Category: japanese incarceration

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+ displacement, george takei, James Hatsuaki Wakasa, japanese american internment, japanese incarceration, they called us enemy

Immortality and Memory

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“Memory,” as George Takei puts it in They Called Us Enemy, “is a wily keeper of the past.” It shifts and moves, changing over time. Memory, as well, is the keeper of the past and the means of immortality. It’s the act of remembering that connects us to those whom we have never personally met, not just with people that we tangibly interacted with … Read More Immortality and Memory

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+ chester himes, democracy, japanese american internment, japanese incarceration, lillian e smith, world war ii

Chester Himes “Democracy is for the Unafraid”

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Chester Himes wrote his 1945 novel, If He Hollers Let Him Go, while living in the home of Mary Oyama Mittwer, a Japanese American author who, along with her family, was incarcerated at Heart Mountain in Wyoming then relocated to Denver in 1943. In 1944, Himes wrote “Democracy is for the Unafraid,” which appeared in Common Ground. Himes saw Japanese incarceration firsthand, and he … Read More Chester Himes “Democracy is for the Unafraid”

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