Notes
camp (捕虜・難民などの長期にわたる)収容所;
rally (政治的・宗教的な)大集会; 示威運動;
injustice 不正、不法、不公平;
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In 1941, Canada went to war with Japan. The prime minister of Canada thought that Japanese Canadians might be spies. So all Japanese Canadians were sent to live and work in camps. Joy Kogawa was six years old when her family was forced from their home. They were put onto a train and shipped to a camp in Slocan, British Columbia, Canada.
After the war, Joy began to work for justice for the Japanese Canadians who had been put in camps. She worked with others to hold meetings, write letters, and organize rallies. Her book, Obasan, helped people across Canada to understand the terrible things that had happened. Finally, in 1988, the federal government said it was sorry for what had happened. It paid back part of what it had taken from Japanese Canadians. It promised to work to make sure such a terrible injustice never happens again. (by Shantel Ivits)
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