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Internment Camp

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“If I treated you the same way you treated me, you would hate me” is what I thought to myself as I was taken into this new place. Darkness and whitewashing fill my new “home” which to others is known as a horse stable. Treated like an animal, but in my own world, hoping to be treated as a human being. Armed guards always by our side, avoiding to give us privacy. - A couple years ago, along with my brother Toku I was relocated into this new “home”. We were forced out of our home at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Ever since, we that come from a Japanese heritage are considered enemies. Being sent to an internment camp changed my life. Luckily, I have a passion for art.

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