Canada hounded Japanese even After WWII

4/13/2016 12:06:35 AM

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Japanese-Canadians on their way to WWII internment camps

Although I don't know who the girl is I will confess I have been haunted by her image for a very long time. In the years leading up to the redress movement I bought and read The Enemy That Never Was and the book has been in my possession ever since. Every time I packed my belongings to move every time I reorganized the books on my shelves every time I touched this book I would inevitably look at the cover and stare at the girl.

The full photograph from which the close-up is taken appears later in the book. It shows the girl surrounded by a crowd of Japanese Canadians who are waiting at a train station. Suitcases and boxes sit on the ground in front of them. The girl is leaning forward as far as she can straining to look down the tracks one imagines. Wanting to be the first to catch a glimpse of the train. Read more

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