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Originally Posted by riichkay
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Japanese American internees returning from a relocation camp walk past combat veterans, August 22, 1945, Los Angeles, California
A couple of the women are smiling, so I don't think the boys said anything rude.
Photog's equipment bags to the left of the railing? |
I've recently become educated about this regrettable chapter of American history (my wife is executive director of an organization that is producing a play based on the life of an internment survivor) and it is not a pretty story. I think the woman in the black hat's expression kind of sums it up.
George Takei recently had a guest editorial in the NYT (
here) that is relevant.