Vogueさんのインスタグラム写真 - (VogueInstagram)「In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which in effect authorized the incarceration of some 120,000 people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast, for “protection against espionage and against sabotage.” Two-thirds of them were American citizens. Many of them had been living in the country for decades, praised for their “work ethic,” their contributions to the growth of West. Suddenly they were ordered to pack up their belongings, shutter their businesses, sell their homes and cars; some were given only a few days. They were shipped temporarily to “assembly centers,” then to “relocation centers,” where many lived for up to four years in barrack-like camps on old ranches, racetracks, and fairgrounds. It was the culmination of a long history of racist, restrictive immigration policies and surveillance of the Japanese community in America, which had reached a fever pitch after Pearl Harbor. Kay Sekimachi (above) was interned with her family at Tanforan Assembly Center, in San Bruno, California, and later at Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah from 1942 to 1944, when she was a teenager. While incarcerated, Sekimachi said she got to know Miné Okubo, who “inspired me to become an artist.” Okubo was a nisei visual artist who founded art schools at Tanforan and Topaz, and who eventually chronicled her incarceration experience in her 1946 book Citizen 13660. “It is important for people to remember the interment so it does not happen again,” Sekimachi told Vogue, but “I am not political, and my work is not an act of resistance.” Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photographed by @katsunaito」3月18日 6時49分