It is always enlightening to hear about historical events from a personal perspective, and I was very grateful to learn about Mr. Doi’s experiences. Hearing about how his childhood was just like any other child’s and how he wasn't very aware of racism because he hadn’t noticed it, reveals how when internment began, the strong racist feelings were new to Japanese Americans like him. Mr. Doi explained how the turning point for the racist feelings came about after the bombing of pearl harbor. At that point, he expressed that the Japanese Americans became the enemy despite the fact that they were American citizens and were the one’s who were bombed. That was impactful because obviously none of those people were involved but they were punished anyways. The attack on Pearl Harbor led to internment where experiences were much different than he was used to. I was very interested to hear about the camp life, which he described as cold and cramped. 3 years in a foreign environment is an awful experience, but they were eventually released. He said that the discrimination changed and that he saw a change in attitude of everyone, in a positive way. That was a start to the reparations though Mr. Doi first thought that it was hopeless. While legislatures began protecting civil rights and groups formed to stand up for the Japanese Americans, there were also reparation payments made. Sensibly, he thought that the payments were not nearly enough to replace everything, but were at least an effort, and better than nothing. After all of the issues, Mr. Doi is comfortable sharing his story and even keeps in touch with fellow internees. I was happy to learn that there are reunions between them and that having that past creates acquaintanceships among those who experienced internment. It was an impactful experience to hear from Mr. Doi, that helped my understanding of Japanese Internment.