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nisei  

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  • The term Nisei (second-generation) refers to American-born children of Japanese immigrants. In the United States, this typically refers to the children of Issei (first-generation) migrants from Japan who entered Hawai'i and the U.S. mainland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Nisei]

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