As for the internment camps, not only did I hear many stories from my husband’s family but, like many Japanese Americans not far removed from that period in history, we watched documentaries and read books, and generally learned everything we could. It is a fascinating, many-sided, and emotional episode in America’s history and one that should be studied in more depth in civics classes across the country. There’s a long history of violence against Asians in America. If you’re unaware of this, it’s not surprising: it doesn’t make the history books; it’s not taught in classrooms in America. But
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