I DON'T KNOW WHY THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALL TURNED AGAINST MY FAMILY, ME AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT LOOKS LIKE US. SURE MY PARENTS WERE BORN IN JAPAN, AND SPEAK JAPANESE, BUT THEY ARE AMERICAN NOW. SO AM I. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. I WAS SITTING ON THE BUS ONE DAY, AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN SOME GUY ASKED ME IF I WAS CHINESE, OR JAPANESE. I WAS STUNNED. I TOLD HIM I WAS AMERICAN, AND HE SPAT AT ME AND TOLD ME TO GO BACK TO WHERE I BELONG. WHERE I BELONG? I BELONG IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE AS HIM! AMERICA. I'VE NEVER REALLY GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW MY EYES ARE SHAPED, BUT NOW I AM FORCED TO. THE WAY I LOOK IS MY WHOLE LIFE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS MOST CERTAINLY NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE. NOW I AM SITTING IN AN INTERNMENT CAMP, AND ALL I WANT IS TO GO HOME. THAT'S ALL ANYONE WANTS. MY NUMBER IS 135576 AND I WILL NEVER LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS THE SAME WAY. WELL IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE. PEARL HARBOR WAS DEFINITELY NOT MY FAULT, OR ANY OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE. I DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JAPAN, LET ALONE WHERE IT IS ON THE MAP, BUT COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND SETTING OFF A BOMB OR SOMETHING? YEAH RIGHT!! I JUST HOPE IT WILL ALL END SOON.
SEE YA LATER,
RUBY
SEE YA LATER,
RUBY
Wow ruby. you are an amazing writer. I was totoally taken into your journal entry. keep it up. I just finished a book called "weedflower." It is one of the best books I've ever read. You have to read it. it's way quick too. it's about a japanese-american girl in the middle of WWII & what she goes through.
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