In the final chapter of the movie, In the final chapter of the movie, Koji says goodbye to his old life, and in the process, challenges the racism that has influenced even his young friend Judith. Although there was no evidence of collusion with the enemy, racism and wartime hysteria ultimately led to the incarceration of more than 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry. Explore the legacy of the incarceration through the images, videos, and documents below.
Witness post-WWII instances when politicians, journalists, and activists have invoked Japanese American incarceration as a point of protest or, at times, as a precedent for restrictions on rights.