2-1-Q #7

The first panel that I found interesting was the bottom one on page 140. The text on the page was the part that really stood out to me. The shame that the Japanese Americans carry from being put into the camps speaks to how this experience has affected them. The panel also says that the shame should be on the perpetrators, and so far in the book we have not seen anyone in the government at the time show any shame towards their actions. The other panel that I want to focus on is the one on the bottom left of page 152. The panel shows two men discussing going home when the camps are shut down as George listens from behind them. The one man is saying that their homes will no longer be theirs, which is something I didn’t think about before. The bottom text block also mentions that the barb wire has been protecting them, mainly from the racist attacks that could occur in the regular world. 

Wayne Collins was an attorney that helped those at Tule Lake who were forced into renouncing their citizenship. Collins filed two suits and two proceedings to try to prevent the removal of Japanese people from America. The judge ruled in favor of Collins, stating that the mass renunciations were unconstitutional. https://www.nps.gov/people/wayne-mortimer-collins.htm

If you were in their position, would you give up your American citizenship?