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3.92k reviews for:
They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition
Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei
4.54 AVERAGE
3.92k reviews for:
They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition
Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei
4.54 AVERAGE
“That remains part of the problem—that we don't know the unpleasant aspects of American history...and therefore we don't learn the lesson those chapters have to teach us. So we repeat them over and over again.”A truly harrowing look at the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War, viewed through the innocent lens of childhood.
It’s a reminder of not only the injustices done in the past, but what is continuously perpetrated today; shown in just a few heart-breaking panels of two children behind barred wires at different points in time.
With They Called Us Enemy, Takei also pointedly exposes how history is polished before being presented to the masses. The atrocities he, his family and hundreds of thousands other Japanese-Americans experienced are not part of this "clean history". It further shows how whoever controls the past, controls the future.
And we still, in 2020, need to change who holds that control.
Everyone should read this, because it’s a lost piece of history that needs to be acknowledged. Because the lessons learned from They Called Us Enemy has to be implemented into everyday life. Because the history of oppression is not something left in the past; it’s still being written today.
As history starts repeating itself with detention centers at the border, George Takei authors a moving graphical memoir reminding us of the brutal injustices and violations of liberty that took place at the Japanese internment camps. Through his family’s journey in the camps, we experience the fear, shame, and horror that thousands of Japanese faced as they were displaced out of their homes and forced into horse stables and barracks to spend 4 years.
“I had to learn about the internment from my father, during our after-dinner conversations. That remains part of the problem - that we don’t know the unpleasant aspects of American history and therefore we don’t learn the lessons those chapters have to teach us. So we repeat them over and over again.”
I wish more books like this were used in schools when teaching US history. How many times has this happened in our history and then we look away and don’t talk about it again? Many.
I wish more books like this were used in schools when teaching US history. How many times has this happened in our history and then we look away and don’t talk about it again? Many.
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Very emotional and informative. I couldn’t put it down. It was very disheartening to hear how little it was recorded in history books by gladdening to see it be brought to light.
Found it while voting for GCA. The drawing isn't my type, but I'm here to read the story. The only reason why I read this gn is that I'm going to read [b:Daughter of Moloka'i|32854324|Daughter of Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #2)|Alan Brennert|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525487679l/32854324._SY75_.jpg|53456258], and it's a nice start since it talks about military camp for Japanese ancestry. Told by a kid's memories, the military camp doesn't sound that bad. But I should know that the reality was way worse. The story got a bit boring at the end and the unexpected turning made me could only give it 3 stars.
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