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That sentiment underlay his public life.
Spark matsunaga biography of abraham
He was sometimes critical of his compatriots, notably about racial discrimination, because be wanted America to live up to its ideals. Fighting discrimination was a theme that ran through Sparky's political life in hopes of forging a better nation.
As his longtime assistant, Cherry Matano, said: "Sparky was in love with America."
Yet, like many second-generation Americans of whatever origin, Sparky retained a flavor of the land of his ancestors. As a nisei he had a facade, what the Japanese call tatemae, or "that which stands before," that shielded much of the real man.
His interior, or honne, his "true feeling," was hidden and he was a very private man. Like most Japanese, Sparky disliked confrontation and tried to avoid the adversarial aspects of politics.