The injustice is extremely emotive, with Harmony Becker’s simple black and white illustrations drawing some of the sting from appalling treatment. By the time they were transported by train from California to Arkansas they’d lost their homes, their belongings, their freedom and their dignity. What’s clearly transmitted is the effort made by his parents to conceal their own fears from their young children. Museum and Presidential Library, both providing some of the experience. The narrative is Takei’s own voice, switching between a 2014 Ted Talk and a 2017 talk given at the F.D.R. No exact breakdown of the writing duties is provided for what’s partly Takei’s own experiences and partly the historical background. Still best known for the role he played in Star Trek during the 1960s, George Takei was five when his family was among those rounded up, his mother born in California to Japanese immigrants and his father an immigrant himself as a teenager over twenty years previously. It’s not the only over-reaction in the name of protecting the American people in the 20 th century, but remains a moment of national shame. There was no vetting process, and so little humanity. The US response to being attacked by Japan during World War II was to round up all Americans of Japanese ancestry, along with all Japanese living in the USA and confine them to internment camps.
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