Mr. Doi

    Mr. Doi gave a personal yet informative talk last Friday. He first described his life before the internment camps, which was already very interesting. The Japanese-Americans of his generation were some of the first to finally feel fully accepted into American culture. Unfortunately, Pearl Harbor changed that, although Mr. Doi described how he was lucky enough to live in a Japanese-American dominated commnity, which allowed him to avoid most of the harsh prejudice many others were subject to. As Mr. Doi entered the camp, he felt a sense of betrayal: What kind of country locks up its own citizens on no charges at all? Regarding leaving the camp, the feeling must have been strange; After living somewhere for three entire years, one must return to a life they once had with nothing to go back to. The only thing close to an apology the Japanese-Americans received was a reparation of $20,000, which in some cases come nowhere near to the amount lost by some. According to Mr. Doi, the reparations could only be made fairly if each individual person was given the money's worth from what they lost. Some had lost much more or much less than others.