Jane Hu’s article about the cowardly attack on her enraged me (“The long Western legacy of violence against Asian Americans,” hcn.org, 3/5/21). I was a teenager growing up in Southern California during World War II, but was unaware of the anti-Japanese American feelings, probably because my parents were able to separate our fellow citizens from the foreign enemy. I went to high school with Japanese American students but was unaware of the internment camps. Beginning in 1955, I was active in judo for 40 years and then learned of how they had been treated. I was disgusted, as were most of my generation.
It is beyond unfortunate that some of these feelings are being renewed by a few of our less-American citizens who blame others for their worries.
Tom Neff
West Linn, Oregon
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Racism against Asian Americans.
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