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Untold Stories of Japanese America n Incarceration is about the double-incarceration of loyal Japane se American citizens during World War II.

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In 1943\, the US governm ent required those forcibly relocated from the West Coast and put into cam ps to answer a &ldquo\;loyalty questionnaire&rdquo\; designed to\, belated ly\, distinguish &ldquo\;loyal&rdquo\; from &ldquo\;disloyal&rdquo\; Japan ese American citizens so they could be released to resettle away from the West coast. Tens of thousands of Japanese Americans answered questions abo ut their willingness to serve in the military and their loyalty to the US in complex ways\, reflecting concerns for non-citizen parents\, resistance to incarceration\, and desire for their civil liberties to be respected. As a result of these answers\, more than ten thousand were then labeled di sloyal\, sent to Tule Lake Segregation Center and Department of Justice pr ison camps for the duration of the war.

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Within the hothouse enviro nment of the segregation camp\, where there were widespread protests and v iolence\, some 5\,000 Japanese Americans renounced their US citizenship be cause they had come to think it was worthless\, moving to Japan after the war. Virtually all were later vindicated by the US Supreme Court\, their c itizenship was restored\, and they were awarded reparations alongside othe r survivors. In this talk\, Jolie Sheffer shares original research she has done\, including the records of one family who lost ever ything but never gave up on the American Dream. \;

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Jolie A. Shef fer is an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English and American culture studies at Bowling Green State U niversity. She is the author of \;The Romance of Race: Incest\, Miscegenation\, and Mul ticulturalism in the United States\, 1880-1930 \;(Rutgers Uni versity Press\, 2013) and \;Understanding Karen Tei Yamashita \;(Universit y of South Carolina Press\, 2020). \;

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