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Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'
They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei
2 reviews
livlamentloathe's review against another edition
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: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Hate crime, and Confinement
Moderate: War, Colonisation, and Deportation
instalovewithbooks's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
A good read. It was very interesting to learn more about what happened to the Japanese Americans during WW1, and what they had to go through. It really isn't as far away as people think it is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Racial slurs
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