Ashley Honma

In her fourth year at the University of California, Los Angeles, Ashley Honma is a Japanese major, and serves as the Secretary for UCLA Nikkei Student Union.

Stories from This Author

42nd Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage/2011 Manzanar At Dusk: Keeping The Manzanar Story Alive

July 5, 2011 • Ashley Honma

I wish I could say that I could relate, but honestly, that would not have been the truth.I knew about the internment camps. I knew about Executive Order 9066. I knew about the hate, the scorn, and the racism. I also knew about the injustice, the cruelty, and the wrongdoing. Yet, there was still a part of me that could not relate to it all. My grandparents were born and raised in Hawaii. As a result, everything that I had …

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