Kids Meet a Survivor of the Japanese-American Internment | Kids Meet | HiHo Kids 

These kids ask better questions than many adults

1:58 "But you didn't do anything bad" DESMOND IS WOKE AF

“that is REALLY racism” the future is so bright w these kids

"Were there s'mores at your camp?" she's so innocent

I know Shox personally - it should be noted that he served 24 years in the US Military, working his way up from Aviation Cadet to full Colonel in the Airforce. He flew over 200 successful combat missions in Vietnam and was awarded multiple service medals. Also, despite the order for internment, in early 1943 Japanese Americans were allowed to join the Armed Forces - tens of thousands signed up.

an episode of native americans who live on reservations... would be very eye opening

Desmond: “Would I have been put in a camp?” Dude: “Yea” Desmond: *surprised pikachu*

Kid: How old were you when it happened? Man: I was 8. How old are you? Kid: 8 Also kid: *hold up*

5:28 When he said "its happening with Muslims and we gotta save them" i cried

2:41 "That is sort of racism" *Crystal MY SMART QUEEN*

The Japanese-American internment is a severely undertaught and overlooked part of American history. It’s a shame. Especially since the Japanese-American people tried so hard to assimilate to the American life. The 442nd Infantry which was comprised of young JA men is even the most decorated unit in US history. Great job, HiHo, for shedding light on this topic.

2:34 "Would I have been put in a camp?" that was kind of a crucial moment

I feel like this might have been life changing for Desmond.. you can see the wheels turning and he relates so hard.

1:28 Even though it was such a horrible memory for him, he was still laughing at Crystal's innocent answer which is adorable. Also, I know I've said it in other videos but Sandor is indeed one intelligent kid.

1. Sandor is one smart cookie. I'm constantly impressed by how well-read he is. 2. Crystal's description of camp was so sweet and innocent. 3. I had no idea Desmond was part Japanese. 4. I love how respectful the kids were and the intelligent, earnest questions they asked.

Dang that one kid's so insightful, noticing that Japanese folks were put in camps but not Italian or German folks.

The way Desmond was so engaged you can just see it on his face how hard it was hitting him. Ngl I got a bit teary eyed :(

He must be everyone’s favorite uncle or grandpa

As part japanese american, my grandmother along with many of my relatives of that generation was also put in prison in the japanese internment camps during WWII in Camp Poston III. I had to sit through my US history lecture in high school hearing students justify the executive order and devalue the treatment she went through. The lack of aknowledgment of racism and how much they insulted my grandmothers experience brings me to angry tears to this day. This is a US history topic that is hardly brought up enough in public schools. I cannot thank you enough for this video. It feels as though I can hear my grandmothers words through him.

omg when she said "were there smores at your camp?" I was like PROTECT THE INNOCENCE

Desmond, brilliant question! Why not Italians and Germans?

3:45 "Could you imagine having seven Kristen?" "No I'd lose my mind, I can barely even stand one" SHE'S SO CUTE😂😂

This Japanese person is amazing and cares about everyone no matter who they are ❤️ from a Muslim

Desmond: "Do you think it could happen now?" Yes Desmond, unfortunately, it even happens now to the Uyghur people at the concentration camp in China. Respect to Shokes for standing up against such event to ever happen again.

As a Muslim, I really appreciate the content about racism in this episode. We can learn something from every episodes of Hiho Kids channel, especially for our kids. Let's spread peace in the world, STOP RACISM, STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA.. thank you Hiho Kids 😍😍😍

I feel like you could really see this effect Desmond when he realised that he's also Japanese (part) and the same age as this man was. I think this was an important life moment for him and I want to give so much credit to HiHo for creating moments like that for these kids.

“Would I have been put in a camp” “Yes” “ohmahgod”

I love how he was still able to laugh at the irony of sitting around the cardboard box 'Japanese style' because they didn't have furniture. Humor is a great healer

I had an uncle who was forced into the camps. It was very had to hear his words when I was little. He was in his early teens when our US government showed up after school and said pack a bag then they took him and his family away for years. WE CANNOT FORGET!

This is an important part of American history that gets hidden from the US textbooks. Since so many are unaware of this, history is very likely to repeat itself, as Mr. Tokira mentioned about Muslims (and we could include refugees as well). I'm so proud of how open-minded and receptive these children are!

5:57 and I’m crying ! That’s inhuman to do that and as a Muslim, seeing that the US are trying to do the same to Muslim countries make America feel so upset. And even doing this to any other country is horrible and being able to do nothing about it is heartbreaking 🤬😭 His calm and nice word all along this story is moving me to tears

JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMP JUSTIFIERS: Well at least they weren't killed like the Jews JAPANESE AMERICANS/CANADIANS: Oh yeah thanks for not killing us. Just uprooting our whole lives and treating us like prisoners is the great way to go!

Wow, great education 👍🏻 learning every day.

this is SO IMPORTANT. not enough people know about this!

Mad respect for Shox! Let us ALL make sure history doesn't repeat itself!

"there are things missing from our history books"- a slam poem, the girls said it best, i never learned about the camps in school and i wish i did.

As an Ex-Muslim who lives in an Islamic country, I really appreciate how he acknowledged what the US is doing to some of the islamic countries. It is really important to teach kids and make them aware that Earth fits us all if we would stop harming each other and peace shall be the only solution to any racial conflict.

This didn't just affect Japanese Americans, but Japanese Canadians also were put into camps like these.. their houses and boats and business were auctioned off while these families were forced into these camps.. so when they finally were released years later, they had lost all their property. A true atrocity, but what a resilient group of people...

My grandpa was in one of those interment camps during the war. Sadly he passed away when I was 6 and I never had the chance to ask him about that. 19 years later I still feel horrible for not only taking advantage of a firsthand historical perspective that was unique, but that I never told him how happy he made me.

2:31 I NEVER knew he was part Japanese😱😄

ahw desmond made me cry. the look on his face..

"I´m speechless" Desmond is such an empathetic boy.

5:30 crying because I didn't expect him to brought that issue but really this man is so strong...

"Where there smores at your camp?" man kids are so pure

I’m a Swedish Muslim . And I didn’t know anything about this. We only learned about the German in school, never about the Japanese . This is so interesting and educational. God bless him

In fact it would be scary. I’m muslim. I wish we could all live in peace, and respect one another no matter where we come from, nor skin color und no matter what religion

“Were there s’mores at your camp” “It wasn’t that nice” Melted my heart the way he said it to here can’t explain why

I'm from Scotland, and although I studied the world wars, it was all from a British/European point of view.... I never knew this happened. Thankyou for continually educating children and adults alike. This was very respectfully done. These kids are going to become very wise individuals!

his voice is so trembling, remembering the memory full of pain , and still he keep trying to calm , what a strong man

I found George Takei’s TED talk on this subject enlightening too. Especially about what comes after the families were released. They didn’t just slot back into everyday life; the poverty and suffering continued for years and years after.

Still love how they keep educating these kids. And of course Crystal is still adorable.

2:41 *un-sure* That is sort of racism, a bit *off camera* Yeah! *sure* Ya that’s really racism

They're so lovely and respectful. Beautiful kids, thank you for sharing guys. Love, x

Somebody give him a hug from me 😭😭😭

I want to give this guy a hug. He’s seems so sweet 😭

May God bless him . As Muslim I really do appreciate him and his wisdom and the way he treated those cute kids

These kids are going to realize in a few years the true honor they had of speaking to this man. The older boy seemed to appreciate it because he was learning about it in school, think the others were too young to know what it is yet or what he really endured to grasp the importance or how scary it was for him. But I hope they all watch this again throughout their life as they start to understand more of the past. I’m seriously jealous they got the chance to speak to him! I remember getting to speak to a holocaust survivor and it made me never waste any food after that.

Crystal is all grown up now. Time flies!

I am in tears watching this video. When Desmond asked if he would be put in the camps, my heart broke. When I realized Shox was the same age as Desmond in the camps, my heart shattered. What a horrifying reality to have to learn. My heart hurts so much.

I love him for standing up for the muslims!😫❤ god bless him and his family.

I love Japan grandpas they're cute af

I am so glad to hear someone from his generation talking about the camps. His parents generation insisted on being stoic. I didn’t catch his full name, but Shoks is so awesome to come tell the kids about our country’s difficult history. It’s important that we remember the injustices & mistakes too. A lot of Seattle businesses were abruptly disrupted by the imprisoning of Japanese citizens. But so many of the families returned, some came home to nothing. Others who were more lucky came home to neighbors who held their property in trust. Knowing that our commander in Cheetos wants to imprison our neighbors to the south chills me. But Shoks gives me hope.

The parents of these kids are doing a brilliant job! I have seen more empathy from them than adults have in these episodes!

these children never cease to amaze me, the depth of their understanding of social, political emotional circumstances is just beautiful. These gems give me hope. x

DESMOND IS GROWING UP SO FAST, I'M FEELING LIKE A PROUD MOM ❤

Now we need one about people who live on native american reservations

This struck hard as a young person that is Japanese-American. My grandparents lived in internment camps, and to this day, they never talk about it. I don’t want to ask, because I know it was painful for them.

This guy came into my classroom to speak XD

OMG I luv this episode, I’m from Hawaii and my great-grandfather was a Japanese-American when world war 2 happened. This reminds me of him❤️. He was around 8-10 years old too

DESMOND'S BACK 😍

I'm Japanese-Filipina and my grandfather in my mother's side was 1st generation Japanese-American and his family were in the internment camps while he was fighting in Europe in the US Army. This reminds me of the time when I was in middle school and I asked my grandfather to come in as a guest speaker for my class as we were learning about WW2. It warms my heart to hear the innocence, curiosity, and sympathy from these kids learning from this dark part of our history.

My grandpa was atually born in an internment camp and lived there for a while. Such a horrible thing, i love him so much

6:21 look at how cute shokichi is And also the way these kids ask questions, mindblowing. More respect for you too hiho for offering this to the kids!!!

I'm so glad this channel continuously initiates important conversations like this, bc our education system frequently erases the perspectives of other countries to which we caused so much harm. Great vid!

Every time I watch one of these videos I think how amazing their parents must be for raising such empathic kids, they’ll definitely become wonderful adults

Young Desmond identifying with the situation. Both encouraging and heartbreaking.

Thank you from a Muslim ✌🏻💚

as a muslim this really touched my feelings thank you for educating kids about it

I love how curious and unfiltered kids are. No one else would so willingly ask him about his life and be honest about how they feel

英語勉強中なので、全ては理解する事は出来なかったのですが時田さんの貴重な昔の話をこの動画で聞けてよかったです！！時田さんが日本語読めるか分かりませんが、世界が人種差別と戦争のない平和になるといいですね！

My grandma was also taken from her house up in San Jose and placed in the Gila internment camp in Arizona they lost everything except what they could carry that includes the house car etc and once they were taken away the neighbors were allowed to take what they wanted if anyone lives in the Los Angeles area you can visit the Japanese American national museum

I didnt learn about this until I was a junior in AP US history in high school, and it was so brief because my teacher wasn't supposed to go over it in her plans, but she felt it was an important part of American history. This is such a crucial part of American history and I'm happy that this is being taught to these kids and put on this platform.

just donated all that was in my PayPal for Shox. I appreciate him educating and shedding light on this traumatic topic. It is so important that this does not happen again.

Everything that they experienced was so heartbreaking. We have to remember these things and fight as a people to prevent anything like this happening again.

The first old person whose story im willing to listen to over and over

In middle school I had to do a 10minute speech on a topic from American history and I specifically picked the Japanese-American Internment Camps because my Mother had told me about meeting a local survivor. I wanted to know more about the topic and did the best I could to research the subject. Everything that this survivor is talking about were examples and anecdotes I remember talking about. Back in 2016 (after college for me) I went to a convention and George Takei was speaking during a panel, someone asked who he was voting for in the upcoming election. George Takei responded with, "Let me tell you why I'm not voting for who I'm not voting for..." and then spoke of his personal experience in the internment camps. He related them to the unrest at the time about Muslims and that people had been lobbying for numbers on Muslims (like in the German camps) and that they should be put in a specific location (like the internment camps). I think a lot of people had forgotten that the US also put citizens in camps during WWII and that day they were reminded by someone they looked up to. I can only hope these kids take away from this a sense of solemnity towards what this man experienced and the knowledge that what happened to him and others was wrong, so we must endeavor to not let it happen again.

I hear pain in his voice poor guy,it's horrible he went through this

5:20 listen,this is really important and true

These children are so smart and very respectful..... hats off the parents and their learnings

thank you for doing this episode. some of my family were put into camps and they lost everything. I’m so happy that it’s being talked about, because in school, these camps were spoken about for a day and then we moved on.

Thank you for doing this. Being Japanese American with my grandparents and family members in the camps I’m glad you’re educating these kids because I’ve met adults who have never known about this event or don’t think it was that bad.

I have learned about this and of course given it thought, but now watching it and hearing him discuss it it’s much more emotional. The fact that he had to endure this at such a young age is heart breaking. My respect for all the people that had to lose their homes due to such blatant racism.

Cristal is such a smart and lovely child . Also her voice is do calming. 😊

This man 💕 afther what he goes through, he had a big empathy for others 😢

Thanks Shokes, kiddos, and staff. This is so needed, more than ever.

the sad thing is that survivors from war or just a historical traumatic event still have vivid memories, nightmares and someone i know was at war for pearl harbor and he was telling me stories, memories and he was getting really emotional 'cause he lost his friends (that he made during war) and family, so keep in mind that this was 77 years ago and he still vividly remembers it, other survivors do too

Bless his heart, I couldn't even imagine if that ever happens to me and my family 😢

Wow what an amazing man, I hope he and his family never have to experience this type of treatment ever again. I would love to see the full episodes of all of them, especially Desmond and Crystal. You can see it really hit home with them and made them think.

Thank you all for such amazing videos. Sharing stories, being honest, and connecting with others is so powerful.