Reflection on Mr. Doi's Experiences

After inventively listening to Mr. Doi's past life experiences, it allowed to me to really understand what happened in the camps and how they affected people's futures. As a child, Mr. Doi was not affected by race and it did not play a role in his life, but as he got older moving into high school, racial groups started to form and things started to change. When the Pearl Harbor attack took place, racial things really started to heat up and the change became noticeable for him. People moved towards more extreme segregation from Japanese, and eventually they were put into camps. Mr. Doi described camp as a time he got closer to his fellow Japanese as they went through many hardships together. After internment, these relationships with his fellow internees allowed him to have companions to help him cope with the post-war racism. The calmness Mr. Doi has while recalling his story demonstrates how he has matured and now understands the horrific past.