BCC Multicultural Event: Japanese Americans in World War II
Channel: Bristol Community College
Date: 2013-12-09

Looking at your cell phone, laptop, TV or other technological devices you may have come to respect and expect quality from Japanese brand names such as Toshiba or Sony, but 70 years ago during World War II, suspicion and accusation toward Japanese-Americans was high.  Dr. James Hijiya, professor of American history at UMass Dartmouth, will speak about this edgy time in the history of United States when many Americans with Japanese heritage were taken from their homes and "relocated" into holding camps where they were fenced in and separated from society.