“Concentration Camp” or “Relocation Center” - What’s in a Name?

editor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:40:09 -0700

“Concentration Camp” or “Relocation Center”
What’s in a Name?

By James Hirabayashi, Ph.D

In preparation of the Enduring Communities National Conference (July 3-6, 2008 in Denver, CO), we are posting an article by James Hirabayashi that was originally published in the Japanese American National Museum Quarterly in the fall of 1994. James Hirabayashi will be a featured speaker at the National Conference in a panel titled, "Words Matter: Language and the World War II Japanese American Experience." -ed.