Scapegoat Cities Eric Muller

My family was inerned in Poston and I was born there. Other family members went to Manzanar and Santa Fe. All my life I have heard identities shared by which camp they were in and silent bonds were made. The camp experience was so harrowing that all things of Japanese culture were hidden from me; I am Sansei (third) generation. My mother's skills at brush painting, flower arranging, tea ceremony etc. were never shared with her children in the effort to make us as American as possible. We were especially not taught how to speak Japanese, something I regret today. In the effort to shield the children, memories of camp were done in Japanese and so I grew up knowing very little of our history. This podcast is a revelation and I thank you for it.

I had the privilege of learning constitutional law as a student of Professor Muller’s at UNC school of law. This podcast reinforces Muller’s reputation as a thoughtful, thorough, and meticulous scholar. I could not be more enthusiastic in my endorsement. Let us learn from the past so we do not repeat its mistakes.

It is hard to say that I enjoyed something that told the tale of inexcusable human suffering. However I can rightly say that about ‘‘tis series of podcasts only because these stories relate the sufferings of good people for the purpose of putting a human face on a dishonorable event in our history as a people with the hope of it not happening again. Anyone interested in American history will surely benefit from this podcast series.