Listening to Mr. Doi's story allowed me to realize the severity of Japanese Internment. One specific childhood story that stuck out to me was when he brought food to a pool party, but the kids would not let him stay and have a good time (due to his race), so they kicked him out. After Mr. Doi said this it showed me how these racist thoughts surfaced and how they would make something so awful seem so casual. When Mr. Doi described the extreme anger and hatred the Americans had for the Japanese and Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor, I had immediate empathy for the Japanese-Americans. It's horrific that the United States would immediately blame the Japanese-Americans. That behavior reminds me of the Jim Crow south way back and the "one drop" rule, saying you are only the slightest bit of African American ("one drop") you are automatically African American. I was shocked when he described camp and high school life. I was not aware of the organized activities, but I'm happy they had those in order to keep the kids occupied. Integrating back into society must of been tough. Those people had everything taken away from them, and now they had to adjust and get back into their daily lifestyles and routines. The $20,000 in reparations was definitely not enough. Yes, the money was a head start after leaving the camps and having nothing, but for all of the possessions taken away from them it does not compare. I think it is great that Mr. Doi still keeps in touch with people from the camps. It really shows the close bond they have together and it's great that there is at least one positive outcome from such a negative situation. This reminds me of what happened in Hiroshima. Even though the bomb was something so horrific, it pulled the community even closer together. I am really happy that Mr. Doi came and spoke to us. I learned a lot that I was not aware of before and it was awesome to hear the story from the perspective of someone who actually experienced the event.