This short film, created by filmmaker Frank Chi for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's CrossLines project, features letters that young Japanese Americans in World War II incarceration camps sent to Clara Breed, a librarian in San Diego. Excerpts from the letters are read by contemporary Muslim American youth standing beside Japanese American camp survivors, who remain silent as the young people read stories that parallel their own hopes and fears.

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  • Take a look at some of the other artistic expressions for the "CrossLines: A Culture Lab on Intersectionality" exhibit that took place in May 2016.
  • From 1942 to 1946, the United States incarcerated more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, half of whom were children. Learn more about this terrible part of U.S. history.
  • Do your part to stop history from repeating itself - learn about the culture and get to know people who are different from you.

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