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A review by livlamentloathe
They Called Us Enemy by Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Fascinating, heartbreaking, and hard to read. It was well told, but it was hard for the very reasons Takei lists at the end of the book: history is repeating itself. I knew very little of the Japanese internment until maybe college? Most of what I’ve learned has come from reading—unassigned/not for school.
I implore everyone to read this book. Or anything similar to understand the actions of our government. Not to “understand” as in “agree with,” but to acknowledge how bloody and disreputable our history is. The Germans weren’t the only villains of the second world war.
I implore everyone to read this book. Or anything similar to understand the actions of our government. Not to “understand” as in “agree with,” but to acknowledge how bloody and disreputable our history is. The Germans weren’t the only villains of the second world war.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Colonisation, War, and Deportation