A Story of Japanese Internment, Resentment, and the Age of Trump

My grandfather existed in a time when he was the ‘enemy,‘ and now I’m trying to exist as whole in Trump’s America

Pictures of people who were incarcerated at Manzanar War Relocation Center are displayed alongside family tags at Manzanar National Historic Site on December 9, 2015 near Independence, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

There’s a picture of my grandfather in my dad’s study. It’s a photo taken by the U.S. Army; he’s wearing his uniform, and military accoutrement clutter the green…