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Displacement by Kiku Hughes

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During Kiku’s vacation in San Francisco, she finds herself displace and transported by to a history that was previously unknown to her -- a 1940s Japanese-American internment camp where her grandma found herself placed in WW2. Through the landscape and imagery Kiku learns about camp life, loyalty tests, and the reluctance / erasure to embrace Japanese culture because of this ingrained trauma. Kiku, who is biracial, slowly reconnects with her family history while also exploring the topics of ‘model minority’ and her heritage. Overall, these illustrations and story captures the intergenerational trauma and history during this period.