Kim, for example, hopes to study the relationship between the internment of U.S. Japanese during World War II as well as the Mexican bracero project. She points out that the government-ordered removal of Japanese from their homes also led to labor shortages in agriculture, paving the way for cheap Mexican labor, people known as braceros. Since the war, braceros and internees have both called for financial reparations.
“It’s another example of seemingly disparate populations linked by historical events,” she says.
Hu-DeHart applauds the interest and efforts of younger, emerging scholars. “We shouldn’t limit ourselves to studying only our own communities.”
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