Thoughts from a Nisei after 9/11 - Joe Yasutake
During World War II, Joe Yasutake and his family lived in the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and the Crystal City internment camp, Texas. In this clip, Joe Yasutake talks about the loss of civil liberties in the political climate following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
This clip is an excerpt from Joe Yasutake's Densho oral history interview conducted October 9, 2002. To see the complete interview segment, visit the Densho Digital Repository (http://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-136-21/).
More Information:
- Learning Center: http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/
- Timeline & Key Historical Dates (Japanese American Incarcertation): http://dm.aasc.ucla.edu/iac/teach/learning-center/timeline-jai/
- Minidoka Concentration Camp: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Minidoka
