The Nisei Paradox: Japanese American Draft Resisters during World War II
Japanese American Museum of Oregon| website
McMenamins Mission Theater,
1624 NW Glisan St, Portland, United States
The Nisei Paradox, a multi-media stage reading created, produced, and performed by a group of judges and attorneys, tells the story of 42 young Japanese Americans who chose to resist the draft and fight injustice through civil disobedience. During WWII, young Japanese Americans (Nisei) incarcerated at the Minidoka Relocation Center in Southeast Idaho, faced a […]