Sonntag, 17. Juni 2007

Letter by a japanese-american teenager in a Internment camp to a friend

Hi James,
how are you? I hope you noticed that I have been away since last Friday. Well, this great government in the country of liberty said we're something like terrorists since Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. I'm in Manzanar, the concentration camp about 30 miles away from you. It's so disgusting here. We're about 20 people in a 50m² room. The toilets are unpartitioned and we have to sleep in paper-covered barracks. I feel like in prison because the area of ihe camp is surrounded by barbed-wire. I hope that the war ends soon and I hope that the US-government recognizes that we have nothing to do with this war. Well, I got to stop now because we're not allowed to write more than a few letters. I hope you don't forget me. I miss you.
Your Ashika

1 Kommentar:

Stephanie Woessner hat gesagt…

With a few corrections we could use this for the radio show!