1 post tagged “american internment”
I just came across a link to San Jose's NBC11 link to a documentary they produced on the Japanese Relocation Camps during WWII. While I haven't seen the entire documentary, I think educating people on the fact that Japanese-Americans, a majority of whom called the United States their home, or who were naturally born Americans, were forced to relocate for "their own safety" after Pearl Harbor. While many did so willingly, as a way to help their country, the reality is that most lost their homes and their possessions... not to mention their dignity.
I brought my son to Manzanar last year as part of a little adventure road trip. I found it interesting that at 6 years old, he understood what it meant to lose his home, his toys and his clothes. Having known a couple of people who were interned at Manzanar and later Tule Lake as children. I also explained to my son that the kids didn't know any different. They still got to play, and when things got more organized, they still went to school. It was more difficult for the adults... and it was...
NBC 11's Dreams to Dust: Americans Interned
