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In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government passed Executive Order 9066. This executive order combined with war-time hysteria and racism led to Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast, from toddlers to elders, to be rounded up and sent to internment camps. In this awful context, a young Mexican-American man named Ralph Lazo offered an incredible example of kindness.

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Adam Cloutier

Very cool story. Thanks for sharing a story that really deserves to be told.

Kristian Castaneda

I listened to you on Fighting Matters and I think we’re similar in that it’s easy to cry. This episode definitely got me. So cool to see another Mexican American do something so selfless. I live in Canada now and have heard from the descendants of interned Japanese here. Really interesting to get something you would normally never come across, thank you Danielle!