How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Yet now the government was saying we not only were free to go; like the move out of Terminal Island, and the move to Owens Valley, we had to go. Definite dates were being fixed for the closing of the camp. (2.16.9)
This passage kind of shows how everything could become a lose-lose situation, especially for Isseis who are too old to start over. Why was it a lose-lose situation? Most of the internees have nothing to return to—no job and no home. Plus they were going back to a society that rejected them for being Japanese. Who knew what kind of racism might still be out there?