Japanese American WWII Camp Survivors Say Immigrants Today Share Similar Experiences
About this episode
The episode discusses the experiences of Japanese American WWII camp survivors and draws parallels to the challenges faced by modern immigrants.
The Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc County was one of ten camps where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II. Eighty years after its closure, a group of pilgrims recently paid tribute to the people who died there. Reporter: Roman Battaglia, Jefferson Public Radio Federal fire investigators are looking into a possible link between PG&E equipment and a fire in Plumas County that started earlier this month. Reporter: Danielle Venton, KQED As a new school year approaches, some Los Angeles special education teachers and parents are worried the LA Unified School District won’t bring ballooning class sizes down this fall. That’s despite an agreement reached last spring between the district and UTLA, the union representing teachers. Reporter: Maya Mukherjee, LAist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Topics covered
- Japanese American history
- World War II
- immigration experiences
- education
- class sizes
- fire investigation
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