Huge thanks to Susan Kamei for her interview explaining the Japanese and Japanese experience Pre-WWII.

In this addenda episode, we go over some of the terms (Japanese and English) you'll hear throughout this season that you're probably unfamiliar with.

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Susan Kamei -lawyer, author and professor- shares the context of the Incarceration of Japanese and Japanese Americans in WWII by sharing the Japanese experience in the mainland US before Pearl Harbor: the successes they had, the racism they faced, and the government policies that backed up that racism, long before the war began.

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Addenda episodes are released between our main interviews, where we'll answer questions and share bonus content cut for time.

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This episode, we share two stories cut for time from the interview with George Takei.

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Famed actor, author, speaker, and activist George Takei takes us through his family's story of being incarcerated during WWII, simply for being Japanese.

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Season 1: “American Concentration Camps: The Story of WWII Japanese Incarceration” launches February 19th.

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