Oh! Poston, Why Don't You Cry for Me?

And Other Stops Along the Way

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Oh! Poston, Why Don't You Cry for Me? by Paul M. Okimoto, Xlibris US
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Author: Paul M. Okimoto ISBN: 9781465395924
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: December 15, 2011
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Paul M. Okimoto
ISBN: 9781465395924
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: December 15, 2011
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

The internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War was a landmark in American jurisprudence. One hundred twenty thousand Japanese, the majority of whom were American citizens, were forcibly removed from the west coast of the United States because of their race. I was one of the 120,000 internees, but was only seven years of age when interned and ten when I returned to California. I was too young to fully appreciate the historic scope of the incarceration of American citizens simply because of their national origin. This awakening came later. My parents were able to keep me from fully realizing my situation, and protected me from the feeling of helplessness that would have come with a better understanding of what had happened to us.

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The internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War was a landmark in American jurisprudence. One hundred twenty thousand Japanese, the majority of whom were American citizens, were forcibly removed from the west coast of the United States because of their race. I was one of the 120,000 internees, but was only seven years of age when interned and ten when I returned to California. I was too young to fully appreciate the historic scope of the incarceration of American citizens simply because of their national origin. This awakening came later. My parents were able to keep me from fully realizing my situation, and protected me from the feeling of helplessness that would have come with a better understanding of what had happened to us.

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