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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.

Maybe the Japanese during the Second World War.Japanese Americans whole families were incarcerated without any sort of trial — their only crime was they were of Japanese descent.

who teaches in the Asian American Studies Program at University of Maryland.

even my Nash grandparents — New England church-going Republicans (as in the original radical Republicans who opposed slavery) — would never have voted for a man as divisive.articles and reviews often focused on themes of ethnicity and diversity.

‘They dont and wont speak our language?Many of us who lived through the racism and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II remember what it was like to have those very words directed against one innocent group.Jeannes books and other writings will continue to be important entry points to the Japanese American incarceration story for many.

‘They are different from us.whose powerful memoir Farewell to Manzanar opened Americas eyes to the Japanese American experience during World War II.