What Happened to Japanese-Americans During WWII
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- In this Weird History mini-documentary, Mark Takahashi talks about his family’s experience with Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. After Pearl Harbor and the issuing of Executive Order 9066, Mark's paternal and maternal grandparents, Toyo and Seytsu, were sent to Japanese internment camps. Mark tells the story of both of their experiences before, during and after the war.
As told by: Mark Takahashi
Photography: Courtesy of Toyo Miyatake Studio
Additional Photography: Manzanar Historic Site & Mark Takahashi Family Archive
Director of Photography: Mike Mitchell
Additional Videography: Darren Kho
Sound: Nicole Villela
Editor: Paul Bartunek
Produced and Directed by: Rich Kuras
#internmentcamps #familyseparations #ww2 - บันเทิง
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This was actually very great! You learn something new everyday
Loved It! Thank you. I am not sure if I am looking in the right place, but I can't seem to find where this new series is located. Could you help please? Thanks again.
Whrre do we find this family history??
This was great keep it up! Teaching history to millions of Americans. Thank you.
They didnt murder anyone. Why just put 1,500 people died while in internment camps. They died from getting diseases. The doc should be very specific. They want tou to think the government was murdering Japanese people and American citizens
I think it was also pretty common where these people after being released from those prisons would return home only to find someone else currently living there and slam the door in their face
That's what usually happened. Very few had the nicety of moving back to one's property like his grandfather did. Or any at all. An Anglo civilian was actually tried for murder in a California court for killing a Nisei soldier (442nd Infantry Regiment, ETO veteran, Bronze Star) while the war was still going on.
@@stephenwright8824 wasnt that the korematsu case?
Just like in Russia but there were no going back to get their house.
@Shirley Jackson maybe people with a bit of humanity and empathy in their being? Just a wild guess lol but it's ok, you made it clear you don't have either of those things
@Shirley Jackson eat shit asshole. I'm assuming you have a terrible life. How exited were you when Trump used the proposal for Muslim internment camps during his election?
Sorry everyone, I'm very curious
I am very touched that this was received so well. The comments are very receptive.
My mother’s family experiences were harsh.
When executive order 9066 was issued, her father had a stroke and was incapacitated as a result. The US government sent suits to the house before the family was forced to leave. They had my mother , a 13 year old girl, sign some release type paperwork which gave permission to take her father away. The next time the family saw him, it was at his funeral. She carried that guilt with her to the grave.
My auntie was a15 year old little girl and was randomly shot because she was Japanese.
My uncles both served in the US military while their families were jailed.
When executive order 9066 was issued, they could only take with them one suitcase. They lost their house, their possessions, they gave away their dog and all of their memories. Trying to sell any items was a joke. They received only pennies on the dollar. Imagine right now for a moment, what would you pack if you were told you were being jailed and you could only take one suitcase?
My mother was in Gila River where they lived in dirty horse stables.
When they finally moved into the barracks, she could remember the guards being able to look down into the latrines while they used them.
They had nothing to return to after the war, they had nowhere to go and they were afraid of the anti Japanese sentiment on the west coast, so they relocated to Ohio.
I can’t ever watch these stories with out crying.
They were US citizens!!!
And as so many people have pointed out , none of this was ever touched upon in our schooling.
The families that were jailed only reluctantly spoke of their time behind the barbed wire . I found this was very common .
Thank you for the video .
For those that are hearing this for the first time, thank you for listening.
Too bad at the time it was neccessary
Horrific
Wow. You really just roght a sa
( sory if roght something wrong I’m from Finland)
@Ch'iidii wow that's interesting because wasnt gallup the city that just did road blocks to keep citizens in ??
Ch'iidii thank you for that information! I was unaware!
Although it happened, it is good to hear there were at least pockets of people who thought rationally.
I was blessed to have a Japanese English teacher in high school, who knew we weren’t learning about this in history class. So she taught us about the internment camps in the USA. I was shocked, that’s when I learned our country hides the terrible things we have done.
Yeah. .🤔😑.
But then atleast you guys were handling it more humane than anyone else.. It was war time and for national security reasons.. It must be done..
Did your teacher also explain how the Niihau incident, for example, was one of several incidents that prompted the creation of the internment camps? That Japanese immigrants, including a Nisei, gave comfort to the enemy during the attack on Pearl Harbor? I'm not saying the large-scale camps were necessary, but those Japanese-Americans sure picked a bad time to help a Japanese flyer.
Terrible? it looks like quite a nice place to me, free food toys weddings photos, only 1000 people died and thats could be old age.
@@thatundeadlegacy2985 -- A prison is a prison, no matter what amenities it might have. I take it you would have gladly traded places with one of the Japanese prisoners and would have loved to have lived in an internment camp for upwards of 3 years? I mean, of course you would, you can play with all the toys, they feed you three times a day (but you can only have what they feed you, so no variety - I hope you like powdered eggs). And, wow!.. you can even get married. And the only catch is, you can't step a single foot beyond the fence line. I hear Utah is lovely in the winter. Yep... sounds like paradise to me.
Oh... meanwhile... your business? Yeah, it was taken over by a nice white guy (hey, check it out, the one who got your place is of German descent - how ironic). His family got your apartment too. Oh, and you lost virtually everything you owned, even priceless family heirlooms (because of the restrictions of what you could take into the camps). But don't worry... the American government will compensate you with reparations... 45 years from now, in 1988... when they pay you a whopping $20,000. I mean, sure... Nana and Pop Pop get nothing, cause they're dead... and Dad got nothing, because he's also dead, but mom who's now 68, she got paid and so did most of the kids. Yeah, that seems totally worth it.
My mother’s side is Japanese and from Hawaii. Her uncle was one of the three Japanese-Americans marine engineers at Pearl Harbor that worked on the huge ships during War World II and because of this they left our family alone and didn’t send them to the camps. He wrote a book about it later on
Did your mother’s uncle ever publish his work? I’d love to read it and get a real perspective on the subject! That sounds awesome.
Thank you so much for this! My paternal grandmother was in the camps with her family when she was in her early 20's. What she suffered stayed with her entire life. At the end of her life she suffered from dementia but could always remember what happened in the camps. It was very sad.
My "Godomaza" or Godmother was 9yrs old when Her Family was sent to Manzanar & then Arizona. Her Aunt Nobi is 95, still sharp & tells amazing, though sometimes heartbreaking stories of that time period. Entire Families committed suicide or burned Their Homes & businesses. Some Families had to watch Their neighbors loot their homes because Detainees were only allowed to bring 2 suitcases. It was another in a LONG line of shameful chapters in American history.
This is interesting you guys should do more of these
Agree. Keep telling the truth
They should do what happened to Americans and allies for that matter in Japan. Makes these internment camps look like day care. Unit 731 is something Japan will never admit to and one of the worst atrocities in human histories.
@@lawrencetalbot8346 was that part of the battle for Midway? That battle with the Marines and civilians against many many Japanese planes and battleships. What happened to those brave men after they were forced to surrender from their higher-ups is crazy. Almost unbelievable.
@@lawrencetalbot8346 well the USA rejected Japan's racial equality clause during the Paris Conference after WWI. So the US servicemen had no protection in place due to President Wilson. Plus didn't the US inspire the Germans to put people in ghettos. Funny enough Japan took in Jewish refugees from Europe, while the US sent them back to die.
Agreed! Please do more of these. ❤️
We need more of this. We never should forget it.
This Is why the west will fail because people are too weak. War is not meant to be good lines are drawn and you do what you think will save your people(europeans). China and Russia should we ever go to war with them will destroy us because were too worried about social justice.
Exactly! If I would have been here and old enuf I would NOT HAVE LET THEM TAKE ANYONE FROM THIER HOMES!..horrific ...sadly i believe we are close to this again...only not just Japanese or black or white...all they consider terrorists
Look up unit 731. That will change your perspective.
@@bruderschweigen6889 Nope, you can win a war and do it the right way. Esp not killing your own citizens. No one is worried about Russia lol
@@mrhumble2937 Well you're wrong but ignorance is bliss i wont take that away from you
This breaks my heart and pisses me off. They were treating like criminals for no reason. They did not teach about any of this in history classes when I was growing up. I didn't even know it had happened until I moved to California and got into a relationship with a Japanese-American and he told me stories about his grandparents and parents being held in these camps. 💔
Stories about the Japanese Americans and Canadians in the internment camps continuing to be good, hard working people, during and after their brutal treatment at the hands of government and society are some of the most inspiring stories of true grit and strong values in modern society.
I love that the person telling us was really there, more like this if you can Weird History!
He wasn't. He was a grandson of people who were. Didn't you hear him say that?
Stephen Wright how the hell did he miss that lol, no one looking that young was alive during WW2...
They didn't teach this in my history class 🤔
Of course not. It makes canada and america look bad. Only the bravest and most honest history teachers will discuss it. I was blessed to have one such teacher in grade 6.
Japanese also had their own internment camps
@@Momo-po5tn they had pow camps
@@WaiferThyme Santo Tomas Internment Camp was an interment camp
@@Momo-po5tn ooo i didnt know that! Thank you :)
Any time our country treats our own citizens less than, is a black mark to our history that should never be erased and never forgotten.
Blame FDR on this one. Most shit president who was gaslighted as one of the best for sure
Ben cunningham shut up he was a good president not the best but good
@@carteryt5477 he was a shitbag
My scout master Mr. Takahashi always told us stories of growing up in the internment camp and he even took us to manzanar on an August day coming home from summer camp. Hearing marks voice and seeing his voice gave me chills and took me back. I am wondering if Mark is related to my scout master? The stories seem similar and I am happy they are here for everyone to watch.
I'm not mark, but just from his voice and what we saw of his face, he's in no way Japanese or related to a Mr. Takahashi, it's amazing how much impact a good facilitator can have on his pupils :) is Mr. Takahashi still alive?
@@marktakahashi5024 Thank you for clarifying. I was a part of Troop 145 out of Maryknoll in Little Tokyo. My scout masters name was George Takahashi and he was born while his family was interned. Your families story is historic and I am glad I got to learn about it. I spent a lot of time as a child going to the Japanese American National Museum as a child because I was interested in learning about my heritage.
Thomas Jenkins I have so much to learn about my history but your stories are very interesting. Thank you for sharing them :) I went to Hiroshima as my graduation present in 2014 and it was very.... interesting to say the least. It was a wonderful learning experience.
it was incredibly engaging, the personal angle was just what a story like this needs
How about the Nisei who enlisted, served in the ETO, and won more distinguished medals per soldier than any white unit in the US Army in the whole War? I saw no mention of them.
My dad was in the famous 442nd battalion "Go For Broke". Thank you for bringing attention to them.
@@pandarush. You're welcome. I find them as fascinating as the Tuskegee Airmen.
Yeah & how about Jackie Chan? Everyone knows he's a tough lil sob🤷🏿♂️ yet I saw no mention of him? Or Bruce Lee? Or Ichiro Suzuki?🤦🏿♂️
@@tiddiesattic not even naruto
@@tiddiesattic How does Jackie Chan or Bruce lee fit into this?
This is the best thing this channel has ever done.
History is written by the survivors. They didn't teach this in American schools because this is not on brand with the whole "greatest country in the world" jive.
We are the greatest country in the world and this was taught to me when I was in middle school. History must never be forgotten.
Many people were taught this in American schools lmao
This is taught in almost all standard US history textbooks. What u r saying is false.
It wasn’t taught, it was mentioned. We don’t talk about this nearly enough for all the shaming we did towards Germany. There was literally one page that mentioned this. It wasn’t until college that I learned most of what I know now regarding this.
@@kristenthomas3985 one page? Did you have one book you used all through school?
Really enjoyed this! Would love more of these short documentaries.
This is a really interesting view into history thats rarely talked about. Having Ansel Adams come up in the story is amazing, possibly the best photographer of all time. Thank you for this story.
Outstanding style of work. I'm baffled by how casual you are about producing quality content. If I were to be a documentary maker, I know who's style I'm mimicking.
This is eye opening! I think I will love this new series. Thanks!
As someone of mixed Japanese and British descent, it's weird to think about how different the situations were for the Japanese side of my family versus the British within Canada during WW2 (yes, Canada interned Japanese people too). The British half was fighting in the war and, if we're being honest, probably felt animosity towards the Japanese, while the Japanese half was uprooted and forcibly moved inland to camps that were no more than tents when they arrived. I wonder how my ancestors on both sides would have reacted back then if they found out that so many of their great-grandchildren would be of mixed heritage with the "enemy" or "the people who sent them inland"
My grandma was in one of those internment camps, the stories she told me are so heartbreaking. This is forgotten history that needs to be remembered!
I found this very interesting. Loved the format.
Wow. I really liked this style of video.
This is the best video you have made.
Love this so much, thank you.
This is a great video. Please do more of this ❤️
Order 66...if I'm not mistaken,is the same Order utilized by Emperor Palpatine to annihilate the Jedi
I came here just for this comment! 😚
Also the same order used to deploy pisstroopers
It was
A lot of Star Wars kind of mirrors world war 2, it’s kind of interesting honestly
I came here just for this😁😁
This was a fantastic clip from what seems to be a very humble gentleman. What I saw here was a terrible situation looked back on with understanding of the ignorance of the day. What would you have done if you were in another country and years later your country and the one you live in now go to war?
Trevor Reilly both halves of my family were at war with each other at one point. I know I had family in WWII in America and definitely on my Japanese side as well. It’s really crazy.
@@mileyrocks852 wow I couldn't imagine what that would be like.
@@trevorreilly963 The closest point of reference I have is, imagine an Irish Catholic in the IRA being the brother of a trooper in the British Army, between 1969 and 1998.
@@stephenwright8824 it really is a lot to think about that's for sure
It's still great that people understand surname....you knew I was Irish lol
Thank you for shining light on this dark part of American history. This is a topic that mainstream media (for the most part) omits or ignores. These were innocent human beings, American citizens, and their stories deserve and need to be heard.
What an awesome, high quality series
This was amazing PLEASE do more like this
More dark history, of America in particular would be greatly appreciated. Greenwood district Tulsa Ok. Great dismal swamp, would be appreciated on my end. New subscriber really enjoy the channel. Thank you for making history interesting and honest.
It’s not dark cause they started it
Good news
For your information, History is not honest.
I love this type of mini doc video i would love to see more of these
More of these please...so fascinating
Very responsible and respectfully told. Thank you.
If you’re lucky enough to still have your grandparents, please talk to them. Ask them everything. Let them tell you their stories.
I appreciate this! Thanks for sharing. I also found out last week from a novel i was reading Japanese also had their own internment camp (Santo Tomas Internment Camp) idk if they had more than that.
Thanks for sharing their story ❤️
A+ video!
LOVE IT! A very different perspective!
I never knew about this! Such an amazing story and sad that it happened.
What an amazing video. Wow.
Thank you for sharing an intimate historical moment with the world. This is an important message at any time regarding our unjust treatment of one another over amoral belief systems driven by criminal syndicates instead of accepting our common ground in a proactive function for the sake of all life at all times.
Awesome video
I knew of the camps, but I just didn't know just how restrictive and enclosed they were. Thank you for a touching video.
I want to know more. I'd love if this was longer.
The guy led a boy scout troop, that's pretty American. By this account, he seemed like a great guy and that's what got him targeted.
Thanks for this. We know so little about this part of history. I wonder why.
Very good stuff
This is so fucking sad, if America can’t do anything else we can do forms of slavery and oppression well this is awful I’m glad he shared his story
George Takei grew up in an interment camp and what was more horrible by the time of war was over many of these Americans lost their real homes and they had nowhere else to go. Talk about an injustice
A good friend of our family was born in L.A. a few months before Pearl Harbor was bombed. She spent the first few years of her life a prisoner of the United States. Her family relocated to Indiana after the war where she and her siblings went on to become well educated and leaders in their communities. A truly fine American family.
i will never understand why they dont teach this stuff in school
I learned about this in high school
It’s because it shows America in a dark place. America would like us to learn how great it is, not the mistakes it’s made. But how do we learn from past mistakes if we never know about them? 🤔
There was something similar to this in Canada and it’s like a 50/50 chance that you’ll learn about which is just sad to think about
They do. Tf?
Wraith Reaper22 idk what school youre going to but they dont teach it at my school or any of the other schools in my area
This shows you that fear can make anyone do something messed up
Great 👍🏼 video
I grew up near the ruins of one of these camps. It’s a drag strip now but you could still see the outlines of buildings. It was pretty creepy.
Love it, love it. I hope you can do something like that about the Jim Crow law in US, it can be very educative.
I agree, there are several others i watch about that. Recently i was in the great dismal swamp, the we're colonies of escaped slaves hiding in there trading with local freemen and people who've yet to become liberated. Our country fails to give the story of the oppressed. And sadly those stories that are silenced, are those that are the most bad assed. I couldn't imagine a stronger person than a black woman escaping rape violence murder not being able to trust anyone and being moments away from liberation and fearing that human hunters are just going to return you to a life of hell. Some of the best stories are only available to those who seek them out. But imagine these taught in school. How interested would are youth be? They would be heroes taking the place of superman. Sorry for the ran.i love history and get to visit these places i Google the history and post about it on fb.
Outstanding addition.
When I was 10 my family and I stopped at Manzanar on our way down to San Diego, it was such a desolate place, it was chilling. At our Inn, we met some descendants of a family who were sent there, they apparently stayed in the same town since they had no where else to go.. The museum there was heartbreaking, the amount of shit these people went through. The grave site even more so, all the people who died behind bars..
Descanso Gardens in La Canada- Flintridge, CA used to belong to a Japanese family who had to sell it to go to an internment camp during the war. It's a botanical garden now.
An experience we all need to know. And not repeat!
Doug Ritenburg didn’t Arizona did it to Mexican Americans a few years back?
@@deljugo Isn't Trump still doing it to real Mexicans now? Or should I say, Mike "Heinrich Himmler of the 21st Century" Pence?
@@stephenwright8824 he's doing it to not only Mexicans, but Salvadoreans, Hondurans, and Nicaraguans as well. El Salvador is rarely ever a peaceful country, it was worse during the civil war in which my parents escaped. The amount of hate Hispanics get just for running away from danger and leaving everything known behind is astonishing because if other races or ethnicities were in the same position, they would probably run too, for the safety of themselves and their families. A few bad apples ruin the bunch and then we get a bunch of Trump's followers labeling every single Hispanic/Latino a Mexican who's also a rapist and a criminal. My parents fled to the US and haven't gotten in any major trouble, my dad learned English and got naturalized, my mom struggles to even grasp the language and she's a permanent resident. They were also about as broke as most Latino immigrants are now and already had 2 children at the time they arrived in Los Angeles. If only people saw the potential in these people who are willing to work despite the paranoia and the xenophobia stacked against them, these people would probably build up more just like my parents did. I'm proud to be Hispanic, and I'm also proud to be an American citizen. I think those two things are not mutually exclusive, it's okay to be proud of both without having to wage war on each side. I think security is important for the country, but so is having empathy to give those who have nothing a chance to prove their worth and grow. My two eldest sisters weren't born in the US, but they've worked hard to where they are now; one of them is a teacher and has a master's degree in education, and the other works a lower paying job, but she still has a nice enough home to raise her three children.
how I first learned about Manzanar was from a book I read in high school called Farewell to Manzanar and the women who wrote it was a prisoner in these camps with her family when she was a child. she talks about how she didn’t understand what was happening or why it was happening to them; goes to show how scary it was for children. it’s a great book with a semi happy ending. I recommend it as that book has led me to continue my research today about America’s ww2 prisons for Japanese Americans. any more book recommendations like in this video would be great! thanks!
Mark Takahashi wow 😯 thanks for the info, will look into the movie as well !!!
Very moving story.
My great great grandfather died in one of these camps. The fact that America did this in the first place, and even worse, tried to cover it up, disgusts me.
Thank you 🙏
Love this stuff
My family wasn't coastal, so we were blessed. However, my gr. Grandmother lost her citizenship for being married to a Japanese man and it wasn't regained until after she died. They weren't allowed to have maps, binoculars, globes, or cameras. My grandmother remembers (fondly) not having to go to Social Studies classes, though.
Seems like I’m the only one that got taught about these camps in history class
Awesome short documentary you've made weird history! Especially since the second season of the terror is about the Japanese concentration camps.
How evil can a whole population turn if it feels attacked.
Leonardo Cini Muslim males are required to register and report periodically to Homeland Security. I think only non-citizens though. 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
@@John77Doe I'm not american, so not very imformed about it, but this is very interesting, you got a link or something ?
Well, look at religious groups in peaceful countries like the USA? Just go to those religious gatherings off the beaten path. Like those walled cities wherein women are sex slaves and kids are born without documentation to become god warriors without a paper trail. Been there. Right wing politicians canoodle with them for votes. Also, look at religious groups overseas. Or just look up the Nazis before and during Hitler.
Der Herde
America did what they had to do, nothing evil there.
Where was the geographical location of the Louisiana camp? I'm from Hammond, Louisiana. I heard there was a camp right across the river from Baton Rouge in Port Allen, LA.
You don’t hear much about this in school, thank you for bringing light upon a dark time in WW2 and American history.
good stuff
I learned about this in my 3rd or 4th grade class (can't remember which, I wanna say it was my 4th grade class cuz my dad at the time had a huge crush on my teacher lol) , but I never really understood it until I was in the 6th grade. There was a book written about a young childs experience and how they coped by playing baseball and had a loving family and it was only a snippet of the story written in a text book. I had questions and went to my local library to read up on this. I didn't quite understand WHY people where persecuted and forced to move.
I learned about WWII in 6th grade and always remembered the Americans that where forced to camps. At the same time I learned about the forced removal of Natives (even though they adopted Anglo customs) in Georgia Studies. I didn't grasps the fullness of WWII until the 9th grade where I signed up for JROTC and was genuinely interested in learning about America in wars and outcomes (even though it was never tought in that class I did my own extensive research).
I wish more people know about this particular blemish , among many, in American history.
This is amazing
Wish i could promote this more somehow. i have always been very interested in the other side. whether it be from thousand of miles away to in country. Thank you for this Sir.
My Grandparents and Parents went to Heart Mountain. From there they were shipped to Chicago to work in the factories. My parents met in Chicago and married when the War ended. Both sets of families moved back to California.
Crazy how hard we condemn Germany yet this happened in AMERICA.
Bryan Gorenflo America is full of trash
Bryan Gorenflo amerikkka
Yeah.... ‘Murica, always showing the best, hiding the worst.
In all honesty there is much difference between German concentration camps or soviet GULAG's compared to Internment Camps.
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 Doesn't really matter, both were very wrong.
Thank you for this! Japanese are not supposed to talk about hardship, and it's hard to piece together family history without that. This helps fill in much needed gaps. :)
I JUST LOVvvvvvvvEEEEE this channel
My father was in a Japanese American outfit in World War II he fought in the Pacific he’s the only person I ever heard who hated Roosevelt. But I can totally understand why. Those kids he was serving with; their parents were in concentration camps. It’s absolutely outrageous. And another huge blight on our history.
If I was born any earlier, I’d be there.... so crazy.
Omgggggggg you saying that.. this all feels surreal
A friend of mine's wife was born in a Japanese internment camp. She later became a school teacher.
U k ow what's real bull carp about this? The government didn't do anything like this to the Germans or Italians during the war. And that would have effected my family
Affected
Bobby Taylor thanx
Nor was anything like that done in Hawaii, where there were more beligerent Japanese than anywhere on the West Coast.
Google Grosse Île, Quebec, where the British and Canadians did something arguably similar to Irish refugees of the Famine.
Yes!!!! That is exactly the way I look at it.
@@stephenwright8824 The plight of Japanese and Japanese Americans in Hawaii was a well kept secret.
There are photos and historic articles about it online and at your local library.
I know this all as well I my teacher who was great at her job gave a great interview at PBS.
As far back as it was when this occurred and the way it is remembered you would think we would be better about the way we handle similar situations. But no it's the same if not worse and that is unacceptable!
This was dope
Such fascinating untold stories. There's another about a nisei actress/dancer Sono Osato starred opposite frank sinatra in kissing bandits whose two younger brothers served in 442nd all Japanese volunteer army regiment.
Please do history in the Philippines too 🥺 I really love your channel cos I learn a lot in here than in school, and I want to learn about my country too hehe pls consider it 🥺
Very interesting, can you also do a video about the German internment camps too?
The Japanese Americans on Hawaii were not sent to the internment camps. They also made up the bulk of the famous 442 RCT. The most highly decorated of all American regiments.
My great grandparents and their kids were sent to internment camps during the war.
They had to leave the farm that my great grandfather built himself. My grandmother and grandfather actually met in one of those camps so I guess without ww2 I wouldn't exist.
This was one of your best episodes, in part because it was narrated by someone deeply involved in the experience. Thus it was respectful and didn't include justification for incarcerating American citizens because of their race.
I am a Black woman who grew up in L.A. This was the early 70's and our middle school was 1/3 Japanese kids. I knew about World War II but not about what happened to ALL the parents of my Japanese classmates. I thought the kids were secretive about what they did in their culture schools and/or Buddhist church on the weekends. Later when I learned about the real experience, it made total sense. I wasn't truly taught about it in school or university. I learned from reading on my own and the stories of Japanese friends and elders.
@Ramen Lover Wow, you're a quick study. Yes. Grew up in unincorporated L.A./Gardena.
Went to Gardena H.S. Were you loving that ramen in Gardena or somewhere else in LA?
Man, that was sad. Never forget.
I’m from the UK. We have never ever learnt about this even though my history teacher was American. I’m shocked and I feel ignorant for only having found out about this today when I started planning my trip to Los Angeles.
My father used to visit the interned Germany-Americans and Italian-Americans at the camps in Hermiston, Oregon. His older brothers had gone to fight in WW2, but my dad a was too young to go.
This was interesting