you.
For you to say that allegations of racism are not severe or worth responding to shows that you are as socially inept and uneducated as Aratani himself. For those of us who ventured outside of the Japan-town ghettos and experienced the variety of flavors and cultures this world has to offer, respect for our fellow man and tolerance of different cultures is not so foreign a concept.
Your analytical skills are so handicapped that you can’t even tell when someone has actual knowledge of the truth. No one is being fooled by your thinly disguised lies. The only reason you don’t state why Aratani suddenly disrupted the marriage is because you simply don’t know. Stop embarrassing yourself. Unless you are Aratani, who is now rapidly falling into a deeper state of dementia, or his wife, you were not there to witness what happened. You are a liar and there is no further point in arguing with one who is not bound by the rules of logical thinking. Go get yourself an education, and stop claiming knowledge you do not have and accomplishments you did not achieve. I guess there is always the Keiro home for you to rot away at.
you're nobody! that's why you don't deserve an explanation of what REALLY went down. obviously you have nothing better to do than create nonsense. you're right, tolerance of different cultures is not a foreign concept. but what makes you think george isn't tolerant of other cultures? just because one person claims he's a racist?? that further shows me what type of person you are.
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