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🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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0:00.0 | In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth. |
0:07.3 | Smart spending drives growth, which is something Brex has championed. Brex isn't just a corporate credit |
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0:24.1 | on an AI-powered platform that turns every dollar into opportunity. In fact, 30,000 companies |
0:32.9 | are trusting Brex to help them win. Go to brex.com slash grow to learn more. |
0:44.3 | I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people. |
0:52.3 | This episode's guest is Jane Wakatsuki. |
0:55.1 | She's the author of Farewell to Manzanar. |
0:58.1 | This book was written in the 1970s when Jean was 37. |
1:02.0 | It chronicles her family's internment during World War II. |
1:05.5 | It is one of the books that many American schools used to help students understand racism and prejudice. Gene was seven when |
1:13.1 | her family was uprooted from Long Beach and placed in the Manzanar internment camp in the High Sierra of |
1:18.3 | California. In total, 120,000 Japanese suffered from the same treatment. It was done in the name of |
1:25.1 | security. The fear was that Japanese would sabotage America's war efforts. |
1:30.1 | In this interview, she explains what happened to her and her family and her hindsight about the experience, |
1:35.9 | as well as how it relates to the racist environment in America today. |
1:39.8 | However, don't expect anger and bitterness, because she has come to terms with what happened. |
1:45.0 | In fact, she has traveled throughout America in order to educate people so something like this doesn't happen again. |
1:52.0 | To fully understand her interview, here are some definitions and explanations. |
1:57.0 | Shikata Ganai is the Japanese concept that something cannot be helped or nothing can be done. |
2:03.6 | It's not necessarily defeatist or angry. |
2:06.6 | It's more like it is what it is, so stop feeling sorry for yourself and deal with it. |
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