Commissioners’ Questions: Education, Farms, and Futures - Los Angeles (1981)
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Commissioners’ Questions: Education, Farms, and Futures - Los Angeles (1981)
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Following Dr. Mazukazu “Jack” Fujimoto’s testimony, commissioners pressed him and others on issues of education and economic loss. Their questions reflected concern over how incarceration disrupted the futures of Japanese American youth and farm families.
Education Interrupted: Asked whether Japanese American youth were denied the right to attend college before the war, and how the camps shaped their opportunities afterward. Commissioners wanted to know if dispersal across the country created more or fewer chances for higher education.
Financial Barriers: Raised the question of how families, stripped of resources after release, could possibly afford college. Commissioners highlighted testimony that the lack of savings or property after camp closed doors for many.
Farm Losses: Noted that many testifiers came from farm families and asked whether the Farm Security Administration provided any assistance in selling equipment or property.
Follow-Up Request: Invited Dr. Fujimoto to submit a memorandum expanding on an idea he had mentioned in his statement, showing their interest in carrying his proposal further into the record.