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04/15/2009

I was 19 years old at internment. What have we learned from the experience? Our VFW Nisei Post 8985 has been speaking to students for over 20 years on LESSONS FROM OUR LIFETIME. Each one of us face discrimination. Ask a second grade class if they've been called names that hurt their feelings. They range from "fatso" to "burrito" to skin colors. For high school and college students our slides remind them that internment, the holocaust and 9/11 all start with hate. We need to learn and to teach respect for each other.

01/29/2009

I honestly feel that some people are treated so unfair and that is just bullsh*t....

01/22/2009

who knew that this is what these people had gone through just because some people from their country hated the Untied States

01/20/2009

To every face that had the courage to tell their story...I salute you! How many faces that have the same story, but because of fear, they live in the sad and silent world of "submission?" "We" are "all" here by the divine grace of our Great Creator. "We" were each gifted a purpose before birth with the profound and prophetic thought of ""Let there be."" This includes "all" people. No one is a mistake!

US-WE-ALL-HUMANKIND-MANKIND-HUMANITY...""WE THE PEOPLE...""

No one is superior or entitled over the other. "We" are "all" equal, free, and just in the eyes of our divine Creator!!!

GOD BLESS OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

Ms. Deloris Phillips
aka
PEACENUNITY

11/18/2008

It is great to have a site like this. You rarely hear these kind of stories and when you do hear them you can feel their emotion coming through their voice. Its really unfortunate that you hear these stories on TV because it might help change someone.

11/18/2008

It makes me sad to know that society can be so cruel. After hearing the accounts of those who have been discriminated against, I feel apprehensive about living in a society that doesn't learn from its mistakes. I can't image what it must have been like for the people who have lived through such hard times, but hearing their thoughts and feelings helps me to understand what a struggle it must be. One of the things that keeps coming to mind is that major changes still need to occur because there are too many people who are unhappy.

Thank you for providing views that helped me become aware of the discrimination that both Asian Americans and Arab Americans have lived through.

11/18/2008

To actually hear all these stories first hand, changes how you think of the whole situation and actually brings a realness to it. Usually talking about it can give someone an understanding, but when you actually hear it from someones own experiences its different. The face to face responses to aftermath were most interesting to me. Expecially being a white american, I can see and hear the discrimination without having it done to me.I consider myself a person who accepts other cultures and a person who doesn't stereotype, but after 9/11 I had to stop myself from instantly thinking "terrorist" when I would see someone who was potrayed as one in the media. Even though I knew it wasn't accurate and completely wrong, it was still an associated thought. Unfortunatly not all people can recognize the problem with this sort of stereotype like I could (and many others,not only minorites) and racial profiling exists fully in today's society.

11/18/2008

I thought it was very interesting to see these stories, because you never hear of these things in such detail in typical American schools. It is generally the majority's way to ignore the minority in an attempt to please the largest number of people.

It is always good to remind ourselves that while we may not be affected, there will walways be people on the other side of calamities such as war that are hurt and damaged, both physically and mentally, by our actions.

11/17/2008

Luckily for myself, I have never been in such a situation where I was persecuted because of my ethnic background. For the most part I believe people today believe in equality, justice, and freedom for everyone. However, I do know that the world was not always like that. The world I live in today way shaped by the sacrifices of the unwavering men and women who stood against oppression and worked for a better world for the next generation. We can see success of their efforts today when America finally voted for its first black president, of whom constantly called for greater involvement of people, especially young people, to get out and get involved and make a difference.

Yes we have come a long way in ethnic relations and as such it is the job of the current generation to take up the efforts of the men and women before them and continue to break down barriers and build bridges between people from all walks of life.

Ultimately, however, there is now a greater need for people to become involved within their communities in order to continue that which previous generations fought so hard to begin.

11/17/2008

This is truly an amazing site. What a great opportunity to hear stories first hand of very intense and real events that you wouldn't hear normally. Makes you think twice about the things in life you are blessed with in order to remember those that endured terrible things.

11/17/2008

I feel shocked and heart broken after hearing all these real stories by the people who have gone through with their own lived experiences. I can imagin how they feel because stereotype and racism still play a significant role in our society.

11/17/2008

After listening to to the people, I feel how unfair the world is. A very good site, learn a lot from it. We should not judge people by their race and their religions.

11/17/2008

These are the stories that we don't hear often. These voices are what need to be heard. People have stated that this nation has changed, but has it really? Have we really changed since WWII? Has our government truly attempted to abolish racism? I applaud these people for having the courage to tell their stories.

11/17/2008

I thought these lesson plans were amazing. I noticed that your suggested grade level was 8-12. It's ironic, I have been only about three years out of high school,and could not recall speaking or even learning about the misrepresentations in the media. The saying goes something like: "those who fail to remember to past, are condemned to repeat its mistakes". And this is clear in the heinous suggestion of "internment" camps. Despite the voices of anti-internment proposal, the media seemed to have a large proportion of pro-internment, suggesting an institutional discrimination, through misrepresentation.

11/06/2008

Hearing all these stories from a first person perspective really opens my eyes because you can't really hear this anywhere else that I know of.

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