On Friday, our class got the opportunity to talk to Mr. Doi, Lia's grandfather. He was a Japanese American who was interned in the United States. His story was very different. Mr. Doi grew up in a neighborhood where he didn't experience a lot of racism, so when the Japanese Americans were interned, he was really confused about why it was happening. When all of this was going on, people would say things like "you bombed us" and he would say "no, we didn't". I agree with his answer, "no" because he didn't bomb the U.S. he was living in the United States, not in Japan, and even if he did live in Japan doesn't mean that he was a part of the bombing. He was young and about to start high school, he was just living his life until he noticed that things were changing. The fact that everything could be so normal until one thing happens and then the whole world thinks of you in a bad way confused him, it would have confused me too. Another thing that interested me was that $20,000 was given to Japanese families after the war but for some people it wasn't enough. According to Mr. Doi, it depends on what you had before the war, some families had farms so the reparations that were given was not enough at, but for people who started with nothing, $20,000 was more than enough. I'm very grateful for getting the chance to listen to a story that not many people get here here about it first hand.