No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large " Though she is half

" Though she is half Japanese

Combining heartfelt stories with first-rate scholarship

An introduction details the history and meaning behind the designs

the shame of “camp” was so deep that they could not even speak of it

By Tim Thomas and the Monterey Japanese American Citizens League

No More Shikata Ga Nai T-shirt / Grey* size:Large " Though she is halfDuring the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans, the expression shikata ga nai (it cannot be helped) was meant as a sign of stoicism in the face of unimaginable adversity. But some Japanese Americans came to see passive acceptance as unacceptable. They included Frank Emi, who led the Fair Play Committee moving from protest to resistance when he counseled sixty three men to refuse to be drafted from the concentration camp at Heart Mountain until