https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0 Working with a partner(s), please let us know what you saw, thought, and wondered about these images Dorothea Lange took of Japanese Americans during their forced removal and incarceration of the 1940s. Be sure to record your names when you post! en-us 2023-01-04 03:17:24 UTC 2023-01-05 12:50:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433936030 I saw many kids that are reciting the pledge of allegiance and practicing american customs which I thought was very sad. These people should not have been forced to practice customs that they don't want to and their children should be allowed to do what they want instead of being forced into it.]]> 2023-01-04 19:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433936030 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433936964 What I saw at first were these very "poster child" like American families that were in fact either Asian or of Asian descent. In seeing this it got the gears going in my head about this is what the country and its society wanted and what they need up getting, yet they were forced out and away from homes and business's. As I kept going through the slideshow I kept seeing people being treated like animals and as if they were disposable. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433936964 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433937844 I saw many people crowded into long lines forced to leave their homes due to the actions of the U.S. government. Many people had their items and luggage on the sidewalks looking for somewhere to go as they left their homes not knowing what to do. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433937844 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938465 Something that I thought about when looking at these photos was how in the beginning, people didn't know what was to come and how much their world would be rocked. This got me thinking about how much of a different perspective we get looking back on it when looking at photos. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938465 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938772 Did anyone resist leaving their homes or hide to escape the camps? Looking at the photos, some camps seem better than others, was there a system to who went where? Were families ever split up in the transfers from camp to camp? ]]> 2023-01-04 19:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938772 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938958 I saw a lot of images that clearly showed the assimilation that was going on in these camps. Additionally, compared to the propaganda film, these images felt much more personal and raw. These images more clearly showed the horrible treatment, and I think that the last image was especially significant. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433938958 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939127 How many families were seperated due to the actions of the U.S. government and how many families in total were transported to these camps against their own will. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939127 jnguyen1501 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939853 The government did not permit the publication of some of these photographs, so they obviously knew what they were doing was wrong. Despite that, they still released that propaganda video stating that the Japanese people are living a happy and healthy life in the camps. I just think it's really ironic how these two sources contradict each other.]]> 2023-01-04 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939853 hnguyen107 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939910 I saw that people wore tags so they can be easily identified and not separated from their family. It reminds me of livestock that is given a tag for the owner to easily identify it. I also saw that many people before they moved had family, career and seemed very successful. But because of the move, they have to leave everything behind. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433939910 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433940074 One of the many things that I was wondering about when I looked at these photos were what did Lange and other photographers think would come from these photos? Did Lange know how much of an impact these would have or was it more of a pastime? Additionally, what was it like seeing all of these families and children in this position?]]> 2023-01-04 19:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433940074 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433940735 I saw that life inside the concentration camps were overly crowded. Everyone worked and it didn't seem like there was any time to enjoy. Either the people inside the camp helped the war effort by making things for the War Department or they did other small jobs. Life inside the camp was ran by the Japanese themselves through volunteer efforts.]]> 2023-01-04 19:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433940735 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433941906 Anger or fear was clearly visible in the faces of those in many of the photos. What was the extent of resistance to their treatment among those incarcerated, and what was the US government's response?]]> 2023-01-04 19:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433941906 jnguyen1501 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942343 I saw how most of the children were confused/had no idea what was going on, while the adults were smiling in the first few pictures (before they were sent off to the internment camps), and slowly became more somber as the photos progressed. Although the camps were deserted and bare, they still tried to make the best of things by constructing schools and temples and making fake flowers to decorate their homes.]]> 2023-01-04 19:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942343 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942406 I thought about the incredible amount of fear that must have been present among virtually everyone in these camps. The fear of not knowing what was happening or what would happen to them and their families, and the dread of worsening conditions must have consumed people's minds. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942406 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942655 We saw the differences in peoples emotions before and after they were sent to the camps . People seem very upset to be forced to leave their homes and lives. The conditions in the camps looked not as nice as the video made them seem, one caption stated that the homes used to be used as horse stalls. There were multiple pictures of children saying the pledge of allegiance, highlighting how they were truly Americans. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942655 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942794 I saw families taken from their homes and being brought to strange places. One of the images shows how a man was sitting and reflecting at his house after packing all of things before leaving for a concentration camp. I also saw children being forced to move with their entire families to far away places. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433942794 jnguyen1501 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943586 What were the consequences if Dorothea Lange were to publish these photos without the government consent?]]> 2023-01-04 19:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943586 hnguyen107 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943681 When I saw the photo of the kid wearing a uniform, I thought of how hard it would be for them. Their father got taken away from teaching Japanese and their mother later died in the camp. Families were torn because of the move. It's heartbreaking. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943681 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943931 I thought about how people were forced into the position that they were in, not really having a choice in the matter. There must've been anxiety and fear at what may be to come considering what has already happened. Being entangled by the looming threat of remaining in a camp or even death would've entrapped many.]]> 2023-01-04 19:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943931 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943998 I wonder how known this history is among the general population of the United States. I also wonder to what extent false depictions of these camps are still perpetuated today. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433943998 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433944073 Many of the pictures had abandoned shops and businesses, or pictured different farms or horticultural/agricultural centers. What happened to these places? Did the loss of the Japanese agricultural workforce affect food pricing? Who bought up the old stores that Japanese people were forced to abandon? What happened to their crops, their plants, their businesses and homes? Many were even forced to leave before their affairs were settled; did this land them in debt to landlords, did it create legal barriers for their property to be bought up, and/or did this affect their credit or financial records? 

The conditions of the internment camps were terrible. The places people were forced to live in were literal animal pens, schoolchildren are pictured learning on dirt floors, and the family barracks were stated to have "8,000 persons of Japanese ancestry assembled". There are several people pictured who are reported to have died in the internment camps, including Mrs. Shibuya and Mrs. Takeuchi Kiwa. However, the video filmed by the US Government as a historical record makes no note of these deaths or the terrible conditions. Instead, peppy music plays in the background as the narrator praises American soldiers for setting up camp "overnight" (ignoring the fact that the camp was not made for livable, acceptable human conditions; there are simply animal pens with cots inside). Did the American public have any idea of how bad things were, or was the film we watched in class the extent of their knowledge?

World War 2 ended in 1945, but Japanese internment camps carried into mid-1946. Why did they continue for so long after the war? ]]> 2023-01-04 19:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433944073 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433944429 I thought it was really sad and unjust for the government to forcibly remove people - most of whom were citizens - from their homes to concentration camps. People having their lives uprooted because of the government making irrational decisions. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433944429 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945071 I noticed the assimilation of American culture into the everyday lives of Japanese people. Before and after they were sent to concentration camps, they continued to live by the rules and ideas of American citizens as inhumane treatment persisted. I also noticed that very few images showed the Japanese people upset which further pushes the idea that the govt spread false rumors about the reactions of the Japanese people being sent to concentration camps. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945071 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945579 We thought that it was interesting to see that everyday things still had to happen, like the children learning how to walk or getting haircuts. Yet their entire lives were uprooted, they had no choice but to leave and start anew. The camps seem very hypocritical because America criticized Germany for concentration camps, yet they did the same. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945579 hnguyen107 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945637 For the kids growing up in such camps, did their view of America change? If yes, in what way did it change? ]]> 2023-01-04 19:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945637 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945699 I wonder what the overall reaction to the photos must've been. How were they perceived by the general public? Was there any repercussions for exposing these atrocities?]]> 2023-01-04 19:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945699 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945892 I wonder if anyone either in the government or outside the concentration camps ever spoke up about the morality of forcibly removing people of Japanese ancestry from their homers to concentration camps?]]> 2023-01-04 19:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433945892 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947018 I thought it was very sad and depressing to see the forced removal of Japanese people from their homes and it showed how lazy the government was when it came to dealing with so called "Japanese spies¨ (you can see in a lot of the images how nice the homes were of the Japanese people) ]]> 2023-01-04 19:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947018 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947377 I saw lots of prictures of families in more western/american clothes. I also got to see the more rugged scenery of the camp which I had seem more before the film.]]> 2023-01-04 19:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947377 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947682 I wonder if their were any government officials during this time that questioned the morality of forcibly removing people from their homes. ]]> 2023-01-04 19:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433947682 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433948474 What did every Americans think of these camps and did they believe the propaganda?]]> 2023-01-04 19:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433948474 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433950060 I thought back to what I had prevausly know and these pictures seem to validate those thoughts. How could a country who preached to be just, do such horrible things.]]> 2023-01-04 19:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433950060 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433993862 I saw that there was a difference between the earlier and later pictures and the expressions on people's faces. In the beginning when they were first forced to register they seemed more confused and concerned but the pictures from inside the camps show them looking defeated and suffering. Life in the camps took a physical and mental toll on the people who were forced to live there.]]> 2023-01-04 20:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2433993862 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434011946 I thought that it was disheartening to see how the US betrayed the Japanese Americans that obviously initially felt like they belonged in the country. The young children who were enthusiastically reciting the pledge in the early photos definitely didn't feel the same way after their experiences in the camps.]]> 2023-01-04 20:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434011946 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434020500 I wonder what the extent of media coverage for these camps was. I know that the government tried to cover up what they were doing, but were there any media leaks that let the general public know what was going on? And if they did find out, did they care enough to try and stop it?]]> 2023-01-04 20:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434020500 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434046200 I saw many children saying the pledge of allegiance, and many more looking lost, confused, or scared when at the internment camps. The adults on the other hand appeared relatively happy in some of the first pictures, but as they were sent to the camps they became more somber.]]> 2023-01-04 21:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434046200 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434056296 I thought that it was interesting how, despite the terrible living conditions they were suffering, the Japanese imprisoned in the camps were able to do somewhat "normal" things like growing flowers and getting haircuts. I also thought about how confused all the children at the camps looked. ]]> 2023-01-04 21:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434056296 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434057998 I wonder what the people living in the camp's reaction to being photographed was. I also wonder the effects of living in the camps were on all the children. ]]> 2023-01-04 21:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434057998 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434166181 I saw many people having lost so much and trying to make do with what few belongings they had left. I saw people trying to rebuild as best they could with the scraps they were given, trying to hold onto who they were as their expressions changed throughout the slideshow. They went from more upbeat and hopeful to trudging along.]]> 2023-01-05 01:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434166181 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434172551 I thought the differences between the footage we saw in the film and the photos were astonishing. In one, people were moving somewhat happily to new and adequate housing, while in the other they were crammed into horse stalls and looked so lost and defeated. I also though the impounded photo was particularly interesting, because it conformed my suspicions that every piece of footage from these camps was being heavily monitored.]]> 2023-01-05 01:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434172551 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434177810 I wonder what the process and criteria for getting photos like the ones Lange took to be approved by the WRA was. Only one of her photos in the entire slideshow was flagged...for what reason? Why was that photo different from the others? How did we come into possession of that particular photo if it was never meant to be published? Were Lange (and other photographers) instructed to portray their work through a specific lense? I also wonder about the people that were placed into these camps. Did they know that the government was creating propaganda against them? Did they ever think that decades later, people would be actively learning about what they were forced to go through? ]]> 2023-01-05 01:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434177810 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434598893 Some of the images that stood out to me were those of school children during the pledge of allegiance. Many of the photos prior to the deportments were of people simply going about their normal lives. While several families were photographed, it is still hard to fully grasp the scale of what transpired there. ]]> 2023-01-05 12:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434598893 https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434600657 Were the interment camps so widely supported that the government thought these photos would be well-received? Many of those photographed are visibly scared or angry, did the people viewing them not notice, or simply not care? ]]> 2023-01-05 12:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/freemanjud/sgiyvxkgsk7lb7w0/wish/2434600657