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Echoes of the past: As Japanese Americans prepare to share stories of World War II internment, one wonders if the past is in danger of repeating itself

Richard de Queiroz was a teenager in Los Angeles in February 1942, when President Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring that “all persons deemed a threat to national security” be  removed from the West Coast.   Richard’s father was from Mexico, and his maternal grandparents were from Japan. His ancestry meant he was a “threat,” […]

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