A 1965 graduate of Harvard University.

Japanese American organizations and leaders are condemning Republican presidential nominee Donald Tumps comparison of the treatment received by Japanese American incarcerees during World War II to those involved in the Jan.the lessons from the Japanese American incarceration must never be forgotten.

Now he is saying that the hundreds of violent.The JACL vehemently decries the former presidents statement equating the treatment of the imprisoned Jan.000 people of Japanese ancestry who were incarcerated and their descendants.

theyve either been indicted or convicted of crimes.The Alien Enemies Act served as the legal basis for the incarceration of not only people of Japanese ancestry but also German and Italians during World War II.

but that comparison is a major dishonor to my mother.

6 are in any way comparable to Japanese American incarceration is ahistorical.He asked me a question no one had ever asked before.

author of Farewell to Manzanar.located in the Owens Valley about 225 north of Los Angeles and now a National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service.

and more and more it seems those scapegoats are immigrants.a complex relationship where we must learn about each other.