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Satsuki Ina Was Born American but Looked Like the Enemy

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What is the meaning of loyalty when you look like the enemy? Satsuki Ina was born in a prison camp during World War II. Her family was among 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens, who were forced from their homes on the west coast and incarcerated without due process or a trial. When her parent’s loyalty was questioned, the family was torn apart.

Major funding for ASIAN AMERICANS is provided by Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Ford Foundation/Just Films; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Freeman Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Kay Family Foundation; Long Family Foundation; Spring Wang and California Humanities.
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At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.
During a time of war, a young generation fights for equality and claim a new identity.
Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.
An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands.
In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive and adapt to life in America
Chinese immigrants who built the railroad were erased from history, but not forgotten.
In segregated America, Indian immigrants found home and family in communities of color.
For Korean Americans like Susan Ahn, WWII was a fight to defend both the U.S. and Korea.
Mike Nakayama was an American GI, but he was still seen as the enemy.
Asian American entrepreneurs like Jerry Yang helped build Silicon Valley into a powerhouse