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� Introduction

of Japanese Canadian

　　　(Before/During Internment Camp)

� The experience of

of Japanese Canadian

� Discussion

� Conclusion

What is “Exclusion” ?

Isolation

Abuse

Segregation

Fear

Shame

Violence Distancing

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http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/lessons/gallery_walk02.htm

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http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/lessons/gallery_walk01.htm

Powell Street achieved great prosperity

ethnic Japanese stores and organizations

　Ex.) restaurants, Language school, and Buddhist church

� Spend a life same as -life style

� Enjoyed and sought amusements

� Hold traditional events

Ex.) Hinamatsuri, Tango-no-Sekku

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� Do you remember on Dec,7th 1941?

Pearl Harbor

The Situation Turned Completely

In � 1,800 fishing boats were seized and

impounded.

people move miles � 699 of 945 men working the road

crews

� Women and Children move to six inland

� They lived in small houses

�  No electricity, running water or adequate heating

� Disease was spreading in Winter

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� The Life of Internment Camps http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=8mqSfnZ7D2I&feature=related

　　Please imagine, 　　If you were in the same 　 situation…

David Takayoshi Suzuki

� Born in

� Grandparents had immigrated to Canada at the begging of the 20th century

� Third-generation Japanese Canadian (Sansei)

�  In Suzuki family was sent to internment camp following the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor.

� David became a target for other Japanese youth because he did not refuse his Canadian roots. 　　　　　　

　　

　　

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Canadian Nationality

Language

Japanese Roots

Genetic

�  CBC Digital Archives ~The Internment of the Japanese Canadians~

�  http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/second_world_war/topics/568-2918/

Japanese Canadian Bilingual

Canadian English

David English

Terrified Bullied

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� Between age of 5 to 9

� David did want to associate himself with Japanese because he couldn’t speak Japanese.

� He was excluded by white children because he looked like Japanese.

A difficult period of self-hated

１.The Interview of elderly people 　　　　　　 @ the next nursing home to Nikkei Place

・terrible ・taken everything away ・couldn’t resist ・too hard work but few money 「Nasakenai」 (miserable)

２.The records in Nikkei Place

Surrounds are really

and

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They couldn’t get back

their things after

confiscation…

regarded like as a

slave

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Canadian

Japanese Canadian

We are Canadian

You are Japanese

JC thought they were JC knew they were regarded as Accept to be regarded as Want to be regarded as

Why did they not resist the Internment?

ー Please imagine the feeling of Japanese Canadian

i

� It related to Japanese spirit of

“ ”

� Many Issei(１st generation) said

　　　“ ”

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“Exclusion”

Isolation

Abuse

Segregation Fear

Shame

Violence

Distancing

Fear

Shame

Compulsion

Enforcement

「Nasakenai (miserable /woeful)」

Isolation

Segregation

Distancing

Physically

Mentally

→ Outsider

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The background of the　　　　　　　 … “Exclusion”

Japanese Spirituality

・ / ・ / (patience / That’s the way it goes)

Thank you J