Symbolism under Siege: Japanese American Redress and the Racing of Arab Americans as Terrorists
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: Symbolism Under Siege: Japanese American Redress and the "Racing" of Arab Americans as "Terrorists"Natsu Taylor Saitot Warren, Roosevelt, DeWitt, and others were the architects of the internment, but we are its authors.We write of it and hope to find meaning in it, honoring those who lived it....We honor the quiet dignity of those who left on the trains for the desert.We honor the maverick rebellion of those who refused to go.We honor the Issei... whose survival was their response to those who would deny their humanity.Here we are, writing as their heirs, writing the meaning of the internment.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
DOI: 10.15779/z38b56v
Author: Saito, Natsu Taylor
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W127392289