Housed multiple nationalities, german, germanamericans, a italians, japanese, and japaneseamericans, the only camp that housed multiple nationalities during the war. It was chosen in large part because it was in such an isolated location. If you wanted to have a camp like crystal city, it was a very good place to locate it. How did you find sumi . The first thing is, it was a long journey to sumi. I first learned about this camp many years ago, 42 years ago when i was a student at the university of texas. I met a remarkable man, alan tan iguchi, who was the dean of architecture. This might sound funny, but i was very young and from a small town in east texas, and i had never seen an asian person before. I was 19 years old. I met this guy at a Faculty Senate meeting. I was a young reporter for the daily texan. After the meeting, i went up to him and said, ive never met an asian person before. Where are you from . He said, brentwood, california. By said, i said, well professor, how did y
What this cartoon did from a journalist socially credible and deeply entrusted as life magazine was, especially at a time of such po larty was deeply irresponsible, in my opinion. Which we can all appreciate from contemporary standpoint. When people flinch at the use of the term jam. And one thing i do appreciate about it, though is acknowledgment, at least, in a public forum that most people could not tell the difference between certain types of asians, which, you know, i think a lot of us still agree would happen today. Well, would it happen today . Would it happen today . Would this happen again . Taking a large number of americans, citizens because of their race their religion, their national origin. I mean its not the same thing, but its sort of happening with the ferguson and, like, you know, racial policy in the United States right now. So its not the same thing at all. But its only still an issue today. In terms of race. What if theres another 9 11. What would happen . I dont k
American diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and others held behind enemy lines in germany and japan. Jan jarboe russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sumi . Sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer. The most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. He was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, photography was like the internet. Anybody who had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. The 32,000 enemy aliens fathers who were arrested were not arrested based on anything they had done as human beings but on their occupation, which could have been harmful according to the government to our war effort. Sumi was this remarkable, plucky tomboy who was going to Central Junior High School in los angeles when pearl harbor was bombed, and her life changed in an instant. Is she still alive . She is still alive. She is in her 80s, a
Archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. On february 19th 1942, roosevelt issued executive order 9066 leading to a forced relocation and internment of over 100,000 people of japanese ancestry who lived on the west coast of the u. S. About 62 of the internees were american citizens. A challenge to democracy from 1944 is a 20minute War Relocation Authority film which attempts to justify the policy by showing the internment process and Living Conditions in the camps sometimes admitting there were problems but frequently glossing over the many negative aspects of forced relocation. To wartime communities. Established in out of the way places. But ordered to reduce a military hazard at a time when invasion was great. 2 3 of the evacuees are american citizens by right of birth. The rest are the japanese born parents and grandparents. They are not under suspicion, they are not prisoners, not internees. They are merely dislocated people. The place ten different Relocation C
American diplomats, businessmen, soldiers, and others held behind enemy lines in germany and japan. Jan jarboe russell, author of the train to crystal city, who is sunni . Sumi is the japaneseamerican main character of my book who was born in los angeles, and her father was a photographer. The most successful japanese photographer in los angeles. He was arrested as an enemy alien because he was a photographer. During world war ii, photography was like the internet. Anybody who had access to it could take photos of military bases and things like that. The 32,000 enemy aliens fathers who were arrested were not arrested based on anything they had done as human beings but on their occupation, which could have been harmful according to the government to our war effort. Sumi was this remarkable plucky tomboy who was going to Central Junior High School in los angeles when pearl harbor was bombed, and her life changed in an instant. Is she still alive . She is still alive. She is in her 80s, a