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- 1Descendant of Japanese incarceration urges lessons of Manzanar●The Guardian: A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’ Ho
A child of Japanese Americans incarcerated during the Second World War has issued what The Guardian calls a call to arms, saying the lessons of the Manzanar camp in California have never been more urgent. The piece centres on a rebuilt historic baseball diamond at the site, which the author describes as embodying the contradictions in America's legacy of detaining its own citizens.
- 2Descendant of Manzanar detainees warns lessons are fading●A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’ https://www. the
A child of Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Manzanar detention camp during the Second World War has issued a call to arms, arguing that the lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent. Writing in the Guardian, they connect the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans to present-day debates over race, immigration and civil liberties in the United States, warning that history is at risk of repeating itself.