Q: I do know you’re taking some warmth over a response to a reader’s feedback associated to the incarceration of Japanese Individuals.
It occurred to me that you could be not remember that BART has been very lively in ensuring this shameful chapter in our historical past is remembered. Right here’s extra data: www.bart.gov/information/articles/2020/news20200122
James Allison, BART Media Relations Supervisor
A: At its San Bruno Station, BART has a long-term arts exhibit that examines the native historical past and impacts of Japanese American incarceration throughout World Battle II.
The Tanforan Meeting Heart Exhibit focuses on Govt Order 9066, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and its impacts. The manager order licensed the incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan.
The San Bruno Station is constructed on the website of the previous Tanforan Racetrack which was transformed into one of many “meeting facilities” the place Japanese Individuals had been compelled to dwell for a number of months previous to switch to the detention camps.
The station features a assortment of images and shows of the racetrack’s transformation into a detention facility. A memorial can be being constructed on the website. For extra data, see https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/11/peninsula-celebrates-groundbreaking-of-new-japanese-american-internment-memorial-at-san-bruno-bart-station/
Q: I’m proud to say that my church in Palo Alto, the First Congregational Church, took care of the property and companies of its three Japanese American households whereas they had been interned in a jail camp. When the households returned, their property was turned again over to them in good condition.
Individuals who come to this nation shouldn't be blamed for the actions taken by the governments and folks of the international locations they left (except the folks right here had been personally concerned in these actions and got here right here to cover out and escape punishment – as was the case with many Nazi conflict criminals!).
Carol Zink, Redwood Metropolis
A: This work by your church was admirable. Another Individuals additionally tried to protect and defend the property of Japanese Individuals interned on the camps, however far too many misplaced their property.
Q: I can suggest a unbelievable novel that particulars the internment of Japanese Individuals in World Battle II. It's “Resort on the Nook of Bitter and Candy” by Jamie Ford. The tales of the affected households is one which must be informed.
A shifting documentary is popping out quickly by Professor Celine Parrenas Shimizu known as “80 Years Later” (https://blogcritics.org/los-angeles-asian-pacific-film-festival-interview-celine-parrenas-shimizu-80-years-later/).
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
A: Thanks for sharing these suggestions.
Q: Your column talked about a number of museums, however omitted the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, in San Jose’s Japantown. I like to recommend it extremely. For extra data, see: https://www.jamsj.org/
Roger Miller
A: Thanks for this priceless advice, as effectively.
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