In Los Angeles, Japanese-American mystery buff Ken Tanaka sets himself up as a PI for the fun of it, only to be taken seriously by a femme fatale who enters his office. He takes the case and becomes involved in a real-life murder.
By bringing together a provocative selection of essays and images, Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self addresses the issues of nation, race, and selfhood and how they are depicted in ways that are challenging and informative,…
A letter writer to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said the Japanese in the Auburn area are not fully assimilated and race riots could occur, so the best solution was to send them all to inland areas.
A three panel cartoon shows an interpreter asking a Japanese alien if he is a citizen at the request of some law enforcement officer; and after a long winded explanation from the alien, the interpreter merely translates it as a yes.
