The story Mr. Doi shared with us gave me a new perspective on the Japanese internment camps.  Mr. Doi had a normal life in rural California and was friends with people of different races as well growing up. Since the town he grew up in had many Japanese-American families there really wasn't much anti-Asian racism. The racism in Mr. Doi's town started after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. It was then when the racism there became more intense. Even though FDR was the president that allowed order 9066, Mr. Doi didn't have negative feelings towards him at all. Camp life was difficult to adjust to for various reasons. They felt that America was there country too and that the government  had betrayed them. Also, in the concentration camps the people were only allowed to bring what they could carry in there arms. In the camps there were a number of activities that the people there could do. The schools there first had teachers who were college graduates but later on there were professional teachers there. Adjusting to life after camp was difficult especially financially. Before they were forced into the camps, people had to either sell their belongings and properties for unreasonably low prices. The other option was to take a risk and trust someone with your things and properties and hope they give it back afterwards. Mr. Doi said that the reparations did not make up for their placement in the concentration camps but most still accepted the checks. Today, the camps still affect the people who were in them many years ago. One thing I found interesting was how Mr. Doi said that one of the first questions a Japanese-American asks another is what camp they were in. I'm very grateful to have listened to a first hand account of what it was like in the internment camps.