Shinoda scores another endorsement

Shinoda's on a roll! Off the Kuff reports that Texas ParentPAC has endorsed Democrat Phillip Shinoda in his race for the Texas State House of Representatives. Kuff also dug up a bio of Shinoda from Philanthropy Magazine which includes this bit of biographical detail:

Shinoda was born on March 22, 1944, in Grand Junction while his parents were fleeing persecution. In 1951, his parents moved to Dallas, where his father distributed flowers that his brothers grew. It was a difficult time for Japanese Americans. One wholesaler refused to “buy flowers from Japs,” he recalls. And, his parents were also asked to leave a Dallas church because they were Japanese.

But his family never allowed their negative experiences to dissuade them from being part of their community. To the contrary, Shinoda became a devoted civic leader who works diligently to improve race relations.

“It’s just part of the Dallas ethos – the importance of getting involved in civic affairs,” he says.