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They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition by Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger
20 reviews
redhairedashreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Racism, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Child death
magpienicky's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Confinement and Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Deportation
Minor: Child death and Death
pacifickat's review against another edition
5.0
"Justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in each other, [...] that my liberty depends on you being free, too;[...] that history can't be a sword to justify injustice or shield against progress, [...] but must he a manual for how to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past."
- Pres. Barack Obama, They Called Us Enemy p. 203
This book should be a national treasure. One of the best historical memoirs I have ever read. The messages it contains are even more vital and pressing today than ever before.
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, War, and Deportation
Minor: Violence and Police brutality
Incarceration, racial injustice, generational traumamrsduke89's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
lidia7's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement and Racism
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, and Grief
Minor: Child death and War
charliereadsalot's review against another edition
4.25
CW: xenophobia, racism, war, mention of death (including of loved ones)
This was a very informative and eye-opening read. As a German we get taught a lot about WWII but usually not about what happened in the States. To be perfectly honest, up until this semester at uni I had never really wondered about repercussions for immigrants from Japan living in the US during the war and after Pearl Harbor, so I also did not know about the internment camps and forced relocations.
I really liked the format of the graphic novel, it made the information and account of what happened much more accessible and memorable. It is important to be aware of history such as this and this book is an easy and quick way for people to educate themelves.
One key aspect that elevated the graphic novel in my opinion is the connection between what happened to Japanese Americans in the 40s and what continues to happen to immigrants and people of various descents to this day in the US.
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and War
Minor: Death
slavic_bookworm's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Racism, and War
booknerd_life's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Blood, and War
doriandelioncourt's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Grief
2busyreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, and War
Moderate: Death