From: vivian greblo <vgreblo>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:59:42 -0600

I am very interesting in books that give readers another perspective on a familiar theme but I am concerned about the line in the book to which Ginny quotes about the pin worn by grandfather "so they would not be mistaken for the enemy." While this may be historically accurate let us not forget that thousands of Japanese Americans,WERE mistaken for the enemy. They lost jobs, homes, personal freedom and were interned in remote camps until war's end. The line about the pin disturbed me very much-- my first reaction was to reject the book entirely. After some reflection I see the value of using the book in order to explore the issue of racial/ethnic discrimination during WWII. Also I noticed that the cover illustration has Chinese calligraphy on a store front which looks suspiciously like Korean. (Reflecting the illustrator's background ?) Hmmm...Maybe I'm just being picky.

Vivian Greblo vgreblo at students.wisc.edu


Ginny Moore Kruse wrote:
Received on Wed 15 Oct 1997 03:59:42 PM CDT