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/ Roger Shimomura with his work, which employs playful-looking imagery to examine dangerous stereotypes. The artist spent part of his childhood in what he calls an incarceration camp. Lawrence-based artist Roger Shimomura just received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Kansas for his impact on the art world. The recognition comes as his work takes on new resonance. For more stories like this one, subscribe to Real Humans on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. One of the 2020 graduates to have recently walked in a twice-delayed commencement ceremony at the University of Kansas first delayed because of the pandemic, and then postponed for torrential rain doesn t have to hope to make his mark on the world.

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