This comment was written by Ron Inatomi on 21 Aug 2023.

Images and Imaginings of Internment: Comics and Illustrations of Camp

1/16 What you can carry

Just 1/16 Japanese ancestry is reason to incarcerate..they even searched the orphanages..unbelievable. As a Sansei I cannot comprehend what the Isseis and Niseis were faced with…if it happened today to me, how would I sell my house, two cars, and decades of personal belongings….all for a fair price…vultures knowing the situation would offer me a fraction of the value, and forced to say “Yes to what I can get” Our pioneer Fathers and Mothers said Shikata ga nai & Gaman, rarely if at all talked about it.

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