No one’s circumstances, sorrow, frustration or pain can or should be compared in any way.

I found myself clinging to my cultural ties.

Japanese American history is not so black and white.

Walking through the remains and restorations of Manzanar was a completely different experience.

I wondered why America teach students history of Japanese Americans in school because Japan do not teach it. However, my thinking has changed thanks to have a lot of opportunities to learn about it.

We become kind of “numb” or desensitized to the true terribleness of war on an individual level.