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Mainly because from any early age, Noda's whole identity as a Japanese-American is the subject of a mixture of incomprehension and stereotyping from white society. She wears an identity that people simply don't understand, one steeped in a history that has traditionally presented Japanese-Americans in a negative light. To other people she'll always be a stranger, other and apart. In support of this contention, Noda maintains that a third-generation German-American is regarded as an American, whereas a third-generation Japanese-American is just Japanese.
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