They Called Us Enemy

by

George Takei

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Sansei Term Analysis

Sansei is the Japanese term for third-generation Japanese immigrants, or those born to Japanese American parents who were themselves born in the U.S.
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...even some from Hawaii. There are Issei (immigrants from Japan), Nisei (second-generation immigrants), and some Sansei (children of Nisei). People in the camp held all sorts of professions before being incarcerated;... (full context)