Farewell to Manzanar

The Japanese-American family at the center of this story experienced a certain level of racism before World War II, an excessive and brutal display of racism during the war, and lingering aspects of racism following the war. The entire point of internment camps was supposed to be national security during World War II. Keep in mind, however, that you will never—ever—read a true story about internment camps for German-American families during World War II. Was the decision to illegal imprison thousands of families based on racism more than security? Does that question even need to be asked?