Ju Sai, Boku Ha Totsuzen "Teki" to Yobareta Nikkei America Jin No Seiji Ka Norman Mi Neta / Original Title: ENEMY CHILD

[Machine Translation] Norman grew up thinking he was an American, but when the Pacific War broke out, he was called a "Jap" and "the enemy" and was subjected to a harsh life in an internment camp. Norman later became a politician and passed a law that provided for a formal apology for the incarceration of Japanese Americans. As Minister of Transportation at the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Norman used his own experience to prohibit the denial of boarding on the basis of religious belief or appearance. This is a historical record that should be known now.

アメリカ人のつもりで育ったのに、太平洋戦争がはじまると「ジャップ」「敵」とよばれて敵意をむけられ、収容所で過酷な生活をおくることになった少年ノーマン。ノーマンはのちに政治家となり、日系人強制収容に対する公式謝罪を定めた法を成立させる。二〇〇一年のアメリカ同時多発テロの発生時、運輸大臣だったノーマンは、みずからの経験から、信仰や容貌を理由にした搭乗拒否を禁じた。いまこそ知っておきたい歴史の記録。