RHET 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Japanese American Citizens League
20 Sep 2016
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Japanese inmates meticulously buried an oil drum in wyoming. Filled with hundreds of stones each with a japanese character written on it. Child would be an american in an unwanted alien body . All citizens of japanese descent put into camps because they were considered a military threat. Narrator"s father first-generation immigrant from japan (issei) But sent back to japan for her education. Narrator also born in america but grew up in camps. Mother died a year after let out of the camps ---> never spoke about or thought of again. Not because it was bad, but because the camps were not bad enough. Model towns - claimed that the japanese lived in comfort, away from the disturbance of other citizens, free to work willingly and paid by the government. Build their own towns to reclaim their lives away from their evacuated homes. Did not even have to live with your parents or families.
